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.