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P. D. BROWN

Legends Less Sweet: Ghost stories and Folk Horror from Northern Lands

A ghostly chorus from the gothic North — eight tales of vengeance, sorrow, and spectres, told by a master of the spoken word.

Step into the mist-shrouded ruins and firelit hearths of Legends Less Sweet, a chilling collection of ghost stories and folk horror from the shadowy lands of the North. From screaming skulls in the Lake District and spectral brides on the Borders, to vampiric apparitions and eldritch witches, these tales draw on ancient lore and historical legend to summon the eerie, the uncanny, and the truly terrifying.

Rooted in the landscapes of Northern England, Scotland, and Iceland — and inspired by the oral tradition — this collection revives the storytelling spirit with a voice that is intimate, poetic, and profoundly unsettling.

P. D. Brown has performed across the UK, Europe, and the U.S., weaving tales of Celtic and Germanic myth, ancient magic, and haunting folklore. In 2023, he performed at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, bringing his singular mix of research, rhythm, and theatrical flair to wide acclaim. In Legends Less Sweet, he invites readers into a gothic tradition that echoes with centuries of ghost-lore and folk horror.

ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL 1st OCTOBER 2025

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P. D. Brown

P. D. Brown has lived most of his life in the north of England; he spent twenty years working in Scotland as a Countryside Ranger. Interested from an early age in mythology and Paganism, he has long been fascinated by the power of the spoken and written word, whether this is through oral story-telling, poetry, prose, incantation, galdor, rhetoric, song or hypnosis. Since the 1980’s he has been a semi-professional story-teller specialising in ghost and horror stories and pre-Christian tales from the Celtic and Germanic cultures of north-west Europe.

He has told stories from Cornwall to Orkney, Texas and Vermont in the United States and in 2023 was invited to tell at Edinburgh’s prestigious Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

Hobbies: Brewing herbal ale, carving runestones, axe-throwing, night-walking and writing poetry.

Favourite sayings: "Tis pity wine should be so deleterious, For tea and coffee leave us much more serious.” - Lord Byron.

"To scal við saugu supa en ǽi ofmikit drecka soemð: er saugu at segia ef haeyrenðr til lyða, en tapat starfi at hafna at haeyra."

(One is to drink when stories are told, but not too much: it is an honour to tell a story if people listen, but it is a wasted effort if nobody listens.)