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The folklore of the North East provides a rich tapestry for the tales within; from Celtic and Pictish origins meet witches, selkies, smugglers, fairies, monsters, despicable rogues, riddles, and heroes. Tragic events, spellbinding characters, humor, romance, and clever minds are bound together by two well-established storytellers living and working in the city and shire of Aberdeen. Some of the tales in this collection are based on historical fact while others are embedded in myth and legend. All the stories are set against the backdrop of this lovely and varied landscape. Sheena and Grace...

Sigue a La Princesa Alexia y a su perra, Zoey, mientras se embarcan en una mision para enfrentarse al dragon de aliento de fuego. Ella espera hacer lo que los soldados del Rey no pudieron: capturar al dragon para que otra Celebracion de la Huerta de la Manzana Abundante no sea atacada y sus tierras abrasadas. Cuando La Princesa Alexia se enfrenta a su adversario, esta aterrada, pero sus miedos disminuyen una vez que ella y Titus el dragon empiezan a hablar. Podra ella convencer a Titus de parar de atormentar al reino? Podra el festival ser celebrado sin miedo a la destruccion?"

Monsters, lunatics, vampires, werewolves, evil dolls, and suicide dogs, stones entombing bodies, faces appearing in walls, curses, and meetings with the devil all this and more are contained within this book of Scottish urban legends. Now, for the first time, folklorists and storytellers Grace Banks and Sheena Blackhall explore these intriguing tales. Folklore embeds itself into a local community, often to the extent that some people believe all manner of mysteries and take them as fact. Whether they re stories passed around the school playground, through the internet, or 'round a flickering...