The atmosphere of this story is heavy with eerie ambience and somber loneliness.ĥ. Murmuring and other ominous sounds begin to be heard from the adjoined room next door. An eerie pall hangs over the hotel where he’s staying, a place he and his beloved relatives used to dine. “The Room Beyond” (2011) – Returning to his hometown for a funeral, a man reminisces about his childhood spent with his aunt and uncle. The tension mounts as this eerie story advances towards its chilling conclusion.Ĥ. The male host of the show sounds vaguely threatening as he interacts with Edgeworth, who thinking it’s a prank, purposely answers the question wrong. Getting It Wrong” (2011) – An unpopular man named Edgeworth employed at a movie theater begins receiving calls from an attractive coworker at night asking him for answers to trivia questions about old movies. Reminders of the elderly aunt he was afraid of as a child are never far from his mind as he starts seeing signs she may now be stalking him from beyond the grave.ģ. “Peep” (2007) – A grandfather struggles to watch his unruly twin grandkids when his daughter and son-in-law come to visit. This is a nice atmospheric piece of creeping dread.Ģ. “Passing Through Peacehaven” (2011) – A man on his way home finds himself in a strange subway station listening to the cryptic, barely audible messages over the intercom. It’s a great collection of supernatural horror by a grandmaster of the genre.ġ.

HOLES FOR FACES, Ramsey Campbell’s most recent short story collection, came out from Dark regions Press in 2013.

His collection of stories, ALONE WITH THE HORRORS, would be my “trapped on a deserted island” book choice for entertainment (in case being alone on an eerie, silent island at night wouldn’t be unnerving enough). His are the first stories I read in any anthology in which he’s featured, and I’ve consumed more of his novels than any other writer. I’ve made no secret of my love for Ramsey Campbell’s work.

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