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ⓘ About Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell is a renowned English editor, critic, and author of horror, dark fantasy, thriller, and science fiction stories. He has been actively involved in writing and editing for more than fifty years now and has penned hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. Many of his books have become classics. Campbell has successfully adapted three of his books into films for the non-English speaking audience. He came to prominence for the first time in the 1960s. Since then, he has been cited by the critics as one of the leading authors in this field. Several of his fellow authors have described him as the finest living author of the weird fiction genre in Britain. S. T.
All Book Series by Ramsey Campbell
The Wolfman
Series opener · book 1 of 40 · published 1976 Pen name · Carl Dreadstone
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Book 4 of 40 · published 1977 Pen name · Carl Dreadstone
The Bride of Frankenstein
Book 6 of 40 · published 1977 Pen name · Carl Dreadstone
The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants
Series opener · book 1 of 30 · published 1964
The Book of Liverpool
Book 17 of 30 · published 2007 Co-authored · Brian Patten,Eleanor Rees
The Inhabitant of The Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants
Book 20 of 30 · published 2011
Cut Corners Volume 1
Book 21 of 30 · published 2012 Co-authored · Ray Garton,Bentley Little
The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories Volume 2
Book 28 of 30 · published 2020
Ramsey Campbell, Certainly
Latest in the series · book 30 of 30 · published 2022
Horror: Another 100 Best Books
Book 2 of 5 · published 2005 Co-authored · Kim Newman,Stephen Jones
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 2009
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
Book 11 of 19 · published 2018
Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2026
The Walls of the Castle
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2012 Anthology · Tom Piccirilli
Dark Screams: Volume One
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2014 Co-authored · Stephen King,Kelley Armstrong,Richard T. Chizmar,Bill Pronzini,Simon Clark,Brian James Freeman
Dark Screams: Volume Two
Book 2 of 9 · published 2015 Anthology · Brian James Freeman,Shawntelle Madison
Dark Screams: Volume Three
Book 3 of 9 · published 2015 Anthology · Brian James Freeman
Dark Screams: Volume Four
Book 4 of 9 · published 2015 Anthology · Brian James Freeman
Dark Screams: Volume Five
Book 5 of 9 · published 2015 Anthology · Brian James Freeman
Dark Screams: Volume Six
Book 6 of 9 · published 2017 Anthology · Brian James Freeman
Dark Screams: Volume Seven
Book 7 of 9 · published 2017 Anthology · Brian James Freeman
Dark Screams: Volume Eight
Book 8 of 9 · published 2017 Anthology · Richard T. Chizmar,Brian James Freeman,Frank Darabont
Dark Screams: Volume Nine
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2018 Anthology · Kelley Armstrong
Demonic Visions 50 Horror Tales #6
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2016
The Odd Job
Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 1978 Anthology · Bernard McKenna,Colin Bostock-Smith
Courage Under Fire
Book 6 of 11 · published 1996 Anthology · Patrick Sheane Duncan
Spook City
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2024 Co-authored · Clive Barker,Peter Atkins,Doug Bradley,Angus MacKenzie
The City Among the Stars
Series opener · book 1 of 64 · published 1962 Anthology · Francis Carsac
The Siren and the Specter
Book 16 of 64 · published 2018 Anthology · Jonathan Janz
The House by the Cemetery
Book 20 of 64 · published 2018 Anthology · John Everson
The Playing Card Killer
Book 23 of 64 · published 2019 Anthology · Russell James
The Haunting of Henderson Close
Book 24 of 64 · published 2019 Anthology · Catherine Cavendish
The Gemini Experiment
Book 30 of 64 · published 2019 Anthology · Brian Pinkerton
Those Who Came Before
Book 41 of 64 · published 2019 Anthology · J.H. Moncrieff
The Garden of Bewitchment
Book 44 of 64 · published 2020 Anthology · Catherine Cavendish
Vulcan's Forge
Book 47 of 64 · published 2020 Anthology · Robert Mitchell Evans
Until Summer Comes Around
Book 51 of 64 · published 2020 Anthology · Glenn Rolfe
Redspace Rising
Latest in the series · book 64 of 64 · published 2022 Anthology · Brian Trent
Paradise Lost & Other Poems
Series opener · book 1 of 91 · published 1667 Anthology · John Milton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography
Book 2 of 91 · published 1865 Anthology · Lewis Carroll
Science Fiction Short Stories
Book 4 of 91 · published 2015 Anthology · David Tallerman,Rachael K. Jones,Sarah Hans,Brian Trent,Adrian Ludens,Keyan Bowes,Beth Cato,Andy Sawyer,Zach Shephard,Alexis A. Hunter,M. Darusha Wehm,Edward Ahern,Patrick Tumblety,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt,Kate O'Connor,Conor Powers-Smith,Stewart C. Baker,MikeMorgan,Nemma Wollenfang,Jacob M. Lambert,Laura Bulbeck,Rob Hartzell
Chilling Horror Short Stories
Book 5 of 91 · published 2015 Anthology · Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Bram Stoker,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Edith Wharton,D.H. Lawrence,Lucy Taylor,William Hope Hodgson,A. Merritt,John Buchan,F. Marion Crawford,Robert E. Howard,C.L. Moore,Frank Long,Robert W. Chambers,Rebecca J. Allred,Frank Roger,Gwendolyn Kiste,Elise Forier Edie,Michael Paul Gonzalez,D.J. Tyrer,William R.D. Wood,Kristopher Triana,James Lecky,Glen Damien Campbell,Justin Coates,John H. Dromey,Andrew J. Wilson,Bill Kte'pi,Ed Grabianowski,Gillian Whitaker,Nick Wells,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Michael Bondies,David A Elsensohn,Eric Esser,John Neruda,Frances Bodlam,Josie Mitchell
Chilling Ghost Short Stories
Book 6 of 91 · published 2015 Anthology · Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Wilkie Collins,Nikolai Gogol,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,E. Nesbit,Henry James,W.W. Jacobs,Oscar Wilde,Washington Irving,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,James Dorr,E.F. Benson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Amanda C. Davis,Robert W. Chambers,Kurt Bachard,Raymond Little,Brian Rappatta,Tim Foley,Vonnie Winslow Crist,Michael Penkas,Jonathan Balog,Donna Cuttress,Luke Murphy,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Rhiannon Rasmussen,Jeff Parsons,M.Regan,Zach Chapman,Lesa Pascavis Smith,Trevor Boelter,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Cathy Smith
Crime & Mystery Short Stories
Book 7 of 91 · published 2016 Anthology · Cameron Trost,Marcelle Dube,James Dorr,Jennifer Gifford,Dan Stout,Ruth Nestvold,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,H.L. Fullerton,Tara Campbell,Nathan Hystad
Swords & Steam Short Stories
Book 8 of 91 · published 2016 Anthology · S.T. Joshi,Amanda C. Davis,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,Spencer Ellsworth,Liam Hogan
Dystopia Utopia Short Stories
Book 9 of 91 · published 2016 Anthology · Rudyard Kipling,Jack London,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Kim Antieau,Voltaire,William Morris,Claude Lalumière,Robert W. Chambers,Samuel Butler,Gerri Leen,Konstantine Paradias,M. Darusha Wehm,Thomas More,Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain,Edward Bellamy,Carolyn Charron,Jeremy Szal,J.M. Templet,Steve Carr,Richard Jefferies,Michelle Kaseler,Andrew J. Wilson,Nidhi Singh,Jeff Parsons,Sarah Lyn Eaton,Megan Dorei,Dave Golder,Kelsey Shannahan,Russ Thorne
Murder Mayhem Short Stories
Book 10 of 91 · published 2016 Anthology · James Dorr,Gerri Leen,Liam Hogan,Kate Heartfield,David M. Hoenig,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
Lovecraft Short Stories
Book 11 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · H.P. Lovecraft
Supernatural Horror Short Stories
Book 13 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters
Time Travel Short Stories
Book 14 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · Dominick Cancilla,Brian Trent,Kate Heartfield
Heroic Fantasy Short Stories
Book 15 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · Various
Edgar Allan Poe Collection
Book 16 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · Edgar Allan Poe
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Book 17 of 91 · published 2017 Multi-author collection
Agents & Spies Short Stories
Book 18 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · Josh Pachter,Martin Edwards,Dan Stout,Tony Pi,Stephen Kotowych,David Downing,Sara Dobie Bauer,Shane Halbach,Colt Leasure,Lauren C. Teffeau,Joseph Cusumano,Jo Miles,Laura Bulbeck,Jonathan MacGregor,S.L.Scott
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories
Book 19 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis
Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table
Book 20 of 91 · published 2017 Anthology · Thomas Malory,Aubrey Beardsley
Alien Invasion Short Stories
