Category Archives: witchcraft in England

Uncanny Book Club and Pic

Here is J Wentworth Day’s ‘Here Are Ghosts and Witches’, the 1954 first edition. I’ve always liked the sinister cover art by Michael Ayrton. Ayrton also provides some distinctive interior illustrations and, judging by his Wikipedia entry, seems to have … Continue reading

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>New posts on Uncanny UK

>The two latest stories on http://www.uncannyuk.com include a delightful recollection of fairy belief in the Isle of Skye and a very weird account of a plague of spiders – possibly created through witchcraft – in Suffolk. More to come soon.

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