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The Damnations: M.R. James Short Stories

M. R. James

"Ramsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M.R. James" - Times. Special Collector's edition of the old master of the supernatural story, by the current one!

Special, collectable hardcover edition for Ramsey Campbell's 60 years in publication.

With his subtle sense of dread and use modern settings, M.R. James' ghost stories formed a firm foundation for the modern horror story with his presence felt in all forms of literature and media. This special collectable edition of short stories features a new introduction by the greatest current inheritor of the Jamesian mantle, Ramsey Campbell, along with one of Ramsey's own tales.

The Ramsey Campbell Special Editions. Campbell is the greatest inheritor of a tradition that reaches back through H.P. Lovecraft and M.R. James to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the early Gothic writers. The dark, masterful work of the painter Henry Fuseli, a friend of Mary Wollstonecraft, is used on these special editions to invoke early literary investigations into the supernatural.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Flame Tree Press
  • Publish Date: Nov 26th, 2024
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.60in - 5.60in - 1.00in - 0.90lb
  • EAN: 9781787589407
  • Categories: Thrillers - SupernaturalHorror - GeneralThrillers - Suspense

About the Author

James, M. R.: - M.R. James (1862-1936) was an absolute master of the ghost story, and foundation stone of modern horror. His work influenced authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell and Stephen King. His stories, including Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, remain popular today.
Campbell, Ramsey: - Ramsey Campbell has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.

More books by M. R. James

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Book Cover for: The Haunted Doll's House and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 2, M. R. James
Book Cover for: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, M. R. James
Book Cover for: Friends and Spectres, M. R. James
Book Cover for: Ghosts of the Chit-Chat, M. R. James
Book Cover for: The Diary of Mr. Poynter: A Ghost Story for Christmas, M. R. James
Book Cover for: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, M. R. James
Book Cover for: The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance: A Ghost Story for Christmas, M. R. James
Book Cover for: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Fiction, M. R. James
Book Cover for: Complete Ghost Stories, M. R. James
Book Cover for: The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James, M. R. James
Book Cover for: The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of M. R. James: The Novelette 'The Five Jars, ' the Classic Short Stories 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, ' 'l, M. R. James
Book Cover for: M. R. James' Dark Choices: Volume 1-A Selection of Fine Tales of the Strange and Supernatural Endorsed by the Master of the Genre; Including Two, M. R. James

Praise for this book

"One of the century's great literary exponents of the gothic and horrific"
"Good horror writers are quite rare, and Campbell is better than just good"--Stephen King
"He is unsurpassed in the subtle manipulation of mood... You forget you're just reading a story"
"An absolute master of modern horror. And a damn fine writer at that"--Guillermo del Toro
"He writes of our deepest fears in a precise, clear prose that somehow manages to be beautiful and terrifying at the same time. He is a powerful, original writer, and you owe it to yourself to make his acquaintance"
"The undisputed master of the psychological horror novel"
"The Wise Friend is a lyrical and trippy build of the uncanny to a crescendo of the weird. No one writes horror like Ramsey Campbell, or transforms the mundane world in such strange, ghastly and wondrous ways. Still the most distinctive living voice in the field. The Poet Laureate of the supernatural in fiction."--Adam Nevill
"The Wise Friend suggests more than shows. It is a slow-burning horror novel that hints at demonic activity without giving everything away until the very end."
"Engaging, thrilling, and a horribly-addictive page-turning horror novel. The imagery will have lasting effects."--Grimdark Magazine
"Ramsey Campbell has already left nearly every other weird writer, past or present, in the dust; and this new novel only cements the lofty reputation he has achieved through a lifetime of stellar work."--S.T. Joshi in DEAD RECKONINGS