Book 21 of 91 · published 2018 Anthology · H.G. Wells,H.P. Lovecraft,Jonathan Swift,A. Merritt,Voltaire,Claude Lalumière,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,George Allan England,Patrick Parrinder,Austin Hall,William R.D. Wood,John Walters,Bo Balder,Maria Haskins,Garrett P. Serviss,Sunil Patel,Jennifer Rachel Baumer,Laura Pearlman,Robert Potter,Tim Pieraccini,Angus McIntyre,Suo Hefu,George Chesney,Stephen G. Parks,Eric Reitan,S.A. Westerley
Bram Stoker Horror Stories
Book 23 of 91 · published 2018 Anthology · Bram Stoker
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories
Book 24 of 91 · published 2018 Anthology · Shannon Connor Winward,Michael Paul Gonzalez
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories
Book 25 of 91 · published 2018 Anthology · George Cotronis,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,Bruce Golden,Holly Lyn Walrath,Monte Lin,Eleanor R. Wood,David Sklar,Nemma Wollenfang,Deborah Davitt,Trixie Nisbet,Luke Dormehl,Roan Clay,Jeff Deck,Christopher Geeson,Rob Hartzell,Nathaniel Hosford,Chloie Piveral,Claire Sorrenson,Sara Uckelman
Lost Souls
Book 26 of 91 · published 2018 Anthology · Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters
Irish Fairy Tales
Book 29 of 91 · published 2018 Anthology · Arthur Rackham,D.L. Ashliman
Mary Shelley Horror Stories
Book 30 of 91 · published 2018 Anthology · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Cosy Crime Short Stories
Book 33 of 91 · published 2019 Anthology · Arthur Conan Doyle,E.E. King,G.K. Chesterton,R. Austin Freeman,Arnold Bennett,Edgar Wallace,Arthur Morrison,Martin Edwards,Ernest Bramah,Maurice Leblanc,Amanda C. Davis,Stephanie Bedwell-Grime,Emmuska Orczy,Israel Zangwill,Anna Katharine Green,Catherine Louisa Pirkis,Flame Tree Studio,Andrew Forrester,Nancy Sweetland,Jeffrey B. Burton,Louise Taylor,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Tom Mead,C.B. Channell,Michael Martin Garrett,Trixie Nisbet,Joshua Boyce,Sarah Holly Bryant,Gregory Von Dare,B. David Spicer,Elise Warner,Anton Chekhov
Brothers Grimm Short Stories
Book 34 of 91 · published 2019 Anthology · Jacob Grimm
Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria
Book 36 of 91 · published 2019 Anthology · Various,Peter Garratt
Epic Fantasy Short Stories
Book 40 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Leah Cypess
A Dying Planet Short Stories
Book 41 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Dave Golder,Ana Maria Curtis
Detective Thrillers Short Stories
Book 42 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Marie Vibbert
Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories
Book 43 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Charles Dickens
African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Book 44 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Marian Womack,Ana Maria Curtis
Heroes & Heroines Short Stories
Book 45 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Maria Tatar
Native American MythsTales
Book 46 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Sam D. Gill
Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales
Book 47 of 91 · published 2020 Anthology · Abbie Farwell Brown,Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Joseph Jacobs,Yei Theodora Ozaki,Douglas Hyde,Thomas Malory,Jeremiah Curtin,Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,Lewis Spence,James Mooney,Charles Godfrey Leland,Florence Holbrook,E.A. Wallis Budge,Richard Wilhelm,F. Hadland Davis,Norman Hinsdale Pitman,Yi Ryuk,Charles Montgomery Skinner,Edmund Leamy,Sophia Morrison,William Elliot Griffis,James Scarth Gale,Elphinstone Dayrell,Alice Werner,M.I. Ogumefu,William Butler Yeats,Diane Purkiss,George W. Bateman,Elsie Finnimore Buckley,Margaret Compton,Jonathan Ceredig Davies,George Douglas,Alice Elizabeth Dracott,George Grey,Francis Hindes Groome,H.A. Guerber,Eleanor Hull,W.F. Kirby,Ignác Kúnos,Minnie Martin,Frederick H. Martens,W.R.S. Ralston,A.G. Seklemian,Chauncy Hugh Stigand,J.R. Walker,E.T.C. Werner,William Drake Westervelt,Lady Wilde,Albert Henry Wratislaw
George Orwell Visions of Dystopia
Book 48 of 91 · published 2021 Anthology · George Orwell
Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales
Book 49 of 91 · published 2021 Anthology · Liz Gloyn
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories
Book 50 of 91 · published 2021 Anthology · Charles Dickens,Bram Stoker,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Henry James,Ambrose Bierce,Algernon Blackwood,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,A.C. Benson,Marjorie Bowen,Robert Ford,Francis Marion Crawford,Marshall J. Moore
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
