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Maisie wanted to have a picnic by the stream they call ‘the otter’s path’. She said it was a beautiful spot. I wasn't fooled. She really wanted to see if a Wartoth – Hookland's legendary giant sabred-toothed otter – would pass us by. – #MattAdams, 1982
It's those little, uncurated places – all bomb puddle and neglected mud – that fuck you up. It's those lonely places that even The Hum does want to cross where the monsters live. – #MattAdams, 1981
I've come to recognise that moment of twilight where even Hooklanders who claim not to be superstitious say: "I must hurry home." The tipping point when the failing light seems to wake things you know you'd never meet in daylight. A moment of teeth and shadows. – #MattAdams, 1982
Once you have had the revelation that some of the stone walls in the county are not about keeping animals from escaping, but are rather are an enclosing of ghosts, you cannot ever not know it. – #MattAdams, 1981
I've read in some guide books that Barrowcross Moor has an 'intimidating beauty' and a sense of 'growling folklore'. I don't think I really understood what those phrases meant to I was actually there. The place is a constant goosebump map of unease. – #MattAdams, 1982
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Every time I'm in Maryworth, I remember the lines by C.L. Nolan about the place: 'Down the Doom Steps to the sea. Down to where the sea witches' songs danced with wind and got salt kisses. Down, but always looking out for the Drowned Dead walking up.' – #MattAdams, 1982
The shop windows of Hookland are a strange territory. Sometimes they seem less about selling, more about ritual appeasement or the subtle honouring of gods that have lost their names. - #MattAdams #Caturday
The longer you spend in Stonewish, the more a native malignity seems to manifest. Even its sheds and garages take on a dread aspect. You can't help but think they contain bottled faeries, spirits trapped in old tobacco tins. Cursed collections of murder tools. – #MattAdams, 1982