An atmospheric opening to the series, tracing the magician from culture-bringer and royal counsellor to feared sorcerer, diviner and witch. Its stories move between Celtic, Norse, Slavic and continental European traditions.

A broad survey of dragon lore, ranging from primeval world-serpents and the benevolent rain-bringers of East Asia to the treasure-hoarding monsters and saintly dragon-slayers of Europe.

A journey into the perilous borderlands of fairy belief: hidden kingdoms, stolen children, enchanted lovers, household spirits and the etiquette required when dealing with the Good People. 

An exploration of beliefs about death, hauntings and restless spirits, including revenants, warning apparitions, haunted places and rites intended to lay the dead to rest. 

A heroic panorama of Cúchulainn, Finn mac Cumhaill, Sigurd and the knights of Arthur’s Round Table.

A bestiary of beings that thrive after sunset: werewolves, vampires, shape-shifters, nightmare spirits and other monsters associated with darkness. 

Mermaids, selkies, nixies, river gods and treacherous lake dwellers populate a survey of supernatural water beings. 

A richly illustrated menagerie of unicorns, griffins, phoenixes, basilisks and other magical creatures. 

Follows dwarfs from subterranean smiths and treasure-keepers to household beings and fairy-tale helpers.

A collection of tales about enchantment as both power and prison: sleeping kingdoms, compelled transformations, cursed objects and the difficult unmaking of magical bonds. 

A survey of colossal beings from world-shaping primordial giants to the ogres and man-eaters of folktale.

A collection of quest narratives.

The hidden geography of Atlantis, earthly paradises, islands beyond ordinary maps and kingdoms concealed by enchantment.

A seasonal anthology of Christmas legend and folklore, from the Nativity and medieval miracle traditions to gift-bringers, winter spirits and household customs. 

The tragic conclusion of the Arthurian cycle: the Grail quest’s aftermath, the exposure of Lancelot and Guinevere, Mordred’s treachery and Arthur’s final battle. 

A collection of folktales in which supernatural forces reward courage, generosity and fidelity – or expose greed, cruelty and broken promises. 

Love appears here as enchantment, ordeal and dangerous crossing between worlds, with mortal–supernatural marriages, taboos, transformations and doomed unions.

Creation stories, first peoples, culture heroes and the origins of fire, death and social order are gathered into a genuinely global volume. 

The series at its darkest as it leans towards literary and Gothic horror: ominous houses, uncanny visitations, curses and encounters that end without the reassurance of fairy-tale justice.

Alchemy, astrology, divination and other systems for discovering or manipulating hidden correspondences are treated as part history, part legend and part imaginative tradition.

A gallery of divine personalities and pantheons, examining creation, kingship, fertility, war, wisdom and the shifting relationship between gods and mortals.