{"product_id":"scotland-the-strange-johnny-mains-9780712354547","title":"Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales from Storied Lands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething was coming down the tide. It came down as quiet as a sleeping bairn, straight for him as he sat with his horse breasting the waters, and as it came the moon crept out of a cloud and he saw a glint of yellow hair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From misty moors, crags and clifftops comes a hoard of eighteen strange tales gathered by Johnny Mains, award-winning anthologist and editor of the British Library anthology \u003ci\u003eCeltic Weird\u003c\/i\u003e. Sourced from Scotland's storied literary heritage and bustling with witches, ghosts, devils and merfolk, this selection celebrates the works of treasured Scottish writers such as John Buchan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dorothy K. Haynes and Neil M. Gunn alongside rare pieces by lesser-known authors - including two tales translated from Scots Gaelic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brooding in the borderlands where strange folklore, bizarre mythology and twentieth-century hauntings meet, this volume promises chills and shivers as keen and fresh as the wind-whipped wilds of Scotland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johnny Mains\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0712354549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780712354547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Johnny Mains","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966151717119,"sku":"9780712354547","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6381eeb0-631d-478c-aaeb-eb11693accac.jpg?v=1711159013","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scotland-the-strange-johnny-mains-9780712354547","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}