A collection of 12 spine-tingling short stories of cursed curios that bring misfortune, madness and death upon their owners. Penned by modern masters of the weird and uncanny, and packaged as a beautiful naked hardback with sprayed edges. Sometimes your possessions own you. Delve into twelve terrifying stories that reimagine a tradition that stretches back over a century to W.W. Jacobs' 'The Monkey's Paw'. Discover the antique brooch possessed by a malignant spirit; the sewing needle that ...

Nineteen original horror stories exploring ancient sites, uncovering forgotten histories and prising open the tombs of the past, from award-winning authors and editors Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi.Perfect for fans of Ellen Datlow.Unearthed digs beneath these crumbling structures to reveal their archaic pasts, and their darkest secrets. Featuring the best modern writers of horror and dark fantasy, these stories explore the caverns and the c...

Featuring essays from: Jenn Ashworth, Marie Crook, Dan Dixon, Kit de Waal, Kristie De Garis, Adam Farrer, Tracy King, Tom Lee, Kirsty Logan, Noreen Masud, Gareth E Rees, Adam Scovell and Nikesh Shukla. The creative nonfiction writer faces a daunting task. They must sculpt their experiences into captivating narratives, ensuring that their writing is both accessible and devoid of self-indulgence. They have the memories and the material, but telling their story effectively requires more than ...

Collective gathers some of the most experienced and acclaimed editors currently working in genre fiction to discuss the practicalities of what they do, from pitching ideas to publishers, to deciding on the sequence the stories should appear in.Focusing on the art of curation, it also explores the many different styles of anthology, including unthemed anthologies, writers' group publications, and 'Best of Year' compilations.Together, these essays and interviews give...

A collection of twelve spine-tingling short stories of cursed curios that bring misfortune, madness and death upon their owners, penned by modern masters of the weird and uncanny.Sometimes your possessions own you.Delve into twelve terrifying stories that reimagine a tradition that stretches back over a century to W.W. Jacobs’s “The Monkey’s Paw.”Discover the antique brooch possessed by a malignant spirit; the sewing needle that demands a bloody sac...

Nineteen original horror stories exploring ancient sites, uncovering forgotten histories and prising open the tombs of the past, from award-winning authors and editors Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi.Unearthed digs beneath these crumbling structures to reveal their archaic pasts, and their darkest secrets. Featuring the best modern writers of horror and dark fantasy, these stories explore the caverns and the catacombs, the ruined temples and the monoliths – and drag an ancient evil b...

As the pre-mythagos in each of our heads will naturally vary according to our experience, so the wood would manifest differently were new people to spend time among its trees. What then might we see?Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Robert Holdstock's seminal fantasy novel Mythago Wood (winner of the World Fantasy Award and British Fantasy Award), Heartwood for the first time opens Holdstock's world to other writers. From new tales of Ryhope and Oak Lodge to strange encounters w...

Tales of the city redolent with ritual and drenched in dread.Folk Horror is primarily associated with isolated settings and weird beliefs. Traditionally the isolated setting is rural, but our cities have been around for a long time too, their histories constructed layer upon layer, their secrets long kept and buried deep. And there are other types of isolation than geographical remoteness: housing schemes and suburbs, gilded business districts and gated communities...

From British and World Fantasy award-winning writer and editor Dan Coxon, Come Sing for the Harrowing is an uncanny folk horror collection for fans of John Langan and Robert Aickman.A young man working at a tourist attraction is singled out for unholy transformation, a gang of burglars are ambushed with something unworldly when they attempt to rob a local farm, and a daughter seeks revenge on her abusive father after his death. Invoking the sense of natura...

A chilling horror anthology of 18 stories about the terrifying fears of isolation, from the modern masters of horror.Featuring Tim Lebbon, Paul Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, M.R. Carey, Ken Liu and many more.Lost in the wilderness, or shunned from society, it remains one of our deepest held fears. This horror anthology calls on leading horror writers to confront the dark moments, the challenges that we must face alone: hikers lost in the woods; astronauts adrift in the silence...

A house is more than just a place to lay your head at night.Sometimes, the walls remember.Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up.From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the disenfranchised and the lost.

Fatherhood is in a state of flux. Gone are the simplistic gender roles of yesteryear, the clear divisions between mothers and fathers. More dads than ever before are staying home to be full-time parents to their children; those that work often find themselves part of a working partnership, their kids spending as much time with childminders and nannies as they do with their parents. As society changes its expectations, the question must be asked: what does it mean to be a father? In Being D...