Eerie East Anglia Fearful Tales of Field and Fen

A seaside honeymoon holiday is plagued by the mystery of bells which never stop ringing - and that which answers the call. Druidic rites and modernity spells disaster at a Norfolk golf course. An ancient relic found on the Suffolk coast summons a nightmarish entity to its discoverer. A land of mind-stretching expanses, wide, yawning skies and the disorientating landscapes of the tidal fens, East Anglia has inspired a wide range of writers in the field of weird and uncanny fiction.
This new collection includes a wealth of tales from the past 130 years set in Norfolk, Essex, Suffolk and Cambridge by a host of authors including ghost tale luminaries M. R. James, Robert Aickman, E. F. Benson and Marjorie Bowen, alongside bright lights of modern weird writing. Insightful introduction and notes from Norfolk-based award-winning author Edward Parnell.

Edward Parnell is the author of the award-winning Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country (2019), which was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize 2020 for memoir and autobiography, as well as the Norfolk-set novel The Listeners (2014). He has taught at the University of East Anglia and Cambridge University.

Introduction Further Reading and Acknowledgements A Note from the Publisher “ Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad” – M. R. James Father Maddox's Tale – R. H. Benson The Dust-Cloud – E. F. Benson The Man with the Roller – E. G. Swain The True History of Anthony Ffryar – Ingulphus Dearth's Farm – Gerald Bullett The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster – H. R. Wakefield The Crown Derby Plate – Marjorie Bowen Miss de Mannering of Asham – F. M. Mayor The House on the Marsh – Frederick Cowles Stivinghoe Bank – R. H. Malden Ringing the Changes – Robert Aickman If She Bends, She Breaks – John Gordon Dr. Matthews' Ghost Story – Penelope Fitzgerald Possum – Matthew Holness Blood Rites – Daisy Johnson A Vignette – M. R. James