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Ramsey Campbell

(John Ramsey Campbell)
UK  (1946 - )
(Son-in-Law of A Bertram Chandler)
aka
Carl Dreadstone, Jay Ramsay
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About Ramsey Campbell
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.

Publishers Weekly calls Campbell "a horror writer's horror writer," adding, "His control of mood and atmosphere is unsurpassed." Doug Winter, the noted scholar and critic, says Campbell has written "some of the most original and compelling fiction of our time, [works that dare] the precipice of reason, the human dilemma of knowing and not knowing, believing and disbelieving."

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says his horror fiction is "of consistently high quality," and The Washington Post praises Campbell for continuing "to break new ground, advancing the style and thematic content of horror fiction far beyond the works of his contemporaries."

Indeed, with the original publication of Scared Stiff, Campbell almost single-handedly created the genre of erotic horror. Never had sex and death been so mesmerizingly entwined. Clive Barker, in his Introduction, says, "One of the delightfully unsettling things about these tales is the way Ramsey's brooding, utterly unique vision renders an act so familiar to us all so fretful, so strange, so chilling. Sex . . . is the perfect stuff for the horror writer, and there can be few artists working in the genre as capable of analyzing and dramatizing [this] as Campbell."

He lives in Liverpool, England, with his wife and family.
 
Novels
The Doll Who Ate His MotherDracula's DaughterThe Bride of FrankensteinThe Face That Must Die
To Wake the DeadThe NamelessThe ClawNight of the Claw
IncarnateObsessionThe Hungry MoonThe Influence
Ancient ImagesNeeding GhostsMidnight SunThe Count of Eleven
The Long LostThe One Safe PlaceThe House on Nazareth HillThe Last Voice They Hear
Silent ChildrenPact of the FathersThe Darkest Part of the WoodsThe Overnight
Secret StoryThe Grin of the DarkThieving Fear
 
Collections
The Inhabitant of the Lake: And Less Welcome TenantsDemons by DaylightThe Height of the ScreamWaking Nightmares
Dark CompanionsCold PrintBlack WineDark Feasts: The World of Ramsey Campbell
Scared StiffStrange Things and Stranger PlacesAlone with the HorrorsFar Away and Never
Ghosts and Grisly ThingsTold by the DeadThe Book of Liverpool: A City in Short FictionInconsequential Tales
 
Chapbooks
Through the Walls (1981)
The Guide (1985)
     aka Der Reisefuhrer
 
Series contributed to
Best New HorrorBest New Horror 2Best New Horror 3Best New Horror 4
 
Anthologies edited
SuperhorrorNew Tales of the Cthulhu MythosNew Terrors 1The Gruesome Book
Fine Frights: Stories That Scared MeUncanny BanquetDeathportThe Giant Book of Terror
Meddling with GhostsGathering the Bones: Original Stories from the World's Masters of HorrorRead by Dawn: Volume One
 
