The Hamlyn Book of Ghosts in Fact and Fiction

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From the first, I set myself against "literature"; the story was the thing, and no amount of style could persuade me to select a story that lacked genuine, unadulterated horror.

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All but one were written by Daniel Farson (Bernard Brett wrote The Hamlyn Book of Mysteries), and all featured spectacular wraparound cover art by Oliver “Zack” Frey. I’ll try again…does anyone happen to know where I can view the whole contents of this book anywhere online?

Things I remember from it were discovering for the first time that there was a real historical Dracula, Sawney Bean, stories of someone's corpse being so tall they had to break the legs to get it into the coffin (think this might have been a Stoker relative), and my first encounter with a figure with "an intensely horrible face of crumpled linen". The other volumes, which I’ll post about separately, are The Hamlyn Book of Horror (1979), The Hamlyn Book of Mysteries (1983), and The Hamlyn Book of Monsters (1984). His 27 books include biographies (including one on his great-uncle, Bram Stoker), several memoirs of bohemian Soho (of which he was a contributing rake), travelogues, and two horror novels. Hyde and various works of Poe dominate the chapter but there are welcome short entries on Bierce, Victor Hugo, Le Fanu and M.

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There was a Beaver paperback edition of this horror starter pack in 1977, but this hardcover version seems to have been a fixture in the kids section of just about every public library in London (and elsewhere?It had plenty to do with the - uncredited - illustrations (pretty strong, notably a bulging-eyed zombie and a rather unsettling two-pager depicting the Beane clan in action) but the clincher for me was and is the author's slick way with a narrative.

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Likewise, the strange goings-on in a North London cemetery seem to have been something of an obsession with him and this wouldn't be the last time he'd turn to his press-cuttings for inspiration (wait until we get on to Transplant).Please only contact the archive and complete the Archive Access and Registration process if you are able to provide a statement of intent. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. If you own the copyright to any of the material on this site and would like said material to be removed, please contact 2warpstoneptune [at] gmail [dot] com. And a salut for good old Dennis Wheatley, according to whom vampire legends came from beggars living on the cemetery.

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The Clifton House Mystery was one of several children's drama serials produced by Bristol's HTV in the '70s and '80s, many of which were on SF, fantasy or horror themes.In this episode we look at the last of the books on the weird and the wonderful written by Daniel Farson for Hamlyn.