The Silversnake Project

As our relationship with the world around us becomes more fragile andunpredictable, more paraded and more desperate, the role of ecogothic literature isto give voice to some of the growing fears and deepest feelings we have about ourenvironment and climate change. The three ecogothic novellas in this collection show us individuals and societiescoming apart at the seams in the face of an eerieness that is often hiding from usin plain sight.The toolkit at the end proposes walking, hypnagogic and ‘new ritual’practices that draw on the novellas and invite refl ection and reconnection. The whole book was written and devised as part of Phil Smith’s groundbreakingresearch as a member of the School of Society & Culture at the University ofPlymouth (UK).