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Epeolatry Book Review: The Damnations – M.R. James Short Stories, A Special Ramsey Campbell Edition

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​Title: The Damnations: M.R. James Short Stories
Author: M.R. James, A Special Ramsey Campbell Edition
Genre: Ghost Stories
Publisher: Flame Tree Press
Date: 14th October, 2025

Synopsis: “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!

Special, collectable hardcover edition for Ramsey Campbell’s 60 years in publication.

With 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.

The Ramsey Campbell Special Editions. 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.

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Epeolatry Book Review: The Incubations by Ramsey Campbell

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​Title: The Incubations
Author: Ramsey Campbell
Genre: Horror, Supernatural Thriller
Publisher: Flame Tree Press
Date: 26th November, 2024

Synopsis: A collectable hardcover edition for Ramsey Campbell’s 60 years in publication.

 Leo 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.

 Perhaps 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…

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Epeolatry Book Review: Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror Edited By: John F.D. Taff

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Title: Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror
Edited By: John F.D. Taff
Publisher: Tor Nightfire
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 10th May, 2022

Synopsis:Within these pages you’ll find tales of dead men walking, an insidious secret summer fling, an island harboring unspeakable power, and a dark hallway that beckons. You’ll encounter terrible monsters—both human and supernatural—and be forever changed. The stories in Dark Stars run the gamut from traditional to modern, from dark fantasy to neo-noir, from explorations of beloved horror tropes to the unknown—possibly unknowable—threats.

It’s all in here because it’s all out there, now, in horror.

Dark Stars features all-new stories from the following award-winning authors and up-and-coming voices: Chesya Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Gemma Files, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Caroline Kepnes, John Langan, Livia Llewellyn, Josh Malerman, Usman T. Malik, Priya Sharma, and John F.D. Taff. Created as an homage to the 1980 classic horror anthology Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley, Dark Stars features an afterword from original contributor Ramsey Campbell—a poignant finale to this bone-chilling collection.

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