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FOR FEAR OF LITTLE MEN (1972) officially releases worldwide today in hardcover, paperback & ebook. This one has been unavailable for half a century, aside from a sold-out limited Centipede edition. Among the prolific Blackburn's best novels, it's a classic of folk horror centering on ancient lore and strange happenings in the Welsh hills. Cover design by Matthew Revert.



Book Description

'We daren't go a-hunting for fear of little men' - words from an old children's song, but to the residents of one Welsh village it's more than just a nursery rhyme. A legend has been handed down through the ages, telling of an ancient mountain people, dedicated to evil, who were massacred by the villagers' ancestors three thousand years ago. No animals ever graze on the northern slope of the mountain where the bloodshed took place and strange incidents befall anyone who wanders there.

Reviews

'He is certainly the best British novelist in his field and deserves the widest recognition.' - Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural
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'A stylish, genuinely chilling author . . . undoubtedly one of England's best practicing novelists in the tradition of the thriller novel.' - St James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers

Now available:
https://www.valancourtbooks.com/for-f...

folklore you say?! I’m in!!