- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Robinson Pub. (3 Sep 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0948164476
- ISBN-13: 978-0948164477
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 586,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Paperback
Subtitled 'The World of Ramsey Campbell' this anthology may as well be called 'The Best Of...', as it collects together 30 of Campbell's best short stories from 1964-1987. A handful of these tales are collected in other anthologies but the sheer breadth of this collection makes this the perfect introduction to this authors work. A teacher is haunted by the ghost of a boy who suffocated in a plastic bag; an author is forced to write down scenes of gruesome horror to stop them happenning in reality; the division between fiction and reality collapse when a man finds himself receiving phone calls from a video nasty film; a woman enters a cave expedition with her husband only to find a complete stranger holding her hand at the exit: time and again Campbell shows an uncanny knack of truly unsettling the reader with his ghostly tales, and several of these rank amongst the most disturbing horror stories I have ever read. Essential for all fans of intelligent horror fiction.
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I've often been underwhelmed by Campbell's novels, but have finally got around to reading some of his highly praised short stories. It's been an instructive experience and I am finally starting to understand the roots of his high reputation. Dark Feasts is an anthology of stories from the early 60's through to the mid 80's with the stories arranged chronologically. Thus it starts off with a couple of Lovecraft pastiches, these are competently done but a little to in thrall to Lovecraft to shine. After this though the collection is uniformly excellent with Campbell finding ways to make the influences of MR James and Algernon Blackwood work freshly in a seedy contemporary setting (contemporary for the time they were written of course!). The highlight for me is The Companion, further proof that fairgrounds are inherently sinister, it's easily the equal of anything by his influences. Also worthy of note are The Words That Count, a fiendishly clever tale that needs careful reading for full impact, and The End Of A Summer's Day which is both haunting and surreal. Overall an excellent collection and one that has inspired me to search out more of Campbell's work in shorter forms.
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