This isle is full of noises...
From the Hebrides to the Welsh valleys, and the Cornish cliffs to the Anglian fens, Britain is home to many strange creatures of folklore. Some are ancient, as enduring as the forests and mountains they inhabit. Others live among us, in our cities, creating new legends as they scuttle through the shadows. And none of them are to be trusted.
In this deliciously chilling collection, award-winning and bestselling authors bring you tales inspired by the monsters that share our land. The perfect winter read for anyone who's ever spotted something slimy and unexplained in their peripheral vision, or seen eyes reflecting back in the forest where no eyes should be.
INCLUDES NEW AND ORIGINAL STORIES FROM:
Janice Hallett
Abir Mukherjee
Rosie Andrews
Stuart Turton
Dan Jones
and more
Monstrous Tales
By Bloomsbury Authors
A deliciously chilling collection of short stories by bestselling and award-winning authors, inspired by the monsters, demons and mythical creatures that have stalked Great Britain down the ages. Don't look behind you...
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Imprint: Ravens Books | Pub date: October 2025 | Format: 234 x 153mm | Extent: 304
About the Author's
Rosie Andrews author of The Leviathan
Her story will feature the Fad Felen or Yellow Death, a Welsh yellow plague monster. Sometimes appears as a ghoulish dragon-like creature, sometimes as a flaming figure or an ancient yellow-eyed hag, sometimes as a sulphur-yellow mist.
Janice Hallett author of The Appeal – winner of the CWA Blood Dagger
Will write about Boneless. A slug-like cryptid, the size of a large dog or bigger. Basically a horrible giant slug with a blowhole and glowing eyes (or are they headlights and its victims are imagining it?).
Dan Jones author of The Templars
Will, fittingly, tell of the Knights Templar and the Cu Sith. A Hebridean faery hound (the Celtic sìth are not nice little fairies!) reimagined as a demon accidentally summoned by medieval Templar rituals.
Abir Mukherkee author of the Wyndham & Banerjee series
Abir’s story will be about the Begho Bhoot. Bengali jungle ghosts said to be the spirits of people killed by tigers (though these will be transported to modern-day Glasgow – do we bring the ghosts of our birthplaces with us when we move?)
Stuart Turton author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
He writes of kelpies/ Jenny Greenteeth/werewolves/ the Knucker/ Gogmagog among others – this story is set in a classic English country under siege by a wide variety of folkloric monsters. A truly horrible pick n mix.
