{"product_id":"the-incubations-9781787589292","title":"The Incubations","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRamsey Campbell is the nearest thing we have to an heir to M. R. James\u003c\/i\u003e\" - The Times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA collectable hardcover edition for Ramsey Campbell's 60 years in publication. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen a weight landed on his legs he raised his head from the violently crumpled pillow. The bed already had another occupant, and as Leo flung the quilt back so that it wouldn't hinder his escape the creature scurried up his body to squat on his chest, clutching him with all its limbs like half a spider...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeo Parker's stay in Alphafen seems idyllic, but after he leaves, the nightmares begin: an airport turns into a labyrinth, his own words become treacherous if not lethal, and what are those creatures in the photographs he took? Even the therapy Leo undertakes becomes a source of menace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps Leo has roused an ancient Alpine legend. Even once he understands what he brought back, his attempts to overcome its influence may lead into greater nightmares still... \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\u003eIn 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":50892664111378,"sku":"9781787589292","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc925487-9471-4893-8dd1-c9afde153834.jpg?v=1738200913","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-incubations-9781787589292","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}