In my last post, I revealed the stunning artwork for The Slab Press’s next anthology, Hiding Under the Leaves, created by Kev Rooney. In this post, you get to see how that artwork will look on the whole book.
Hiding Under the Leaves is an anthology of original folk horror short fiction, seeking beyond the boundaries of this fascinating sub-genre. From lonesome moors to dark woods, and the mysterious ocean depths, these stories explore the ghostly and the savage; the monstrous faerie and the beast within; the ritual and the obsession. New stories of unsettlingly old things. Tales of the eerie and uncanny. Dare you discover what is hiding under the leaves…?
What’s more, I can now reveal the authors who will have stories in this anthology.
And they are:
Emma Coleman, Gary Couzens, Paul Crosby, Epiphany Ferrell, Ren Graham, Rachel Henderson, Sam Hicks, Ivor K. Hill, Liam Hogan, Tom Johnstone, Frazer Lee, Emma Levin, Selina Lock, Tim Major, LJ McMenemy, Marisca Pichette, Kev Rooney, Laura Jane Round, Pete W Sutton, Matt Thompson, KB Willson, and Thomas Wren.
“Introduction” by Donna Scott
“Rumours Overheard in the School Playground Relating to Miss Angeline Holst” by Tim Major
“Tumulus” by Frazer Lee
“No One Knows the Old Ways Anymore and It Will Be The End of Everything” by LJ McMenemy
“Mister Persimmon” by Rachel Henderson
“The Forgiveness Tree” by Paul Crosby
“Teas at the House” by Sam Hicks
“The Tiddymun” by Kev Rooney
“Things that Look like Ribbons, Things that Sound like Bells” by Emma Levin
“The Crow Who Burned” by Ivor K. Hill
“Muddy Water” by Epiphany Ferrell
“In the Field at Noon” by Ren Graham
“A Walk Before Lunch” by Matt Thompson
“When the River Flows Three Times” by Gary Couzens
“Fens Sutton” by Emma Coleman
“How Do You Like Your Feather Bed? How Do You Like Your Sheets?” by Tom Johnstone
“A Hunt One Morning” by Thomas Wren
“Shifting Sands” by Liam Hogan
“The Clootie Tree” by Selina Lock
“Red, Red Wine” by KB Willson
“In the Forest There are Doors” by Pete W Sutton
“Nature Morte” by Marisca Pichette
“The Trembling of Dog, the Fierceness of Sheep” by Laura Jane Round
More details to follow, including how to pre-order. The official publication date will be 3rd November 2025, and World Fantasycon will be the perfect time to launch.
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[…] am delighted to announce another Table of Contents in which my work appears: Hiding Under the Leaves, the forthcoming folk horror anthology from Northampton-based publisher, The Slab Press. […]
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You will certainly see me in Brighton!
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