Titled "The World of Ramsey Campbell", this anthology may as well be called "The Best Of Ramsey Campbell", as it collects together 30 of Campbell's best short stories from 1964-1987. The sheer breadth of this collection makes this the perfect introduction to this author's 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 happening 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.

Hardcover edition, signed by Ramsey Campbell. Comes with exclusive DVD interview wth Ramsey Campbell conducted at his home in Merseyside in May, 2008.