A new anthology of Folk Horror stories, covering a wide range of mythologies and dark corners from around the world, revealing tales from the shadows of isolation, creepy forests and horrors rising from the land itself. Award-winning anthologists Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan have commissioned and chosen an outstanding selection of stories with contributions from authors including Neil Gaiman, John Connolly, Adam L.G. Nevill, Alison Littlewood and Jen Williams. Five brand new stories have also been selected from open submissions.

Contents:

The White Road by Neil Gaiman

The Well by John Connolly

Rabbitheart by Jen Williams

The Original Occupant by Adam L.G. Nevill

Summer Bonus by Lee Murray

The Druid Stone by Katie Young

Blessed Mary by Stephen Volk

The Great White by Benjamin Spada

The Marsh-Widow’s Bargain by H.R. Laurence

Good Boy by Alison Littlewood

The Finest Creation of an Artful God by B. Zelkovich

The Third Curse by Helen Grant

The Lights Under Rachel by Kathryn Healy

Pilgrimage of the Hummingbird by V. Castro

The Grim by Cavan Scott

Pontianak: An Origin Story by Christina Sng

Ghost Land of Giants by Linda D. Addison

The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall, the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth, folkloric-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Folk Horror Short Stories - inbunden, Engelska, 2024