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Leo Parker's stay in Alphafen seems idyllic, but after he leaves, the nightmares begin: an airport turns into a labyrinth, his own words become treacherous if not lethal, and what are those creatures in the photographs he took? Perhaps he's roused an ancient Alpine legend. Even once he understands what he brought back, worse is to come...

"Ramsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M. R. James" - The Times Companion to the Special, collectable hardcover Edition for Ramsey Campbell's 60 years in publication. When a weight landed on his legs he raised his head from the violently crumpled pillow. The bed already had another occupant, and as Leo flung the quilt back so that it wouldn't hinder his escape the creature scurried up his body to squat on his chest, clutching him with all its limbs like half a spider... The English town of Settlesham was twinned with Alphafen in Germany soon after the Second World War. During the war both towns were bombed, even though Alphafen seemed to have no strategic significance. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the postwar reconciliation, pupils at the local schools were set to correspond with their opposite numbers. Leo Parker has been in touch with Hanna Weber ever since but has never previously visited her. As an adult he's welcomed in Alphafen, but his stay seems idyllic despite the odd incident--a local who blames him for a hostile letter a schoolmate of Leo's sent, a glimpse of an uncanny figure on an Alpine walk, a flapping intruder that seems to embody Hanna's night fears, an encounter in a mountain restaurant with an English tourist who turns out to be there for his own disturbing reasons. It's only after Leo leaves the town that the nightmares begin: an airport turns into a labyrinth, his own words become treacherous if not lethal, a family meal grows unnaturally active, and what are those creatures that have appeared in the photographs he took? The man he met in the mountain restaurant hasn't finished with him, and he has to deal with the town councillor who sent the warlike letter when they were teenage classmates. A local police inspector has reason to suspect his actions, even though the policeman is a friend of Leo's parents. Even the therapy Leo undertakes becomes a source of menace. In his bid to cement international relations, Leo may have roused the source of an ancient Alpine legend and brought a supernatural infection home with him. Even once he understands what has travelled with him, his attempts to overcome its influence may lead into greater nightmares still... 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.

Table of ContentsA Weird Gourmand's Delight ........... Daniel PietersenZara-Louise Stubbs, ed., The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird.The Subtle Aroma of Antiquity: Two Translations by Shawn Garrett ........... Karen Joan KohoutekJean Printemps, Whimsical Tales and Froylan Turcios, The Vampire; both tr. Shawn Garrett.Night's Black Promises ........... Géza A. G. ReillyDaniel Corrick, ed., Night's Black Agents: An Anthology of Vampire Fiction.Nightlands Festival, Hammonton, NJ: Kathedral Event Center 2-3 June 2023 ........... The joey ZoneHumor at Its Darkest ........... Darrell SchweitzerPablo Larrain, dir., El Conde. Ramsey's Rant: Watch Their Language ........... Ramsey CampbellWonder and Epiphany: The Question of Evil in the Stories of Arthur Machen ........... Katherine KerestmanArthur Machen. Collected Fiction (three volumes), ed. by S. T. Joshi.A New Lovecraftian Writer in Our Midst ........... Michael D. MillerTony LaMalfa, Forbidden Knowledge.Half Sunk a Shattered Visage Lies ........... Daniel PietersenHenry Bartholomew, ed., The Living Stone: Stories of Uncanny Sculpture, 1858-1943.Covid Horrors ........... S. T. JoshiRamsey Campbell, The Lonely Lands.Hungry ........... Taylor TrabulusCultists Descend upon Portland: The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival ........... Katherine KerestmanAn Interview with Ellen Datlow ........... Darrell SchweitzerSacred Scares ........... Géza A. G. ReillyFiona Snailham, ed., Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny.Crossing the Void ........... Michael D. MillerMatt Cardin, Journals, Volume II: 2002-2022.New Ways to Dread the Holidays ........... Dave FeltonEllen Datlow, ed., Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology.About the Contributors

Una nueva y escalofriante historia del mejor terror de la mano de uno de los maestros indiscutibles del género a nivel mundial.En la librería donde trabaja Woody, nuestro protagonista, todo empieza a ir mal. El sistema informático no funciona, saltan las alarmas por nada en absoluto, los detectores de movimiento se activan sin que haya nadie cerca, se suceden horrendos actos de vandalismo. La paranoia empieza a crecer entre los empleados, la desconfianza se hace dueña del lugar. Sin embargo, ¿se trata realmente de alguien que está haciendo juego sucio en la librería? ¿O quizá hay algo más siniestro que habita entre las estanterías, en los pasillos oscuros, en las sombras del almacén? Un estremecedor relato de terror para leer al anochecer.Ramsey Campbell es un autor británico nacido en Liverpool en 1946. Es uno de los autores más prolíficos y de mayor calidad de la literatura de terror en inglés. Sus obras, adaptadas a cine en varias ocasiones, le han valido más de treinta premios tanto nacionales como internacionales.

