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Ramsey Campbell
(b.1946)
Son-in-Law of A Bertram Chandler
aka Montgomery Comfort, Carl Dreadstone, Jay Ramsay
Ramsey Campbell is perhaps the world's most decorated author of horror, terror, suspense, dark fantasy, and supernatural fiction. He has won four World Fantasy Awards, ten British Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, and the Horror Writers' Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been named a Grand Master of Horror.
Genres: Horror
New and upcoming books
Series
Three Births of Daoloth
1. The Searching Dead (2016)
2. Born to the Dark (2017)
3. The Way of the Worm (2018)
1. The Searching Dead (2016)
2. Born to the Dark (2017)
3. The Way of the Worm (2018)
Novels
The Doll Who Ate His Mother (1976)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1977) (as by Carl Dreadstone)
Dracula's Daughter (1977) (as by Carl Dreadstone)
The Wolfman (1977) (as by Carl Dreadstone)
The Face That Must Die (1979)
The Parasite (1980)
aka To Wake the Dead
The Nameless (1981)
Incarnate (1983)
The Claw (1983)
Night of the Claw (1983) (as by Jay Ramsay)
Obsession (1985)
The Hungry Moon (1986)
The Influence (1988)
Ancient Images (1989)
Needing Ghosts (1990)
Midnight Sun (1990)
The Count of Eleven (1991)
The Long Lost (1993)
The One Safe Place (1995)
The House on Nazareth Hill (1996)
aka Nazareth Hill
The Last Voice They Hear (1998)
Silent Children (2000)
Pact of the Fathers (2001)
The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002)
The Overnight (2003)
Secret Story (2005)
The Grin of the Dark (2007)
Thieving Fear (2008)
Creatures of the Pool (2009)
The Seven Days of Cain (2010)
Solomon Kane (2010)
Ghosts Know (2011)
The Kind Folk (2012)
Think Yourself Lucky (2014)
Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach (2018)
The Wise Friend (2020)
Somebody's Voice (2021)
Fellstones (2022)
The Lonely Lands (2023)
Fearful Implications (2023)
The Incubations (2024)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1977) (as by Carl Dreadstone)
Dracula's Daughter (1977) (as by Carl Dreadstone)
The Wolfman (1977) (as by Carl Dreadstone)
The Face That Must Die (1979)
The Parasite (1980)
aka To Wake the Dead
The Nameless (1981)
Incarnate (1983)
The Claw (1983)
Night of the Claw (1983) (as by Jay Ramsay)
Obsession (1985)
The Hungry Moon (1986)
The Influence (1988)
Ancient Images (1989)
Needing Ghosts (1990)
Midnight Sun (1990)
The Count of Eleven (1991)
The Long Lost (1993)
The One Safe Place (1995)
The House on Nazareth Hill (1996)
aka Nazareth Hill
The Last Voice They Hear (1998)
Silent Children (2000)
Pact of the Fathers (2001)
The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002)
The Overnight (2003)
Secret Story (2005)
The Grin of the Dark (2007)
Thieving Fear (2008)
Creatures of the Pool (2009)
The Seven Days of Cain (2010)
Solomon Kane (2010)
Ghosts Know (2011)
The Kind Folk (2012)
Think Yourself Lucky (2014)
Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach (2018)
The Wise Friend (2020)
Somebody's Voice (2021)
Fellstones (2022)
The Lonely Lands (2023)
Fearful Implications (2023)
The Incubations (2024)
Collections
The Inhabitant of the Lake (1964)
Demons by Daylight (1973)
The Height of the Scream (1976)
Waking Nightmares (1981)
Dark Companions (1982)
Cold Print (1985)
Black Wine (1986) (with Charles L Grant)
Ghostly Tales (1987)
Scared Stiff (1987)
Dark Feasts (1987)
Strange Things and Stranger Places (1993)
Alone with the Horrors (1993)
Two Obscure Tales (1993)
Far Away and Never (1996)
Ghosts and Grisly Things (1997)
Told by the Dead (2003)
The Book of Liverpool (2008) (with others)
Inconsequential Tales (2008)
Just Behind You (2009)
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Unwelcome Tenants (2011)
Cut Corners Volume 1 (2012) (with Ray Garton and Bentley Little)
Holes for Faces (2013)
10,000 Ghost Stories (2014)
Limericks of the Alarming and Phantasmal (poems) (2016)
Visions from Brichester (2018)
The Black Room Manuscripts: Volume Four (2018) (with others)
By the Light of My Skull (2018)
