The Earth Fiend is a ballad written and illustrated by the Victorian painter and engraver William Strang. It tells the macabre story of a farmer who seeks supernatural help to plough his fields to help him care for his family and ends up paying with his life. It is one of two ballads* in Lallans written by Strang in the 1890s, as part of the broader Arts and Crafts movement looking to native folk customs to revivify contemporary art. Prized for their etchings, their elegance and strange narrative have been unavailable owing to their being the domain of bibliophiles. The Flowerdew Press is making a modern, affordable, bibliophile edition of both ballads in the hope of bringing Strang to a wider audience. *the other is Death and the Ploughman's Wife, featuring a happier outcome to its tale, and it is also published by the Flowerdew Press.