Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell also writes as: Carl Dreadstone and Jay Ramsay.

Upcoming Ramsey Campbell Books

October 14th, 2025: The Incubations (Standalone)

Fellstones (Standalone) was the most recently released book by Ramsey Campbell, on September 13th, 2022.

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Ramsey Campbell Stats: The highest rated book by Ramsey Campbell on Book Notification is The Hungry Moon, the 2nd novel in the Fiction Without Frontiers series.

The most read book by Ramsey Campbell on Book Notification is To Wake the Dead / The Parasite, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Scared Stiff, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of Ramsey Campbell books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of The Three Births of Daoloth Books in Publication Order

List of Universal Horror Library Books in Publication Order (as)

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Complete 6 Book (With: Walter Harris, Curt Siodmak, Ben Chapman)
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

List of Chapbooks in Publication Order

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List of Black Labyrinth Books in Publication Order

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List of Night Visions Books in Publication Order

List of Refuge Collection Books in Publication Order

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List of Shadows Over Innsmouth Books in Publication Order

List of Fiction Without Frontiers Books in Publication Order

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American Dreams (By: Kenneth Bromberg)
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A Killing Fire (By: Faye Snowden)
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Hearthstone Cottage (By: Frazer Lee)
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Snowball (By: Gregory Bastianelli)
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Two Lives (By: A Yi, Alex Woodend)
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Vulcan's Forge (By: Robert Mitchell Evans)
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The Heron Kings (By: Eric Lewis)
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Human Resources (By: Robin Triggs)
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City of Angels (By: Kenneth Bromberg)
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List of Encyclopocalypse Classics Books in Publication Order

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The Odd Job (By: Bernard McKenna, Colin Bostock-Smith)
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Criminal Macabre (By: Steve Niles)
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The Visitor (By: Chauncey G. Parker III)
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The Nightmare Blonde (By: Morton Wolson)
2024
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Spook City (With: Clive Barker, Peter Atkins, Doug Bradley, Angus MacKenzie)
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List of Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales Books in Publication Order

List of The Dark Descent Books in Publication Order

List of Ramsey Campbell Anthologies in Publication Order

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Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell (John Ramsey Campbell) was born on January 4th, 1946 and is currently 79 years old. Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Ramsey Campbell is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 34 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1976 with the novel The Doll Who Ate His Mother. The most recently released novel was Fellstones which was released in 2022.

Ramsey Campbell has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 30 books including The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants and Demons by Daylight.

In 1992, Ramsey Campbell was nominated for the "Professional" award, a World Fantasy Special Award for his work in writing and editing.

Ramsey Campbell: Awards & Accolades

Ramsey Campbell has won multiple awards including: The Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1998 and the World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 2015.

Ramsey Campbell has won many awards including:

  • The Chimney won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 1978.
  • In the Bag won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1978.
  • Mackintosh Willy won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 1980.
  • The Stains won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1981.
  • To Wake the Dead / The Parasite won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1981.
  • Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror won the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 1981.
  • Incarnate won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1985.
  • The Hungry Moon won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1988.
  • The Architecture of Fear won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1988.
  • First Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1989.
  • The Influence won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1989.
  • Second Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1990.
  • Midnight Sun won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1991.
  • Best New Horror won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 1991 as well as the World Fantasy Award - Anthology in 1991.
  • Darklands No 1 won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 1992.
  • Alone With the Horrors won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, in 1993 as well as the World Fantasy Award - Collection in 1994.
  • The Long Lost won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1994.
  • Best New Horror 6 won the International Horror Guild Award, Best Anthology, in 1996.
  • Ghosts and Grisly Things won the British Fantasy Award, Best Collection, in 1999.
  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2000.
  • Ramsey Campbell, Probably won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, in 2002 as well as the British Fantasy Award - Best Collection in 2003.
  • Told by the Dead won the British Fantasy Award, Best Collection, in 2004.
  • Dark Delicacies won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2005.
  • Horror: Another 100 Best Books won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, in 2005.
  • The Grin of the Dark won the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 2008.
  • The New Uncanny won the Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology, in 2008.
  • Best New Horror 20 won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2010.
  • Haunted Legends won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2010.
  • Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2012.
  • Letters to Arkham won the British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction, in 2015.
  • Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2017.

