‘Prick Song’: A Tale from Zoe Gilbert

The first tale of Zoe Gilbert’s wonderful novel, Folk, now out in paperback. Read more about the novel here. Listen, for the beat that runs through the gorse maze. It is an early twilight, the opening between last sun and first star, the door of the day closing until, soon, night will seal it shut. There […]

‘Terra Incognita’: Tracing Literary Occult Pathways in North London

Woman in forest

North London has captured the imagination of gothic writers through the ages, exploring both sides of the region’s possibly: one a promise, one a threat.

Trolls, Hulders and Nisses: The Preternatural Creatures of Norwegian Folklore

Soria Moria Palace, by Theodor Kittelsen http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/no/object/NG.M.00546

Despite a great many people knowing that Norway is awash with folklore, many would be hard-pressed to name a Norwegian folk narrative beyond the folk tales “The Three Billy-goats Gruff” and perhaps “East of the Sun and West of the Moon.”

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