Have you ever had an experience like this? Late at night, though you know you are alone, you still feel that a pair of eyes is watching you from the darkness; or you are walking along a familiar road when a whisper no one else can hear suddenly sounds in your ear. Have you also heard your elders tell those spine-chilling tales of the past, stories labeled as "folk legends" that seem to hold a trace of unsettling truth in the speakers' guarded tones?
Real and Uncanny Folk Tales tries to peel away the trappings of these legends and uncover the truths that might lie behind them. We have collected and organized a series of bizarre incidents originating in rural villages and old streets in ancient towns. These stories have no ornate prose or contrived scares, only plain narration and the heavy feeling that comes from the words, "They say this really happened."
Perhaps they concern the curse of an ancient well, a secret in an old house, or a forgotten folk taboo. Each story is like a key, trying to open a door to the unknown and the terrifying. When you turn these pages, you are doing more than reading. You are examining the world we take for granted and asking whether there really are corners of it that science cannot explain.
Do you dare believe that all of this is real? Or, better yet, do you dare to find out? Don't read after dark, unless you're sure there's nothing waiting for you behind that door.
