Fairies: A Companion provides a unique and unparalleled view of the ubiquity of fairies and fairy culture across the world, in its many expressions and manifestations. As well as providing historical perspectives on our belief in the fae, the companion also uniquely traces their ongoing evolution and their importance to culture in the 21st century and beyond. Including original artworks, poems and flash fiction, this collection provides an invaluable resource for scholars and non-academics alike who want to understand the richness of our connection to fairies and what they say about our past, our present and even our tomorrows.

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Lorna Piatti-Farnell is Academic Dean at SAE Creative Media Institute in Auckland, New Zealand. She is the Director of the Australasian Horror Studies Network (AHSN) and an Adjunct Research Professor at Curtin University, Australia. Her research sits primarily in screen media and cinematic cultures, with a particular focus on transmedia storytelling, eco-narratives, digital technologies and popular iconographies, and a long-standing interest in Gothic horror and fantasy. She is the sole editor of the Routledge Advances in Popular Culture book series and co-editor of the Horror Studies book series for Lexington/Bloomsbury.

Simon Bacon is a writer and film critic based in Poznan, Poland. He has written and edited over thirty books on various subjects including Horror: A Companion (2019), Eco-Vampires (2020), Nosferatu in the 21st Century (2023), Future Folk Horror (2023), The Palgrave Handbook of the Vampire (2024), and The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie (forthcoming). He is also the Series Editor
for Genre Fiction and Film Companions and Vampire Studies: New Perspectives on the Undead with Peter Lang.