A Visit from the Banshee

Available from 8 December 2024

An old woman wails at the window of a fisherman’s widow, or is glimpsed, terrible and ominous, at a city hospital. A prisoner in Kilmainham Gaol is visited by a long dead inmate of his cell. A red cloak portends a family’s future in a remote Irish village. And a black taxi speeds towards terror in wartime London. In A Visit from the Banshee, phantoms, demons and other such unwelcome visitors haunt the best of Ireland’s supernatural fiction.

Reviving the Victorian tradition of ghost stories told around the fire, A Visit from the Banshee will draw you into a world where the supernatural confronts you at every turn – a world of eerie hauntings and restless spirits, dark corners where life and death collide. Haunting, unforgettable and impossible to shake off, this collection, edited and introduced by Katie Mishler, is perfect for fans of Irish folklore, classic horror stories and tales that linger long after the fire burns out.

‘A deeply considered and exquisitely curated compendium of chilling, tense stories . . . a torch to gather round in the winter.’ – Sarah Maria Griffin

‘A collection to warm the heart and chill the bone.’ – John Connolly

‘These are haunting tales, rich with the atmosphere of a dark, candle-lit night, in which a supernatural being might tap at the window, follow us down the street, or stir in the shadows.’ – Seán Hewitt