This autumn, we’re reading Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror, edited by Hollie Starling. Expect dark stories from working class voices including AK Blakemore, Emma Glass, Mark Colbourne and Salena Godden. Alan Moore said of the collection, ‘The working class understand horror, often sharing its postcode. [ … ] Astonishing and long overdue, you really need to read this.’ We concur!
From the publisher:
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.
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.
Pre-order now to read with us. We’ll be discussing the collection around Samhain and speaking with editor Hollie Starling. Expect more frequent ghoulish tales, occult lore and grimoires as we head into winter.