The work of H. P. Lovecraft continues to inspire many of the leading contemporary authors of horror and the supernatural. In this anthology, S. T. Joshi, the world’s leading expert on Lovecraft and the author of the lively treatise The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos, tries his hand at assembling a modern-day Lovecraftian anthology, casting his net on both sides of the Atlantic and producing a volume that radically expands our notions of what constitutes “Lovecraftian” fiction. Caitlín R. Kiernan, Brian Stableford, and Nicholas Royle produce innovative deconstructions of Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s Model” and “The Hound.” Michael Shea transfers the Cthulhu Mythos to San Francisco, Laird Barron and Philip Haldeman set their Lovecraftian horrors in the Pacific Northwest, and Donald R. Burleson and William Browning Spencer enliven the parched Southwest with cosmic monsters. Ramsey Campbell, Jonathan Thomas, Jason Van Hollander, and others make Lovecraft himself a character in tales of cosmic menace, while David J. Schow and Michael Cisco ring new changes on the Lovecraftian concept of the forbidden book. These and other stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Norman Partridge, W. H. Pugmire, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Darrell Schweitzer, Donald R. and Mollie L. Burleson, Sam Gafford, and Adam Niswander all reveal how vital and vibrant the Lovecraftian idiom remains… and how terrifying

The award-winning team of Jones and Sutton once again push the boundaries of fear in this new collection of horror and dark fantasy. Drawing from both sides of the Atlantic, Dark Terrors 3 features stories by some of the genres' biggest names as well as their rising stars, including Ray Bradbury, Poppy Z. Brite, Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Julian Rathbone, Mark Timlin, and Michael Marshall Smith. An anthology that will take you to the furthest reaches of your imagination — and beyond. British Fantasy Award winner 1998, World Fantasy Award nominee 1998

Once again, multi-award-winning editors Stephen Jones and David Sutton take you on a terrifying journey into the dark heart of modern horror fiction. Firmly established as the world's premier horror anthology series, this latest volume is twice the size, presenting almost a quarter of a million words of new fiction by some of the hottest names and most talented newcomers in the field. Contributors to Dark Terrors 5 include Peter Straub, Poppy Z. Brite, Ramsey Campbell, Mick Garris — Stephen King's director of choice — Gwyneth Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, Gahan Wilson, Christopher Fowler and many, many more

First in the long-running series of erotic horror tales! Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Robert R. McCammon, Graham Masterton, Harlan Ellison, Ramsey Campbell, David J. Schow, Lisa Tuttle, F. Paul Wilson, Theodore Sturgeon, and other masters of the macabre take readers into their private world of fear, fantasy, and fatal attraction — in 24 tales of dread and debauchery, riveting stories of sex and terror

Escritor y editor británico nacido en Merseyside, Liverpool, el 4 de enero de 1946. Es considerado uno de los mayores exponentes del género de terror del siglo XX. Sus primeras historias, aunque situadas en lugares hipotéticos de Gran Bretaña (a instancias de su editor) y no en Estados Unidos, eran claramente lovecraftianas, tendencia que fue abandonando en posteriores relatos y novelas. Dentro del terror ha publicado tanto novelas y cuentos “realistas” como otros en los que aparecen elementos fantásticos en la trama, todo ello con un estilo muy particular y cuidado que le ha hecho merecedor de buenas críticas. Campbell también ha destacado como editor de antologías de terror, y colabora con la BBC en programas de crítica de cine. La obra de Campbell, tanto corta como en formato largo, ha sido galardonada en múltiples ocasiones, siendo uno de los autores del género con más premios en su haber

Amy, una niña de ocho años, la llamaba la casa de las arañas porque la daba escalofríos, hasta que su padre la reprendió por ser tan tonta: no había nada de lo que asustarse, solo era una mansión con vistas al pueblo. Pero cuando su padre la aúpa hasta una ventana para que pueda mirar dentro, lo que ve difícilmente calma sus miedos. Ramsey Campbell cuenta con más premios en el ámbito de las novelas de terror que ningún otro autor en el mundo

