Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold

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The authors bring their own backgrounds and experience to these strange, vivid, atmospheric, distinct, different, haunting and weird stories, providing perfect reading matter for those long and dark Autumn and Winter nights. Perhaps it was unfair to give this implicit standards to live up to, but nevertheless they were not met.

When Kathleen is given a chance to see the young man once again by a mysterious figure, Kathleen agrees to all the terms, after all, she'd be able to see her love once again. The main reason is that - this re-telling isn't a re-telling at all, it is a word-to-word story copied from the original tale, even the title is the same.That said, the old tales do reach deeper into the darker and creepier shadows that inhabit our landscapes and all the authors of these stories have managed to convey that feeling of dread that you can sometimes get with the old stories both. From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today. I enjoyed this collection, especially the stories, where bad men are put to a gruesome end, richly deserved. The stories in Hag were originally published as Audible Originals, and I can see that that would probably work wonders for this one. Snaith really brought this piece of history to life by bringing in Indian storylines and focusing on female (bodily) autonomy.

Little has hosted a range of podcasts and shows, her awards include LGBTQI+ Broadcaster of the Year, Future Leader and Rising Star at WOW. DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES , CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID. The authors focus on the various themes, ideas and evolutions in a woman's life, whether it is the bond between sisters, the loss of one's self, motherhood, inherited pain, burning desire, friendship and freedom.Retelling english folklore, some I knew, others I didnt, but bringing them kicking and screaming into the modern world.

Hag is a collection of forgotten folktales wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today. Some end almost rapidly, with a reader wishing there was more to it, making the story stay with a reader for far longer. Though I don't think this story is particularly original, it does deal with the themes of domestic abuse and how abusers make their victims feel complicit in their own abuse very well. Each Hag story has a woman either at its heart or close to it; women's friendships and their enmities, their power to give birth and to deal death, to harm and to heal thread their way through the narratives.I only discovered this once I had already read them, but each author reads her own story, which is then followed by an interview with Prof. As with most short story collections, some were absolutely standout (for me, A Retelling and The Panther's Tale), most were enjoyable, and I didn't gel well with a couple of them. There is a vague whiff of her legacy to be found here - a few incidents of sensuality, a few moments that address female appetites – but overall Hag lacks the creativity, imagination and, quite frankly, the subtle yet pointed political engagement that make The Bloody Chamber so compelling.

We even have a panther, the Goddess Kali, tales of exploitation, trauma, and the exploration of the relationship between sisters. I didn't like Chlo as a person, but it was really interesting seeing the relationship between the sisters without them actually being close. IRENOSEN OKOJIE is a Nigerian British author whose work pushes the boundaries of form, language and ideas. DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID.Grace and Maya are twins but they are completely different from each other except for the way they look. But she transposes onto it the story of a woman who has been transformed into the panther, and in doing so mashes up traditional Indian storytelling with the Staffordshire legend.