The Companion & Other Phantasmagorical Stories (2019)
The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories (2020)
Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020) (with others)
The New Abject (2020) (with others)
Penumbra No. 2 (2021) (with others)
The Village Killings & Other Novellas (2021)
Demons by Daylight (1973)
The Height of the Scream (1976)
Waking Nightmares (1981)
Dark Companions (1982)
Cold Print (1985)
Black Wine (1986) (with Charles L Grant)
Ghostly Tales (1987)
Scared Stiff (1987)
Dark Feasts (1987)
Strange Things and Stranger Places (1993)
Alone with the Horrors (1993)
Two Obscure Tales (1993)
Far Away and Never (1996)
Ghosts and Grisly Things (1997)
Told by the Dead (2003)
The Book of Liverpool (2008) (with others)
Inconsequential Tales (2008)
Just Behind You (2009)
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Unwelcome Tenants (2011)
Cut Corners Volume 1 (2012) (with Ray Garton and Bentley Little)
Holes for Faces (2013)
10,000 Ghost Stories (2014)
Limericks of the Alarming and Phantasmal (poems) (2016)
Visions from Brichester (2018)
The Black Room Manuscripts: Volume Four (2018) (with others)
By the Light of My Skull (2018)
The Companion & Other Phantasmagorical Stories (2019)
The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories (2020)
Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020) (with others)
The New Abject (2020) (with others)
Penumbra No. 2 (2021) (with others)
The Village Killings & Other Novellas (2021)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
The Far Reaches of Fear (1976)
Superhorror (1976)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
The Gruesome Book (1983)
Fine Frights (1988)
Uncanny Banquet (1992)
Deathport (1993)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994) (with Stephen Jones)
Meddling with Ghosts (2001)
Gathering the Bones (2003) (with Jack Dann and Dennis Etchison)
Superhorror (1976)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
The Gruesome Book (1983)
Fine Frights (1988)
Uncanny Banquet (1992)
Deathport (1993)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994) (with Stephen Jones)
Meddling with Ghosts (2001)
Gathering the Bones (2003) (with Jack Dann and Dennis Etchison)
Anthology series
Series contributed to
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
1. Best New Horror (1990) (with Stephen Jones)
2. Best New Horror 2 (1991) (with Stephen Jones)
3. Best New Horror 3 (1992) (with Stephen Jones)
4. Best New Horror 4 (1993) (with Stephen Jones)
5. The Best New Horror 5 (1995) (with Stephen Jones)
6. The Best New Horror 6 (1995) (with Stephen Jones)
1. Best New Horror (1990) (with Stephen Jones)
2. Best New Horror 2 (1991) (with Stephen Jones)
3. Best New Horror 3 (1992) (with Stephen Jones)
4. Best New Horror 4 (1993) (with Stephen Jones)
5. The Best New Horror 5 (1995) (with Stephen Jones)
6. The Best New Horror 6 (1995) (with Stephen Jones)
Chapbooks show
Short Stories show
Non fiction show
The Core of Ramsey Campbell (1995)
Horror: Another 100 Best Books (2005) (with Stephen Jones)
The Letters to Arkham (2014) (with August Derleth)
Ramsey Campbell, Probably (2020)
Ramsey Campbell, Certainly (2021)
Six Stooges and Counting (2023)
Horror: Another 100 Best Books (2005) (with Stephen Jones)
The Letters to Arkham (2014) (with August Derleth)
Ramsey Campbell, Probably (2020)
Ramsey Campbell, Certainly (2021)
Six Stooges and Counting (2023)
Ramsey Campbell recommends
Nestlings (2023)
Nat Cassidy
"Nat Cassidy is a master of creeping fear, of urban unease, of uncanny dread and outright horror. In Nestlings he brings his considerable imagination to bear on a creature we may think we're all too familiar with and imbues it with new life, reclaiming it for terror. It's a triumph and a vision you won't soon forget."
Blight (2023)
Tom Carlisle
"Tom Carlisle combines his gothic elements - the cursed landowning family, the uncanny pact, the lurking primal presence, the dark side of faery, the hero's reluctant return to his roots - into a potent magical brew often evocative of Machen but grippingly original."
