Damnable Tales - A Folk Horror Anthology
By Richard Wells
An illustrated collection of classic Folk Horror stories
Thursday, 2 July 2020
'The Music on the Hill'
Hello again!
Here’s a first look at my latest completed lino print for Damnable Tales.
‘The Music on the Hill’, by the enigmatically pen-named Saki (Hector Hugh Munro to his friends), first published in the collection The Chronicles of Clovis, 1911.
A classic Folk Horror plot, with the ignorant bourgeoisie townsfolk relocating to the country and failing to respect ancient country traditions - namely disrespecting the Great God Pan! A short, sharp shock of a tale, with a particularly brutal final paragraph…
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I just love these lino prints, but especially like this one. Such talent. Cannot wait until I get the finished book. In my Unbound novel, I tried to captured that modern urban folk tale feel – so it's no surprise that I have a fondness for the original stories...
posted 2nd July 2020
Thanks John!
posted 2nd July 2020