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Ramsey Campbell

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Ramsey Campbell (born 1946 in Liverpool) is an English author of horror, dark fantasy, supernatural fiction, thrillers, criticism, memoir, and poetry. His career began with Lovecraftian fiction and developed toward psychologically disturbing novels concerned with alienation, paranoia, urban life, family, memory, and the uncertain boundary between supernatural and human evil. He has also edited major horror anthologies and written film novelizations under house names, but this bibliography focuses on his authored and co-authored standalone works.

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Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961-1991

Broad career-spanning introduction to Campbell's short fiction.

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The Searching Dead

Accessible entry point to the complete Three Births of Daoloth trilogy.

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The Grin of the Dark

Representative later novel combining psychological unease, urban horror, and metafictional paranoia.

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novel-series · complete

The Three Births of Daoloth

A trilogy of Brichester Mythos novels tracing the influence of the entity Daoloth across three historical periods.

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  1. 1 Cover of The Searching Dead
    The Searching Dead

    Book 1 · novel · 2016

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  2. 2 Cover of Born to the Dark
    Born to the Dark

    Book 2 · novel · 2017

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    The Way of the Worm

    Book 3 · novel · 2018

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Phantasmagorical Stories

A career-spanning retrospective series collecting Ramsey Campbell's short fiction.

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    The Companion & Other Phantasmagorical Stories

    Book 1 · short-fiction-collection · 2019

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    The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (48)
  1. Cover of The Doll Who Ate His Mother
    The Doll Who Ate His Mother

    novel · 1976

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  2. Cover of The Bride of Frankenstein
    The Bride of Frankenstein

    novelization · 1977

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  3. Dracula's Daughter

    novelization · 1977

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  4. The Wolfman

    novelization · 1977

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  5. Cover of The Face That Must Die
    The Face That Must Die

    novel · 1979

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  6. Cover of The Parasite
    The Parasite

    novel · 1980

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  7. Cover of The Nameless
    The Nameless

    novel · 1981

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  8. Cover of Incarnate
    Incarnate

    novel · 1983

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  9. Cover of The Claw
    The Claw

    novel · 1983

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  10. Cover of Obsession
    Obsession

    novel · 1985

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  11. Cover of The Hungry Moon
    The Hungry Moon

    novel · 1986

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  12. Cover of The Influence
    The Influence

    novel · 1988

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  13. Cover of Ancient Images
    Ancient Images

    novel · 1989

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  14. Cover of Midnight Sun
    Midnight Sun

    novel · 1990

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  15. Cover of Needing Ghosts
    Needing Ghosts

    novella · 1990

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  16. Cover of The Count of Eleven
    The Count of Eleven

    novel · 1991

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  17. Cover of The Long Lost
    The Long Lost

    novel · 1993

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  18. Cover of The One Safe Place
    The One Safe Place

    novel · 1995

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  19. The Core of Ramsey Campbell: A Bibliography and Reader's Guide

    nonfiction · 1995

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  20. Cover of The House on Nazareth Hill
    The House on Nazareth Hill

    novel · 1996

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  21. Cover of The Last Voice They Hear
    The Last Voice They Hear

    novel · 1998

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  22. Cover of Silent Children
    Silent Children

    novel · 2000

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  23. Cover of Pact of the Fathers
    Pact of the Fathers

    novel · 2001

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  24. Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies

    nonfiction · 2002

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  25. Cover of The Darkest Part of the Woods
    The Darkest Part of the Woods

    novel · 2002

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  26. Cover of The Overnight
    The Overnight

    novel · 2004

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  27. Secret Stories

    novel · 2005

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  28. Cover of The Grin of the Dark
    The Grin of the Dark

    novel · 2007

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  29. Cover of Thieving Fear
    Thieving Fear

    novel · 2008

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  30. Creatures of the Pool

    novel · 2009

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  31. The Seven Days of Cain

    novel · 2010

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  32. Cover of Ghosts Know
    Ghosts Know

    novel · 2011

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  33. Cover of The Kind Folk
    The Kind Folk

    novel · 2012

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  34. Cover of Think Yourself Lucky
    Think Yourself Lucky

