Fiction
Category: Fiction, Short Stories
Number of pages: 277
ISBN: 9781854115300
Publication date: October 31, 2010
Price: £9.99
‘I’m not normally a reader of horror stories but found myself irresistibly drawn to these.”Maryom’s, ‘Our Book Review Online’ Blog
“Excellent collection” bookgeeks.co.uk
Sing Sorrow Sorrow is a chilling collection of supernatural myth and otherworldly horror stories from some of Wales’ most exciting new and established authors.
From the dark waters of the Styx to the circling birds of the Mabinogion, from the lonely house to cities of the mind, the contemporary stories in Sing Sorrow Sorrow grow out of European folk, fable, fairy tale and legend – all tales which belong to the domain of the underworld. There are ghosts, murderesses, blood-soaked enchantment, black humour and stories with the darkest twists of the imagination – draw the chair nearer the fire and enjoy.
With contributions from Niall Griffiths, Maria Donovan, Deborah Kay Davies, Gee Williams, Richard Gwyn, Tristan Hughes, Cynan Jones, Matthew Francis, Anne Lauppe-Dunbar, Mary-Ann Constantine, Zillah Bethell, Dai Vaughan, Imogen Herrad, Lloyd Jones, Euron Griffith, Jo Mazelis Glenda Beagan, Alan Bilton, Roshi Fernando, Christine Harrison, Jon Gower, Charlotte Greig.
Gwen Davies
Gwen Davies is a translator from Welsh to English, and a creative editor. Her adaptation of Caryl Lewis’ prize-winning novel, published in English as Martha, Jack and Shanco, was released in 2007 with Parthian and she is currently working on another of Caryl’s novels, to be published as The Jeweller. Her critical writing has appeared in anthologies such as The Babel Guide to Welsh Literature, online, and in journals such as Planet. As translator, she is a contributor to Dalkey Archive Press’ international Best European Fiction anthology, 2011. Her translations have been commissioned by the Book Trust and the Welsh Literature Exchange, and have gained the support of the Welsh Books Council and Translators’ House Wales. She grew up in a Welsh-speaking family in west Yorkshire, attended Aberystwyth University and stayed in the town since then. Gwen lives with her husband, Simon, and their teenage daughter and son.
