Rooted in place,slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site,from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings,they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. Also includes a gazetteer of English Heritage properties which are said to be haunted.
MEDIA REVIEWS
Publisher: September PublishingISBN: 9781910463864Dimensions: 198 x 126 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names'The Sunday Times |'These eerie,unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine'Daily Express |'Subtly evocative of human relations - loss,grief,or the fear of loneliness'TLS |'A satisfying and spooky read'Sun
Sarah Perry
In three novels - After Me Comes the Flood,The Essex Serpent and Melmoth - the Chelmsford-born Sarah Perry has boldly established herself at the front rank of British novelists,wielding an acute sense of place and history with a wildly irrepressible energy. Now a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature,Sarah Perry's landmark gothic fantasy The Essex Serpent was awarded the Waterstones Book of the Year for 2016.
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