What do you imagine when you hear the name… Bradbury? You might see rockets to Mars. Or bizarre circuses where otherworldly acts whirl in the center ring. Perhaps you travel to a dystopian future, where books are set ablaze… or to an out-of-the-way sideshow, where animated illustrations crawl across human skin. Or maybe, suddenly, you're returned to a simpler time in small-town America, where summer perfumes the air and life is almost perfect… almost. Ray Bradbury—peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors—is a literary giant whose remarkable career has spanned seven decades. Now twenty-six of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists

A collection of fantasy and horror short stories by British author J. Ramsey Campbell, who dropped the initial from his name in subsequent publications. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,009 copies and was the author's first book. The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos. Campbell had originally written his introduction to be included in the book The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces under the title "Cthulhu in Britain". However, Arkham's editor, August Derleth, decided to use it here. The contents were reprinted with some of Campbell's later Lovecraftian work in his 1985 collection Cold Print

The World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award-winning series. This latest edition of the world's premier annual showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in horror and dark fantasy fiction contains some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of horror fiction. Also featuring the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror around the world, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology, this is the only book that should be required reading for every fan of dark fiction. Like all of the other volumes in this series, award-winning editor Stephen Jones once again brings us the best new horror, revisiting momentous events and chilling achievements on the dark side of fantasy in 2004. This book was nominated for the 2005 British Fantasy Award

Going ten years strong, the acclaimed collection of contemporary horror fiction again showcases the talents of the finest writers working the field of fear. Along with his annual review of the year in horror, award-winning editor Stephen Jones has chosen the year's best stories by the old masters and new voices alike. — The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 includes bloodcurdlers and flesh-crawlers from Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Dennis Etchison, Thomas Ligotti, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, Kim Newman, Harlan Ellison, and many others

Number 13 — lucky for horror fans! This award-winning anthology series has now reached its thirteenth spectacular volume and to mark the event, Steve Jones has chosen only the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of the horror genre. Contributors to this volume include: Gala Blau, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Charles Grant, Glen Hirshberg, Chico Kidd, Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul J. McAuley, Conrad Williams. Also featuring the most comprehensive overview of the year, a fascinating necrology and a list of useful contacts, this is the one book that all lovers of the supernatural and psychological terror will want on their shelves

This new volume of the world's most acclaimed Year's Best Horror series includes a masterful selection of the finest supernatural short stories and terrifying novellas from many of the biggest names and most exciting newcomers currently working in the genre. This is the very best of new short stories and novellas by today's masters of the macabre. Contributors include such names as Neil Gaiman, Michael Marshall Smith, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman and Glen Hirshberg. This is required reading for any fan of ghoulish fiction. Winner of the 2009 British Fantasy Award

This new anthology presenting a selection of some of the very best, and most chilling, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers. As ever, the latest volume of this record-breaking and multiple award-winning anthology series also offers an in-depth overview of the year in horror, a fascinating necrology of notable names, and a useful directory contact information for dedicated horror fans and writers. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the best in contemporary horror fiction on both sides of the Atlantic

Originally published in 1975, and long out of print, this classic horror anthology sees a first reprint in over forty years. This anthology features ten macabre short stories by such horror masters as Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley, Joseph Payne Brennan and David A. Riley. «The Nightingale Floors» were part of a crumbling Chicago museum and only the brave or the foolish ventured there after dark. The building had a weird history — and no night watchman stayed there long… Winnie was «The Prefect Lady» and Rupert loved every little bit of her. But when the neighbours saw her at close quarters, panic spread through Lavender Hill… «Aunt Hester» had strange powers. Her ability to transfer herself into the body of her twin brother had a hideous ending — or was it a beginning? Lamson was intrigued by «The Satyr’s Head». He bought the little relic from an old tramp. It brought him nightmares, disease and, worst of all, unnatural passion from a foul incubus…

