By British Library Publishing

The Dead of Summer: Strange Tales of May Eve and Midsummer

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May Day Eve, Walpurgis Night and Midsummer Eve – or the Summer Solstice. Tales of these fated days and nights, and their riotous rituals and feasts, have rung down the centuries, and yet in today’s world those that observe their ancient ways are few.  

Setting out on a mission to re-weird this lost stretch of the ritual year, Johnny Mains returns with a collection of tales of the bizarre, the beastly and the brutal to welcome the summer and raise the cry: Wyrd is Icumen in!  

Publication date: 10/04/2025

Author: Edited by Johnny Mains

Brand: British Library Publishing

Number of Pages: 320

Binding: Hardback

Dimensions: 210 x 149 mm

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