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Fawn
  • Published: 1 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857508812
  • Imprint: 3AM Books
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $34.99

Fawn

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Tr. Paperback
1 Sept 2026
Hardback
27 Sept 2026
EBook
27 Aug 2026
Audiobook
27 Aug 2026
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A viscerally dark, literary folk horror set in isolated Appalachia for fans of Lucy Rose, Brom and Andrew Michael Hurley.

'People did not expect such a thing, from a woman or a fawn; we were both meant to be prey.'

In the hills of Appalachia, Tess Wynne lives in precious quiet. She tends her wildlife sanctuary, honours old rituals and survives what comes for her each year.

Then she finds a doe split open. And the fawn who survived. Red-mouthed. Full set of teeth. Hungry.

Nature knows what must be done. The town watches to see if Tess will do it.

She does not.

Whispers spread. Old bargains strain. Something primal stirs within Tess—anger, appetite, the slow understanding that prey is only prey for so long.

A dark and tender story, Fawn asks what a woman must become to keep what is hers—and what the land demands in return.
  • Published: 1 September 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857508812
  • Imprint: 3AM Books
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

C.N. Vair

C.N. Vair (she/her) is a horror and dark fantasy author living in Western New York. A former journalist, she’s interested in the history and haunted corners of small towns, the magic and malice of the natural world, and power in all its forms. When she’s not writing, you can find her wandering in woods and cemeteries, growing poisonous plants in her garden, or spending time with her husband and dogs.
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Praise for Fawn

A lush, eerie, utterly spellbinding contemporary tale with all the makings of a classic, elegantly rendered by an exciting new talent. Exquisitely unsettling, hauntingly beautiful, and quietly profound. Beware, this book is pretty but it has sharp teeth.

Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of PLAY NICE

An unflinching Appalachian horror and a book filled with bite, brutality, tenderness and evil. I loved it

Lucy Rose, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LAMB

C.N. Vair has cast such a spell over me with her bewitching debut, I doubt any other book will ever break it. Sell your soul, sign your name in the Devil's ledger, just do whatever you have to do to get your hands on this book. Damnation never read this good.

Clay McLeod Chapman, author of GHOST EATERS

A compulsively readable, propulsive tale of what it means to bare your teeth and reclaim what belongs to you. Even if the cost is great. I didn’t want to leave Tess’ world and am still thinking about it days later. This is the sort of book I’ll revisit again and again.

Kristi DeMeester, author of DARK SISTERS and SUCH A PRETTY SMILE

C.N. Vair conjures a world of blighted beauty, old magic, and terrible appetites. Fawn is spellbinding, vicious, and impossible to look away from.

Daphne Fama, author of HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN

A contemporary story that feels utterly timeless, and undeniably classic. This book is impossibly tender, despite the fact that it sinks its teeth into your heart and chews its way through by the time the story draws to its brilliant, heartbreaking end. Sure to be a timeless classic, returned to again and again as a sterling example of what good folk horror should be.

Megan Bontrager, author of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD

Finally: a witch book that doesn’t f*ck around.

Kirsty Logan, author of NO & OTHER LOVE STORIES

Stephen King-ish… a well-written novel

The Sunday Times

Disturbing, seductively written fiction about power and female rage

The Guardian

Vair has created an atmospheric, uncanny world in FAWN that drew me in and kept me reading. With every page I was faced with the question that comes with all good storytelling, what will happen next? A mesmerising read.

Mahsuda Snaith, author of THE THINGS WE THOUGHT WE KNEW