Unquiet Slumbers
An Anthology of Folk Horror Tales
About the Book
Like tales of folklore and fairytale passed on orally over centuries, Folk Horror too is an ever evolving, and shape-shifting entity. Most famous perhaps are the three flagship films 'The Wicker Man', 'Blood on Satan's Claw' and 'The Witchfinder General, but in written form, Folk Horror has a rich history.
Writers such as M R James, Arthur Machen, Eleanor Scott and Algernon Blackwood were past masters, invoking fear and foreboding through tropes which have come to embody Folk Horror. Rural settings, a sense of isolation, superstition, paganism, the old gods, the awakening of a buried past and the darkest aspects of nature.
Unquiet Slumbers is a collection of seventeen such stories by some of the finest contemporary writers of horror fiction, twelve of these stories* will be published here for the first time.
Contents:
Introduction - Edward Parnell
Byerly Mount - Ron Weighell
Absent Below the Lip - Charles Wilkinson*
Fangs and Teeth, Broken and Bloody - John Langan*
The Original Occupant -Adam Nevill
Greener Pastures - Michael Wehunt
Whisper to a Grey - Stephen Volk
Horns - Rowe Irvin*
Wassail - Sean Hogan*
The Knocking - Helen Grant*
The Whisky Spinners God - Alex Older*
The Tunnel of Saksaksalim - Ron Weighell
The Night Hag - Tracy Fahey*
The Water Bells - Charles Wilkinson*
The Grassman - Rebecca Lloyd
The Flabby Man - David Surface*
Maiden in the Moor - Elizabeth Dearnley*
Crow - Wren Robinson*
Designed and Illustrated by Elijah John.
The Edition:
Consists of 326 copies
Signed and Numbered Edition
200 copies
Numbered 101-300
£45
Limited Hardcover Edition
Signed and Numbered Limitation Page
Signed by the editor and artist
12 full page colour Illustrations
by Eli John
Sewn binding
Foil Blocked Titles
Head and Tail pieces
Ribbon Marker
+Bookmark
+Option of a Remarque.
(A remarque is an original, unique sketch made by the illustrator inside the book.)
Deluxe Slipcased Edition
100 Copies
Numbered 1-100
£95
I Deluxe Hardcover Edition in a beautiful, bespoke Slipcase
+Limited Edition Print
+Personalised Ex-Libris Bookplate
+Bookmark
Signed and Numbered Limitation Page
Signed by editor and artist
12 full page illustrations
by Eli John
Sewn Binding
Foil Blocked Titles
Head and Tail pices
Ribbon Markers
+ Remarque Option
(A remarque is an original, unique sketch made by the illustrator inside the book.)
Lettered Edition
26 Copies
£750
This edition is quarter bound in chieftain goat skin prepared by Hewit's , rounded and backed with Dubletta green/blue cloth to cover the boards which has a beautiful flecked two-tone quality. Hand bound by Roger Grech at his arts bindery in West Yorkshire. Roger has worked with many leading presses including Suntup Editions and Nomad Letterpress
Titles blocked on spine
Leather endbands and sculpted headcaps
The cover features an inset illustrated label printed on fine hahnemuhle paper.
The limitation page will have a unique hand drawn remarque by Eli John and will be hand lettered in calligraphy. Signed by editor and artist.
The book will be housed with an original illustration by Eli John in a handmade folio case by Roger Grech.
+ Personalised Bookplate
+ Bookmark
+ Limited Edition Print
*Some design elements may change during the production process
ESTIMATED PUBLICATION
Summer 2024
Regarding rights:
Our Lettered books will always carry rights, if you order a lettered edition and request/are assigned a particular letter (say N), then letter N of the subsequent lettered edition is automatically offered to you (the rights holder.) If you no longer wish to purchase the lettered edition, rights will then automatically move to the new owner of that letter. The same rights apply to owners of the deluxe editions, numbered 1-100