NEW TITLE NEWS: A SECOND GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF FOLK HORROR

A SECOND GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF FOLK HORROR
 
For the ghostly season, Sarob Press is ‘announcing’ the publication of A Second Ghosts & Scholars Book of Folk Horror… a very special M.R. Jamesian ‘folk horror’ volume following on from the long sold out A Ghosts & Scholars Book of Folk Horror (published way back in 2018). Here you’ll find fifteen super stories by some terrific modern writers... five of the tales have previously appeared in Ghosts & Scholars/Haunted Library publications and the other ten are wholly original to this volume.
Creepy spooky tales for the long dark winter nights ahead.
So, light up the fire, pop on your slippers, have a glass of something special to hand, make yourself nice and comfortable and get ready to dive in and enjoy some delicious pleasing terrors.
 
Here’s what you’ll get:
Introduction by Rosemary Pardoe.
Stories:  “The Saracen’s Head*” by Reggie Oliver, “The Witch’s Wood*” by David A. Sutton,  “Some Recent Donations” by Timothy Granville, “Gone Fishing*” by Steve Rasnic Tem, “A Cold Sting*” by Mike Chinn, “Bright Young Things*” by Katherine Haynes, “The Haughbúi*” by Thea Prothero, “The Wild Hunt” by James Doig, “Dark Jesmond*” by John Ward, “The Tunnel of Saksaksalim” by Ron Weighell, “Shallabalah” by D.P. Watt, “No One Had Ever Seen Anything*” by Michael Chislett, “Butterflies” by Carole Tyrrell, “Health and Safety*” by David Longhorn and “Hic Sunt Dracones*” by Daniel McGachey. *Previously Unpublished.
 
A Second Ghosts & Scholars Book of Folk Horror will be a Hand Numbered Limited Edition Jacketed Hardcover.
Bound in Light Blue Cialux Italian cloth/linen, Foil Blocked to Front in (probably) White, Quality Enzo Creamy Text Paper, Marble/Print Design Endpapers, Section (Thread)-Sewn binding, Head/Tailbands and Ribbon Bookmarker.
A Second Ghosts & Scholars Book of Folk Horror will be approx 184pp including prelims etc.
Colour Dust-Jacket Art by the ever brilliant Paul Lowe.
Publication currently scheduled (a bit loosely as always) for late October/early November 2026.
 
PRICES

UK
PRE-PUBLICATION @ UK £42.00 (inclusive of Postage and Packing within the UK)
[Valid until publication ONLY. Payment MUST be received by publication for Pre-Publication Offer. A reminder will be sent 7-10 days before the books are due to touch down from my printer for any folk who have RESERVED a copy without payment to allow them to send payment in good time].
POST-PUBLICATION @ UK £52.00 (inclusive of Postage and Packing and sent from France)
The high Post-Publication Price is wholly due to the now substantially elevated cost of shipping to the UK from France.
I therefore urge all my UK friends to order/reserve early to take advantage of the Pre-Publication price.
 
EUROPE:  52,00 Euros (inclusive of Postage and Packing and sent from France)
[However, pre-publication orders for Norway and Switzerland may be posted from the UK)
 
USA & REST OF WORLD
PRE-PUBLICATION @ USA $75.00 (inclusive of Postage and Packing from within the UK)
[Valid until publication ONLY. Payment MUST be received by publication for Pre-Publication Offer. A reminder will be sent 7-10 days before the books are due to touch down from my printer for any folk who have RESERVED a copy without payment to allow them to send payment in good time]
IMPORTANT: I’m very sorry but due to the ongoing uncertainty and difficulty in posting to the United States with LA POSTE here in France I am unable to accept orders from the USA Post-Publication. I therefore urge all my USA friends to order/reserve early so I can post orders along with all other Pre-Publication shipments when I visit the UK.
 
USA Customers ~ when ordering, please provide a contact phone number and e-mail as these are now required by the postal/customs authorities.
 
HOW TO ORDER
E-mail sarobpress@gmail.com to order/reserve your copy and make payment by one of the methods detailed below.
HOW TO PAY
Paypal: visit www.paypal.com and send payment using our e-mail address sarobpress@gmail.com
Cheque (payable to ROBERT MORGAN) [UK Bank UK£ only]
Cash. Cash at Senders Risk. (Europe/USA & RoW ~ Paypal or Cash Only).
 
Cheers, Robert.

ANCIENT TRACKS SOLD OUT

ANCIENT TRACKS by JOSH REYNOLDS is SOLD OUT.

Cheers, Robert

ANCIENT TRACKS REVIEWED

David Longhorn has reviewed ANCIENT TRACKS by JOSH REYNOLDS at his excellent SUPERNATURAL TALES blog.

Check out what he says at: https://suptales.blogspot.com/2026/08/ancient-tracks-by-josh-reynolds-sarob.html

A few people have asked about the forthcoming Ghosts & Scholars Folk Horror volumes... I hope to announce the first of these in mid-September. If you want to be on my mailing list to receive details when announced then just drop me an email and ask (see address right).

Cheers, Robert.

ANCIENT TRACKS AND OTHER BOOK NEWS

I am delighted to announce the arrival of ANCIENT TRACKS by JOSH REYNOLDS.

The book looks great as you can see.

All pre-ordered copies have now shipped.

Another quick seller… I have just 3 copies (of a 300 copy run) left!!!

And I have just completed work on the next exciting Sarob Press volume… the eagerly awaited “A SECOND GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF FOLK HORROR” (edited & introduced by Rosemary Pardoe) will be announced (with full contents/price/order/payment details etc) in a couple of months for (I guess) a late October or early November publication.

