The Real Road to the Church & Into the Woods

Become haunted by these tales of ancient rural mysteries via Faber x Weird Walk, introduced by Sarah Hall (author of Helm)

'Genius . What a superb storyteller Aickman is: a master' Sarah Hall

Lying before her, though gilded and decked and perfumed and beflowered as any saint, was the twin, the image, the double of herself'

After relocating to the French countryside, Rosa discovers that her home lies on an ancient and mysterious track;

'Genius . . . What a superb storyteller Aickman is: a master' Sarah Hall

Lying before her, though gilded and decked and perfumed and beflowered as any saint, was the twin, the image, the double of herself'

After relocating to the French countryside, Rosa discovers that her home lies on an ancient and mysterious track; a bored housewife in Sweden is drawn into a sanatorium for insomniacs within a labyrinthine forest. Welcome to Robert Aickman's occult countryside, with Sarah Hall as your guide.