Story Hunter

A collection of short stories steeped in the folklore and legend of the English countryside, Story Hunter captures the ancient art of seeking out tales where they're found, in misty moors, in village hearths, in the fading memories of those who remember the old ways. Ernest R. Suffling was a devoted collector of folk traditions, and his stories bear the weight of centuries passed down through oral tradition. Here you'll find tales of the hunt, both literal and spectral, where the line between the natural world and the world beyond blurs in the fog. These are stories of pursuit: of stories themselves, of game, of spirits that linger in the places where humans dare not wander after dark. Suffling writes with the reverence of someone who understood that these tales were disappearing, that the last storytellers were fading, and that every word preserved was a small victory against forgetting. For readers who cherish the dark romance of English folklore, the ghostly tales of M.R. James, or the rural ghosts of Arthur Machen, this collection offers a window into a vanishing world of village legends and countryside mysteries.