I received an e-ARC from netgalley in exchange for a review.

This collection features 4 novellas exploring the midwestern gothic theme once through a rather typical cult in the corn, once through a haunting of the land brought over through early settlers, once through a tragic experience at a summer camp and once through a haunted painting. While the first two stories are a lot more "typical" midwestern gothic (with their focus on the nature of the place and a focus on Cosmic/Folk horror), I also adored the last story, which is a bit more removed from these typical tropes.
I haven't read any of Scott Thomas' other work and did not struggle with finding my place in these stories. I do think there might be some fun easter eggs to discover if you have read them, but it is not at all necessary to understand what's going on (but it did make me want to check out Kill Creek, as I enjoy the way the author builds tension). In general I can say that if you like modern Gothic horror (such as the works by T. Kingfisher and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, check this anthology out, I can assure you you'll have a great time!

The Door in the Field: This novella starts with a fight at a construction side and an formerly amnesiac man struggling with his very short temper, who is then kidnapped by his project manager for nefarous purposes - interesting and fun, I liked the writing style and the dread it built, it does take a while to get going, but once it's going, it's really good! 4 stars
Wear your Secret like a Stone: A bookstore worker investigates why a concerned mother harassed her bookstore into removing the horror book she selected for her display of favorite books, at the same time, she has to face her dark past and deal with her wish to get out of this small town - very interesting and charming with a great protagonist, I also loved all the horror book shout outs (especially the T. Kingfisher one :)), it felt incredibly immersive and was a lot of fun even if I knew the mythology behind the story here and so was able to guess the "twist" sooner than probably intended, but even with that the main character and her own struggles were more than enough to really draw me into the story and kept me enjoying it immensely, 5 stars
The Boy in the Woods: a twist on what starts as a rather typical summer camp slasher when the protagonist has to stay another day as his parents can't pick him up due to a delayed flight - I did like the protagonist (a young boy who is disfigured after a dogbite during early infancy) and how it explored ableist tropes in horror and particularly the slasher genre, but I feel like the story could have dug a bit deeper into that, it was okay but nothing groundbreaking and so it is my least favorite of these stories as I felt the others did a lot more interesting things with the tropes they were using, 3 stars
One Half of a Child's Face: A mother, who can't stop watching her ex-husband's house during her daughter's weekend visit with him, soon discovers that something really weird is going on - haunting and really good and I love the female characters in here a lot, 5 stars