HORRORS GALORE! “Wagner has done his work well, and DAW deserves the thanks of horror readers, and librarians catering to them, for keeping this anthology going, its price low, and its quality high”. So comments the American Library Association’s Booklist about this series, and this latest volume will uphold their estimate. Once again Karl Edward Wagner has probed the horror tales of the past year and come up with a headsman’s basket of spine-chilling goodies. Among the authors you will find: Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Michael Kube-McDowell, Manly Wade Wellman, M. John Harrison, Sheila Hodgson, and many more. All sure to give you the willies! Don’t try reading them all at one sitting!

Welcome To The Frightmare Lands… Imagination can be a terrible revenge when a storybook character takes on a life of his own…. Trick or treat suddenly takes on a whole new meaning for one doctor who has long been exercising his powers over life and death…. When two boys' existences and identities somehow become intertwined, is one the dreamer and the other a dream? She thought she'd found the ideal apartment until it began to take on an eerie life of its own…. These are just a few of the twenty-six dwelling places of terror you'll visit in…

TERRIFYING STORIES THAT WILL LEAVE YOU SHUDDERING AT EVERY BARELY GLIMPSED SHADOW— Once again, Karl Edward Wagner has dared to prowl where many fear to tread, seeking out the finest tales of terror by such masters of malice and mayhem as Ramsey Campbell and Ed Gorman—haunting and harrowing legends calculated to strike fear in the hearts of even the most stalwart readers. A photographer whose obsession with images may bring to life trouble beyond his wildest fantasies…. A couple caught up in an ancient ritual that offers the promise of unending health, but at a price that may prove far too high…. A woman whose memory may be failing her with the passing years—or for a far more unnatural reason…. These are just three of the provocative, imagination-grasping stories included in this year’s ghoulish gallery

“…THE JUICIEST BLOODFEST, THE MOST IRONIC CONTE CRUEL, THE SUBTLEST EVOCATION OF WISPY HORROR.” Return, if you dare, to the dark realms of terror with intrepid guide Karl Edward Wagner as he once again seeks out the most fear-inspiring tales of the year. Cower in horror as Jack the Ripper reaches out from the grave to take bloody vengeance on a rock band… even as a “retired” serial killer experiences the perfect end to a perfect life… while an injured woman receives a blood transfusion only to find she has lost control of her will… and a garbage dump spawns a malignant new breed of life—or death… Join Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell, Wayne Allen Sallee, T.E.D. Klein, Lisa Tuttle, and their fellow masterminds of the macabre on this year’s unforgettable, chill-packed journey into the heart of the horrific! A kid’s camping supplies turn out to be not quite what the catalog advertised… A pulp writer’s imagination really gets the better of him… A suburban dog-run turns out to be an exercise in terror… A juror’s identification with a convicted murderer becomes more than simple sympathy…

Los ordenadores de la librería donde trabaja Woody no funcionan correctamente, aparecen errores en los catálogos y los pedidos desaparecen sin dejar rastro. La muerte por atropello de un empleado marca el inicio de la debacle: un dependiente acusa a otro de acoso sexual; otro pierde la habilidad de leer; los monitores de seguridad muestran cosas que se arrastran entre las estanterías y desaparecen antes de que nadie pueda encontrarlas… Los húmedos y silenciosos seres que han estado merodeando en el sótano pueden ser lentos, pero son inexorables. Esta librería no es un refugio. Es la puerta hacia un infierno como no hay otro igual. Ramsey Campbell es el maestro de la novela psicológica, por encima de Stephen King, y su talento para transmitir lo más enrevesado de la mente humana no tiene parangón en la narrativa moderna. Sus novelas han sido adaptadas a la gran pantalla en dos ocasiones: Los sin nombre de Jaume Balagueró y El segundo nombre de Francisco Plaza