Christmas on the Black Meadow - On Sale Now

A perfect Christmas gift for the Black Meadow traveler in your life (or you could buy it for yourself!)

 Do you see shadows in the mist? Are you stalked by meadow hags? Do you long to play with black stars? Do you crave a darker yule?

Then this book could be for you!

Christmas on the Black Meadow

It is Christmas on the North York Moors.

The snow sits upon the heather and bramble. The fences around  

RAF Fylingdales are silent and still. A dense mist grows in the 

distance. If you listen closely you can hear strange Yuletide chants,

the hum of a land sphere and the cackle of a meadow hag.

This collection of Christmas tales from the Black Meadow 

contains three new Yuletide stories. Experience a beautiful 

inversion of The Nativity in A Black Meadow Christmas, warm

 your toes in a tale of matriarchal terror in The Meadow Tree and 

marvel at the delightful wonders of The Black Star. You will also find

 details of ideal gifts you could give and games that you can play 

when visiting the Black Meadow.

With beautiful illustrations by Andy Paciorek and Nigel Wilson, this is a festive treat that will bring joy and fear in equal measure to your Christmas celebrations.

All profits from the sale of this book 

go to Worldwide Cancer Research.

Click to buy here!

Please note...

You can buy Christmas on the Black Meadow around the world. Most of the Amazon outlets are now selling it...

So whether you are in the US, the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Spain, or Italy you can buy this lovely little Yuletide terror.

Songs from the Black Meadow - Available now!

I am very proud to announce that you can buy this exciting folk horror album today (please click on the link) from Mega Dodo records. It costs £15 and all profits go to Cancer Research. You will be pleased to know that pre-sales have put it into profit already, all costs are now covered, so every penny you spend will go to Cancer Research.

This album is inspired by "Tales from the Black Meadow" which you can buy from Amazon here...

  Buy it at the Mega Dodo shop here.

 This beautifully packaged CD includes tracks by folk horror artists such as The Hare and the Moon, Emily Jones, Rowan Amber Mill, Kid Moxie, The Soulless Party, Mervyn Williams, Theale Green School Choir, Eastgreen, Alison O'Donnell, Angeline Morrison, Joseph Curwen, Winterberry/concretism, Elena Martin, Lost Trail, The Implicit Order, Septimus Keen, Wyrdstone, Keith Seatman... For a flavour  - check out the sampler below...

  Buy it at the Mega Dodo shop here.

Field Studies - Folk Horror Revival

This is a super book about all things folk horror by the massive Facebook group Folk Horror Revival. It contains an essay by me based on the paper I presented at "Fiend in the Furrows" at Belfast University last year on the Black Meadow. It also has interviews with Alan Lee, Philip Pullman and Kim Newman as well as a wealth of essays on the world of Folk Horror. Well worth a gander.

Click on the picture for more information and to buy it!

Black Meadow: The Audire - A Seance at Syd's

Click on the link below for details of an exciting new Black Meadow tale "The Audire" by Chris  Lambert in "A Séance at Syd's".

Black Meadow: The Audire - A Seance at Syd's: Out this month is "Seance at Syd's", an exciting new book by Dave Thompson that features interviews with many Black M...

The Dead Files - Volume 5 - Out now

I am very pleased to announce that two short stories have been published in this new collection.

The first is called "The Treehouse" and explores the  Zombie Apocalypse through the eyes of a child.

The second is part of the Black Meadow mythos, is very very strange and does something very different with the zombie. It is called "A Dead Man on the Moor".

It is a pretty massive collection with stories by lots of great writers such as Rob Wickings, Dan Parsons, Erin McCabe, Richard Cosgrove and Hayley McGraynor. It fits perfectly into a stocking!

You can buy it here.

Whisky & Woodsmoke: Ryedale Book Festival 2013

Nice little mention of my talk back in October in Ryedale. We aim to please...

Whisky & Woodsmoke: Ryedale Book Festival 2013: A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the second  Ryedale Book Festival  in Malton. I booked the day off work and went to t...

National Libraries Day Event - Meet the Author - Chris Lambert - Tales from the Black Meadow

Very excited about this. As part of National Libraries Day I shall be performing some readings, answering questions, playing some music and indulging in all kinds of spooky fun. Do come and join me at Reading Central Library at 12.30pm on Saturday 8th February.

A day out on the Black Meadow

Kev Oyston and Chris Lambert - Black Meadow Collaborators

Just before appearing at the Ryedale Book Festival on October 19th October, Kev Oyston, Nigel Wilson (illustrator of "Tales from the Black Meadow") and I stopped off at the site of Black Meadow. It was incredibly misty and a perfect start to an excellent day ruminating on the strange supernatural atmosphere that pervades this area of the North York Moors.

We couldn't explore the area as it is fenced off and owned by the RAF. This is clearly a convenient way of keeping the public safe from the dangers of this particular stretch of moor.

I was able to walk up to the fence line and Kev pointed out the last known position of Roger Mullins. A strange eerie calm hung over the place. Even the sounds of the cars seemed to mute as they drove past. I felt a strange sense of sadness as I looked about and wondered how Roger's story ended.

The mist hung over everything and as we drove away it became deeper and deeper. Not only was it incredibly dangerous but we were on tenterhooks as to what might suddenly appear from within the fog.

Review of "Tales from the Black Meadow" launch - Excuses and Half Truths

A lovely review of the launch last week.

Check it out here.

Test Transmission: Tales From the Black Meadow Book & CD

Read about the exciting launch of "Tales from the Black Meadow" on Keith Seatman's Test Transmission Blog.

Test Transmission: Tales From the Black Meadow Book & CD: Went to the book launch of Tales of the Black Meadow the other night with my friend Mr Palmer . This event was held at The Reading Cent...

Music to write to... Part 1 - Dead Man on the Moor - Tales from the Black Meadow

I am currently writing the short story - "Dead Man on the Moor."

I find music really aids the mind - helps create atmosphere...

I am occasionally (when I remember) going to log what I am listening to as I write, it might help me in the future if I have writer's block it will also act as an auditory diary...

My playlist for this story is five albums:

Moon Wiring Club - An Audience of Art Deco Eyes


Moon Wiring Club - Shoes Off and Chairs Away

Hauschka -  Foreign Landscapes



Greg Haines - Slumber Tides



Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother


Try these!