Ramsey Campbell

Short Story Bibliography - First Publications

The Liverpool born ex-Librarian Ramsey Campbell began as a writer of Mythos fiction under the influence of Lovecraft and the guidance of August Derleth. Quickly though, much to Derleth's distain, he moved on to create his own original brand of psychological horror fiction. He is still going strong, writing both novels and short stories which chart the darker areas of human consciousness. As a short fiction writer he has been extremely prolific, and the list here is but a subset of hugh number of tales he has had published. The quality of the tales varies, but all have the same terrifying atmosphere which enthuses everything he writes, even his most innocent scenes breathe tension. Special thanks go to Bobby Bickert for assistance in assembling this bibliography.

For more bibliographical information see Ramsey Campbell's Official Web Site

A Madness from the Vaults
H.P.L., Meade & Penny Frierson 1972
Cold Print, Headline 1993
A New Life
Winter Chills 1 - [ed.] ?, ? 1987
A Play for the Jaded
Fantasy and Horror #1, Summer 1994
A Side of the Sea
Borderlands 4 - [ed.] Elizabeth E. Monteleone & Thomas F. Monteleone
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
A Street Was Chosen
Weird Tales Vol. 52 No. 4
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares - [ed.] Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble Books 1997
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Above the World
Whispers II - [ed.] David Schiff, 1979
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
After the Queen
Cold Fear : New Tales of Terror - [ed.] Hugh Lamb, 1977
Black Wine, Dark Harvest 1986
Again
Rod Sterling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, November 1981
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Among the pictures are these:
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
Another World
Tales from the Forbidden Planet - [ed.] Roz Kaveney and Paul Gamble, ? 1987
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Apples
Halloween Horrors - [ed.] Alan Ryan, 1986
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Ash
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
At First Sight
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
Baby
Star Book of Horror No. 2 - [ed.] Hugh Lamb, 1976
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Bedtime Story
Night Visions 3 - [ed.] George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest 1986
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Before the Storm
Fantasy Readers Guide 2, March 1980
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
Being An Angel
Dark Fantasies - [ed.] Chris Morgan, ? 1989
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Beside the Seaside
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
100 Tiny Tales of Terror - [ed.] Robert Weinburg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Marting H. Greenburg, Barnes & Noble Books 1996
Between the Floors
Destination Unknown - [ed.] Peter Crowther, 1997
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Beyond Worlds
Night Visions 3 - [ed.] George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest 1986
Blacked Out
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
Boiled Alive
Interzone, Winter 1986-87
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Broadcast
New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural - [ed.] David A. Sutton, 1971
Black Wine, Dark Harvest 1986
Call First
Night Chills - [ed.] Kirby McCauley, 1975
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Calling Card
Weird Tales - [ed.] Lin Carter, Zebra 1980
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Cat and Mouse
Beware of the Cat - [ed.] Michael Parry, Taplinger Books 1973
Chasing the Unknown
?, 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
Cold Print
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Arkham House 1969
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Concussion
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
Conversation
The Rivals of Dracula - [ed.] Michael Parry, Corgi 19??
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
The Mammoth Book of Dracula - [ed.] Stephen Jones, Robinson 1997
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories - [ed.] Robert Weinburg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Marting H. Greenburg, Barnes & Noble Books 1995
Cyril
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Dolls
?, 1976
Down There
Weird Tales #1 - [ed.] Lin Carter, Zebra 1980
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Drawing in
The Year's Best Horror Stories 6 - [ed.] Gerald W. Page, Daw 19??
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
End of the Line
MetaHorror - [ed.] Dennis Etchison, 1992
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Eye of Childhood
Whispers Vol.4 No.3-4, March 1982
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Going Under
Dark Love - [ed.] Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer and Martin H. Greenburg, 1994
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Hawk of Basti
completion of Robert E. Howard fragment
The Hills of the Dead, 1979
Heading Home
Whispers - [ed.] Stuart David Schiff, October 1978
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories - [ed.] Al Sarrantonio & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble Books 1993
Hearing is Believing
Shadows 4 - [ed.] Charles L. Grant, 1981
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Horror House of Blood
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
In the Bag
Cold Fear - [ed.] Hugh Lamb, 1977
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
It Helps If You Sing
Book of the Dead - [ed.] John Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam 1989
Jack in the Box
Dark Horizons #26, Spring 1983
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories - [ed.] Robert Weinburg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Marting H. Greenburg, Barnes & Noble Books 1995
Jack's Little Friend
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Just Waiting
Rod Sterling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, November - December 1983