Wicked and Wonderful Celtic Folklore ........... Daniel PietersenJohnny Mains, ed., Celtic Weird: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology. An Essential Index ........... Tony FonsecaS. T. Joshi, The Horror Fiction Index: An Index to Single-Author Horror Collections, 1808-2010. Howard Days 2023 ........... Bobby Derie Classics from a Contemporary ........... The joey ZoneAllen Koszowski, Dreams from The Dark Side. Ramsey's Rant: Gidget Goes Yog-Sothoth ........... Ramsey Campbell Dark Nights of the Soul: Part I ........... Michael D. MillerMatt Cardin, Journals, Volume 1: 1993-2001. An Introduction to the Horror Films of Paul Wendkos ........... Clark Tucker An All-Consuming Thing: An Interview with Curtis M. Lawson ........... David Peak Arrangements in Adamantine ........... The joey ZoneSax Rohmer, The Whispering Mummy and Others. The Literary Adolescence of a Grandmaster ........... Darrell SchweitzerRay Bradbury, The Earliest Bradbury, ed. David Ritter and Daniel Ritter. Deterritorializing a Genre toward the Infinite ........... Géza A. G. ReillyMichael Cisco, Weird Fiction: A Genre Study. Audible Nightmares: Thomas Ligotti's Penguin Classic Becomes an Audiobook ........... Oliver SheppardThomas Ligotti, Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, narr. Jon Padgett and Linda Jones. Nightmares Inspired by an Uncertain Future ........... Greg GburJohn WM Thompson, ed., Mooncalves: Strange Stories. The Cabinet of Dr. del Toro ........... Michael D. MillerGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. Something of a Living Order ........... David PeakThomas Ligotti, Pictures of Apocalypse. John William Polidori's The Vampyre ........... S. T. Joshi

Una vuelta de tuerca tan lúcida como escalofriante al tropo de las casas encantadas.Amy, una adolescente con una vida difícil, se muda a Narazill, la vieja casa sobre la colina que solía aterrorizarla de pequeña. Nazarill ha sido reformada y ahora es un edificio de apartamentos, pero algo sigue latiendo bajo el empapelado en las paredes y los nuevos techos. Algo que no piensa dejar escapar a Amy ahora que la tiene tan cerca.Ramsey Campbell es un autor británico nacido en Liverpool en 1946. Es uno de los autores más prolíficos y de mayor calidad de la literatura de terror en inglés. Sus obras, adaptadas a cine en varias ocasiones, le han valido más de treinta premios tanto nacionales como internacionales.

Una aterradora historia de pecados del pasado, venganzas desde más allá de la tumba, sectas y secretos de las altas esferas.En ella conoceremos a Daniella Logan, hija de un rico productor cinematográfico. Tras la muerte de su padre, Daniella descubre a un grupo de desconocidos haciendo un ritual sobre la tumba familiar. Pronto se verá envuelta en una siniestra conspiración que involucra a las más altas esferas de la socieadad..., una conspiración en cuyo centro podría estar ella misma.Adaptada a cine por Paco Plaza en 2002:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303021/Ramsey Campbell es un autor británico nacido en Liverpool en 1946. Es uno de los autores más prolíficos y de mayor calidad de la literatura de terror en inglés. Sus obras, adaptadas a cine en varias ocasiones, le han valido más de treinta premios tanto nacionales como internacionales.

Table of Contents A Swordly and Sorcerous Chronicle ........... Darrell SchweitzerBrian Murphy, Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery. One Pure Writer's Will ........... Michael D. MillerFarah Rose Smith, Of One Pure Will. A Laudable Gem ........... Géza A. G. ReillyAlex Houstoun, Copyright Questions and the Stories of H. P. Lovecraft. Men in Pain ........... Javier MartinezJeffrey Thomas, Carrion Men, ed. Scott Dwyer. The "Weird" in Isolation: An Interview with Gordon B. White ........... David Peak Ramsey's Rant: From Life ........... Ramsey Campbell Kreegah Bundolo! ........... Darrell SchweitzerWill Murray, King Kong vs. Tarzan, ill. Joe DeVito. Richard L. Tierney: A Brief Memoir ........... Leigh Blackmore Twilight of the Mage ........... Leigh Blackmore and Richard L. Tierney The Brief Biblio-historiography of a Consequential Scribbler ........... Edward GuimontS. T. Joshi, The Recognition of H. P. Lovecraft. Sprawling, Taxing, Rewarding ........... Géza A. G. ReillyWilliam Brown and David H. Fleming, The Squid Cinema from Hell: Kinoteuthis Infernalis and the Emergence of Chthulumedia. Welcome Horrors from Down Under ........... Leigh BlackmoreDavid Kuraria, Bedding the Lamia: Tropical Horrors. A Journey through Time and Lovecraft ........... Greg GburJonathan Thomas, Avenging Angela and Other Uncanny Encounters. Absence Makes the Heart Grow Colder ........... Daniel PietersenHelen de Guerry Simpson, The Outcast and the Rite: Stories of Landscape and Fear, 1925-1938, ed. by Melissa Edmundson. Lamb of God ........... Michael D. MillerValdimar Jóhannsson, dir., Lamb. A World tour of Folk Horror ........... Jonathan BermanKier-La Janisse, dir., Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror. A Cavalcade of Death ........... Donald Sidney-FryerCatherine Prendergast, The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Triangle That Shook America. Suspension of Belief: A Look Back at James Herbert's Creed ........... Philip Challinor The Problem of Genre Expectation ........... Géza A. G. ReillyEllen Datlow, ed. Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror. Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner ........... June PulliamDavid Blue Garcia, dir., Texas Chainsaw Massacre. All the Right Reasons ........... Leigh BlackmoreTerry Dowling, The Complete Rynosseros: The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros, 3 vols. About the Contributors

