Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology -- Richard Wells

These twenty-two stories take the reader into the isolated and untamed wilderness of unholy rights, witches' curses, sinister village traditions and ancient horrors--with beautiful illustrations They stalk the moors at night, the deep forests, cornered fields and dusky churchyards, the narrow lanes and old ways of these ancient places, drawing upon the haunted landscapes of folk-horror... This richly illustrated anthology gathers together classic short stories from masters of supernatural fiction including Shirely Jackson, M. R. James, Edith Nesbit, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu and Arthur Machen, alongside lesser-known voices in the field including Eleanor Scott and Margery Lawrence, and popular writers less bound to the horror genre, such as Thomas Hardy and E. F. Benson. These are damnable tales, selected and beautifully illustrated by Richard Wells.

Author: Richard Wells
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 5.12h x 7.72w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781800181823

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/15/2022