Uncanny Tales

Four ghost stories from England’s historic shires present a heady brew of the Gothic, folk horror, historical fiction and satire.The Ghost of Scarside BeckA newly-wed Cumbrian vicar and his wife experience a night like none they could ever have foreseen. He may have answered his calling, but who, or what, is calling her?At Fall of NightA ghostly excursion into the Victorian Gothic; a tale of obsession, terror, and vengeance.Welcome to Wiltshire in the autumn of 1843. Monsieur Benoit Lavarnier, toast of the Parisian art world and a man of cultured accomplishments, finds himself commissioned to paint a portrait of renowned beauty, Lady Helena Brocklington. He arrives at Shrimmingwood Hall not only with the accoutrements of his trade, but also, so it would seem, something altogether more sinister lurking in his train.EponaA disturbing tale of the supernatural in which the world of Romano-Celtic Britain collides with the forces of 19th-century progress. Was it the molecatcher or the navvies who brought it back? Neither would claim it as their own, and neither would wish to. Whatever it should be, it would seem to find its pleasure in the riot of the chase; in the singling out, and punishment, of its chosen quarry.The Rude Woman of CerneBeatrice Clemens, full-time finger-wagging do-gooder and part-time B&B hostess, proves an irritable presence to more than just her guests. Just as she stands upon the brink of receiving the acclamation that she believes her work deserves, something, or someone, is glimpsed amidst the hedgerows and within the banks of an ancient earthwork; a shadowy, furtive figure - the embodiment of old Dorset? Whoever it may be, he does not, it would seem, share her enthusiasms. His sense of justice would appear to be a very different one to her own.

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