Also coming this December....

Christmas on the Black Meadow - Coming Soon

A perfect Christmas gift for the Black Meadow traveler in your life!

Christmas on the Black Meadow

It is Christmas on the North York Moors.

The snow sits upon the heather and bramble. The fences around  

RAF Fylingdales are silent and still. A dense mist grows in the 

distance. If you listen closely you can hear strange Yuletide chants,

the hum of a land sphere and the cackle of a meadow hag.

This collection of Christmas tales from the Black Meadow 

contains three new Yuletide stories. Experience a beautiful 

inversion of The Nativity in A Black Meadow Christmas, warm

 your toes in a tale of matriarchal terror in The Meadow Tree and 

marvel at the delightful wonders of The Black Star. You will also find

 details of ideal gifts you could give and games that you can play 

when visiting the Black Meadow.

With beautiful illustrations by Andy Paciorek and Nigel Wilson, this is a festive treat that will bring joy and fear in equal measure to your Christmas celebrations.

All profits from the sale of this book 

go to Worldwide Cancer Research.

Details of how to purchase this new book will follow shortly...

Songs from the Black Meadow - Now available from Mega Dodo!

I am very proud to announce that you can buy this exciting folk horror album today (please click on the link) from Mega Dodo records. It costs £15 and all profits go to Cancer Research. You will be pleased to know that pre-sales have put it into profit already, all costs are now covered, so every penny you spend will go to Cancer Research.

17 musical artists from around the world have created and contributed tracks all inspired by "Tales from the Black Meadow".

  Buy it at the Mega Dodo shop here.

 This beautifully packaged CD includes tracks by folk horror artists such as The Hare and the Moon, Emily Jones, Rowan Amber Mill, Kid Moxie, The Soulless Party, Mervyn Williams, Theale Green School Choir, Eastgreen, Alison O'Donnell, Angeline Morrison, Joseph Curwen, Winterberry/concretism, Elena Martin, Lost Trail, The Implicit Order, Septimus Keen, Wyrdstone, Keith Seatman... For a flavour  - check out the sampler below...

  Buy it at the Mega Dodo shop here.

Games for May!

May 29th will see the relaunch of "Songs from the Black Meadow".
MFZ have released a mix that includes tracks from the album and extracts from short stories and poems written especially for the event by Chris Lambert.
Share and enjoy!

Songs from the Black Meadow: The Implicit Order - Baby Baby Black Meadow Acid ...

Songs from the Black Meadow: The Implicit Order - Baby Baby Black Meadow Acid ...: As we at Black Meadow towers and they at Mega Dodo records prepare for the re-launch of "Songs  from the Black Meadow" on May 29th...

Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies

The Black Meadow is discussed in Chris Lambert's paper Folk Horror and the Virtual Demiurge – Making False Trails – How Lies Can Be Used to Create New Folklore which appears in this awesome new tome this month.

The paper was first presented as part of  the "Fiend in the Furrows" Folk Horror symposium at Queens University in Belfast. It explores the phenomena of the Black Meadow inviting the reader to join us in the mist, to make mischief, to make new folklore, to lie and to revel in lies.

The brainchild of Andy Paciorek, Field Studies  is a folk horror enthusiast's treasure trove, with contributions and interviews from incredibly exciting artists such as Kim Newman, Philip Pullman, Alan Lee and Sharon Krauss.

As well as this other Black Meadow travellers such as Grey Malkin (of The Hare and the Moon) and Jim Peters (Melmoth the Wanderer/Septimus Keen) make several scinitllating contributions of their own.  It is well worth checking out. A lovely and comforting read on these cold winter nights.

There are some lovely reviews in The Spectral Times (p.97) and in Heathen Harvest.

