Tales accursed : a folk horror anthology /

Tales accursed : a folk horror anthology /

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Imprint:	London : Unbound, 2024. ©2024
Description:	xi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Horror tales. Spirits -- Fiction. Wilderness areas -- Fiction. Monsters -- Fiction. short stories. Short stories. Horror fiction. Paranormal fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14131061

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Other authors / contributors:	Wells, Richard, editor, illustrator.
ISBN:	9781789651737 1789651735 9781789651744 1789651743
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Tales Accursed is the second collection of classic supernatural stories selected by the artist Richard Wells. Each of the sixteen tales is accompanied by one of Richard's striking lino-print illustrations. This anthology contains work from both the established masters of folk horror, and some more surprising contributors: from Shirley Jackson and M. R. James to E. F. Benson and William Croft Dickinson. Tales Accursed will raise the hairs on your neck and keep you alert to the slightest rustle in the trees: through the chill splendour of moonlit nights come apparitions through the orchard; sea-witches perch on the sharp fangs of rocks as they weave their spells; fir-woods lie unnaturally still with no birdsong, no breeze, nor any undergrowth; and hooded creatures crouch on grey secluded beaches. This book combines ancient horrors from the wilderness with sinister shadows of the landscape to remind us of the settings of our ancestors. Tales Accursed is a gloriously creepy collection of chilling folk horror tales that is both thrilling and unnerving.

Table of Contents:

The white cat of Drumgunniol / Sheridan Le Fanu
The dark nameless one / Fiona Macleod
No-man's land / John Buchan
The hill of trouble / A. C. Benson
Ancient lights / Algernon Blackwood
The country-side / Elinor Mordaunt
The hand of glory / Ulric Daubeny
The temple / E. F. Benson
Morag-of-the-cave / Margery Lawrence
Wailing well / M. R. James
Celui-là / Eleanor Scott
Lisheen / Frederick Cowles
Woe water / H. R. Wakefield
Quieta non movere / William Croft Dickinson
The shouting / L. T. C. Rolt
The man in the woods / Shirley Jackson.