It has a truly fabulous dust-jacket painting by the ever brilliant Paul Lowe.

This will be quickly followed in (probably) early February 2027 by “A THIRD GHOSTS & SCHOLARS BOOK OF FOLK HORROR”.

Many thanks again everyone for your continued support.

Cheers, Robert.

NEW TITLE NEWS: ANCIENT TRACKS

ANCIENT TRACKS:  JOSH REYNOLDS

Sarob Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of ANCIENT TRACKS.

Josh Reynolds has been writing professionally since 2007 and has short stories, audio dramas and novels in his back catalogue. In other writers’ universes, he has written for Arkham Horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Warhammer 40,000 and more.

Ancient Tracks contains nine stories all featuring intrepid folklorist and adventurer Artemis Whitlock as she delves into strange folk customs and weird and supernatural goings-on in 1920s England.

These are stories firmly in the M.R. Jamesian tradition with a great sense of place and time (so Jamesian that Rosemary Pardoe, renowned M.R. James expert and head-honcho at Ghosts & Scholars, almost insisted on providing a rather original introduction… alongside Josh… a sort of question and answer that tells us a lot about Josh and his inspirations).

Artemis Whitlock is a super creation and a fabulously original character and, alongside five previously published tales (at least three of which will be ‘new’ to most), are four all new Whitlock adventures.

If you’re looking for really well-written Jamesian folk horror tales then Ancient Tracks will most definitely be for you. A roaring log fire, slippers, and something rather special to hand in a large glass are, of course, entirely optional.

Stories: “Windlestraw*”, “Beating the Bounds” “He in the Tree”, “An Indefinite Kingdom”, “A Crooked Path”, “Waters Painted Red*”, “St Ulfhaugh”, “Via Maris*” & “Brinley Wood*” (*previously unpublished)

ANCIENT TRACKS will be a Hand Numbered Limited Edition Jacketed Hardcover.

Bound in Sand colour Cialux Italian cloth/linnen, Foil Blocked to Front & Spine in Black, Quality Enzo Creamy Text Paper, Marble/Print Design Endpapers, Section (Thread)-Sewn binding, Head/Tailbands and Ribbon Bookmarker. Approx 128pp including prelims etc.

Full Colour Dust-Jacket Art and black & white frontispiece by the ever brilliant Paul Lowe.

Publication currently scheduled (loosely as always) for mid-late June 2026.

PRICES

UK:

OPTION 1 ~ PRE PUBLICATION OFFER* @ UK £40.00 (inclusive of Postage and Packing within the UK)

*PLEASE NOTE: Valid until publication ONLY (payment MUST be received by publication date for Pre-Publication Offer. An email reminder will be sent 7-10 days before the books are due to touch down from my printer for any folk who have RESERVED a copy without payment to allow them to send payment in good time).

OPTION 2 ~ POST PUBLICATION @ UK £45.00 (inclusive of Postage and Packing and sent from France) (Orders OR Payments Received AFTER Publication)

NOTE: The increase in price for OPTION 2 (which I’ve kept as low as possible) is wholly due to an increase in the cost of posting from FRANCE.

 

EUROPE :  50,00 EUROS  (inclusive of Postage and Packing and sent from France)

USA & RoW:  USA $75.00   (inclusive of Postage and Packing and, unless systems change for the USA with La Poste, pre-publication orders will probably be posted from the UK. IMPORTANT: La Poste are currently still not accepting items for the USA and so I’d urge my American friends to order/reserve early so their book can be sent when I visit the UK to post pre-publication orders. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to post USA orders from France and, after my trip to the UK in late June, I probably won’t be heading over again until at least October).  Provides TRACKING

IMPORTANT… USA customers: Please provide both an email address and telephone number when ordering as these are now required by the postal companies. Note: if you ordered our previous book, VOTIVE OFFERINGS, then I’ll have this information.

 

HOW TO ORDER

E-mail sarobpress@gmail.com to order/reserve your copy and make payment by one of the methods detailed below.

HOW TO PAY
Paypal: visit www.paypal.com and send payment using our e-mail address sarobpress@gmail.com

Cheque (payable to ROBERT MORGAN) [UK Bank UK£ only]

Cash. Cash at Senders Risk. (Europe/USA & RoW ~ Paypal or Cash Only).

 

Cheers, Robert.

VOTIVE OFFERINGS REVIEWED

David Longhorn has reviewed VOTIVE OFFERINGS at his Supernatural Tales blog. You can read what he thinks about the latest Sarob Press volume here:  https://suptales.blogspot.com/2026/02/votive-offerings-sarob-press-2026.html

And he has just announced issue #61 (wow! 61 issues) of his excellent Supernatural Tales magazine.

Cheers, Robert.

VOTIVE OFFERINGS ~ A TALE OF HERE AND GONE

VOTIVE OFFERINGS arrived a few weeks or so ago.

I’m really pleased with how this one has turned out. And even more pleased and proud of the stories that Mark (Valentine), John (Howard), Peter (Bell) & Colin (Insole) have written for me.

And the dust jacket art by Paul Lowe is just amazing!

As usual, the couriers took a whole week (and a day) beyond the promised delivery date to eventually get the books to me… that’s what living “in the middle of nowhere” gets you I guess!

It’s been a really big task checking, numbering and packing the ordered copies!

Anyway, after multiple post office visits, all ordered copies have, at last, been posted.

And Sara will be relieved to not have stacks of packed books ‘cluttering’ (her word) up our salon.

VOTIVE OFFERINGS is now SOLD OUT.

Cheers, Robert.