I was on an edge throughout because of the way it was told but the twist wasn't as great as it was built out to be.

She keeps all the bare bones of the original story, in which the Tudor courtier Sir John Giffard kills the panther from his menagerie of curious animals before it can attack a woman and child. The eeriness of the story really draws you in, but I think the shortness means it falls flat as there's not much time to really carve out a solid, captivating ending.

DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES , CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID.

Her work spans journalism, audio, TV and curatorial projects for which she's received various accolades, including LGBTQI+ Broadcaster of The Year and Rising Star at Wow. The twist in her version is a compulsively self-referential narrator, whose voice examines another problem with retelling folktales, that their details change and are often lost over time. I have loved Logan's writing ever since The Gracekeepers so it should be no surprise that this was a standout to me. I found the retellings both poignant and compelling as they held a much stronger contemporary critique. Retelling english folklore, some I knew, others I didnt, but bringing them kicking and screaming into the modern world.

And Kirsty Logan is – perhaps by the choice of the project organisers and not her own – drawn to creatures of the sea once again in ‘Between Sea and Sky’. All of the retellings in 'Hag' have been written by women, and featured strong female characters, but they all have been so diverse and timely. It was dark and twisted, honestly something that could be so heartbreaking if you weren't so shocked!

Thanks to Virage, Little Brown and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.These stories in most instances were brought into much more modern day scenarios, and many took on elements of magical realism to tell their stories, whilst others remained grounded in more everyday scenarios. Grace and Maya are twins but they are completely different from each other except for the way they look. This wonderful anthology of culture-rich myths and folktales are given a unique feminist makeover and are steeped in the traditions of the United Kingdom.

Eira thinks that she knows the young woman and she helps deliver the baby only to find out that things aren't as they seem. What she comes up with in The Holloway is, instead, a clever contemporary take on a Somerset folktale about a drunken, abusive farmer who gets what he deserves at the hand of the pixies. Mahsuda Snaith is winner of the Bristol Short Story Prize 2014 and SI Leeds Prize 2014, which she won with an early draft of her debut novel 'The Things We Thought We Knew' (Black Swan). Larrington provides the reader with a lengthy, remarkably insightful and informative introduction which includes the exploration of the title, Hag.I also liked the inclusion of the original inspiration for the retellings – it was interesting to see how the author’s used their creativity and explored the themes of those tales.