Bog People

A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror

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Beschreibung

<p>'A masterful collection' <b>MAXINE PEAKE</b><br>'Astonishing and long overdue, you really need to read this' <b>ALAN MOORE</b><br><b>'</b>An absolute treat' <b>ADAM S. LESLIE</b><br><br><b>Unleash the dark and delirious with this electrifying anthology of folk horror from some of Britain's most iconic working-class voices</b><br><br>A phonograph cylinder that plays on a loop for eternity, casting out ghostly spectres of violence; a centuries-old stew made of severed body parts; a bigoted woman working at an ossuary, the bones she watches over her only remaining friends; three siblings who set out to scatter their father's ashes, a man none of them could stand; and a hag stone sitting in the pocket of a witch.<br><br>Uncanny and unsettling, wild and wyrd, the ten stories in this collection showcase the best of folk horror. Set in and across England, they celebrate working-class culture and history, and, sharp as a guillotine blade, reveal the real monsters that stalk our green and pleasant land.<br><br><b>Includes writing from</b>: A.K. Blakemore, Daniel Draper, Emma Glass, Mark Colbourne, Mark Stafford, Hollie Starling, Jenn Ashworth, Natasha Carthew, Salena Godden and Tom Benn.<br><br><b>'Deeply unsettling and totally radical' </b>LALLY MACBETH, author of<i> The Lost Folk</i><br><b>'Everything folk tales and folk horror should be' </b>TABITHA STANMORE, author of<i> Cunning Folk</i><br><b>'Feral and furious'</b> CHARLIE COOPER, star of THIS COUNTRY</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781784745820

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

219 x 144 x 35 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd