Phantasmagoria: Special edition series #1: R. Chetwynd-Hayes

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Trevor Kennedy [ed.] - Phantasmagoria: Special edition series #1: R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Phantasmagoria publishing/ TK Pulp, Dec. 2019)

Les Edwards Descending

Stephen Jones - Foreword: “Britain’s Prince of Chill”
Trevor Kennedy - Honouring the Past
Books by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
John Gilbert - The Dark Man
R. Chetwynd-Hayes - Someone is Dead
Peter Coleborn - R. Chetwynd-Hayes Photo Gallery
John Gilbert - Review of Gaslight, Ghosts & Ghouls
Gaslight, Ghosts & Ghouls competition
Trevor Kennedy - Review of Shadmocks & Shivers
David J. Howe - A Visit to Slough
Jim Pitts - R. Chetwynd-Hayes artwork gallery
Malachy Coney - The Scarlett Prose of R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Marc Damien Lawler - The Resurrection of R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Marc Damien Lawler - Reading R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Marc Damien Lawler -: R. Chetwynd-Hayes at the Movies (and on Television and Radio)
Joe X. Young - From Beyond the Grave
Carl R. Jennings, Helen Scott, David Brilliance - Further reviews of selected R. Chetwynd-Hayes work

Arrived yesterday. Initial impression is an attractive companion volume to Stephen Jones' forthcoming RCH Centenary celebration, Gaslight, Ghouls and Ghosts. Slightly disappointing that the fiction reviewers venture little further than the two Valancourt reissues - The Monster Club and Looking for Something to Suck: The Vampire Stories of ... - and the stuff adapted for film & TV. On plus side, the interior artwork by Jim Pitts, Allan Koszowski and Randy Broecker is suitably gorgeous, the photo gallery is fun, am looking forward reading the original fiction, and very pleased to see a glowing review of Dave Brzeski's Shadmocks & Shivers, personal favourite anthology of 2019 (though Paul Finch's Terror Tales of Northwest England pushes it close).

More to follow .....

[dem bones]

When my eyes adjusted to the gloom, I saw a beautiful red-haired woman, wearing a white, see-through night gown, draped provocatively over the sarcophagus.
"Hello - I'm your research assistant," she said in a husky voice.

Marc Damien Lawler - The Resurrection of R. Chetwynd-Hayes: A jolly romp sees Angus Campbell visit his creator's vault in the Graveyard of Dead Writers, only to discover Ronald's corpse has gone AWOL, presumed devoured by the Holstein Horror. Accompanied by Sackrider, a shape-shifting succubus, Angus follows the author's trail through Clavering Grange, Loughville, and Manderville until they arrive at the Monster Club. Special guest star's include Luna the tragic humgoo, Conrad Von Holstein, Sir Michael Sinclair, Erasmus and the lifeless bones of the Last Reverend of Loughville. Plenty of action with at least one properly horrible bit!

David J. Howe - A Visit to Slough: Driving in thick fog, Tom and wife Maria are hopelessly lost when they spot the 'Welcome to Slough' signpost, At first it appears as though the town has been evacuated, until a ghastly shuffling something emerges from the mist. Fiendish!