Hermits die on Thursday : stories of Appalachia and the Dark Ages / Gregory Ariail ; illustrations by James Hutton and Aleksandra Apocalisse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ariail, Gregory, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appalachian Region--Fiction.

Appalachian Region.

Middle Ages--Fiction.

Middle Ages.

Genre:

Tall tales.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In this collection of short stories, transgression is the rule, and the profane and the sacred share a bed. Follow hermits and solitary wanderers as they encounter the weird in the Appalachian Mountains and wild spaces of medieval England and Iceland. Prepare for an unsettling procession of entities and objects: a queen turned to fungus, a hermit with a waterfall-sized beard, a goat's head growing from a cliff, a devilish Pied Piper, a god trapped inside a glacier, a gnome on the moon, bog bodies clinging obstinately to an Iron Age monument, and an ancient cloud worshipped deep underground, among many others. These tales will transport you to the frontiers of the imagination. Illustrations by James Hutton and Aleksandra Apocalisse enhance each story."-- Back cover

Contents:

I. Appalachian Apocrypha

Queen Elizabeth as Fungus

All Hermits Died on Thursday

The Hidden Mailbox

Transubstantiation

The Hog Drive

Rubezahl

Elijay's Exile

The Gully Dwellers

II. Dark Ages

Unfug the Hermit

Confessions of a Gnome

Gruelkey

Spring, Glacier

THe Cloud Dungeon

Eldgrim.

ISBN:

0881469777

9780881469776

OCLC:

1523038202