Freaks of the Heartland #[nn]

A lone boy stands in a golden wheat field, facing a looming, weather-worn farmhouse beneath a bruised and stormy sky — birds scattering overhead like an omen — and the mood is immediately, powerfully unsettling. Steve Niles and Greg Ruth craft rural dread with the quiet menace of a Midwest ghost story, channeling something deeply atmospheric from America's heartland. If you're drawn to horror that earns its chills through atmosphere rather than spectacle, this 2012 Dark Horse collection belongs on your shelf.