Your Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories

An old house turns out to not be as empty as its new owners supposed. A nobleman barters his soul in exchange for arcane knowledge. A stranger with a terrible curse looks for an unsuspecting victim to take her place. Monsters, killers and unquiet spirits stalk these stories, drawn from the places where folklore, the Gothic and modern fiction intertwine – Irish literature’s dark and ever-present shadow.

Edited and introduced by Jack Fennell, this collection of lesser-known works of classic Ir...