Description
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.
"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!
About the Author
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.
Reviews
"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 * author of The Reddening *
"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
"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"
Book Information
ISBN 9781787589407
Author M.R. James
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Flame Tree Publishing
Publisher Flame Tree Publishing
Series Special Ramsey Campbell Edition
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 20mm
