"British Fantasy and Bram Stoker-nominated author Gemma Amor brings together an inimitable line-up of authors to explore heritage and horror, featuring stories from Gabino Iglesias, Erika T. Wurth and many more
It’s a bedtime story, ancient family lore, a secret passed down from generation to generation. Stories that have deep dark roots, ever-growing, ever-creeping.
This anthology explores stories of heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends.
The things we pass down through our bloodlines.
Featuring stories from:
Erika Wurth
Ai Jiang
Usman T Malik
Adam Nevill
Nuzo Onoh
Premee Mohammed
Gabino Iglesias
Nadia El-Fassi
Ramsey Campbell
V Castro
Hailey Piper
And more!
Design by Julia Lloyd. Images (c) Shutterstock"
"Adam Nevill's The Ritual is an August Derleth Award winner.
It was the dead thing they found hanging from a tree that changed the trip beyond recognition.
When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise.
A shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, things couldn’t possibly get any worse.
But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artefacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the floors. The residue of old rites for something that still exists in the forest. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. And as the four friends stagger in the direction of salvation, they learn that death doesn’t come easy among these ancient trees . . ."
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