The Other Lives of Miss Emily White (2023)
A J Elwood
"Delicately disturbing, elegantly uncanny, A. J. Elwood's novel shuts us in a school where even the ghostly can be a release and leads to a conclusion that's as poignant as it is disquieting. A real treat for connoisseurs of the classic supernatural tale."
I Know Who You Were (2023)
Nick Curran
"Not just a ruthlessly compelling novel of suspense but an unflinching examination of the repercussions of a crime. Disturbing, harrowing and moving, it signals the arrival of a new master of crime fiction."
The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future (2023)
Christi Nogle
"An astonishingly original collection of dark tales - mysterious, haunting, challenging and disturbing, written in crystalline prose as compressed as poetry. Read and then reread and be doubly rewarded!"
The Hollows (2022)
Daniel Church
"The Hollows combines human monstrousness and uncanny dread in a breathlessly suspenseful narrative. Startlingly violent, compellingly weird, it carries us through levels of fear to a climax of cosmic terror worthy of the classics."
Hawk Mountain (2022)
Conner Habib
"Hawk Mountain is a suspenseful, shocking and ultimately poignant study of anguished conflict, both domestic and internal. Incisively written and intensely imagined, it's the novelistic debut of a real original."
Echo (2022)
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
"Echo is a haunting contribution to the literature of folk horror, and its scenes in the monstrous mountains convey a sense of uncanny dread that rises through terror towards awe. Few writers in our field have scaled such heights."
The Very Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (2019)
Caitlín R Kiernan
"Caitlín Kiernan is one of the true visionaries and finest stylists in our field, and very possibly the most lyrical. Her tales enrich the imagination, and represent the literature of the dark at its most gorgeous and disturbing. This book is a treasure house of wonders and terrors, and an essential purchase for anyone who cares about the great tradition of weird fiction."
That Which Grows Wild (2018)
Eric J Guignard
"Guignard gives voice to paranoid vision that's all too believable."
The Keeper (2006)
(Bedford Horror, book 1)
Sarah Langan
"A dark and bracingly bleak tale of supernatural terror."
The Shadow at The Bottom of The World (2005)
Thomas Ligotti
"Thomas Ligotti is an absolute master of supernatural horror and weird fiction, and a true original. He pursues his unique vision with admirable honesty and rigorousness and conveys it in prose as powerfully evocative as any writer in the field. I'd say he might just be a genius."
Banquet for the Damned (2004)
Adam Nevill
"A substantial addition to the literature of the supernatural."
The Nature of Balance (2001)
Tim Lebbon
"Lebbon is among the most innovative and original contemporary writers of the dark fantastic."
Head Injuries (1998)
Conrad Williams
"I loved it. His portraits of everyday loneliness are brilliant. Altogether I thought it one of the finest and most haunting modern spectral novels I've read."
Pasquale's Angel (1994)
Paul McAuley
"A brilliantly sustained and controlled flight of imagination written with a fluency and vividness I'd kill for. A real treat, and a major novel from a writer whose prose is a delight to read."
Angel (1993)
(Angel , book 1)
Garry Kilworth
"The strongest crossbreeding of cop fiction and the supernatural since Falling Angel. An uncommonly powerful novel."
Weaveworld (1987)
Clive Barker
"All that you expect from Clive Barker and more - terrifying, shocking, audaciously imaginative, moving and ruthlessly unputdownable."
Valley of Lights (1987)
Stephen Gallagher
"A treat: a real supernatural thriller - a suspenseful and terrifying tale, compellingly told."
Live Girls (1987)
(Horror of Ray Garton, book 1)
Ray Garton
"The most nightmarish vampire story I have ever read."
Fevre Dream (1982)
George R R Martin
"Frightening, moving, haunting - a powerful tale of supernatural terror."
Falling Angel (1978)
(Falling Angel, book 1)
William Hjortsberg
"The strongest crossbreeding of cop fiction and the supernatural since Falling Angel. An uncommonly powerful novel."
The Centauri Device (1974)
M John Harrison
"M John Harrison is the finest British writer now writing horror fiction and by far the most original."
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1948)
Arthur Machen
"Tales of Horror and the Supernatural is, quite simply, one of the most important collections of weird tales by any author, and Tartarus press has done it proud."
