About the Book
Robert Aickman is considered by many to be one of the finest modern writers of ghost stories. But Aickman himself referred to his tales as 'strange stories', for they are often open to more complex interpretations. The writing is subtle and poetic, presenting us with both psychological and more material terrors.
Table of Contents:
We are privileged to be the first publishers to collect together all of Aickman's short stories in a two volume set. Containing: We Are for the Dark, The Trains, The Insufficient Answer, The View, Dark Entries, The School Friend, Ringing the Changes, Choice of Weapons, The Waiting Room, Bind Your Hair, Powers of Darkness, Your Tiny Hand is Frozen, My Poor Friend, The Visiting Star, Larger Than Oneself, A Roman Question, The Wine-Dark Sea, Sub Rosa, Ravissante, The Inner Room, Never Visit Venice, The Unsettled Dust, The Houses of the Russians, No Stronger Than a Flower, The Cicerones, Into the Wood, Cold Hand in Mine, The Swords, The Real Road to the Church, Niemandswasser, Pages from a Young Girl's Journal, The Hospice, The Same Dog, Meeting Mr Millar, The Clock Watcher, Tales of Love and Death, Growing Boys, Marriage, Le Miroir, Compulsory Games, Raising the Wind, Residents Only, Wood, Intrusions, Hand in Glove, No Time Is Passing, The Fetch, The Breakthrough, The Next Glade, Letters to the Postman, Night Voices, The Stains, Just a Song at Twilight, Laura, Rosamund's Bower, Mark Ingestre: The Customer's Tale.
Review :
"Tartarus have done a superb job of making these books available to the reader at a price which demands commitment, but represents value." - Phil Baker, Times Literary Supplement. "Straightforward genre horror, you would think, but it's all crossed with acute social observation and the kind of resistance to closure associated with more literary work. Pricey, but well worth it." - The Guardian "I recommend buying The Collected Strange Stories by Robert Aickman; he is not simply a writer of ghost stories, but a master of the macabre whose 'strange stories' will haunt you forever." - Matt Leyshon, Enigma (Waterstones Magazine) "There has long been a need for an omnibus edition of Aickman's 'Collected Stories'--no easy task in view of the fact that he wrote 48 in all. Fortunately this project has now been realized with the publication by the Tartarus Press and the Durtro Press of The Collected Strange Stories, a handsome two-volume edition." - Richard Dalby, Book and Magazine Collector. "Aickman will continue to be read, should continue to be read, and this kind of lovingly constructed story collection is a straightforward and effective way of ensuring just that." - Edward Bryant, Locus "Now, at last--salvation! This handsome new two-volume edition, beautifully presented and printed, puts you in possession of all eight of his collections, for the price you'd have to pay for a tatty copy of any one of the originals." - David Rowlands, Ghosts and Scholars "Tartarus and Durtro are to be congratulated for doing justice to one of the most interesting writers of any sort of fiction." - David Longhorn, All Hallows "Surely the supernatural publishing event of the year." - Jo Hird, Antiquarian Book Monthly "These two volumes represent quality at a price that, while expensive, is worth the exhaustive quality of its presentation and thoroughness, including ALL of Aickman's short work" - "Fine Frights" column from The Horror Within "All of this adds up to fiction of a singular, expressionistic excellence in a collection whose presence is a dark jpgt to the adventurous seeker of dark pleasures. " - Flesh and Blood Magazine "Tartarus press and Durtro Press did a great favor for horror fans, as well as for the literary world in general, with the publication of Rovert Aickman: The Collected Strange Stories." - Tony Fonseca, Necrofile
