About the Author\nMark Norman is a folklore author and researcher. He is a council member of The Folklore Society and has been on the judging panel for the Katharine Briggs book awards for the last 4 years. He is also the creator and host of The Folklore Podcast. His previous books include Black Dog Folklore and Telling the Bees and Other Customs. Tracey Norman is an actor and writer and is part of Circle of Spears Productions, a theatre company and audio production house which specializes in working with indie authors and small publishers. Circle of Spears also performs Tracey's first stage play, the acclaimed historical drama WITCH.\nThe first entertaining, yet rigorously researched, modern anthology to explore a wide range of creepy beliefs, customs and stories\nHow did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the porch of your local church really what you think it is? And what’s that tapping noise on the roof of your car . . . ? 
The fields of folklore have never been more popular – a recent resurgence of interest in traditional beliefs and customs, coupled with morbid curiosities in folk horror, historic witchcraft cases and our superstitious past, have led to an intersection of ideas that is driving people to seek out more information. 
Tracey Norman and Mark Norman lead you on an exploration of those more salubrious facets of our past, highlighting those aspects of our cultural beliefs and social history that are less ‘wicker basket’ and more ‘Wicker Man’.

Dark Folklore

Politics & Social Sciences

Norman, Mark

Norman, Tracey

Social Sciences

The History Press

The first entertaining, yet rigorously researched, modern anthology to explore a wide range of creepy beliefs, customs and stories How did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the porch of your local church really what you think it is? And what's that tapping noise on the roof of your car . . . ? The fields of folklore have never been more popular - a recent resurgence of interest in traditional beliefs and customs, coupled with morbid curiosities in folk horror, historic witchcraft cases and our superstitious past, have led to an intersection of ideas that is driving people to seek out more information. Tracey Norman and Mark Norman lead you on an exploration of those more salubrious facets of our past, highlighting those aspects of our cultural beliefs and social history that are less 'wicker basket' and more 'Wicker Man'.

Who is Anna Stenberg

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Liminal Books

The Septillion of Hheserakh: a collection of myths and legends from The Fire-Eyes Chronicles

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Aamena Press

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