Ramsey Campbell

In each of these stories from some of greatest writers of horror and dark fiction, water plays the dual role of accomplice and executioner. With accidental drownings, irresistible calls of sirens from the deep, strange whisperings from household plumbing, faces of the dead in droplets of water, rabid fish, leviathan monsters, and more, these thirty-nine tales of death by water will make you think twice about taking that long-awaited cruise, going for a midnight swim, or taking your next shower. Stories by: Joanna Parypinski, Lucy Taylor, Dona Fox, Eric J. Guignard, Lucy Snyder, Stephen Gregory, Daniel Braum, Simon Bestwick, Peter Straub, Lisa Mannetti, Daniele Bonfanti, Ramsey Campbell, Gregory L. Norris, Michael Bailey, Marge Simon, Caitl n R. Kiernan, Frazer Lee, Paolo Di Orazio, Dennis Etchison, John Palisano, Brian Evenson, Michael Hanson, Edward Lee, Tim Waggoner, Gene O'Neill, Jonah Buck, David J. Schow, Anthony Watson, Bruce Boston, Michael A. Arnzen, Adam Nevill, John Langan, Alessandro Manzetti, Clive Barker, Lisa Morton, Jodi Ren e Lester, Jeremy Megargee, Nicola Lombardi, Adam Millard. Edited by: Alessandro Manzetti & Jodi Ren e Lester

The future of humankind as an ever-changing organism is a subject of much debate. Where is our evolutionary path leading? Will the next rung take the form of mental transcendence, will it set humankind on a course toward divinity, or will this uncertain path involve a dark and terrible reversion? Co-editors Michael Bailey and Darren Speegle present eighteen tales of dark science fiction that explore the course of evolution, written by some of the best literary minds in the fields of science fiction and horror.

WINNER OF THE 2018 BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY AWARD FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY. Includes Josh Malerman's 'House of the Head' as seen in Creepshow. An electrifying anthology of new horror stories by award-winning masters of the genre, including Josh Malerman, Ramsey Campbell, Alison Littlewood and Christopher Golden. WINNER - 2018 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY FEAR COMES IN MANY FORMS The horror genre’s greatest living practitioners drag our darkest fears kicking and screaming into the light in this collection of nineteen brand-new stories. In “The Boggle Hole” by Alison Littlewood an ancient folk tale leads to irrevocable loss. In Josh Malerman’s “The House of the Head” a dollhouse becomes the focus for an incident both violent and inexplicable. And in “Speaking Still” Ramsey Campbell suggests that beyond death there may be far worse things waiting than we can ever imagine... Numinous, surreal and gut wrenching, New Fears is a vibrant collection showcasing the very best fiction modern horror has to offer.

Il vedovo Oswald Priestley e la figlia adolescente Amy si trasferiscono in un palazzo ristrutturato. Amy fin da piccola ha sempre chiamato quel posto, rimasto abbandonato per decenni, la casa dei ragni. Nessuno degli inquilini del nuovo, lussuoso condominio sa che un tempo Nazareth Hill ospitava una casa di dolore e di tortura, dove la follia rimasta incollata alle pareti delle stanze o cammina ancora nei corridoi, animando la grande pancia di quell'oscuro palazzo rimesso a nuovo. Durante la permanenza a Nazareth Hill i rapporti tra padre e figlia diventano sempre pi difficili. Oswald sembra risentire dell'essenza malvagia della casa e del suo spettrale passato, mentre Amy si ritrova a fronteggiare visioni terrificanti e scopre inquietanti segreti. Ma forse c' dell'altro, la morsa del passato sfugge a ogni definizione. L'autore, attraverso la sua prosa inquietante e soffocante, sposta i confini tra il bene e il male, tra il reale e immaginario, animando ombre e visioni, soprannaturale e follia, dando vita a una storia drammatica a sfondo famigliare che spalanca le porte, una dopo l'altra, delle paure pi ancestrali, offrendoci infine una vista unica, terribile e privilegiata, su un piccolo, immenso inferno. I vecchi orrori di Nazareth Hill sono solo sopiti, e non aspettano altro che poter riemergere con tutta la loro forza.

