Devil's Day
Published on 21. November 2023
254 pages
978-1-328-48984-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this gothic horror novel, a schoolteacher and his wife must deal with a devilish legend when they travel to his remote rural hometown for a funeral.
Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up, to help gather the sheep down from the moors for the winter. Very little changes in the Endlands, but this year, his grandfather-the Gaffer-has died and John's new wife, Katherine, is accompanying him for the first time.
Each year, the Gaffer would redraw the boundary lines of the village, with pen and paperbut also through the remembrance of tales and timeless communal rituals, which keep the sheep safe from the Devil. But as the farmers of the Endlands bury the Gafferand prepare to gather the sheep, they begin to wonder whether they've let the Devil in after all...
Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up, to help gather the sheep down from the moors for the winter. Very little changes in the Endlands, but this year, his grandfather-the Gaffer-has died and John's new wife, Katherine, is accompanying him for the first time.
Each year, the Gaffer would redraw the boundary lines of the village, with pen and paperbut also through the remembrance of tales and timeless communal rituals, which keep the sheep safe from the Devil. But as the farmers of the Endlands bury the Gafferand prepare to gather the sheep, they begin to wonder whether they've let the Devil in after all...
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ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY lives in Lancashire, where he teaches English literature and creative writing. He has published two short story collections. His first novel,
The Loney,won the Costa First Book Award, was short-listed for the James Herbert Award, and was published in twenty territories.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- The Blizzard
- Briardale Moss
- The Endlands
- Funeral
- The Moors
- Devilâ?Ts Day
- Gathering
- Spring
- Acknowledgements
- Sample Chapter from THE LONEY
- Buy the Book
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
