Synopses & Reviews
Ramsey Campbell's novels have justly won him acclaim as one of the best writers of the age. A three-time winner of the World Fantasy Award and an eight-time winner of the British Fantasy Award, his writing has struck a chord with readers worldwide.
But throughout his career he has also written insightful, terrifying, and disturbing short fiction. Ghosts & Grisly Things is a collection of the best of Campbell's short works from the past two decades. This book also features the story "Ra*e" which appears here for the first time anywhere.
Review
"Showcase[s] Campbell's gift for a sense of understated, slowly growing supernatural menace. . . .
Ghosts and Grisly Things is grim, grown-up horror." --
The Washington Post"Campbell's short stories continue to shape and expand the vocabulary of horror fiction. This collection . . . conjures nightmares from the most unlikely raw material." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"This is Campbell at his best." -Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Ramsey Campbell has won more awards than any other living author of horror or dark fantasy, including four World Fantasy Awards, nine British Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, and two International Horror Guild Awards. Critically acclaimed both in the US and in England, Campbell is widely regarded as one of the genre's literary lights for both his short fiction and his novels. His classic novels, such as
The Face that Must Die, The Doll Who Ate His Mother, and
The Influence, set new standards for horror as literature. His collection,
Scared Stiff, virtually established the subgenre of erotic horror.
Ramsey Campbell's works have been published in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and several other languages. He has been President of the British Fantasy Society and has edited critically acclaimed anthologies, including Fine Frights. Campbell's best known works in the US are Obsession, Incarnate, Midnight Sun, and Nazareth Hill.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Same in Any Language
Going Under
The Alternative
Out of the Woods
A Street was Chosen
McGonagall in the Head
Through the Walls
This Time
The Sneering
Between the Floors
Where They Lived
Root Cause
Looking Out
The Dead Must Die
A Side of the Sea
Missed Connection
The Change
Welcomeland
See How They Run
Ra*e