A Scent of Water

A great collection of Scottish folk tales by Carl MacDougall, both contemporary tales and retellings of the classics, all accompanied by Alasdair Gray's iconic illustrations. The standouts for me were The Water Horse, a retelling of the kelpie myth, and the genderbending King's Chamberlain.

Nae maiter, frien's, whate'er befa'
The puir folks they maun work awa
Through frost and snaw and rain and wind,
They're workin' life out tae keep life in.