Book 51 of 91 · published 2021 Anthology · K. Tempest Bradford,Russell Nichols,Wole Talabi,W.E.B. Du Bois,Tara Campbell,Walidah Imarisha,James Beamon,Martin R. Delany,Sandra M. Grayson,Patty Nicole Johnson,Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins,Temi Oh,Michelle F. Goddard,Tia Ross,Harambee K. Grey-Sun,Sutton E. Griggs,Emmalia Harrington,Edward Johnson,Megan Pindling,Sylvie Soul,Lyle Stiles
Chilling Crime Short Stories
Book 53 of 91 · published 2021 Anthology · Dan Stout,Margaret Murphy,Marshall J. Moore
Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Book 54 of 91 · published 2022 Anthology · Christine Ruymbeke
BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales
Book 55 of 91 · published 2022 Anthology · Tok Thompson
Asian Ghost Short Stories
Book 56 of 91 · published 2022 Anthology · Lee Murray,K.P. Kulski
Weird Horror Short Stories
Book 57 of 91 · published 2022 Anthology · M.R. James
Christmas Gothic Short Stories
Book 58 of 91 · published 2022 Anthology · Marshall J. Moore,Jerrold E. Hogle
First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy)
Book 59 of 91 · published 2022 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science
Alternate History Short Stories)
Book 60 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science
Hidden Realms Short Stories
Book 61 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Anna Taborska,Briana Una McGuckin
Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories)
Book 62 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories
Book 63 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Rayne Hall,BretNelson,Wen Wen Yang,Ahmed al-Rawi
Lost Atlantis Short Stories)
Book 64 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science
Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories
Book 66 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Algernon Blackwood
Viking Folk & Fairy Tales
Book 67 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales
Book 68 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Allison Galbraith
Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Book 69 of 91 · published 2023 Anthology · Jake Jackson
Learning to Be Human Short Stories
Book 70 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · P.A. Cornell
Shadows on the Water Short Stories
Book 71 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · Rachael K. Jones
Arthur Machen Horror Stories
Book 72 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · Arthur Machen
William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories
Book 73 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · William Hope Hodgson,Jonathan Newell
African Ghost Short Stories
Book 74 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · Chinelo Onwualu,Nuzo Onoh,Divine Che Neba
Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Book 75 of 91 · published 2024 Multi-author collection
Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales
Book 77 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · Fiona Collins
Sun Rising Short Stories
Book 78 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · Faye Snowden,Ravit Helled
Moon Falling Short Stories
Book 79 of 91 · published 2024 Anthology · Various,Ben Moore
Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories
Book 80 of 91 · published 2025 Anthology · J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Afrofuturism Short Stories,Dr. Sandra M. Grayson)
Book 81 of 91 · published 2025 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science
Were Wolf Short Stories
Book 82 of 91 · published 2025 Anthology · Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane
Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales
Book 83 of 91 · published 2025 Anthology · Richard Stoneman
Robots Past & Future Short Stories
Book 84 of 91 · published 2025 Anthology · Chris Beckett
Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales
Book 85 of 91 · published 2026 Anthology · Various
Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Book 86 of 91 · published 2026 Anthology · Dr Jennifer Larson
Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Book 87 of 91 · published 2026 Anthology · Kristijan Petrovic,Ema Lakinska
Africanfuturism Short Stories
Book 88 of 91 · published 2026 Anthology · Chinelo Onwualu,Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
Folklore Horror Short Stories
Book 89 of 91 · published 2026 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio
Wars in the Stars Short Stories
Book 90 of 91 · published 2026 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio
Christmas Horror Short Stories
Latest in the series · book 91 of 91 · published 2026 Anthology · Flame Tree Studio
Heaven to Some...
