The UK is torn, awaiting the outcome of the Brexit negotiations that will define who we are, who our children are. We dream of these islands, and what they will become.

Unsung Stories have gathered writers from across genre and literary fiction for a new anthology of short stories. Whilst we all struggle to understand what it means to live on the British Isles, the land prevails, and preserves secrets and memories older than our ability to remember them. By drawing together leading voices of horror and fantasy, our stories reveal the weird spaces between us.

The anthology will be funded by a Kickstarter campaign which launches today and includes stories by Ramsey Campbell, Andrew Michael Hurley, Catriona Ward. Jenn Ashworth, Gareth E. Rees, Tim Lebbon, Aliya Whiteley, Stephen Volk, James Miller, Jeannette Ng, Richard V. Hirst, Alison Moore, Gary Budden, and Angela Readman,

Dan Coxon, Editor at Unsung Stories, explained, “When this anthology first started coming together, the Brexit  referendum  was still looming in our future. Now, as we struggle to imagine what Britain will look like post-Brexit, that question seems more relevant than ever.

“This Dreaming Isle looks to the past for its inspiration, but it also turns the looking glass towards Britain now, questioning who we are and who we are becoming. While they’re rooted in folk tales and local legends, these stories offer an unsettling, frightening glimpse of the nation we are today.

“Ranging from hauntings to mythical mer-people, it’s an anthology that offers a different definition of what Britain is: a land that is still emerging from the mist.”

This Dreaming Isle will be published by Unsung Stories in late 2018.

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