Bog People

Unleash the radical 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 StarlingA 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 woman working at an ossuary who prefers the bones of the dead to those of the living; 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 caution against false gods, giving timely warnings on the dangers of insidious ideology that hide in plain sight.