Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales from Storied Lands

Eighteen strange tales from Scotland's literary heritage, including two translated from Scots Gaelic, are featured in Johnny Mains' Celtic Weird anthology. This collection, which celebrates the works of Scottish writers such as John Buchan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dorothy K. Haynes, and Neil M. Gunn, broods in the borderlands where strange folklore, mythology, and hauntings meet, promising chills and shivers as keen and fresh as the wind-whipped wilds of Scotland.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 16 November 2023
Publisher: British Library Publishing

Something was approaching down the tide. It descended as gently as a slumbering babe, directly towards him as he sat with his horse, its breasting the waters. As it approached, the moon emerged from a cloud, and he caught a glimpse of yellow hair.

Emerging from the misty moors, crags, and clifftops, a horde of eighteen peculiar tales has been gathered by Johnny Mains, an award-winning anthologist and editor of the British Library anthology Celtic Weird. These tales are sourced from Scotland's rich literary heritage and brimming with witches, ghosts, devils, and merfolk. This selection pays homage to esteemed Scottish writers like John Buchan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dorothy K. Haynes, and Neil M. Gunn, alongside rare pieces by lesser-known authors, including two tales translated from Scots Gaelic.

Nestled in the borderlands where strange folklore, peculiar mythology, and twentieth-century hauntings converge, this volume promises thrills and shivers as keen and invigorating as the wind-whipped wilds of Scotland.

Dimension: 210 x 149 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780712354547