More recommendations
Anthologies containing stories by Ramsey Campbell
Reports From the Deep End (2023)
Stories inspired by J. G. Ballard
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski and Rick McGrath
Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (2021)
edited by
Charlatan Bardot and Eric J Guignard
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror (2021)
Evil Lives on in the Land!
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Stephen Jones
Exploring Dark Short Fiction 6 (2021)
A Primer to Ramsey Campbell
(Exploring Dark Short Fiction, book 6)
edited by
Eric J Guignard
Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night (2019)
10 Scary Stories to Give You Nightmares!
edited by
Stephen Jones
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019)
Twisted Tales Not to Be Read at Night!
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Stephen Jones
The Platform Edge (2019)
Uncanny Tales of the Railways
(British Library Tales of the Weird, book 6)
edited by
Mike Ashley
The Children of Gla'aki (2017)
A Tribute to Ramsey Campbell's Great Old One
edited by
Glynn Owen Barrass and Brian M Sammons
Floppy Shoes Apocalypse 2 (2016)
Cherry Nose Armageddon
edited by
Mary Genevieve Fortier and Alex S Johnson
Grave Predictions (2016)
Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny
edited by
Drew Ford
Cherry Nose Armageddon (2016)
(Floppy Shoes Apocalypse, book 2)
edited by
Mary Genevieve Fortier and Alex S Johnson
Dead Letters (2016)
An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned...
edited by
Conrad Williams
Tales from The Lake Vol.2 (2016)
(Tales From the Lake, book 2)
edited by
E Audsley, R J Cavender and Joe Mynhardt
Dark Screams: Volume One (2014)
(Dark Screams, book 1)
edited by
Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman
The Spectral Book of Horror Stories (2014)
(Spectral Book of Horror Stories, book 1)
edited by
Mark Morris
Horror For Good (2012)
A Charitable Anthology
edited by
R J Cavender, Mark C Scioneaux and Robert S Wilson
The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume Two (2010)
(Century's Best Horror Fiction, book 2)
edited by
John Pelan
Masters of Horror and the Supernatural (2010)
The Great Tales
edited by
Martin H Greenberg, Barry N Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
Dark Delicacies (2005)
Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre
(Dark Delicacies, book 1)
edited by
Jeff Gelb and Del Howison
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 16)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Embrace the Mutation (2002)
Fiction Inspired by the Art of J. K. Potter
edited by
William Schafer and Bill Sheehan
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 14)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997)
Vampire Tales for the New Millennium
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Stephen Jones
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories (1995)
edited by
Martin H Greenberg, Jill M Morgan and Robert E Weinberg
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories (1995)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII (1994)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 22)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1994)
edited by
Martin H Greenberg, Barry N Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
The Year's Best Horror Stories XXI (1993)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 21)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The Year's Best Horror Stories XX (1992)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 20)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 5)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIX (1991)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 19)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
Dark Voices 3 (1991)
The Pan Book of Horror
(Dark Voices, book 3)
edited by
Stephen Jones and David A Sutton
The Year's Best Horror Stories XVIII (1990)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 18)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
Dark Voices 2 (1990)
The Pan Book of Horror
(Dark Voices, book 2)
edited by
Stephen Jones and David A Sutton
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 3)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1990)
edited by
Stefan R Dziemianowicz, Martin H Greenberg and Robert E Weinberg
L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume IV (1989)
(Writers of the Future, book 4)
edited by
Algis Budrys and L Ron Hubbard
The Year's Best Horror Stories XVII (1989)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 17)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 2)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
The Year's Best Horror Stories XVI (1988)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 16)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection (1988)
(Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, book 1)
edited by
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
The Year's Best Horror Stories XV (1987)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 15)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987)
The Greatest Stories of the Decade
edited by
David Drake and Martin H Greenberg
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 14)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 13)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
Year's Best Horror Stories XII (1984)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 12)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The 17th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1984)
(Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, book 17)
edited by
Mary Danby
The Year's Best Horror Stories XI (1983)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 11)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The 18th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1982)
(Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, book 18)
edited by
R Chetwynd-Hayes
The Year's Best Horror Stories X (1982)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 10)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The Year's Best Horror Stories IX (1981)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 9)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
edited by
Martin H Greenberg, Barry N Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
The Year's Best Horror Stories VIII (1980)
(Year's Best Horror Stories, book 8)
edited by
Karl Edward Wagner
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