Bloody Parchment - Remains of an Old World

Nerine Dorman

Summary

A boy pursues a machine across a desert; a Grabouw butcher discovers a secret ingredient to make the best sausage in town; and a seamstress seeks fabric of an unconventional nature to stitch together the garment of her dreams.
 
The South African Horrorfest Bloody Parchment anthology, edited by Nerine Dorman, returns with a dozen chilling stories featuring finalists from the 2016 short story competition: Brett Rex Bruton, Janine Milne, Stephen Embleton, William Burger, Shaun van Rensburg, Livingston Edwards, Lester Walbrugh, Jessica Liebenberg, Erhu Amreyan, Toby Bennett, Mignotte Mekuria, and Blaize M Kaye.
 
Bloody Parchment: Remains of an Old World offers you a selection of fantastical and sometimes downright unsettling tales that will drag you to dark places, in settings real or imagined.

Available since: 11/15/2018.

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