For anybody that missed it in the lead-up to Christmas: late last year we released Volume 6 of our Darklore anthology series. I've had great feedback about the new release from numerous quarters, and was especially happy to see this glowing review by Fortean 'veteran' John Rimmer at the Magonia blog:

Every issue of Dark Lore is eagerly anticipated, and the sixth is no disappointment. The twelve essays cover a huge range of the paranormal, the anomalous, and just simply the weird, and all are written with authority... Scholarly and academic, intriguing, amusing, revelatory and accessible, this volume of Dark Lore is well worth its place on any Magonian’s bookshelf – along with the previous five, of course!

If you haven't grabbed a copy yet, you can find it at most online book retailers. Here's the links to Amazon:

Darklore VI Paperback

• Amazon US
• Amazon UK

Darklore VI Limited Edition Hardcover

• Amazon US
• Amazon UK

Remember that you can find three sample articles from the latest release as PDFs at the Darklore website (as well as from previous releases), and I also added one of the sample articles to TDG in HTML as well ("Anthropology of the Weird", by Jack Hunter).

Ladies and gentlemen: the sixth instalment of our anthology series covering hidden history, fringe science and general Forteana, Darklore Volume VI, is now available for sale. You can pick up your copy from any number of online retailers through a simple search. But here's the links to Amazon:

Darklore VI Paperback

• Amazon US
• Amazon UK

Darklore VI Limited Edition Hardcover

• Amazon US
• Amazon UK

Above is the totally awesome cover (conceived by myself, and perfectly executed by Mark Foster), and below is a listing of what you'll find within:

• Cat Vincent examines the birth of a modern monster meme: The Slenderman.
• Mark Foster unlocks the mystery of the 'Trial Passages' beside the Giza pyramids.
• Robert Schoch evaluates the chances of our Sun wiping out modern civilisation.
• Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince lift the veil on the esoteric foundations of The Royal Society.
• Neil Arnold goes in search of sewer monsters.
• Mitch Horowitz points out America's mystical history.
• Nigel Watson shares a case of 'alien contact' that he investigated.
• John Reppion sheds some light on Liverpool's forgotten megalithic history.
• Martin Shough looks into the strange case of 'double suns'.
• Blair MacKenzie Blake discusses the mystery man of 20th century alchemy, Fulcanelli.
• Greg Taylor points out the astronomical archetype behind depictions of gods and kings in ancient cultures.
• Jack Hunter heads to the dark side of anthropology and finds the weirdness that doesn't often get talked about in academic circles.

Thanks for everyone's support of the Darklore series - it helps to fund this website, and also provides financial support for contributors so that they can continue researching and writing about the stranger side of life.

I'm sure y'all will enjoy this latest instalment in the series. For those of you who remain unconvinced, I'll publish some sample articles at the Darklore website (and possibly here at TDG as well) in the coming week.

Enjoy!!

(Note: Leaving this up on the front page for a few days, regular daily updates can still be accessed via the 'river of news page view.)

I'm currently putting the finishing touches to the sixth instalment of our Fortean anthology series Darklore, which I hope to have out by the start of December (running a bit late this year unfortunately). To whet your appetite, here's the title spread for Cat Vincent's excellent profile on the 'Slenderman' monster meme (click for larger version):

I will of course announce the release when Darklore #6 is officially available, so stay tuned! For those new to the series, remember you can read sample articles from all previous releases at the Darklore website (and you can even buy copies if you want, to help us all feed our children).

Those who have a copy of Darklore Volume 5 (Amazon US and Amazon UK) will have noticed some of the wonderful title illustrations that we've been able to include in this latest release. These include Alex Grey's brilliant Dying, Dominique Signoret's dark Cthulhu artwork, and also a number of pieces by Alex Andreev (Mike Jay's "Man of the Year Million", Martin Shough's "Return of the Flying Saucers", and Nigel Watson's "SkyShips"), . I'm sure most of you know that you can check out Alex Grey's influential art at AlexGrey.com, but I'd also encourage you to browse Alex Andreev's website as he has some wonderful images with a surreal/science fiction edge. Here's one that I didn't use, but which shows the quality of his work nicely:

Note that you can purchase high-res downloads of any of the prints directly via Alex's website with a minimum of effort. A big thanks to all the artists who allowed us to use their images in Darklore Volume 5, it definitely adds to the vibe to have such quality work illustrating the articles.

If you're searching for a last-minute Xmas gift or item for your own wish-list, it might be worth considering a book from Daily Grail Publishing. Not only are they chock-full of Graily goodness, but each sale helps keep this site running as well as supporting the various authors and researchers whose work is featured in each. First, our four stand-alone books:

• The Guide to Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, by Greg Taylor
• Messengers of Deception, by Jacques Vallee
• The Long Trip, by Paul Devereux
• Ijynx, by Blair MacKenzie Blake

And, of course, don't forget our Fortean anthology series Darklore (Amazon US links below, search Amazon UK if you live over that side of the pond):

• Darklore Volume 1
• Darklore Volume 2
• Darklore Volume 3
• Darklore Volume 4
• Darklore Volume 5

An exciting bunch of new books planned for 2011 as well which I'm sure you'll enjoy, including Paul Devereux's brilliant handbook on lucid dreaming (upcoming in the next month or two).