VHS Nasty: The Video Nasties is the definitive, full-colour guide to the halcyon days of the 1980s, when the British government and its nanny state, headed by the self-proclaimed and totally unelected "Protector of Public Morals," Mary Whitehouse, decided it would dictate what the viewing public could-and, more specifically, couldn't-watch in the privacy of their own homes. The fight to control the voracious, countrywide spread of video players brought about the much-maligned Video Recordings Act 1984, which came complete with a list of "video nasties," horror movies deemed much too disturbing for the delicate sensitivities of the British public, and which were not to be viewed on home VCRs. And, not only were those films banned, producers and directors were prosecuted, video stores were raided by the police, and video cassettes were burned (Fahrenheit 451 anyone?). Naturally, the act not only blighted the whole video/home entertainment revolution but it also inadvertently created the cult underground movement and a huge collector's market for the iconic films, many of which still change hands for phenomenal sums of money! I Spit on Your Grave, The Driller Killer, Cannibal Holocaust, Xtro, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Evil Dead were just a handful of the initial 72 titles that made the "must-see" list of the 1980's horror aficionados, all of whom moved heaven and hell to get their hands on a copy! Tony Newton and David Bond lead us through the history of those dark, draconian days with an engaging, conversational style that makes for simply terrific reading. They also provide a comprehensive, title-by-title list of each and every one of the banned and prosecuted films, along with comments and memories of some of the producers, directors, writers, and actors responsible for creating the whole video nasty phenomenon.With insightful contributions from: Lloyd Kaufman, Taylor Sprow, Ramsey Campbell, Graham Masterton, Barbie Wilde, Nicholas Vince, John Thomson, Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), Steve Wright, Terry M. West, Richard Stanley, James Cullen Bressack (Blood Lake), Mark Miller (Seraphim Films), Colin McCracken, Eric Weston (Evilspeak), Glenn Criddle, Max Weinstein, John Penney (The Return of the Living Dead 3, Hellgate), and many, many more.

The present. The cult that has been growing since The Searching Dead now operates openly throughout the world. Their leader, Christian Noble, is almost a century old and inhumanly vital. Dominic Sheldrake joins the cult and learns their secret of travelling through time, but only to be faced with the monstrous future the cult is invoking.

The second issue of Penumbra is highlighted by "Lost for Words," a new story by Ramsey Campbell, the leading writer of weird and supernatural literature of our time. In addition, veteran writers Darrell Schweitzer and Mark Samuels contribute original tales. Among younger writers, Curtis M. Lawson presents a science fiction/horror hybrid; Katherine Kerestman pens a skillful tale of vampirism; Scott J. Couturier, Geoffrey Reiter, Scott Bradfield, and Shawn Phelps offer glimpses of terror and strangeness; and Manuel Arenas contributes a moving prose poem. The issue also includes, as its classic reprint, Algernon Blackwood's first published weird tale. Among the articles in this issue, Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen examines religiosity in the early tales of Lord Dunsany; James Goho analyzes the roots of terror in the work of Caitlín R. Kiernan; John C. Tibbetts studies weird elements in the oeuvre of acclaimed science fiction writer Greg Bear; S. T. Joshi presents a comprehensive account of the weird work of Guy de Maupassant; and other essays discuss William Hope Hodgson, vampire poetry, Clark Ashton Smith's Hyperborea cycle, John Collier, and other subjects. Adam Bolivar, Wade German, Ann K. Schwader, Leigh Blackmore, Maxwell I. Gold, and Frank Coffman are among the poets included in this issue. In all, Penumbra No. 2 is a cornucopia of the bizarre in fiction, essays, and verse.