“The Hammer imprint has really delivered some fantastic new writing and shows the vibrancy and variety of the modern day horror genre,” said Simon Oakes, Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media and President & CEO of Hammer Films. “The books under our Arrow Books deal are in themselves a fantastic extension of the Hammer brand, and Jeanette’s novella The Daylight Gate is a fresh, exciting and compelling fictional work.”
“I was interested to take the Hammer novella commission to write a good story around the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612,” stated Winterson, an award-winning writer who’s books include Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. “Now I am intrigued and excited to see what new form these ghosts can inhabit. Stories from the past are always present; it is our imaginations that make it so.”
Originally published October 9, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