Remember you can browse all our books at once - as well as other suggestions - by going to the Daily Grail's Amazon store. Your support is appreciated, and I'm sure you'll enjoy the books!

I know quite a few of you already have your saintly hands on the pages of our latest anthology release, Darklore Volume 5 (available from Amazon US and Amazon UK). For those that are still wavering on whether their bookshelves are worthy enough to hold this treasure of the gods, you can download, print and read three sample articles from the new release in their original typesetting (as PDFs) via the Darklore website.

The sample articles are:

• My piece "How Martin Gardner Bamboozled the Skeptics" (recently also posted as a feature article here on TDG).
• Martin Shough's masterful "Return of the Flying Saucers", which details the history of Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting that inspired the saucer terminology.
• "Closing the Circle" by Richard Andrews (ie. TDG admin Perceval), in which he looks at the decoding and interpretation of crop circles.

Here's the title page to Martin's piece:

Note too that all sample articles from previous Darklore releases remain available on the website, so there's now 15 free PDFs available for download and reading over there. A bargain at half the price! (For a detailed listing of all of the content in each issue, see the Releases page.)

And remember, you can always read all of the articles in Darklore Volume 5 - already printed and packed within a lovely bookcover - simply by picking up a copy from Amazon US or Amazon UK.

It's Halloween! The perfect time to announce that The Daily Grail's latest anthology release, Darklore Volume 5, is now available at Amazon.com. Here's the cover and a summary of the fantastic bunch of articles in DL5 - but first, the obligatory pimping!

Amazon.com:

• Limited Edition Hardcover (333 copies)
• Paperback

Amazon UK:

• Limited Edition Hardcover (333 copies)
• Paperback

(if listed as unavailable, it shouldn't take too long to correct itself)

Here's a listing of the wonderful reading in Darklore Volume 5:

• Dr David Luke explores the strange territory of the DMT trip and the beings that one encounters there.
• Mike Jay looks back at the forward thinking of science fiction giant H.G. Wells.
• Richard J. Andrews decodes a crop circle and ponders what it all means.
• Philip Coppens attempts to unearth the secrets of the Angelic Society.
• Martin Shough reclaims 'flying saucers' from the debunkers.
• Nick Redfern goes in search of mammoths in the modern world.
• Blair MacKenzie Blake digs into the occult influences of The Sirius Mystery.
• Sphinx researcher Robert Schoch wonders whether the moai of Easter Island were moved with the mind.
• Neil Arnold uncovers the lost history of the 'Mill Race Monster'.
• Erik Davis investigates the magickal realism of H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos.
• Greg Taylor tells how Martin Gardner bamboozled the skeptics in the case of history's greatest spirit medium.
• Theo Paijmans takes you through the fairies' portal.
• Nigel Watson brings the cloudships of Magonia back to earth.

Thanks for your support of the Darklore series - as mentioned with previous releases the royalties help to keep TDG running, and also provide great support for the top Fortean writers and researchers out there.

We're sure you'll enjoy the high strangeness and hidden history to be found in the new release! I'll post some further updates about Darklore Volume 5 during the week, as well as providing some sample articles here at TDG and at the Darklore website.

Just a quick update on Darklore: Volume 5 is now at the printers, so in a few weeks I should be announcing that it's available on Amazon! The upcoming release is the best yet in my opinion, great articles on everything from DMT entities to Lovecraft, Easter Island, the Sirius Mystery and the Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting. Also TDG admin Perceval rocks DL5 with his thoughts on crop circles, and I take a big stick to the late Martin Gardner, skeptical supremo. Stay tuned for updates...

For those seeking some fascinating reading, I've added three free PDF articles from the latest Darklore release to the Darklore website. On the sample articles page you'll find my Darklore 4 article on the Georgia Guidestones (also posted as a feature article here on TDG, Filip Coppens' article on the megaliths of Göbekli Tepe, and also an article on the 'Flying Saucerers' from the dawn of the UFO era, written by Emps from Cabinet of Wonders.

For more details, see this earlier post. To purchase your own copy of Darklore 4 and read all of the articles, head to Amazon:

• Limited Edition Hardcover: Amazon US or Amazon UK
• Paperback: Amazon US or Amazon UK

I'm very pleased to announce that the latest instalment of our Fortean anthology series, Darklore Volume 4, is now available for sale! Here's the links to purchase from Amazon:

Limited Edition Hardcover (333 copies): Amazon US or Amazon UK

Paperback: Amazon US or Amazon UK

Here's a sampling of the content in the latest release:

• Greg Taylor looks back on the mythical context of the 'American Stonehenge', the Georgia Guidestones.
• Robert Bauval surveys the sacred landscape of Ancient Egypt.
• Blair MacKenzie Blake suggests a shocking new theory on the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau.
• Richard Freeman goes in search of Japanese monsters.
• Nick Redfern reveals the government files investigating animal E.S.P.
• Filip Coppens takes you on a tour of that most ancient of sites, Göbekli Tepe.
• Neil Arnold traces the Chupacabras bloodline in 'The Goatsucker Family Tree'.
• The Emperor digs deep into the history of the Flying Saucerers.
• Robert Schoch wonders whether psi was used to incite a revolution in Romania.
• Much more besides, with contributions from Mike Tymn, Nigel Watson, Greg McQueen, John Higgs, Theo Paijmans and John Reppion.

Sample articles from Volume 4 will be available from the Darklore website later in the week. Enjoy!!