{"product_id":"scotland-the-strange-weird-tales-from-storied-lands-hardcover","title":"Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales from Storied Lands - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohnny Mains\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething was coming down the tide. It came down as quiet as a sleeping bairn, straight for him as he sat with his horse breasting the waters, and as it came the moon crept out of a cloud and he saw a glint of yellow hair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From misty moors, crags and clifftops comes a hoard of eighteen strange tales gathered by Johnny Mains, award-winning anthologist and editor of the British Library anthology \u003ci\u003eCeltic Weird\u003c\/i\u003e. Sourced from Scotland's storied literary heritage and bustling with witches, ghosts, devils and merfolk, this selection celebrates the works of treasured Scottish writers such as John Buchan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dorothy K. Haynes and Neil M. Gunn alongside rare pieces by lesser-known authors - including two tales translated from Scots Gaelic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brooding in the borderlands where strange folklore, bizarre mythology and twentieth-century hauntings meet, this volume promises chills and shivers as keen and fresh as the wind-whipped wilds of Scotland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohnny Mains\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning editor renowned for recovering lost stories from the archives. His focus for the past few years has been stories by female authors, many of which have been published in the Black Shuck Books anthologies \u003ci\u003eA Suggestion of Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e An Obscurity of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e. Mains has also edited collections of the best contemporary British Horror, and co-edited the Dead Funny anthologies of short stories by contemporary comedians with Robin Ince.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457244184754,"sku":"9780712354547","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/33aa1a545da506e57ab365f8de7c0716.webp?v=1778878255","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/scotland-the-strange-weird-tales-from-storied-lands-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}