Folk Horror Folk Tales

<p><strong>It’s cold outside. Huddle close round the fire and mind the candle doesn’t blow out. That tapping at the window is only the branch of a tree, quivering in the winter wind.</strong></p><p><strong>It's time for a story.</strong></p><p>For thousands of years, humans have gathered together to be entertained by the blood-chilling tales of the storytellers.</p><p>A shape-shifting serial murderer, a girl who gives birth to a cat, the four demons who have everything sewn up – <em>Folk Horror Folk Tales</em> is an illustrated collection of traditional yarns from the repertoire of master storyteller Bob Pegg.</p><p>Gathered largely from the British Isles and Europe, many are versions of ancient narratives that are found in cultures across the world. They reflect a universal appetite for the strange, the sinister – and occasionally the downright gruesome.</p>