A full list of contributions follows:
• Foreword, Disclaimer & Acknowledgements
• Folk Horror: From the Forests, Fields and Furrows; An Introduction by Andy Paciorek
• Subtle Magic and the Thrill of The Wicker Man by Sharron Kraus
• An Interview with Kim Newman
• Public Information Films: Play Safe by Grey Malkin
• An Interview with Philip Pullman
• Hysteria and Curses in Nigel Kneale’s Baby (Beasts) by Adam Scovell
• An Interview with Paul Rumsey
• The Green Children of the Woolpits by Karl Shuker
• Sacred Demons: The Dramatic Art of David Rudkin by John Coulthart
• The Last Broadcast by Rich Blackett
• Folklore and the River: A Reflection on Davis Grubb’s The Night of the Hunter byStephen Canner
• Quatermass II (Nigel Kneale): The Fears of the Outsider Within the Landscape byAdam Scovell
• An Interview with Gary Lachman
• Weird Americana by Andy Paciorek
• An Interview with Julia Jeffrey
• The Wanderings of Melmoth by Jim Peters
• The Traditional Jack in the Green by Chris Walton
• Ghosts, Landscape and Science by Nick Brown
• An Interview with Dr Bob Curran
• The Music of The Cremator and Morgiana by Grey Malkin
• One Small Step for Man: Hunting the Nephilim by Cobweb Mehers
• A Paean to Peter Vaughan by Andy Paciorek
• Other Thoughts, Other Voices: Cults, Hive Minds and a New Philosophy of Horror in the Work of John Wyndham by Dan Hunt
• The Haunted Landscape of Brian Eno: Ambient 4: On Land by Adam Scovell
• Srpski Vampir by Lauri Löytökoski
• The Primrose Sloop of War by Chris Bond
• Phantasms of the Floating World: Tales of Ghostly Japan by Andy Paciorek
• The Folk Horror of Doctor Who by Adam Scovell
• Colin Wilson: Reflections on an Outsider by Gary Lachman
• Morgaine Art by Karen Hilder
• An Interview with Andrew McGuigan: Cumbrian Cthulhu
• Paul Ferris: Witchfinder General Soundtrack Review by Grey Malkin
• An Interview with Thomas Ligotti by Neddal Ayad
• “Just That Little Bit Dark, Haunting and Dramatic”: An Introduction to The Hare and the Moon by Jim Peters & Grey Malkin
• An Interview with Dr Simon Young – The Fairy Investigation Society
• Nordic Twilight: Scandinavian Horror by Andy Paciorek
• “See Ye Not That Bonny Road?”: Places, Haunts and Haunted Places in British Traditional Song by Clare Button
• Kill Lists: The occult, paganism and sacrifice in cinema as an analogy for political upheaval in the 1970s and the 2010s by Aaron Jolly
• MR James: The Presence of More Formidable Visitants by Jim Moon
• An Interview With Drew Mulholland
• Albion’s Children: The Golden Age of British Supernatural Youth Drama by Andy Paciorek
• The Sacred Theatre of Summerisle by John Harrigan
• All you Ever Knew About Vampires Is Wrong: A Transcript of a Fortean Meeting Talk by Tina Rath
• An Interview with Robin Hardy
• The Haunted Fields of England: Diabolical Landscapes and the Genii Locorum byPhil Legard
• Sauna: Abjection and Redemption in the Liminal Spaces by Madeleine Ledespencer
• Hell’s Angel Blake – An Annotated Guide to a Coven at Bix by Andy Sharp
• The Old Hag Phenomenon by Jasmine Gould
• The Olde World Mythology Behind Saurimonde by Scarlett Amaris & Melissa St Hilaire
• Unearthing Forgotten Horrors by Darren Charles
• An Arthurian Antichrist: Alternate Readings of Kill List by Andy Paciorek
• Darkness, Beauty, Fear and Wonder: Exploring the Grotesque and Fantastical World of Czech Folk Horror by Kat Ellinger
• Folk Horror and the Virtual Demiurge – Making False Trails – How Lies Can Be Used to Create New Folklore by Chris Lambert
• Women of Power and Justice: Witches in Folk Horror Movies by Judika Illes
• An Interview With Alan Lee

The Black Meadow - A new piece of art inspired by "Tales from the Black Meadow"

This new piece of work by artist and photographer Mark David Brindley is inspired by "Tales from the Black Meadow". It is a rich piece that seems seeped in mist and heather. We are honoured to share it here. The more you stare, the more it draws you in...