What a lovely find.
"There were ten tongues within one head and one went out to fetch some bread, to feed the living and the dead."
Was really enchanted by this little novella. Its the very definition of slim but perfectly formed.It is a follow up to some stuff found in the short story anthology Trigger Warninga, as the character Shadow Moon takes a meandering journey into the melancholy heart of the English countryside. In other words, Here Be Locals. the tight narration is accompanied by some fancifully rendered and hauntingly beautiful illustrations by Daniel Egneus.
It all begins in a cosily lit English Olde Worlde Pub but it ends on a shadowy English hillside within some stealthily concealed catacobs, when this mound gives up its heartbreaking secrets. Not a paragrapgh is out of place, not a word is wasted, Black Dog is a short read but its memory will linger long after you have finished it.
