November is coming and the Saints will begin their march...

Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - October

As Wyrd Kalendar is published this month (you can buy the book here) enjoy the October mix that contains extracts from "The Field" and explore some of our October discoveries here...

Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - September

As Wyrd Kalendar is published this month (you can buy the book here) enjoy the September mix that contains extracts from "Ashley and Ashley" and explore some of our September discoveries here...

The Wyrd Kalendar is here - Buy now!

Chris Lambert launching "Wyrd Kalendar" on Saturday 21st October 2017.
In this image he is reading an extract from the July story "Grotto Day"
Photo by Sally-Anne Huxtable

It is official.

On Saturday 21st October Wyrd Kalendar was published at The Unseelie Court in Edinburgh.

The Unseelie Court was a conference and music festival organised by the Folk Horror Revival.

The book (published by Wyrd Harvest Press) is now available to buy from Lulu and all profits from sales will go to Wildlife Trusts. (You can also buy it from Amazon and other online retailers but the charities will get more money if you buy directly from Lulu).

Buy it here.

Review of Wyrd Kalendar - "Darkly Spun Tales"

"Each darkly spun tale matches with a chosen month of the year, providing a folkloric and portmanteau feel to the book, with Paciorek’s richly detailed and haunting artwork prefacing the individual chapters." - Grey Malkin

We are very proud to announce this lovely review of Wyrd Kalendar from Hare and the Moon's Grey Malkin.

Read it here.

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - August

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the July mix that contains extracts from "Grotto Day" and explore some of our July discoveries here...

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - July

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the July mix that contains extracts from "Grotto Day" and explore some of our July discoveries here...

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - June

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the June mix that contains extracts from "June Bug" and explore some of our June discoveries here...

When October is warm do not watch the Horsemen dance...

In one of the most striking pieces of Black Meadow lore collected by Roger Mullins (who disappeared on the site known as Black Meadow on the North York Moors in 1972) is the myth of the Horsemen.

If October is warm for more than three consecutive nights then the horsemen will come and the horsemen will dance. The people of the surrounding villages will play instruments to aid the dance from their houses but will not venture to the field. For to watch them as they dance will mean oblivion.

For more information on this visit the Black Meadow site here...

You can also buy a collection of folklore from the Black Meadow here...

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - May

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the May mix that contains extracts from "May Pole" and explore some of our May discoveries here...

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - April

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the April  mix that contains extracts from "Chasing the Gowk" and explore some of our April discoveries here...

It's Crowley Day! What will you do to celebrate?

As well as doing what thou wilt (obviously) here are 10 other things you can do to celebrate Aleister Crowley’s Birthday!

1. Write an erotic poem!
2. Start a club and offend everyone in it so they ask you to leave!
3. Contract gonorrhoea!
4. Do it with everyone (don’t be fussy)!
5. Get yourself a real guardian angel! (Now that Alastair is dead Aiwass may be available.)
6. Run out of money!
7. Enjoy heroin too much!
8. Appear on a Beatles album cover!
9. Climb a mountain!
10. Curse your doctor!

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - March

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the March mix that contains extracts from "The Crucified Hare" and explore some of our March discoveries here...

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - February

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the February mix that contains extracts from "February 31st" and explore some of our February discoveries here...

Columbo's Day

As everyone knows the 9th October is Columbo's Day.

This is a very important day for Americans so I thought it would be nice to make a nice poster.

Countdown to Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - January

As we prepare for the publication of Wyrd Kalendar later this month enjoy the January mix that contains extracts from "The Resolution"... and explore some of our January discoveries here...

The October Mix (with a more than a dash of Halloween...)

Wander the Kalendar Heath this October.

Walk towards the inevitable and terrifying Halloween festivities accompanied by BBC Tees and Fortean Times' own Bob Fischer who will entertain you with extracts from this month's story "The Field" taken from "The Wyrd Kalendar" (published this month by Wyrd Harvest Press).

As you reach the last few moments of October and Halloween descends, listen out for "The Night Before Samhain" a poem written and performed by Phil Breach.

Enjoy the October and then the Halloween tunes provided by Matt Berry, The Pretty Things, The Mystic Astrological Band, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy, Judy Dyble and Tim Bowness vs, No Acronym, of Montreal, William Wordsworth, The Cinnamon Ship, James Taylor, U2, Nitin Sawhney, Still Life, David Cain, The Incredible String Band, Haircut 100, Cosmic Overdose, Bill Nelson, Julie London, Dylan Thomas, Harold Budd and Brian Eno, Chris and Cosey, Witch, Emil Richards, Wolf People, Bill Buchanan, Blue Magic, Aqualung,  Lou Reed, Rosemary Clooney, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sandy Denny, Flight of the Conchords, Howlin' Wolf, Dead Kennedys, Russ Conway, Status Quo, The Guess Who, Sun Ra, Japan, The Misfits, Super Furry Animals, John Carpenter, Gorillaz, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and Duran Duran.