Bog People - A Folk Horror Anthology

Unleash the dark and delirious with this electrifying anthology of folk horror from some of Britain''s most iconic working-class voices: Ben Myers, AK Blakemore, Natasha Carthew, Salena Godden, Emma Glass, Jenn Ashworth, Tom Benn, Mark Stafford, Daniel Draper and Hollie Starling A phonograph cylinder that plays on a loop for eternity, casting out ghostly spectres of violence; a centuries-old stew made of dismembered 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 fathers'' ashes, a man none of them could stand; and a hag stone sat in the pocket of a witch. Uncanny and unsettling, wild and wyrd, the ten stories in this collection showcase the best of folk horror. Set in and around the UK, they celebrate Britain''s working-class culture and history, and, sharp as a guillotine blade, reveal the real monsters that stalk our green and pleasant land.

Product details

• Authors: Hollie Starling, Various
• Assisted by: Hollie Starling (Editor)
• Publisher: Chatto and Windus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.10.2025
• EAN: 9781784745820
• ISBN: 978-1-78474-582-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 222 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, Fantasy, Short Stories, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Horror, Narrative theme: Social issues, Horror & ghost stories, Social classes, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Hallowe'en, Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings, Relating to lower socioeconomic groups / status