A Precarious Night

By Stanley Nesbitt

Step into the shadows where the old rules still bite.

Of Folk and Fae is a dark fae horror short stories collection that drags ancient things back into the light - feral gods, cunning sprites, wicker beasts, sleeping trolls, and thunderbirds that steal the sun itself.

From the sting of a black mire beast that roots a sunflower in your thigh, to the burrow-thing that only wants to taste your stories before it eats you, these 16 tales of creature feature horror and dark folklore will leave you checking the woods behind your house.

Perfect for fans of creature horror anthologies, folk horror collections, and monster faerie horror, this book delivers the exact chill you crave: bargains with forest folk that always cost more than you thought, black dogs of war that hunt in packs, and things that slumber beneath birch roots until you disturb them.

If you love:
- Dark fae horror short stories
- Troll and wicker horror
- Supernatural folklore tales
- Monster creature feature horror anthology

...you'll devour every page and still sleep with the lights on.

"Stanley Nesbitt writes the kind of dark folklore that makes the trees lean in closer." - Early reader

16 stories. Zero mercy. One warning: the woods remember.
Early praise for works by Stanley Nesbitt
"This story was incredible ... Sting of the Black Mire had it all " - S.E. Reed, multi-award-winning author
"No matter what story Stan brings me, it always amazes me how effortlessly he sparks my imagination..." - MonsterGarden, acclaimed world-building YouTuber

For readers of folk horror, dark fantasy, weird fiction, fairy-tale retellings, and mythic dread.
Awards: Honorable Mention, Writers of the Future Q3 2025 (author).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1795841281
• ISBN13: 9781795841283
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"