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
In the Shadows
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
In the Trees
Night Visions 3 - [ed.] George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest 1986
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
It Helps If You Sing
Book of the Dead - [ed.] John Skipp & Craig Spector, 1989
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Lilith's
The 5th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories, Mayflower 1976
Litter
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Looking Out
Night Visions 3 - [ed.] George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest 1986
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Loveman's Comeback
More Devil's Kisses - [ed.] Linda Lovecraft, 1977
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Mackintosh Willy
Shadows 2 - [ed.] Charles L. Grant, 1979
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Made in Goatswood
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
McGonagall in the Head
Uncanny Banquet - [ed.] Ramsey Campbell, Little Brown 1992
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Meeting the Author
Interzone #28, March-April 1989
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Midnight Hobo
Nightmares - [ed.] Charles L. Grant, 1979
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Missed Connection
Night Visions 3 - [ed.] George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest 1986
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares - [ed.] Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble Books 1997
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Missing
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Napier Court
Dark Things - [ed.] August Derleth, Arkham House 19??
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Next Time You'll Know Me
Prime Evil - [ed.] Douglas Winter, ? 1988
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Night Beat
The Haunt of Horror #1, June 1973
Old Clothes
Midnight - [ed.] Charles L. Grant, ? 1985
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Out of Copyright
Hot Air - [ed.] Richard Hill, 1980
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories - [ed.] Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1993
Out of the Woods
Dark Terrors 2 - [ed.] Stephen Jones & David Sutton, VGSF 1996
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Passing Phase
The Definitive Best of The Horror Show - [ed.] David B. SIlva, CD Publications 1992
Playing the Game
Lord John Ten - [ed.] Dennis Etchison, ? 1988
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Potential
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
Ra*e
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Reply Guaranteed
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Rising Generation
World of Horror #4, January 1975
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment - [ed.] Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998
Root Cause
Night Visions 3 - [ed.] George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest 1986
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Second Chance
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Second Sight
Masques II - [ed.] J. N. Williamson, ? 1987
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
See How They Run
Monsters in Our Midst - [ed.] Robert Bloch and Martin H. Greeburg, 1993
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Seeing the World
Shadows 7 - [ed.] Charles L. Grant, 1984
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Smoke Kiss
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Stages
Scared Stiff, 1987
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Alternative
Darklands Two - [ed.] Nicholas Royle, 1994
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
The Brood
Dark Forces - [ed.] Kirby McCauley, Futura 1980
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Cellars
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
The Castle of the Devil
completion of Robert E. Howard fragment
The Hills of the Dead, 1979
The Change
Shayol 4 - [ed.] Pat Cadigan, 1980
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
The Changer of Names
Sword Against Darkness II - [ed.] Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra 1977
The Children of Asshur
completion of Robert E. Howard fragment
The Hills of the Dead, 1979
The Chimney
Whispers - [ed.] Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday 1977
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Christmas Present
Nameless Places - [ed.] Gerald W. Page, Arkham House 1975
The Church in the High Street
Dark Heart, Dark Mind, Arkham House 1962
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Companion
Frights - [ed.] Kirby McCauley, 1976
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Dark Show
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
The Dead Must Die
Narrow Houses - [ed.] Peter Crowther, 1992
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
The Depths
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Enchanted Fruit
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
The End of a Summer's Day
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Faces at Pine Dunes
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Arkham House 1980
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Ferries
The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Ghost Stories - [ed.] R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 1982
Scare Care - Graham Masterton [ed.], Tor 1989
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Fit
New Terrors 1 - [ed.] Ramsey Campbell, 1980
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Franklyn Paragraphs
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Gap
Fantasy Readers Guide 2 - [ed.] Mike Ashley, 1980
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Guide
Post Mortem : New Tales of Ghostly Horror - [ed.] Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, ? 1989
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
The Guy
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Hands
Cutting Edge - [ed.] Dennis Etchison, ? 1986