In Ramsey Campbell's The Kind Folk, fairies are real . . . and they're coming for you. Luke Arnold is a successful stage comedian who, with his partner Sophie Drew, is about to have their first child. Their life seems ideal and Luke feels that true happiness is finally within his grasp. This wasn't always the case. Growing up in a loving but dysfunctional family, Luke was a lonely little boy who never felt that he belonged. His parents did the best they could to make the lad feel special. But it was his beloved uncle Terence who Luke felt most close to, a man who enchanted (and frightened) the lad with tales of the Other--eldritch beings, hedge folks, and other fables of Celtic myth. When Terence dies in a freak accident, Luke suddenly begins to learn how little he really knew his uncle. How serious was Terence about the magic in his tales? Why did he travel so widely by himself after Luke was born, and what was he looking for? Soon Luke will have to confront forces that may be older than the world in order to save his unborn child.

GHOST HIGHWAYS is the second of the Midnight Street Anthologies. The first was JOURNEYS INTO DARKNESS, still available from Amazon and other sources. GHOST HIGHWAYS contains 12 previously unpublished stories and a further 3 reprinted stories, (one of which is a completely revised version), from some of the most exciting and proven masters of the genre, including Ramsey Campbell, Simon Clark, Ralph Robert Moore, Ray Cluley, Thana Niveau and many more. Paul Finch has written an introduction that sets the scene perfectly for what is to come. The themes relate to ghost highways in the fullest, often oblique, sense. In his introduction, Paul Finch reflects that: "Roads aren't just roads. They're metaphors for journeys - journeys through life, journeys towards death, journeys we personally have made, journeys we'd like to make or dread making, journeys that others have made". But there is another aspect to these stories: that of the haunting residue; ghosts in all their various interpretations. The characters are haunted in some way, often in subtle ways. The nightmares that haunt them are often baleful, leaving the protagonists trapped within the fates they have invoked. Each story has an illustrated introductory page that suggests the mood of what is to come, tempting the reader into whatever nightmarish world the author has created. GHOST HIGHWAYS is the most ambitious project that Midnight Street Press has launched so far. The Editor, Trevor Denyer, previously edited two critically acclaimed magazines: 'Roadworks' and 'Midnight Street', and the essence of those magazines is distilled in these Midnight Street Anthologies. There is subtlety, augmented by an impending or ongoing horror, and a focus on character that creates unease and ultimately, a full blown, terrifying denouement, often not immediately obvious, but always unsettling. GHOST HIGHWAYS is a unique journey along highways that will transport the reader to places - outside the comfort of home, of the cosy armchair - where demons in their many forms, hold sway.

In Ramsey Campbell's The Kind Folk, fairies are real . . . and they're coming for you. Luke Arnold is a successful stage comedian who, with his partner Sophie Drew, is about to have their first child. Their life seems ideal and Luke feels that true happiness is finally within his grasp. This wasn't always the case. Growing up in a loving but dysfunctional family, Luke was a lonely little boy who never felt that he belonged. His parents did the best they could to make the lad feel special. But it was his beloved uncle Terence who Luke felt most close to, a man who enchanted (and frightened) the lad with tales of the "Other"--eldritch beings, hedge folks, and other fables of Celtic myth. When Terence dies in a freak accident, Luke suddenly begins to learn how little he really knew his uncle. How serious was Terence about the magic in his tales? Why did he travel so widely by himself after Luke was born, and what was he looking for? Soon Luke will have to confront forces that may be older than the world in order to save his unborn child.

Cancer is a monster. It hides, it lurks, and it pounces when you think it's down and defeated. In these 17 stories, established horror writers take the attack to the beast, fighting it the only way they know how. Ramsey Campbell - IntroductionTim Lebbon - Just BreatheSimon Kurt Unsworth - Photographs of BodenSteven Savile & Steve Lockley - The Last GiftJohn Shirley - Where the Market's HottestAnna Taborska - UnderbellyStephen James Price - Pages of PromisesScott Nicholson - Heal ThyselfStephen Laws - HarbingerWilliam Meikle - The Unfinished BasementNancy Kilpatrick - Alien LoveDavid Riley - A Girl, a Toad and a CaskBarbie Wilde - PolypJohnny Mains - The CureGuy N Smith - The Big OnePete Crowther - CankermanSteve Duffy - X for HenriettaGary McMahon - Bitter SoupEdited by William MeikleCover art by Simon Marshall Jones

An anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, each with a bookstore at its core. Stories by Ramsey Campbell, Charles de Lint, Harlan Ellison, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jack Williamson, Gene Wolfe, and more, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.

Solomon Kane is a sixteenth century anti-hero created by renowned sword and sorcery author Robert E Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian). When Solomon Kane meets the Devil's Reaper, he postpones his fate by renouncing violence - a vow that is soon tested by the forces of evil. Compelled to once again strap on his weapons, he embarks on an epic journey of redemption.