by Paul Kingsnorth, Sarah Moss, Graeme Macrae Burnet
First published 2024
A farmer walks his fenceline at dusk, watching shadows lengthen across wet fields. Something moves beyond the hedgerows—not animal, not human. In these linked stories, rural England becomes a landscape where myth and contemporary life collide, where ancient presences leak through thin membranes of modern perception. Each tale tracks a different character confronting impossible transformations: a woodsman who discovers his forest harbors sentient beings, a retired teacher witnessing strange migrations, a child who understands creatures adults cannot see. Kingsnorth weaves these encounters with precise, elemental prose that makes the uncanny feel viscerally real. These are not supernatural horror stories, but precise documentations of boundary crossings—between human and inhuman, between what is known and what waits, watching, just beyond comprehension.
Genres: literary-fiction, fantasy, horror, magical-realism
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: boundary-crossing, supernatural, uncanny
Setting: England, Rural England
208 pages · Paperback · September Publishing (UK)