Monday 25 November 2013

Amazon Review of "Tales from the Black Meadow" - "A fine piece of British hauntology"

A fine piece of British hauntology 4 Oct 2013 By Gareth This is a beautiful, compelling book of folklore. What's most haunting about this book is that the stories feel like they've been lingering at the back of your mind all your life. The sparse, propulsive prose gives it this sense of timelesness. This is Britain's past reimagined so vividly that it becomes as real as a memory, albeit one shrouded in speculation, rumour and mystery. A fine piece of hauntology but also good storytelling with lots of twists in the tale. It gets grizzly, absurd and murderous in parts, if you like that kind of thing, which I do.

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