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Brought to you by Penguin. Unleash the dark and delirious with this electrifying anthology of folk horror from some of Britain's most iconic working-class voices A phonograph cylinder that plays on a loop for eternity, casting out ghostly spectres of violence; a centuries-old stew made of...

Pretty Lizzie Higgs is gone, burned to death on her own hearth - but was she really a changeling, as her husband insists? Albie Mirralls met his cousin only once, in 1851, within the grand glass arches of the Crystal Palace. But unable to countenance the rumours that surround her murder, he leaves his young wife in London and travels to Halfoak, a village steeped in superstition.

If the name seems familiar, these tales about Darby O'Gill and his encounter with the fairies were adapted for a Disney movie, Darby O'Gill and the Little People. They tell the story of an Irishman whose cow is captured by the fairies - or "good people". In his determination to recover his property, Darby finds himself in the center of their home, the mountain Sleive-na-mon.

A tailor and a jeweler are out hiking. It's late, they want to go home, but they hear a sound from one of the hills. Tones that get stronger and stronger, and turn into sweet music. The tailor and the jeweler follow the music and discover a group of little people. They party with them all night...

An elemental witch and her shieldmaiden navigate a dangerous world of forgotten myth and deep magic in the second volume of New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow’s sweeping Norse-inspired epic fantasy series. Solveig and her shieldmaiden have finally made it to Waterstone, a...

Babayaga la sorcière est retenue contre son gré dans une résidence pour personnes âgées. Dans le folklore slave, Babayaga est un être surnaturel qui apparaît comme une vieille femme difforme ou féroce. Dans la culture, elle vivait dans une hutte généralement décrite comme debout sur des cuisses de poulet. Elle peut aider ou gêner ceux qui la rencontrent où la recherchent.