Daniel Robert Epstein: Ramsey Campbell

Never heard of this guy before, he seems interesting I'll check out his work.

Ramsey Campbell is to the Horror Novel what John LeCarre' is to Spy Fiction-- So far above the top of the field that the writing should not be compared to the respective Genres, but judged as Simply Great Goddamn Writiting.
If you have never read him, and if you appreciate writing that is closer to the level of Thomas Pynchon than it is to Stephen King, I strongly recommend you find any book Ramsey Campbell has written, and see if you don't enjoy it. Supernatural horror, or hyper-rational crime, you are guaranteed sleepless nights, the occasional desire to back away into a corner of your mind for safety, and some of the most eloquent, razor-lovely writing you will find.

Ramsey's also pretty much the KING of psycho-sexual horror, too - it's no surprise to see him on SG. also an amazing full circle for me, too. back when i was a huge rod serling/TZ geek as a kid, there used to be an amazing magazing called rod serling's twilight zone magazine, which is where i first found out about ramsey. first found out about a lot of great horror/fantasy/sci-fi peeps, actually.

also, i never knew he was a psychedelics fan. my heart is indeed warmed.

Never heard of the guy, but I just added this book to my Amazon.com shopping cart. Anyone who is that deeply indebted to Lovecraft deserves a glance.

Campbell is up on that Peter Straub level. Better than Barker, for sure; and Barker is so much better than King, it's not even funny. I like Campbell's short fiction better than his novels, though.