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Post by fritzmaitland on Sept 17, 2020 15:11:22 GMT
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Post by Swampirella on Sept 17, 2020 15:17:58 GMT
I'm looking forward getting the digital version, which I hope will be forthcoming. The print edition is currently only available for pre-order on A*m#z@n UK site at the moment.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 17, 2020 19:10:30 GMT
Never could resist a striking cover. Well done to Paul and all the contributors! Paul Finch [ed.] - Terror Tales of the Home Counties (Telos, Oct. 2020) Steve Duffy – In the English Rain Devils in the Countryside Reggie Oliver – Monkey’s The Ostrich Inn Gail-Nina Anderson – The Old, Cold Clay The Buckland Shag Sam Dawson – Between Three More for the Hangman Andrew Hook – My Somnambulant Heart The Horned Huntsman Steven J Dines – The Gravedigger of Witchfield The Naphill Death Omen Tina Rath – Where are they Now? Land of Dark Arts Paul Finch – The Doom Lord Stanhope’s Homonculi John Llewellyn Probert – Summer Holiday The Coldest Christmas of All Helen Grant – Chesham The Raven Mick Sims – Love Leaves Last The Thing by the Roadside Tom Johnstone – The Topsy Turvy Ones Knocking Knoll Allen Ashley – Taking Tusk Mountain The Drowned David J Howe – Moses Eerie in Oil Jason Gould – The Old Man in Apartment Ninety Blurb: The gardens and orchards of the Home Counties. Quintessential England. Cottages, sleepy lanes. But also alchemy, devil cults and village curses. Where country house murders happen for real, evil landlords slaughter their guests, and Hellfire Clubs celebrate the powers of darkness …
The horned huntsman of Windsor The hideous apparition at Ravensden The unholy church at Thunbridge The hammer slayings at Denham The death omen at Naphill The forlorn phantom of Shere The brutish horror at Buckland
And many more chilling tales by Steve Duffy, Reggie Oliver, Gail-Nina Anderson, Sam Dawson, Andrew Hook, Steven J Dines, Tina Rath, Paul Finch, John Llewellyn Probert, Helen Grant, Mick Sims, Tom Johnstone, Allan Ashley, David J Howe and Jason Gould.
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Post by andydecker on Sept 17, 2020 19:36:41 GMT
I still haven't opened Terror Tales of North West England. Sigh.
A Herne tale? Nice. Always have liked the myth. Wanted to read it up. I guess the core of the legend is not so benevolent as the new age good ghost featured in Robin Hood.
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Post by helrunar on Sept 17, 2020 20:34:19 GMT
In the Robin of Sherwood series, there was a story where Guy of Gisbourne wound up being stuck overnight in Sherwood Forest and wound up mad and hag-ridden the following morning. It was either called "Lord of the Trees" or "the Blessing" and it hinted that Herne, and the forest spirits, could be a dangerous lot to trifle with.
At the end of Michael Praed's second series, Herne appears to Robin and tells him that his time has come and Herne can do nothing to stop it. I thought that was harsh but more true to old folklore than most modern versions.
Sorry, probably more than you were interested in hearing about all that. The new book is intriguing! Not being British, the whole concept of the "Home Counties" has always been somewhat of a puzzle to me, despite the avalanche of British books, films, comics, TV shows etc. I have devoured over the decades.
H.
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Post by Dr Strange on Sept 17, 2020 21:54:45 GMT
There's a couple of different versions of Herne - one is associated with the horned Celtic god of the Wild Hunt, the other (specifically linked to Windsor and mentioned by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor) is supposed to be the ghost of a man who committed suicide by hanging himself from an oak tree in Windsor Forest in medieval times.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Sept 18, 2020 1:45:03 GMT
Never could resist a striking cover. That's a great cover! There's a couple of different versions of Herne - one is associated with the horned Celtic god of the Wild Hunt, the other (specifically linked to Windsor and mentioned by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor) is supposed to be the ghost of a man who committed suicide by hanging himself from an oak tree in Windsor Forest in medieval times. My first encounter with the Wild Hunt version of Herne was in Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain (still my all-time favorite children's fantasy series). No one in the books ever sees him, however; they only hear his horn.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 18, 2020 7:57:45 GMT
There's a couple of different versions of Herne - one is associated with the horned Celtic god of the Wild Hunt, the other (specifically linked to Windsor and mentioned by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor) is supposed to be the ghost of a man who committed suicide by hanging himself from an oak tree in Windsor Forest in medieval times... ... and kills Teddy-boys. The Screaming Skull & Other True Mysteries
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Post by ropardoe on Sept 18, 2020 9:19:24 GMT
There's a couple of different versions of Herne - one is associated with the horned Celtic god of the Wild Hunt, the other (specifically linked to Windsor and mentioned by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor) is supposed to be the ghost of a man who committed suicide by hanging himself from an oak tree in Windsor Forest in medieval times... ... and kills Teddy-boys. The Screaming Skull & Other True MysteriesI think the name Herne has only been associated with the Wild Hunt in relatively recent years. Herne as such first appeared in Shakespeare. It’s true, though, that the leader of the Wild Hunt sometimes has a similar name - Herla, Hella and suchlike. The “Horned Celtic God of the Wild Hunt” is another recent invention, although of course the legend of Wild Hunt itself is ancient (and fascinating).
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Post by davidjhowe on Oct 18, 2020 11:23:40 GMT
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Post by dem bones on Oct 18, 2020 13:06:21 GMT
Will the pb also be available via am*z*n?
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Post by Shrink Proof on Oct 19, 2020 8:03:39 GMT
The new book is intriguing! Not being British, the whole concept of the "Home Counties" has always been somewhat of a puzzle to me, despite the avalanche of British books, films, comics, TV shows etc. I have devoured over the decades. H. Intriguing indeed; not an area of This Pestered Isle that springs to my mind when considering the weird, the spooky and the horrific. I'll be interested to see what this volume comes up with. And yes, the concept of the "Home Counties" has always felt like a monumental conceit to those of us hailing from anywhere north of a line joing the Mersey to the Humber. From Oop North (let alone Scotland...), they are generally viewed as an area where the only topic of conversation that's allowed is house prices - the land of incest and unreported strokes....
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Post by helrunar on Oct 19, 2020 13:20:23 GMT
Dr Shrink Proof, as always I appreciate your astute observations and acid wit. Pray do continue.
cheers, Hel
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Post by samdawson on Oct 19, 2020 13:43:11 GMT
There is of course, a bit more to them than that and their own sometimes long and bloody histories, their mythologies, political uprisings, customs and one-time dialects...
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Post by dem bones on Oct 22, 2020 16:17:13 GMT
A mere few weeks ago I was in a "haven't got anything to read" panic. Then came Darroll Buxton & friends' 3rd BHF Book of Horror. Anna Taborska's Bloody Britain. The Rileys' Kitchen Sink Gothic 2. Craig Herbertson's Christmas in the Workhouse. Today, out of the blue, the new Terror Tales! No note enclosed, so will just say a sincere 'thank you' to Paul Finch, David J. Howe and Sam Stone, and look forward to giving it my full attention over coming weeks!
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