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Height of the Scream
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
The Horror from the Bridge
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Horror Under Warrendown
Made in Goatswood - [ed.] Scott David Aniolowski, Chaosium 1995
The Inhabitant of the Lake
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Insects from Shaggai
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Interloper, by Errol Undercliffe
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Invocation
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
The Last Hand
Nameless Places - [ed.] Gerald W. Page, Arkham House 1975
The Little Voice
Shadows - [ed.] Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 19??
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
The Lost
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
The Man in the Underpass
The Year's Best Horror Stories III - [ed.] Richard Davis, 1975
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Mine on Yuggoth
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Moon-Lens
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Mouths of Light
Sword Against Darkness V - [ed.] Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra 1979
The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural - [ed.] Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Tiger Books 1994
The Old Horns
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
The Year's Best Horror Stories No.3 - [ed.] Richard Davis, Sphere 1973
The Old School
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol.77 No.6, December 1989
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
New Masterpieces of Horror - [ed.] John Betancourt, Barnes & Noble Books 1996
The Other House
New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural : Volume 2 - [ed.] David A. Sutton, 1971
Black Wine, Dark Harvest 1986
The Other Names
Interzone, November 1998
The Other Side
World Fantasy Convention Programme, 1986
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Pattern
The Far Reaches of Fear - [ed.] Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen 1976
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
The Pit of Wings
Sword Against Darkness III - [ed.] Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra 1978
The Plain of Sound
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Previous Tenant
The Satyr's Head and Other Tales of Terror - [ed.] David Sutton, 1975
Dark Asylum, May 1995
Black Wine, Dark Harvest 1986
The Proxy
The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1979
The Puppets
Dark Companions, Macmillan 1982
The Render of the Veils
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Return of the Witch
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Room in the Castle
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Same in Any Language
Weird Tales Vol. 52 No. 4
The Best of Weird Tales - [ed.] John Betancourt, Barnes & Noble 1995
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
The Scar
Startling Mystery Stories, Summer 1969
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Second Staircase
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
The Seductress
?, 1976
The Sentinals
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
The Show Goes On
Dark Companions, 1982
Silver Scream - [ed.] David J. Schow, Dark Harvest 1988
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Sneering
Fantasy Tales Vol. 7 No. 14, 1985
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
The Song at the Hub of the Garden
Savage Heroes - [ed.] Eric Pendragon, Star 1975
The Stages of the God
Whispers Vol.2 No.1, November 1974
The Stocking
Demons by Daylight, Arkham House 1973
The Stone on the Island
Over the Edge, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Sunshine Club
The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror - [ed.] Charles L. Grant, 1983
Black Wine, Dark Harvest 1986
Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Stories with a Bite - [ed.] Alan Ryan, Doubleday 1987
The Sustenance of Hoak
Sword Against Darkness - [ed.] Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra 1977
The Telephones
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
The Trick
Originally Trick or Treat
The Tugging
Disciples of Cthulhu, Arkham House 1976
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Voice of the Beach
Fantasy Tales 10, Summer 1982
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
The Ways of Chaos
Far Away & Never, Necronomicon Press 1996
The Whining
The Hounds of Hell - [ed.] Michael Parry, Taplinger Books 1974
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
The Will of Stanley Brooke
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Other Less Welcome Tenants, Arkham House 1964
Cold Print, Scream Press 1985
Cold Print, Headline 1993
The Word
Revelations - [ed.] Douglas E. Winter, HarperPrism 1997
The Words that Count
The Height of the Scream, Arkham House 1976
This Time
Night Visions 3 - [ed.] George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest 1986
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Through the Walls
British Fantasy Society Booklet No. 5, 1985
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Trick or Treat
Weird Tales Vol. 48 No. 2, Spring 1981
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992 (as The Trick)
Watch the Birdie
Watch the Birdie, Rosemary Pardoe's Haunted Library 1984
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Welcomeland
Words International Vol. 1 No.4, 1988
Weird Tales : Seven Decades of Horror - [ed.] Robert Weinburg & John Betancourt, Barnes & Noble Books 1997
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Where the Heart Is
Architecture of Fear - [ed.] Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, ? 1987
Waking Nightmares, TOR 1991 / Little Brown 1992
Alone With the Horrors, Arkham House 1993
Where They Lived
Phantasm 1 - [ed.] J. F. Gonzalez, 1994
Ghosts and Grisley Things, Pumpkin Books 1998
Wrapped Up
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment - [ed.] Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1998

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