The New Flesh: Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformations (71)

by Mark Morris (Editor)

A man convinced he has developed a phantom beak edges towards a terrible metamorphosis. Interlopers dismissing the superstitions of hare-women in the countryside pay for their skepticism with blood. The cruel jokes of a girl at the village festival of the Green Man lead her to a crueler transfiguring in the woods.

Tracing one of horrors most enduring themes―the strange transformation―from the Victorian era through to the modern day, acclaimed horror writer and editor Mark Morris presents a thrilling selection of metamorphic tales. Featuring bestial shapeshifters drawn from folklore like the tiger-men, fox spirits and werewolves, this collection presents the genre's stranger and more unsettling transformations. Here, a flatworm masquerades as a boy, a girl becomes one with a bridge, and a beekeeper and his infant daughter begin to mirror the mysterious creature of the hive.

288 pages, Paperback

Expected publication May 11, 2027

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Reviews

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic mix of stories!

In most anthologies there's always the odd story that either, I don't really like or I just don't get but not with this mix.

I loved them all, the last one was so heart wrenching, I finished reading with tears in my eyes!

[Ben Crozier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good range of different stories ranging from the comic to the grusome and all things in between.