Uncanny Tales

By H.E. Bulstrode

Four ghost stories from England's historic shires. Prepare to meet four spirits of a far from benevolent disposition: a fourteenth-century animalistic heretic; a personification of Death that has journeyed far from its Breton homeland; a Celtic goddess thirsting for vengeance, and a mysterious sickle-wielding hedger. Some are guardians of their place and of their values, caring not for contemporary social mores or those who cleave to them; others wreak a vengeance upon the living to make them atone for perceived injustices, unleashing chaos in the personal lives and relationships of their chosen victims. Straddling the centuries from the near-contemporary The Rude Woman of Cerne and The Ghost of Scarside Beck , to the Victorian era and further back still in At Fall of Night and Epona , each of these tales is firmly rooted in its rural locality. Incorporating elements of folk horror, the gothic, historical fiction, and satire, there is much that will appeal to the general reader, as well as to aficionados of weird and uncanny fiction. Those who enjoy this book may also appreciate Anthology: Wry Out West , a collection of supernatural and occult fiction set in the English West Country.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977071317
• ISBN13: 9781977071316
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.6" x 5.1"