The following novels by Ramsey Campbell were also nominated for these awards:

  • The Satyr's Head: Tales of Terror: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1976).
  • SUPERHORROR: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1977).
  • The Doll Who Ate His Mother: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1977).
  • The Height of the Scream: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1977).
  • The Companion: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1977).
  • Whispers: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • Loveman's Comeback: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1978).
  • The Changer of Names: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1979).
  • The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1979).
  • New Terrors: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1981).
  • Crouch End: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1981).
  • Through the Walls: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1982).
  • The Nameless: World Fantasy Award, Novel (1982). British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1982).
  • The Other Side: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1987).
  • Black Wine: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1987).
  • Scared Stiff: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1987). World Fantasy Award, Collection (1988).
  • Night Visions 3: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1987).
  • Third Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
  • Dark Voices 2: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1991). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1991). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
  • Waking Nightmares: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1991).
  • Dark Voices 3: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1992).
  • The Count of Eleven: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1992).
  • The Word: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (1997). British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1998).
  • Scaremongers: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (1998).
  • The House on Nazareth Hill: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1998).
  • The Entertainment: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (1999). British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2000).
  • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (1999).
  • Never to Be Heard: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1999).
  • Silent Children: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel (2000). British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2001).
  • No Story in It: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2001).
  • Swords Against the Millennium: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2001).
  • Fourteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2001). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2002). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2002).
  • The Darkest Part of the Woods: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2003).
  • Gathering the Bones: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2003). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2004).
  • Told by the Dead: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2003).
  • Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2003).
  • Beneath The Ground: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2004).
  • Fear the Dead: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2004).
  • Secret Story / Secret Stories: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2005).
  • Corpse Blossoms: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2005).
  • Just Behind You: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2006).
  • Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2007).
  • Digging Deep: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (2008).
  • Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (2008).
  • Thieving Fear: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2009).
  • Just Behind You: British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (2010).
  • Haunted Legends: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2011).
  • Never Again: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2011).
  • Best New Horror 21: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2011).
  • The End of the Line: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2011).
  • A Book of Horrors: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2012).
  • Horror for Good: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2012).
  • The Kind Folk: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2013).
  • Holes for Faces: British Fantasy Award, Best Collection (2014).
  • Doors to Elsewhere: British Fantasy Award, Best Non-Fiction (2014).
  • Fearie Tales: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2014).
  • Chiral Mad 3: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2016).
  • Chiral Mad 3: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2016).
  • Gutted: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2016).
  • The Beauty of Death: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2016).
  • The Searching Dead: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2017).
  • The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2017).
  • The Way of the Worm: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2019).
  • This Dreaming Isle: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2019).
  • Miscreations: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2020).
  • Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2021). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2022).
  • Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2023).

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  4. Josh Malerman, author of the Bird Box Series.
  5. Paul Tremblay, author of the novel: The Cabin at the End of the World.

Ramsey Campbell: F.A.Q

When was Ramsey Campbell Born? How old is Ramsey Campbell?

Ramsey Campbell was born on January 4th, 1946. Ramsey Campbell is currently 79 years old.

Where was Ramsey Campbell Born?

Ramsey Campbell was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England and is English.

What awards has Ramsey Campbell won?

Ramsey Campbell has won the following awards: Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bram Stoker Awards (1998) and the Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (2015).

What book awards has Ramsey Campbell won?

The Chimney: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (1978).
In the Bag: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1978).
Mackintosh Willy: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (1980).
The Stains: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1981).
To Wake the Dead / The Parasite: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1981).
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror: World Fantasy Award Collection (1981).
Incarnate: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1985).
The Hungry Moon: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1988).
The Architecture of Fear: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1988).
First Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1989).
The Influence: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1989).
Second Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1990).
Midnight Sun: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1991).
Best New Horror: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (1991), World Fantasy Award Anthology (1991).
Darklands No 1: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (1992).
Alone With the Horrors: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1993), World Fantasy Award Collection (1994).
The Long Lost: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1994).
Best New Horror 6: International Horror Guild Award Best Anthology (1996).
Ghosts and Grisly Things: British Fantasy Award Best Collection (1999).
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (2000).
Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction (2002), British Fantasy Award Best Collection (2003).
Told by the Dead: British Fantasy Award Best Collection (2004).
Dark Delicacies: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2005).
Horror: Another 100 Best Books: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction (2005).
The Grin of the Dark: British Fantasy Award Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (2008).
The New Uncanny: Shirley Jackson Award Best Anthology (2008).
Best New Horror 20: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (2010).
Haunted Legends: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2010).
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2012).
Letters to Arkham: British Fantasy Award Best Non-Fiction (2015).
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2017).

What was the first book Ramsey Campbell wrote?

The first book written by Ramsey Campbell was The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants, published in 1964.

What was the most recent book Ramsey Campbell wrote?

His most recently released work was Fellstones on September 13th, 2022.

Will there be any more books by Ramsey Campbell?

Ramsey Campbell has a new book coming out on October 14th, 2025 called The Incubations.

How many books has Ramsey Campbell written?

Ramsey Campbell has written 104 books across 15 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in The Three Births of Daoloth Series
  • 3 books in the Universal Horror Library Series
  • 34 Standalone Novels
  • 20 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 29 Short Story Collections
  • 1 Chapbooks
  • 5 Non-Fiction
  • 1 book in the Black Labyrinth Series
  • 1 book in the Night Visions Series
  • 1 book in the Refuge Collection Series
  • 5 books in the Fiction Without Frontiers Series
  • 1 book in the Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales Series

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