Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold

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Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold
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Author(s) Daisy Johnson; Kirsty Logan; Emma Glass; Eimear McBride; Natasha Carthew; Mahsuda Snaith; Naomi Booth; Liv Little; Imogen Hermes Gowar; Irenosen Okojie
Published 8 October 2020
Publisher Virago
Genre(s) Contempoary
Historical
Horror
Age group Adult


Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold is an anthology published on 8 October 2020. The majority of the stories were originally released on the Audible podcast Hag.

Trigger Warnings

  • Alcohol
  • Alcoholism
  • Birth
  • Blood
  • Bones
  • Cancer
  • Child abuse (brief reference)
  • Child birth
  • Child neglect
  • Corpses
  • Death
  • Death of a parent
  • Death of wild animal
  • Domestic abuse
  • Drowning
  • Drug addiction
  • Eye damage
  • Gore
  • Grief
  • Homophobia
  • Homophobic parent
  • Illness
  • Infertility
  • Miscarriage
  • Murder
  • Pregnancy
  • Rape (brief reference)
  • Religion
  • Sexual harassment
  • Vivisepulture

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Asexual main character (coded)
  • Black main characters
  • Indian main character
  • Sapphic main characters
  • Mixed-race main character

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