{"product_id":"the-damnations-mr-james-short-stories-9781787589407","title":"The Damnations: M.R. James Short Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Ramsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M.R. James\" - Times. Special Collector's edition of the old master of the supernatural story, by the current one!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial, collectable hardcover edition for Ramsey Campbell's 60 years in publication.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his subtle sense of dread and use modern settings, M.R. James' ghost stories formed a firm foundation for the modern horror story with his presence felt in all forms of literature and media. This special collectable edition of short stories features a new introduction by the greatest current inheritor of the Jamesian mantle, Ramsey Campbell, along with one of Ramsey's own tales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ramsey Campbell Special Editions\u003c\/b\u003e. Campbell is the greatest inheritor of a tradition that reaches back through H.P. Lovecraft and M.R. James to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the early Gothic writers. The dark, masterful work of the painter Henry Fuseli, a friend of Mary Wollstonecraft, is used on these special editions to invoke early literary investigations into the supernatural.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamsey Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Liverpool in 1946 and still lives on Merseyside. The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes him as \"Britain's most respected living horror writer\". He has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the \u003cb\u003eGrand Master Award\u003c\/b\u003e of the World Horror Convention, the \u003cb\u003eLifetime Achievement Award\u003c\/b\u003e of the Horror Writers Association, the \u003cb\u003eLiving Legend Award\u003c\/b\u003e of the International Horror Guild and the \u003cb\u003eWorld Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2015 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University for outstanding services to literature. Among his novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Face That Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIncarnate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSilent Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Part of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Overnight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecret Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Grin of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThieving Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreatures of the Pool\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Days of Cain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhosts Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kind Folk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThink Yourself Lucky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThirteen Days by Sunset Beach\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eNeeding Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Revelation of Gla'aki\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pretence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Booking\u003c\/i\u003e are novellas. His collections include \u003ci\u003eWaking Nightmares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlone with the Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhosts and Grisly Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTold by the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust Behind You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHoles for Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, and his non-fiction is collected as \u003ci\u003eRamsey Campbell, Probably\u003c\/i\u003e. Limericks of the \u003ci\u003eAlarming and Phantasmal\u003c\/i\u003e are what they sound like. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis novels \u003ci\u003eThe Nameless\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePact of the Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Influence\u003c\/i\u003e have been filmed in Spain. He is the President of the Society of Fantastic Films.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flame Tree Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911487328530,"sku":"9781787589407","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05ed4c5e-ff52-47ec-b414-336610e1ceca.jpg?v=1738744789","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-damnations-mr-james-short-stories-9781787589407","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}