    novel · 2012

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  35. Cover of The Last Revelation of Gla'aki
    The Last Revelation of Gla'aki

    novella · 2013

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  36. The Pretence

    novella · 2013

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  37. Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Revised and Expanded

    nonfiction · 2014

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  38. Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971

    nonfiction · 2014

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  39. Cover of Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach
    Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach

    novel · 2015

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  40. Cover of The Wise Friend
    The Wise Friend

    novel · 2020

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  41. Ramsey Campbell, Certainly

    nonfiction · 2021

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  42. Cover of Somebody's Voice
    Somebody's Voice

    novel · 2021

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  43. Ramsey's Rambles: The Collected Reviews from Video Watchdog

    nonfiction · 2022

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  44. Cover of Fellstones
    Fellstones

    novel · 2022

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  45. Six Stooges and Counting: A Personal Tribute

    nonfiction · 2023

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  46. Cover of The Lonely Lands
    The Lonely Lands

    novel · 2023

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  47. Cover of The Incubations
    The Incubations

    novel · 2024

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  48. An Echo of Children

    novel · 2025

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Short fiction (24)
  1. Cover of The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants
    The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants

    short-fiction-collection · 1964

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  2. Cover of Demons by Daylight
    Demons by Daylight

    short-fiction-collection · 1973

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  3. Cover of The Height of the Scream
    The Height of the Scream

    short-fiction-collection · 1976

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  4. Cover of Dark Companions
    Dark Companions

    short-fiction-collection · 1982

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  5. Cover of Cold Print
    Cold Print

    short-fiction-collection · 1985

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  6. Ghostly Tales

    short-fiction-collection · 1987

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  7. Dark Feasts: The World of Ramsey Campbell

    short-fiction-collection · 1987

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  8. Cover of Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death
    Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death

    short-fiction-collection · 1987

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  9. Cover of Waking Nightmares
    Waking Nightmares

    short-fiction-collection · 1991

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  10. Cover of Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961-1991
    Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961-1991

    short-fiction-collection · 1993

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  11. Cover of Strange Things and Stranger Places
    Strange Things and Stranger Places

    short-fiction-collection · 1993

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  12. Cover of Far Away & Never
    Far Away & Never

    short-fiction-collection · 1996

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  13. Cover of Ghosts and Grisly Things
    Ghosts and Grisly Things

    short-fiction-collection · 1998

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  14. Told by the Dead

    short-fiction-collection · 2003

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  15. Cover of Inconsequential Tales
    Inconsequential Tales

    short-fiction-collection · 2008

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  16. Just Behind You

    short-fiction-collection · 2009

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  17. The Inhabitant of the Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants

    short-fiction-collection · 2011

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  18. Cover of Holes for Faces
    Holes for Faces

    short-fiction-collection · 2013

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  19. Visions from Brichester

    short-fiction-collection · 2015

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  20. Cover of By the Light of My Skull
    By the Light of My Skull

    short-fiction-collection · 2018

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  21. A Little Green Book of Grins & Gravity

    short-fiction-collection · 2020

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  22. The Village Killings and Other Novellas

    short-fiction-collection · 2021

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  23. Fearful Implications

    short-fiction-collection · 2023

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  24. Fear Across the Mersey

    short-fiction-collection · 2024

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Poetry (1)
  1. Limericks of the Alarming and Phantasmal

    poetry-collection · 2016

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Other (13)
  1. Through the Walls

    chapbook · 1978

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  2. Watch the Birdie

    chapbook · 1984

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  3. Slow

    chapbook · 1986

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  4. The Tomb-Herd and Others

    chapbook · 1986

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  5. Medusa

    chapbook · 1987

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  6. Two Obscure Tales

    chapbook · 1993

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  7. Point of View

    chapbook · 2000

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  8. The Decorations: A Christmas Story

    chapbook · 2005

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  9. The Long Way

    chapbook · 2008

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  10. The Render of the Veils

    chapbook · 2010

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  11. Holding the Light

    chapbook · 2011

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  12. Cover of The Booking
    The Booking

    chapbook · 2016

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  13. Again (Refuge)

    ebook · 2016

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