Contains eight stories that show off the author's powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full, being more ambiguous than standard ghost stories. This title includes stories that introduces the reader to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat a[...]
Brings together eight stories where strange things happen that the reader is unable to predict. This title features characters that are often lonely and middle-aged but they have the same thing in common - they are each brought to the brink of an abyss that shows how terrifyingly fragile our piece o[...]
Presents stories that are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia. This title features characters who are ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds.[...]
Contains eight stories that can leave the reader unsettled as the protagonists' fears and desires, at once illogical and terrifying, culminate in a disturbing yet enigmatic ending.[...]
A title that brings together eight stories: 'The Next Glade', 'Bind Your Hair' and 'The Stains' appeared together in The Wine-Dark Sea in 1988 while 'The Unsettled Dust', 'The House of the Russians', 'No Stronger Than a Flower', 'The Cicerones' and 'Ravissante' first appeared in Sub Rosa in 1968.[...]
Contains eight stories that show off author's powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full, being more ambiguous than standard ghost stories.[...]
Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term) are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the steady accrual of realistic detail, until the reader realises that the protagonist is heading towards their doom as if in a dream. Dark Entri[...]