Beams were dancing on the waters of the Skirfare; the moonlight falling on the hills formed them into fantastic shapes... With a slight indescribable kind of fear I bent my steps homewards.

Along with its great swathes of natural moorland beauty and cities steeped in folklore and history, Yorkshire has a rich literary heritage, populated by innumerable phantoms, faeries and witches, as well as local legends like the bargest (a death-heralding ghost-dog). Gathering the greatest stories of the weird and uncanny set among the breathtaking Dales, rugged coast and bustling towns of God's Own County, Elizabeth Dearnley presents a new collection of chilling tales, with fresh research exploring examples of Yorkshire's uniquely haunting influence on horror literature, such as Whitby Abbey's role in the creation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Elizabeth Dearnley is a folklorist, writer, artist and Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University whose work explores fairy tales, horror, eerie landscapes and collaborative storytelling. Her collections for the Tales of the Weird include Into the London Fog and Deadly Dolls, and she is also the editor of the Gilded Nightmares anthology Fearsome Fairies. She grew up in Bradford, and has a keen interest in Yorkshire's ghostly heritage.