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2016 Co-authored · Paul Kane
The PI's Tale: The Refuge Collection 2.5
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2016 Anthology · Steve Dillon,Paul Kane
Shadows Over Innsmouth
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1994 Anthology · Stephen Jones
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth
Book 2 of 3 · published 2005 Anthology · Hugh B. Cave,Stephen Jones
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2013
Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1991
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
Book 2 of 15 · published 2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
Book 3 of 15 · published 2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
Book 4 of 15 · published 2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Book 5 of 15 · published 2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
Book 6 of 15 · published 2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
Book 7 of 15 · published 2016
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
Book 8 of 15 · published 2017
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
Book 9 of 15 · published 2018
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
Book 10 of 15 · published 2020
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
Book 13 of 15 · published 2022
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2024
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II
Series opener · book 1 of 237 · published 1972
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
Book 19 of 237 · published 1980
The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection
Book 36 of 237 · published 1989
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection
Book 37 of 237 · published 1989
The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves
Book 65 of 237 · published 1994
Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores
Book 94 of 237 · published 2002
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
Book 101 of 237 · published 2003
Lost on the Darkside: Voices From The Edge of Horror
Book 107 of 237 · published 2005
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad
Book 116 of 237 · published 2008
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
Book 131 of 237 · published 2010
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
Book 149 of 237 · published 2012
Memoryville Blues: A Postscripts Anthology 30/31
Book 157 of 237 · published 2013
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
Book 160 of 237 · published 2013
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Book 167 of 237 · published 2014
Floppy Shoes Apocalypse 2: Cherry Nose Armageddon
Book 186 of 237 · published 2016
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders
Book 187 of 237 · published 2017
Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches
Book 197 of 237 · published 2018
The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre
Book 209 of 237 · published 2020
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK's Healthcare Workers
Book 212 of 237 · published 2020
Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World
Book 218 of 237 · published 2021
The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror Volume 1
Book 234 of 237 · published 2026
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ramsey Campbell?
Ramsey Campbell is a renowned English editor, critic, and author of horror, dark fantasy, thriller, and science fiction stories. He has been actively involved in writing and editing for more than fifty years now and has penned hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. Many of his books have become classics.
Which Ramsey Campbell series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Encyclopocalypse Classics series, the earliest of Ramsey Campbell's multi-book series: it opens with The Odd Job (1978) and runs to 11 books across 1978–2024, ending with Spook City (2024). Ramsey Campbell's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Ramsey Campbell written?
Ramsey Campbell has 573 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1667 and 2026. 240 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being the Encyclopocalypse Classics series with 11 books — and 333 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Ramsey Campbell's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ramsey Campbell's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Encyclopocalypse Classics (1978–2024, 11 books), Black Labyrinth (2012–2016, 3 books) and Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales (2013–2016, 6 books), plus 3 more.
How are Ramsey Campbell's books organised into series?
This guide splits Ramsey Campbell's 573 books into 13 named series and 333 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Encyclopocalypse Classics (11 books, 1978–2024); Dark Screams Anthology (9 books, 2014–2018); Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales (6 books, 2013–2016); The Three Births of Daoloth (3 books, 2016–2018); Black Labyrinth (3 books, 2012–2016), plus 8 further series.