Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology

Damnable Tales is a richly illustrated anthology that gathers together classic short stories from masters of supernatural fiction including M. R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu and Arthur Machen, alongside lesser-known voices in the field including Eleanor Scott and Margery Lawrence, and popular writers less bound to the horror genre, such as Thomas Hardy and E. F. Benson.

They stalk the moors at night, the deep forests, cornered fields and dusky churchyards, the narrow lanes and old ways of these ancient places, drawing upon the haunted landscapes of folk-horror - a now widely used term first applied to a series of British films from the late 1960s and 1970s: Witchfinder General (1968), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), and The Wicker Man (1973). But as this collection shows, writers of uncanny fiction were dabbling in the dark side of folklore long before.

These twenty-three stories take the reader beyond the safety and familiarity of the town into the estates and untamed wilderness. Unholy rites, witches' curses, sinister village traditions and ancient horrors that lurk within the landscape combine to remind us that the shiny, modern, urban world might not have all the answers...

"Richard Wells' gloriously creepy illustrations are the perfect accompaniement to this brilliant collection" - Reece Shearsmith, Inside No.9, The League of Gentlemen

"Wicked witches, bad fairies, and the restless dead be damned, for those who are looking to fill up their folk horror fiction shelves, Damnable Tales is a must-have" - Andy Paciorek, Horrified Magazine

"I had to keep pulling myself away from it so I didn't finish it in one sitting . . . An incredible book" - Annie Kapur, Vocal Media

Format: Paperback, 448 pages
ISBN: 9781800181823
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 31 March, 2022
Weight: 526 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 41 mm

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