The Darker Side of Faery

by John Kruse

There is a distinct tendency today to assume that faery kind are friendly and helpful towards us humans. The evidence of over one thousand years experience, preserved in British folk tradition, tells a very different story. British faeries are (like humans) selfish, greedy, violent and cruel. What makes things worse, of course, is the fact that they have magical powers too. This book deliberately focuses upon only the darker side of how their magic can be used to trick and steal from us; how they will attack and abduct us; how we can offend them and how they can make us ill.

Genres: Nonfiction

202 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2021

About the author

I have worked as an adviser in the voluntary sector for several decades, and have also been a freelance trainer and consultant for the last 21 years. This work led directly to the legal non-fiction I have written- my various books on enforcement (bailiff) law.

Since my late teens I have always aspired to be a novelist and, when my daughter told me she'd never read any of my books about bailiff law (and who can blame her?!) I resolved to write some stories. Now I'm hooked and have plenty of ideas in the pipeline!

I have published through established law publishers, but my fiction work has all been self published using Kindle and, for paperback copies, Amazon's CreateSpace tool. All the books are available through Amazon.

Reviews

[Lellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Firstly I'd like to thank John Kruse for putting together this nonfiction book of fae lore from across the British isles so that I didn't have to read ACOTAR for fae research.

In all seriousness though, this is a short but nice research into pagan beliefs across the British isles. I think it's interesting how the folklore eventually blended into christian beliefs and how we still have some of the superstitions today (salt rings, fairy rings of mushrooms, leprechaun pinches etc).

[Sian Witch reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great all in one for those wanting to know about irish and uk views and lore on the fae . I dus find it somewhat repetitive but would and infact have recommended this book