The Ghastling: Book Twelve

The Ghastling #12

by Rebecca Parfitt (Editor), Nathaniel Winter-Hebert (Design), Lucy Ashe

The Ghastling’s ‘Strange Signs // Ritual Protection Marks’ issue features eight timely stories suffused with signs, symbols, talismans, totems and macabre folkloric traditions.

Includes stories from Lucy Ashe, Barry Charman, Victoria Day, K. M. Hazel, Tom Johnstone, Kristy Kerruish, Bess Lovejoy and Damien B. Raphael.

Genres: Horror

76 pages, Paperback

Published November 9, 2020

About the author

Rebecca has worked in publishing and bookselling since 2006, beginning her career in London. She joined Seren Books in 2011 and is currently Editorial Assistant for Poetry Wales, managing the advertising and subscriptions for the magazine. She is also a writer of poetry and fiction and was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2010. In 2014 Rebecca founded The Ghastling, a magazine devoted to ghost stories, the macabre and the oh-so strange...

Reviews

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great collection of spooky, clever, and sometimes utterly terrifying short stories.
I especially enjoyed 'Doom Warnings' quirkly dystopian tale, 'Devil in my Eye' in which a weary traveler follows tramp markings, and the very creepy 'Creeping Forth Upon Their Hands'.
I do love the Penny Dreadful style illustrations. this issue having a slightly psychedelic style, reminiscent of 70's horror.
The Ghastling is always a delight to read.