Ramsey Campbell – Alone with the Horrors

[andydecker]

Ramsey Campbell – Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961–1991 (Arkham House, 1993, 515 pages)

Cover found on the net. Thanks to the original scanner.

Contents:

There are different editions of this book. The content of the Tor edition of 2004 differs from the original Arkam edition and Headline editions of 1994.)

Ramsey Campbell - Introduction: So Far (2004)

The Room in the Castle (1964) - exchanged for The Tower from Yuggoth (1961) in the Tor edition

Cold Print (1969)

The Scar (1969)
The Interloper (1973)
The Guy (1973)
The End of a Summer's Day (1973)
The Man in the Underpass (1975)
The Companion (1976)
Call First (1975)
Heading Home (1978)
In the Bag (1977)
Baby (1976)
The Chimney (1977)
Stages (1987) - left out in the Tor edition.
The Brood (1980)
Loveman's Comeback (1977) - left out in the Tor edition.
The Gap (1980)
The Voice of the Beach (1982)
Out of Copyright (1980)
Above the World (1979)
Mackintosh Willy (1979)
The Show Goes On (1982)
The Ferries (1982)
Midnight Hobo (1979)
The Depths (1982)
Down There (1978)
The Fit (1980)
Hearing Is Believing (1981)
The Hands (1986)
Again (1981)
Just Waiting (1983)
Seeing the World (1984)
Old Clothes (1985)
Apples (1986)
The Other Side (1986)
Where the Heart Is (1987)
Boiled Alive (1986)
Another World (1987)
End of the Line (1991)

Tor Books in America changed one story and omitted two, originally collected in Scared Stiff. Which gets mentioned in the introduction by the writer in which he talks about the genesis of the stories, as usual with Campbell an lively and indispensable feature.

Tor Books (2004)

It is a great overview of more than three decades of published work, a good entry point for a new generation of readers. It is currently available also as an Ebook.

[Knygathin]

I had the Tor book for over a year before I noticed the skull!!!! It was pretty embarrassing to my self-esteem.