![]() ![]() ![]() Even better, start with the short story collection Dark Companions. ![]() Also, his work runs the gamut from crime-suspense to psychological, and outright supernatural horror, so he's kind of hard to peg.Ĭampbell is also one of the few writers in the horror genre to have fully understood Lovecraft's concept of cosmic horror, re-working it into a unique, contemporary vision.Īs a starting point, I'd recommend The Doll Who Ate His Mother or The Parasite before tackling one of the later novels. Joshi has said that 'future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood. Klein has written that 'Campbell reigns supreme in the field today,' while S. The reader needs to pay closer attention than usual, and the payoff isn't always where it's expected to be. Ramsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. His work can be frustrating at times, I'll admit, and it's chock full of VERY British colloquialisms. Slowly building an atmosphere of dread and helplessness is a Campbell specialty - it takes its time but it is usually worth the wait. The parasite by Campbell, Ramsey, 1946-Publication date 1980 Publisher New York : Macmillan Pub. And yet, even after such a realization, there often remains a heightened sense of malignancy to the general atmosphere. I love when he pulls literary tricks like describing a pale, slug-like appendage writhing in a gutter which on a second, panicked look turns out to be nothing more than a breeze-blown scarf. I don't know that I'd call Campbell's work quiet horror so much as surreal horror. ![]()
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