You've hit the nail on the head. That's what the best horror does, and Ramsey Campbell is a master if it. His short novel Needing Ghosts is...
That's just bad supernatural horror, which is most of it. And a similar argument can be made for non-supernatural - that things happen which are...
I wouldn't say "odd", but definitely they are very different from novels. Many of the greatest writers wrote primarily in the short form...
Yeah, imagine wanting to eat that tangerine. :eek:
I think The Fall of the House of Usher is his story masterpiece. And William Wilson isn't anything special, but a great choice of name. :cool:
Better than the Shining? I know, Kubrick took liberties.
There is a link between them. Ramsey Campbell has cited Nabokov as one of his biggest stylistic influences, and Kiernan has been somewhat...
By coincidence I've just got a library book by China Mieville called Looking for Jake and other stories. I'm not sure if I like it yet, although...
I guess you mean William Hope Hodgson. He was good. I love The Voice in the Night and its disturbing fungus.
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