Fantastic Literature

BETWEEB THE WORLD: The Weird Tales of Arthur Machen

Machen Arthur · 2024

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Wordsworth 1st printing. Machen is immensely important. His moody folk horror was a huge influence on the likes of Lovecraft (and others). The Great God Pan was controversial in its time, but has become a cornerstone of Horror fiction fine b-format paperback, Nichola Trayler c...

TERROR TALES OF YORKSHIRE

Finch Paul (editor) · 2014

£10.95 (€13.13 | $14.47 | ¥2,310)

Gray Friar 1st edition. Yorkshire - a rolling landscape of verdant dales and quaint country towns. But where industrial fires left hideous scars, forlorn ruins echo the shrieks of forgotten wars, and depraved killers fine b-format paperback, Neil Williams Cover

THEIR CRAMPED DARK WORLD & other tales

Riley David A · 2015

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Parallel Universe 1st edition. The stories themselves are very well written and kept me hooked. A few of the stories will stick with me such as "Tourist trap" my favourite and "The Madness Out of the Sea" fine trade paperback, Luke Spooner cover

BLACK CEREMONIES

Black Charles · 2015

£10.95 (€13.13 | $14.47 | ¥2,310)

Parallel Universe 1st edition.Their Cramped Dark World and Other Tales is David A. Riley's third collection of short fiction, spanning 40 years of publication, from appearances in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural #1 , to the Ninth Black Book of Horror fine trade paper...

HAUNTS: Reliquaries of the Dead

Jones Stephen (editor) · 2011

£27.95 (€33.50 | $36.93 | ¥5,897)

Ulysses Press 1st edition. This hair-raising collection of haunted tales brings together both new writers and celebrated masters ? Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Richard Matheson, Michael Marshall Smith and others fine trade paperback

THE BEST GHOST STORIES OF H. RUSSELL WAKEFIELD

Dalby Richard (Editor) Wakefield H Russell · 1978

£67.95 (€81.45 | $89.77 | ¥14,335)

John Murray 1st edition. H Russell Wakefield is one of the more brilliant ghost story writers of the early through mid twentieth century.Unfortunately, he is also largely forgotten. fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustwrapper

WHEN DUSK COMES CREEPING

Jones Lanyon · 1985

£97.95 (€117.41 | $129.41 | ¥20,664)

William Kimber 1st edition. Each story is based on a child's nursery rhyme and envelops its more sinister depth and as each story comes to its close you are left with your deep inner thoughts to provide an ending of your own. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Venus, dustwrapper

TERROR TALES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT

Finch Paul (editor) · 2011

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Gray Friar 1st edition. The Lake District - land of mountains and megaliths, night-black lakes and fathomless woods filled with spectral mist . . fine b-format paperback, Steve Upham cover

TERROR TALES OF EAST ANGLIA

Finch Paul (editor) · 2012

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,099)

Gray Friar 1st edition. East Anglia - a drear, flat land of fens and broads, lone gibbets and isolated cottages, where demon dogs howl in the night, witches and warlocks lurk at every crossroads fine b-format paperback, Steve Upham cover

TERROR TALES OF THE SEASIDE

Finch Paul (editor) · 2013

£11.95 (€14.32 | $15.79 | ¥2,521)

Gray Friar 1st edition. The British Seaside - golden sands, toffee rock, amusement arcades. But also the ghosts of better days: phantom performers who if they can't get laughs will get screams; derelict fun-parks fine b-format paperback, Steve Upham cover

TERROR TALES OF CORNWALL

Finch Paul (editor) · 2017

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

Telos 1st edition. Cornwall, England’s most scenic windswept moors, rugged cliffs and wild, foaming seas. But smugglers and wreckers once haunted its hidden coves, mermaid myths abound fine b-format paperback, Neil Williams cover

DISTURBING THE WATER

Wise peter · 2023

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Cranthorpe 1st edition. A book of 13 original ghost stories concerning fish, fishing and fishy places. fine b-format paperback

WHEN REASON DREAMS

Halsby Julian · 2023

£10.95 (€13.13 | $14.47 | ¥2,310)

Austin Macauley 1st edition. We live in a rational age in which science and modern technology have removed doubt and ignorance. We no longer fear the dark, or do we? fine hardcover copy, pictorial boards as issued

THE RUNNER

Thomas Scarlett · 2026

£10.95 (€13.13 | $14.47 | ¥2,310)

Scribner 1st edition. On a sun-soaked Greek island, Jay is on the run. He’s been hunted since he was twenty years old: a contract on his life traded like a commodity, rising and falling with the price of Bitcoin fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper.

FEELINGS OF FEAR

Masterton Graham · 2000

£27.95 (€33.50 | $36.93 | ¥5,897)

severn House 1st edition. This is a surprisingly effective bunch of horror stories. They are well written, with no postmodern self awareness or any modern gimmicks: just convincing genre horror, in well structured, intelligently delivered packages fine hardcover copy in a fin...

CHARNEL HOUSE and Other Stories - signed

Masterton Graham · 2002

£47.95 (€57.48 | $63.35 | ¥10,116)

Five Star 1st edition. SIGNED. John Hyatt works for the Dept of Sanitation in San Francisco. One day, an older gentleman comes in with an unusual complaint - his house is breathing. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Carol Pringle, dustwrapper.

WHO'S AFRAID - signed, dated dedication copy to Richard Dalby renowned editor and ghost story anthologist

Pearce Philippa · 1986

£57.95 (€69.46 | $76.56 | ¥12,226)

Viking Kestrel 1st edition. SIGNED and dated, dedication copy. Each of these 11 stories lures the unsuspecting listener into the ghostly world of the supernatural. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Peter Melnyczuk, dustwrapper

THE TERROR THAT COMES IN THE NIGHT An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions

Hufford David K · 1982

£47.95 (€57.48 | $63.35 | ¥10,116)

University of Pennsylvania 1st edition. David Hufford's work exploring the experiential basis for belief in the supernatural, focusing here on the so-called Old Hag experience fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

FESTIVAL OF FIENDS

Usher Gray & Shaun · 1976

£87.95 (€105.42 | $116.19 | ¥18,555)

Ghost Hunters' library 1st edition. Another collection of macabre stories from the ushers' nightmare world of lonely obsessions, grusesome follies and supernatual mysteries. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Clifford Bayly, dustwrapper

THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF R. CHETWYND-HAYES

Chetwynd-Hayes R · 1997

£37.95 (€45.49 | $50.14 | ¥8,006)

Fedogan & Bremer 1st edition. This book contains an enjoyable selection of his 'Vampire' stories. As evident from the title, puns and dry humour punctuate the collection with a level of neatness which is rare. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Les Edwards, dustwrapper