Non fiction
Ramsey Campbell, ProbablyHorror: Another 100 Best Books
 
Anthologies containing stories by Ramsey Campbell
Dark Mind Dark Heart (1962)
Over the Edge (1964)
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Volume 2 (1969)
Tandem Horror Three (1969)
New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural Volume 2 (1971)
The Spawn of Cthulhu (1971)
The Year's Best Horror Stories (1971)
Beware of the Cat (1972)
The Year's Best Horror Stories II (1972)
The Year's Best Horror Stories III (1973)
The Devil's Children (1974)
The Hounds of Hell (1974)
Nameless Places (1975)
New Writings in SF 25 (1975)
The Satyr's Head: And Other Tales of Terror (1975)
Savage Heroes: Tales of Magical Fantasy (1975)
The Star Book of Horror 1 (1975)
The Devil's Kisses (1976)
The Far Reaches of Fear (1976)
The First Orbit Book of Horror Stories (1976)
Frights: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Terror (1976)
The Taste of Fear (1976)
The Rivals of Dracula (1977)
Whispers (1977)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
Shadows (1978)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4 (1978)
Frights 2 (1979)
Shadows 2 (1979)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
New Terrors 1 (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The 18th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1982)
The Gruesome Book (1983)
The 17th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1984)
Shadows 7 (1984)
Top Fantasy (1984)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
After Midnight (1986)
Cutting Edge (1986)
Hallowe'en Horrors (1986)
Masters of Darkness (1986)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986)
The Architecture of Fear (1987)
Best of the Horror Show: An Adventure in Terror (1987)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1987)
Ghor, Kin-Slayer: The Saga of Genseric's Fifth-Born Son (1987)
Lord John Ten (1987)
Masques 2 (1987)
Gaslight and Ghosts (1988)
Prime Evil (1988)
Silver Scream (1988)
The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection (1988)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Hot Blood: Tales of Provocative Horror (1989)
Scare Care (1989)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
     aka Demons and Dreams
Best New Horror (1990)
Dark Voices 2: The Pan Book of Horror (1990)
The Mammoth Book of Terror (1990)
Urban Horrors (1990)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990)
Dark Voices 3: The Pan Book of Horror (1991)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Horrorstory Volume Three (1992)
The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992)
Uncanny Banquet (1992)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XX (1992)
Cold Cuts (1993)
The Hastur Cycle, 2nd Edition (1993)
Monsters in Our Midst (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
The Best of Whispers (1994)
Borderlands 4 (1994)
Doubles, Dummies and Dolls: 21 Terror Tales of Replication (1994)
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994)
Northern Chills (1994)
Shadows over Innsmouth (1994)
The Shub Niggurath Cycle (1994)
Young Blood (1994)
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories (1995)
The Azathoth Cycle (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
Dark Terrors (1995)
Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories (1995)
Made in Goatswood (1995)
Stranger by Night (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
Dark Terrors 2 (1996)
Destination Unknown (1996)
The Disciples of Cthulhu (1996)
Fantasy Stories (1996)
The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seven (1996)
The New Lovecraft Circle (1996)
Crimes of Passion (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Dark of the Night (1997)
Dark Terrors 3 (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nine (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New Millennium (1997)
Millennium (1997)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams (1998)
Dark Terrors 4 (1998)
Scaremongers (1998)
Scaremongers 2: Redbrick Eden (1998)
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal (1998)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
999 (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Technohorror: Tales of Terror, Suspense, and Intrigue (1999)
White of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread (1999)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eleven (2000)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
Dark Mind Dark HeartOver the EdgeTales of the Cthulhu Mythos Volume 2New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural Volume 2
The Spawn of CthulhuThe Year's Best Horror StoriesBeware of the CatThe Year's Best Horror Stories II
The Year's Best Horror Stories IIIThe Devil's ChildrenThe Hounds of HellNameless Places
New Writings in SF 25The Satyr's Head: And Other Tales of TerrorSavage Heroes: Tales of Magical FantasyThe Star Book of Horror 1
The Devil's KissesThe First Orbit Book of Horror StoriesFrights: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural TerrorThe Taste of Fear
The Rivals of DraculaWhispersChamber of HorrorsShadows
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4Shadows 2The Year's Best Horror Stories VIIDark Forces
New Tales of the Cthulhu MythosNew Terrors 1The Giant Book of Horror StoriesModern Masters of Horror
Shadows 4The 18th Fontana Book of Great Ghost StoriesThe Gruesome BookShadows 7
Top FantasyThe Year's Best Horror Stories XIIICutting EdgeHallowe'en Horrors
Masters of DarknessThe Year's Best Horror Stories XIVThe Architecture of FearBest of the Horror Show: An Adventure in Terror
A Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the DecadeGhor, Kin-Slayer: The Saga of Genseric's Fifth-Born SonGaslight and GhostsPrime Evil
Silver ScreamThe Year's Best Fantasy First Annual CollectionBook of the DeadHot Blood: Tales of Provocative Horror
Scare CareThe Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual CollectionBest New HorrorDark Voices 2: The Pan Book of Horror
The Mammoth Book of TerrorUrban HorrorsThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual CollectionDark Voices 3: The Pan Book of Horror
100 Ghastly Little Ghost StoriesBest New Horror 3Horrorstory Volume ThreeThe Mammoth Book of Vampires
Uncanny BanquetThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Horror Stories XXCold Cuts
The Hastur Cycle, 2nd EditionMonsters in Our MidstTo Sleep, Perchance to Dream...NightmareThe Best of Whispers
Borderlands 4Doubles, Dummies and Dolls: 21 Terror Tales of ReplicationThe Mammoth Book of FrankensteinShadows over Innsmouth
The Shub Niggurath Cycle100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories100 Wicked Little Witch StoriesThe Azathoth Cycle
The Best of Weird TalesCthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian AnthologyDark LoveDark Terrors
Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky StoriesMade in GoatswoodStranger by NightDark Terrors 2
Destination UnknownThe Disciples of CthulhuFantasy StoriesThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seven
The New Lovecraft CircleCrimes of PassionDancing with the DarkDark of the Night
Dark Terrors 3The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume NineThe Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New MillenniumMillennium
100 Twisted Little Tales of TormentThe Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken DreamsDark Terrors 4Scaremongers
Scaremongers 2: Redbrick EdenThe Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal100 Hilarious Little Howlers999
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume TenTales of The Cthulhu MythosTechnohorror: Tales of Terror, Suspense, and IntrigueWhite of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread
Dark Terrors 5The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume ElevenThe Mammoth Book of Haunted House StoriesMy Favorite Horror Story
 
