Ramsey Campbell

“Unlike the rest he had seen of the bungalow, the hall beyond the door was dark. He could see the glimmer of…

— Ramsey Campbell

“Leaves that rustled, twigs that scraped and rattled. But the thin shapes weren't falling, they were scurrying head first down the tree-trunks…

— Ramsey Campbell

“Smile while you can,’ Hettie Close had scrawled in ink almost as faded as the print above it. ‘Smile like the skull…

— Ramsey Campbell

“I nearly forced my own way through the undergrowth to leave the sight behind. I was afraid I'd encouraged the figure to…

— Ramsey Campbell

“She walked Toby to Victoria Station and left him at the barrier. On her way into the underground she thought he’d followed…

— Ramsey Campbell

One way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself.

— Ramsey Campbell

“Perhaps the woman was waiting beneath the lamps for cats to drop from the trees, like fruit.”

— Ramsey Campbell

“The crying wailed, somewhere beneath the planks. Several sweeps of the light showed that the cellar was otherwise deserted. Though the face…

— Ramsey Campbell

Now I rewrite more and more severely, and I take great pleasure in cutting thousands of words out of first drafts; I…

— Ramsey Campbell

Thomas Ligotti is an absolute master of supernatural horror and weird fiction, and a true original. He pursues his unique vision with…

— Ramsey Campbell

“Tradition is a pretty poor excuse for perpetrating stereotypes.”

— Ramsey Campbell

“He hurried back. Walls seemed to shift and advance. Right here, it must be. Wasn’t this passage too short? No, it wasn’t…

— Ramsey Campbell

“All day Ben had felt surrounded by signs too secret to interpret: the dance of decaying leaves in the air, the long…

— Ramsey Campbell

“He slammed the door and ran blindly down the corridor, grabbing at handles. What exactly had he seen? They had been eating…

— Ramsey Campbell