Waking Nightmares [Mass Market Paperback]

Ramsey Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1993

A collection of terrifying short fiction features stories about forests full of wooden demons and houses haunted by the future. By the author of The Count of Eleven. Reprint.

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About the Author

Ramsey Campbell has won more awards than any other living author of horror or dark fantasy, including four World Fantasy Awards, nine British Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, and two International Horror Guild Awards. Critically acclaimed both in the US and in England, Campbell is widely regarded as one of the genre's literary lights for both his short fiction and his novels. His classic novels, such as The Face that Must Die, The Doll Who Ate His Mother, and The Influence, set new standards for horror as literature. His collection, Scared Stiff, virtually established the subgenre of erotic horror.

Ramsey Campbell's works have been published in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and several other languages. He has been President of the British Fantasy Society and has edited critically acclaimed anthologies, including Fine Frights. Campbell's best known works in the US are Obsession, Incarnate, Midnight Sun, and Nazareth Hill.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (October 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812501101
• ISBN-13: 978-0812501100
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,846,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No one chills more with less than Campbell does., December 25, 2003

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Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waking Nightmares (Mass Market Paperback)

When it comes to chilling examinations of the decaying mind, no one does it better than Ramsey Campbell. Whether the decay is literal (i.e. his mad killer stories) or symbolic (the supernatural stuff), no other writer can summon of the level of dread, isolation, and despair that Campbell can. Waking Nightmares gathers together stories from Campbell's early years (i.e. Jack In The Box) as well as his more recent work. Although some of the stories are a tad predictable (especially if you have read a great deal of Campbell's work), each is powerful in its own quiet way. I can't think of a better way to give yourself the heebie-jeebies than by reading anything by Ramsey Campbell. Highest recommendation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars intruiging, scary, exhillarating, wonderfully moody, June 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Waking Nightmares (Mass Market Paperback)

Campbell again shows himself to be a master of mood and atmosphere with a collection of tales of a wide variety of setting and tone. Studied and effective, understated horror. In fact, he accomplishes better than horror (revulsion at something that has happened) and instead achieves terror (fear of something that *may* happen), which is Stephen King's stated highest goal. Thouroughly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book once again proves that Campbell is the master, March 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Waking Nightmares (Hardcover)

Ramsey Campbell is the scariest writer of fiction there is. This collection of short stories once again proves that well known fact. A student from the H.P. Lovecraft school of horror, campbell takes the reader on a phsycological journey through the most sacred and untouched realms of our minds, the realm of fear. If you read one book of horror short stories this should be it, because once you've had a taste of campbell you're hooked.