A COLLECTION by Ramsey Campbell
CATEGORY Horror
PUBLICATION DATE  October 2022
COVER ILLUSTRATION Randy Broecker
PAGES 302

EDITIONS
Unsigned Trade Paperback  — ISBN  978-1-78636-860-7 [£14.99]
ePub edition for Apple iPad, Sony and other eBook readers   [£2.99]

ABOUT THE BOOK

BY THE LIGHT OF MY SKULL collects many of Ramsey Campbell’s recent tales of supernatural horror and psychological disintegration, and finds disquiet in the most familiar places. A game of Bingo and its calls conceal a dark secret, and the number-plates of cars convey a monstrous message. A headphone commentary guides a visitor to a stately home deep into terror, and the remains of a funfair are unearthed, awakening much worse. A fairy tale is retold for our time—both grim and Grimm—and a page from a book turns into a tribute to one of the greatest creators of fantasy. A search on a beach brings an uncannily unwelcome helper, and a return to a childhood memory rouses a nightmare. The power of the first great horror film refuses to stay on the screen, and even a Beatles tour contains the seeds of madness. The classically spectral is roused by brass rubbing, and Halloween is celebrated by an apparition. A bird hide conceals an increasingly sinister watcher, and a communication from the dead letter office leads to the restless dead. The passwords we all need these days may work on our nerves, but here they’re the source of worse than panic.

CONTENTS:

• Find My Name
• The Moons
• At Lorn Hall
• On the Tour
• The Callers
• Fetched
• The Impression
• The Page
• Reading the Signs
• Know Your Code
• The Watched
• The Wrong Game
• Her Face
• The Words Between
• The Fun of the Fair
• AFTERWORD: And Still They Hatch