Short stories
Kill Me Hideously
The Horror from the Bridge (1961)
The Insects from Shaggai (1961)
The Room in the Castle (1961)
The Church in High Street (1962)
The Inhabitant of the Lake (1962)
The Mine on Yuggoth (1962)
The Plain of Sound (1962)
The Render of the Veils (1962)
The Moon Lens (1963)
The Return of the Witch (1963)
The Will of Stanley Brooke (1963)
The Stone on the Island (1964)
The Cellars (1967)
Reply Guaranteed (1968)
The Stocking (1968)
Cold Print (1969)
Cyril (1969)
The Scar (1969)
Napier Court (1971)
Cat and Mouse (1972)
The Other House (1972)
At First Sight (1973)
Concussion (1973)
The Enchanted Fruit (1973)
The End of a Summer's Day (1973)
The Franklyn Paragraphs (1973)
The Guy (1973)
The Interloper (1973)
The Lost (1973)
Made in Goatswood (1973)
The Old Horns (1973)
Potential (1973)
The Second Staircase (1973)
The Sentinels (1973)
Litter (1974)
The Stages of the God (1974)
Vacant Possession (1974)
The Whining (1974)
Call First (1975)
Jack's Little Friend (1975)
The Man in the Underpass (1975)
Murders (1975)
The Previous Tenant (1975)
Run Through (1975)
Smoke Kiss (1975)
The Song at the Hub of the Garden (1975)
Ash (1976)
Baby (1976)
Beside the Seaside (1976)
The Companion (1976)World Fantasy (nominee)
Dolls (1976)
The Height of the Scream (1976)
Horror House of Blood (1976)
In the Shadows (1976)
Lilith's (1976)
Missing (1976)
The Other Woman (1976)
The Pattern (1976)
The Telephones (1976)
The Tugging (1976)
The Words That Count (1976)
The Changer of Names (1977)
The Chimney (1977)World Fantasy (nominee)
Conversion (1977)
In the Bag (1977)
Loveman's Comeback (1977)World Fantasy (nominee)
The Seductress (1977)
The Sustenance of Hoak (1977)
Dead Letters (1978)
Drawing In (1978)
Heading Home (1978)
The Little Voice (1978)
The Pit of Wings (1978)
Above the World (1979)
Mackintosh Willy (1979)World Fantasy
Midnight Hobo (1979)
The Mouths of Light (1979)
To Wake the Dead (1979)
Before the Storm (1980)
The Brood (1980)
The Change (1980)
Down There (1980)
The Faces at Pine Dunes (1980)
The Fit (1980)
The Gap (1980)
Out of Copyright (1980)
The Trick (1980)
Again (1981)
Calling Card (1981)
Hearing is Believing (1981)
The Next Sideshow (1981)
Through the Walls (1981)
Wrapped Up (1981)
The Depths (1982)
The Ferries (1982)
The Invocation (1982)
The Puppets (1982)
The Show Goes On (1982)
The Voice of the Beach (1982)
Jack in the Box (1983)
Just Waiting (1983)
Blacked Out (1984)
Seeing the World (1984)
Watch the Birdie (1984)
Old Clothes (1985)
Passing Phase (1985)
Rising Generation (1985)
The Sneering (1985)
Apples (1986)
Boiled Alive (1986)
The Hands (1986)
Little Man (1986)
Looking Out (1986)
Missed Connection (1986)
The Other Side (1986)
Root Cause (1986)
This Time (1986)
Another World (1987)
Medusa (1987)
Merry May (1987)
A New Life (1987)
Second Sight (1987)
Stages (1987)
Where the Heart Is (1987)
Eye of Childhood (1988)
Next Time You'll Know Me (1988)
Playing the Game (1988)
Welcomeland (1988)
Ancient Images (1989)
It Helps If You Sing (1989)
Meeting the Author (1989)
Needing Ghosts (1990)
The Worst Fog of the Year (1990)
The Same in Any Language (1991)
A Street Was Chosen (1991)
The Dead Must Die (1992)
End of the Line (1992)
The Limits of Fantasy (1992)
McGonagall in the Head (1992)
For You to Judge (1993)
See How They Run (1993)
The Urge (1993)
The Void (1993)
The Alternative (1994)
A Side of the Sea (1994)
Where They Lived (1994)
The Body in the Window (1995)
Going Under (1995)
The Horror Under Warrendown (1995)
The Maze (1995) (with Tammy and Matt Campbell)
Out of the Woods (1996)
Between the Floors (1997)
The Nearest to a Ghost (1997)
The Ways of Chaos (1997)
The Word (1997)Bram Stoker (nominee)
Never to Be Heard (1998)British Fantasy Society (nominee)
Ra (1998)
Ra*e (1998)
Twice by Fire (1998)
The Entertainment (1999)British Fantasy Society (nominee)
Bram Stoker (nominee)
No Story in It (2000)


