Cornish Horrors: Tales from the Land's End

Paperback Published on: 22/07/2021
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Cornish Horrors
Hauntingly gripping
This book or Cornish Horrors is really gripping find, it'll envelope you in tales enriched with years of telling. Chilling and yet addictive, a really grea... READ MORE
Georgina Mott
Cornish Horrors
Gothic tales to chill your soul
I received a reading copy of Cornish Horrors and well, I might keep the light on for a while. I love folk tales and am fully aware they are often eerie b... READ MORE
Bookmouse, Newry
Cornish Horrors
Fab stuff!
This is a volume from my hands-down favourite series of reprint anthologies, The British Library Tales of the Weird. Each books contains a mix of lesser- a... READ MORE
Simon Unsworth

Synopsis

A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice for a crime long dead; a man witnesses a murder in the woods near St. Ives, only to wonder whether it was he himself who committed the crime.

Offering a bounty of lost or forgotten strange and Gothic tales set in Cornwall, Cornish Horrors explores the rich folklore and traditions of the region in a journey through mines, local mythology, shipwrecks, seascapes, and the coming of the railway and tourism.

With stories by Gothic luminaries such as Bram Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe, this new collection also features chilling yarns of the haunted peninsula from a host of underappreciated writers from the past two centuries.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: British Library Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780712353991
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 190 x 130 mm
  • Languages: English

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Cornish Horrors
A Solid, If Unremarkable Entry In The Premier Anthology Series
No bad stories here, but most were forgettable and only a couple of real stand outs (The Screaming Skull, The Mask, a Sherlock Holmes story). It just didn'... READ MORE
KDS