Folk Horror Short Stories Paul Kane 9781804177327

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 an outstanding selection of stories with contributions from authors including Neil Gaiman, John Connolly, Adam L.G. Nevill, Alison Littlewood and Jen Williams.

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.

Paul Kane is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author and editor of over a hundred books - such as the sellout Hooded Man omnibus, Hellbound Hearts, Wonderland (a Shirley Jackson Award finalist) and The Gemini Factor. Find out more at his site https://shadow-writer.co.uk which has featured Guest Writers such as Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Olivie Blake and Guillermo del Toro.

Marie O'Regan is a Shirley Jackson, Australian Shadow and British Fantasy Award-nominated author and editor. She is co-editor of anthologies including the bestselling Hellbound Hearts, Cursed, Twice Cursed and The Other Side of Never and is also Managing Editor of PS Publishing's novella imprint, Absinthe Books. See more at https://marieoregan.net

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)