Awards
World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1977) : The Companion
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1977) : The Height of the Scream
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1977) : The Doll Who Ate His Mother
World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1978) : Loveman's Comeback
World Fantasy Best Short story nominee (1978) : The Chimney
World Fantasy Best Short story winner (1980) : Mackintosh Willy
British Fantasy Society Best Novel winner (1981) : To Wake the Dead
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1982) : The Nameless
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1988) : Scared Stiff
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1988) : Scared Stiff
British Fantasy Society Best Novel winner (1988) : The Influence
British Fantasy Society Best Novel winner (1991) : Midnight Sun
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1992) : Waking Nightmares
World Fantasy Best Collection winner (1994) : Alone with the Horrors
Bram Stoker Best Collection winner (1994) : Alone with the Horrors
British Fantasy Society Best Novel winner (1994) : The Long Lost
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1995) : The One Safe Place
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : The House on Nazareth Hill
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1997) : The House on Nazareth Hill
British Fantasy Society Best Short story nominee (1998) : Never to Be Heard
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1998) : The Word
British Fantasy Society Best Collection nominee (1998) : Ghosts and Grisly Things
British Fantasy Society Best Short story nominee (1999) : The Entertainment
Bram Stoker Best Short story nominee (2000) : The Entertainment
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (2001) : Silent Children
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : The Overnight
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2006) : Secret Story


Books about Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell and Modern Horror Fiction
 
Links to other websites
Ramsey Campbell - the official web site


Ramsey Campbell recommends
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
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. "
The Centauri Device
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."
Falling Angel
Falling Angel (1978)
William Hjortsberg
"The strongest crossbreeding of cop fiction and the supernatural since Falling Angel. An uncommonly powerful novel."
Books of Blood Volume 1
Books of Blood Volume 1 (1981)
Clive Barker
"I thought I was past being profoundly disturbed by horror fiction, but these books proved me wrong."
Fevre Dream
Fevre Dream (1982)
George R R Martin
"Frightening, moving, haunting - a powerful tale of supernatural terror."
The Damnation Game
The Damnation Game (1985)
Clive Barker
"Clive Barker is the most important new writer of horror since Peter Straub."
Live Girls
Live Girls (1987)
Ray Garton
"The most nightmarish vampire story I have ever read."
Valley of Lights
Valley of Lights (1987)
Stephen Gallagher
"A treat: a real supernatural thriller - a suspenseful and terrifying tale, compellingly told."
Weaveworld
Weaveworld (1987)
Clive Barker
"All that you expect from Clive Barker and more - terrifying, shocking, audaciously imaginative, moving and ruthlessly unputdownable."
In the Land of the Dead
In the Land of the Dead (1989)
K W Jeter
"Jeter's is one of the most impressive bodies of work in my field today. Sometimes reminiscent of noir fiction but far darker, oppressively intense and hallucinatory vivid, deeply felt and unflinchingly honest, this book is what I believe contemporary horror fiction should be."
The Night Man
The Night Man (1989)
K W Jeter
"Dark, intense, unflinchingly honest."
Songs of a Dead Dreamer
Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1989)
Thomas Ligotti
"One of the most important horror books of the decade...for Ligotti is one of the few consistently original voices in contemporary horror fiction."
The Community
The Community (1993)
Ben Leech
"The best kind of horror fiction."
Angel
Angel (1993)
(Angel , book 1)
Garry Kilworth
"The strongest crossbreeding of cop fiction and the supernatural since Falling Angel. An uncommonly powerful novel."
Under the Crust: Supernatural Tales of Buxton (1993)
Terry Lamsley
"A major debut in the field."
Pasquale's Angel
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."
Escardy Gap
Escardy Gap (1996)
Peter Crowther and James Lovegrove
"A feast for anyone who loves fantasy."
Eyes of Prey
Eyes of Prey (1998)
(Eyes , book 2)
Barry Hoffman
"An urban nightmare for the millennium."
Head Injuries
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."
Fears Unnamed
Fears Unnamed (2004)
Tim Lebbon
"Lebbon is among the most innovative and original contemporary writers of the dark fantastic."
The Shadow at The Bottom of The World
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."
The Keeper
The Keeper (2006)
Sarah Langan
"A dark and bracingly bleak tale of supernatural terror."



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