Urban Myths and Hymns
of The Dark Peak
Stories and legends retelling historic tales in The Dark Peak
1. The Legend of Van Hallam and the Loxley Kraken of Hellsborough Hole -- the basis of Postcard from The Dark Peak 1: Something in the Hole
2. The Middlewood Cuckoo -- a supernatural journey into the heart of The Dark Peak
3. Of Barghests & Fungal Networks -- the dark of the fungal network and the murk
4. Junkyard Speedball -- a symbiot story. Also available as an ebook in Hellsborough Library.
5. All Good Things Come to Moss -- a Hatheran courier, an onetoe, and a redfront on the Bradfield Dale road after murkfall. The basis of Postcard from The Dark Peak 2: All Good Things Come to Moss.
6. The Third Stack -- Pip takes a job to the gruizeyard at Ecclesfield, where crosslanders, a circling ripperwing, and a disassociated symbiot make it a longer day than expected. The basis of Postcard from The Dark Peak 3: The Third Stack.
7. The Wadsley Cache -- Pip goes to Wadsley Common at murkfall to find a smeln who owes Nana Farantee a crust-cache. Finds instead a rooter herd, forty scrufftails, and a question about recollection that doesn't have a good answer. The basis of Postcard from The Dark Peak 4: The Wadsley Cache.
8. Twelve Beats Per Minute -- Pip takes a retrieval job along the Loxley Overhang at murkfall, where yellow-wagtails are counting and a curlbeak is repositioning overhead. A xaexs at the canopy edge decides not to follow. The basis of Postcard from The Dark Peak 5: Twelve Beats Per Minute.
9. The Bluebell Line -- Pip follows a longleg into Beeley Wood at murkfall, finds a colony of gutterballs in a derelict mill by the Dun, and waits nineteen minutes behind a wall while a pair of exacids collect the data. The basis of Postcard from The Dark Peak 6: The Bluebell Line.
10. Lonik Weather -- Pip follows a lonik's soft chewing into the Wisewood margin above Malin Bridge at murkfall, ends up at the weir where fallclimbers are ascending the stone face, and has to cross the Corner bridge to get back — where the Loxley Kraken is waiting. The basis of Postcard from The Dark Peak 7: Lonik Weather.


