{"product_id":"9780712354592","title":"Circles of Stone : Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites : 44","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Katy Soar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic horror \u0026amp; ghost stories\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 December 2023 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the British Library Tales of the Weird' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 190 x 31mm | 206g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wood the grey stone rose from the grass, and she cried out and ran back in panicked terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘What a silly little girl,’ the nurse had said. ‘It’s only the... stone.’Standing stones, stone circles, tumps, barrows and ancient clearings still remain across the British Isles, and though their specific significance may be obscured by the passing of time, their strange allure and mysterious energy persist in our collective consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssembled here in tribute to these relics of a lost age are accounts of terrifying spirits haunting Stonehenge itself, stories of awful fates for those who impose modernity on the sacred sites and grim tales in which unwitting trespassers into the eternal rites of pagan worship find themselves part of an enduring legacy of blood. To represent the breadth of the sub-genre, authors include Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood and Rosalie Muspratt alongside lesser-known writers from the periodicals and journals of the British Library collections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katy Soar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57184330842437,"sku":"9780712354592","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780712354592.jpg?v=1771428772","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780712354592","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}