Beasts of
England
Eleven folk-horror tales of the monsters that lurk in merry Albion’s fields and byways.
“Every village has a story it doesn't tell its children. Beasts of England is a field guide to those stories.”
Beasts of England is an event anthology — eleven new short stories from some of the most distinctive voices in British weird, folk and horror fiction. Each writer was given one rule: pick a place you know and search the shadows.
The result is a national bestiary. A book that maps the country by its monsters, from a Cumbrian wood-thing with a hundred mouths to spring-heeled Jack outside a Surrey post office to whatever moves under the still water of Gormire Lake. Together they form a portrait of merry Albion that your tourist board would rather you didn't read.
Field Sketches
Eleven full-page plates accompany the stories — one for every beast. Two are ready to share; the rest will surface as publication approaches.
finished book
A most accursed
hardback.
This first edition of the Beasts of England Bestiary is a coveted tome to be locked away in your personal library where it can gather dust and an impending sense of dread. Cover-red sprayed edges reserved solely for the first-printing. Foil-stamped knotwork on the spine exclusive to first-printing. Eleven full-page plates by Michael Lacey, threaded through the stories.
- Format
- Illustrated hardback
- Edges
- Sprayed red — 1st printing only
- Extent
- TBC
- Published
- September 2026 · Dead Ink
The Bestiary
Eleven monsters, eleven counties, eleven authors. Choose a pin to explore our spotter's guide..
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The Pre-order Bundle
Once the deadline passes the bundle will only be a tale told around campfires. The book will still be available, but the rest of it won't.
- 01Illustrated hardback — signed by editor & illustrator
- 02eBook edition
- 03A4 bestiary map poster
- 04Tote bag
- 05Bookmark
- 06Monster sticker pack
- 07Bonus pamphlet — an extra story by Gary Budden
Worldwide shipping · Pre-orders charged today, dispatched on publication
Eleven Authors
Names you'll know and names worth knowing.
Ramsey Campbell
Britain's most decorated horror writer; the dean of weird fiction.
Adam Nevill
Author of The Ritual and No One Gets Out Alive.
Naomi Booth
Author of Sealed and Exit Management.
Matt Hill
Author of the mechanic Weird novels Lamb and Wrecks.
Lucy Rose
Folk-horror voice from the lake country. Author of The Lamb.
Tobi Coventry
Rural English gothic from the author of He’s The Devil.
Dan Coxon
Author of Come Sing for the Harrowing, and editor of Unquiet Guests.
Jessie Elland
Actress and author of the ‘sapphic femgore’ novel The Ladie Upstairs.
Matt Wesolowski
Author of the Six Stories series and Faber Academy tutor.
Leigh Radford
One Yellow Eye author, broadcaster, and Screen Producer.
Dionne McCulloch
Writer and Editor shortlisted for the 4thWrite Prize from 4th Estate Books and The Guardian.
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Eleven stories of merry England. After 16 September the bundle will no longer be available.
Closes 16 September 2026