In the wood the grey stone rose from the grass, and she cried out
and ran back in panicked terror. ‘What a silly little girl,’
the nurse had said. ‘It’s only the... stone.’ Standing
stones, stone circles, tumps, barrows and ancient clearings still
remain across the British Isles, and though their specific
significance may be obscured by the passing of time, their strange
allure and mysterious energy persist in our collective
consciousness. Assembled here in tribute to these relics of a lost
age are accounts of terrifying spirits haunting Stonehenge itself,
stories of awful fates for those who impose modernity on the sacred
sites and grim tales in which unwitting trespassers into the
eternal rites of pagan worship find themselves part of an enduring
legacy of blood. To represent the breadth of the sub-genre, authors
include Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood and Rosalie Muspratt
alongside lesser-known writers from the periodicals and journals of
the British Library collections.
General
Imprint: |
British Library Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
British Library Tales of the Weird, 44 |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Editors: |
Katy Soar
|
Dimensions: |
190 x 130mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7123-5459-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-7123-5459-X |
Barcode: |
9780712354592 |
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