Folk Horror Short Stories

Award-winning anthologists Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan have put together an outstanding selection of stories. Authors include Neil Gaiman, John Connolly, Adam LG Nevill, Alison Littlewood and Jen Williams. The books too are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure. "100% gems all the way for me [...] A varied range of often genuinely scary tales, all of the highest quality. A very handsomely presented hardback edition, too."

"stories concern[ing] the forces of nature; deals with the devil, or perhaps something worse than the devil; creatures from myth, and creatures that look familiar, but aren’t; wedding ceremonies with sinister undertones; and even tale set in a post-apocalyptic world where the old ways are re-embraced. [...] Folk Horror manages to be just as good inside those ''trippy'' covers as the covers themselves."

"The range of imaginations it conglomerates forms a staunch bastion of stories, and Kane and O’Regan’s introduction is worth a perusal just to get a feel of how considered the whole thing is. Complete with beautiful cover, the anthology isn’t afraid to transplant you from the cosier realms of reality to its darker, untamed regions, and from the first moment you’ll wonder the kind of Pandora’s box you have opened..."

"creepy and entertaining"

"The hit rate for quality stories is there."

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Reviews of previous anthologies edited by Paul and Marie.

‘The Mammoth book of Body Horror deserves a place on your bookshelf, but make sure it’s well away from kids and those of a fragile disposition.’ (Starburst, 10/10 review)

‘An impressive collection… Exit Wounds proves how excellent crime short stories can be!’ (The Times)

‘The quality of the 19 entries is top-notch... Every entry is well-written, suspenseful, and peopled with fully developed characters – a tribute to the editors’ judgment.’ (Starred, featured review of Exit Wounds in Publishers Weekly

Overall, Wonderland is a really interesting collection of tales, one that will amuse fans of Alice and genre fiction alike.’ (Starburst magazine)

‘O’Regan and Kane have pulled the anthology together as only editors with consummate skill and experience can, and in terms of style and delivery, there really is something for everyone. It will be good to see The Other Side of Never take flight in the real world. There is certainly enough here to get anyone “hooked”. Highly recommended.’ (The British Fantasy Society)

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.

The full list of featured authors in this book is: Linda D. Addison, V. Castro, John Connolly, Neil Gaiman, Helen Grant, Kathryn Healy, H.R. Laurence, Alison Littlewood, Lee Murray, Adam L.G. Nevill, Cavan Scott, Christina Sng, Benjamin Spada, Stephen Volk, Jen Williams, Katie Young and B. Zelkovich.

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.

• | Author: Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane
• | Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• | Publication Date: Aug 29, 2024
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781804177327
• | ISBN-10: 1804177326