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H.E. Bulstrode

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The author's childhood and formative years were spent in the English West Country, a region in which reality and fantasy are frequently confused, and where what elsewhere would be taken as peculiar, regarded as nothing more than an everyday occurrence. Soaked in myth, folklore and cider, his imagination eventually whirred into life and prompted him to pen, or at least type, a number of understated tales of the uncanny, drawing upon his wry observations of esoteric subcultures and beliefs, and the rich store of lore that seems locked into the land itself.

From the mist, the frost, and the wind, comes something ambling through the murk, seeking to ensnare the unwary: a village cunning man; a malignant Jacobean mannequin; a psychedelic Crowley ...more

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New Collection of English Ghost Stories and Folklore

Curious England: A Guide. Volume Two.
Lavishly illustrated with well over 100 photographs (black and white in the paperback, colour in the Kindle), this second instalment in the Curious England series introduces the reader to many more lesser-known folkloric and historical curiosities of rural England, its towns and smaller cities. As in the first volume, you will encounter ghost stories; tales of Read more of this blog post »

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The Dead of Night: The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions

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