BOOK CULT: The Haunted Trail - Classic Tales of the Rambling Weird

Two titans of the weird collide in this collaboration between WEIRD WALK and the BRITISH LIBRARY’s Tales of the Weird series. A collection of classic stories of uncanny rambles, The Haunted Trail features notes and real-life walk recommendations for each tale to help readers arrange their own journeys into the rambling weird.

A remarkable blood-soaked stranger upends the lives of two Lake District ramblers; a lonely tavern offers its guests something much more disturbing than a post-walk pint; a night hike on the Fens takes a terrifying turn when the fog rolls in. 

From the darkly humorous to the chillingly sinister, tales of the haunted trail are as old as time. We have always travelled on foot and our worst fears have often accompanied us. Whether walking for pleasure or necessity, the ramblers of these classic stories trip across unseen boundaries, plotting routes towards the numinous, the uncanny and the plain evil.

Featuring fourteen pieces from an intrepid band of writers including Robert Aickman, Charlotte Riddell, M. R. James and many more, this new anthology is a haunting trail companion, guiding you into the wild unknown.