During an era in which ghosts and vampires and other spectres have degenerated into mass-media trivia, Ramsey Campbell has almost single-handedly revived the great tradition of English supernaturalism.
His stories deal with paranoia, loneliness, alienation, neurotic anxiety, sexual repression, loss of identity, and urban decay - amongst a bizarrely shifting landscape of reality and unreality.
► The marrow-chilling tales in this comprehensive, chronologically arranged collection, selected from Campbell's 30-year career, demonstrate the ways this sophisticated British writer inspires fear without resorting to blood and gore. ◄ Publishers Weekly
► There are also wonderlul illustrations by J. K. Potter ◄ Locus
CONTENTS
1. The Room in the Castle (1964)
2. Cold Print (1969)
3. The Scar (1969)
4. The Interloper (1973)
5. The Guy (1973)
6. The End of a Summer's Day (1973)
7. The Man in the Underpass (1975)
8. The Companion (1976)
9. Call First (1975)
10. Heading Home (1978)
11. In the Bag (1977)
12. Baby (1976)
13. The Chimney (1977)
14. Stages (1987)
15. The Brood (1980)
16. Loveman's Comeback (1977)
17. The Gap (1980)
18. The Voice of the Beach (1982)
19. Out of Copyright (1980)
20. Above the World (1979)
21. Mackintosh Willy (1979)
22. The Show Goes On (1982)
23. The Ferries (1982)
24. Midnight Hobo (1979)
25. The Depths (1982)
26. Down There (1978)
27. The Fit (1980)
28. Hearing Is Believing (1981)
29. The Hands (1986)
30. Again (1981)
31. Just Waiting (1983)
32. Seeing the World (1984)
33. Old Clothes (1983)
34. Apples (1986)
35. The Other Side (1986)
36. Where the Heart Is (1987)
37. Boiled Alive (1986)
38. Another World (1987)
39. End of the Line (1991)
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First published in 1993 by Arkham House Publishers
Coer illustration by Simon Dewey