Books by Robert Aickman
“Aickman is, rightly, lauded, although he was forgotten for a while. The introduction to this edition is by Reece Shearsmith, from The League of Gentlemen. Aickman is very dear to The League of Gentlemen, you can see that; they both deal in sort of uniquely English nightmares. Aickman’s got a very precise, polite way of writing. I mean, he’s funny as well, but he’s quite snobbish, too. Despite that precision, at the heart of his best stories is something unresolved and unpleasant. ‘The Same Dog’ is the best of all. It doesn’t admit of an easy interpretation.” Read more...
Will Maclean, Novelist
Interviews where books by Robert Aickman were recommended
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'The Same Dog' in Cold Hand in Mine
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'Home' in Dark Tales
by Shirley Jackson -
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'Animals' in You Should Come With Me Now
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'The Book' in The Virago Book of Ghost Stories
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'Blind Man's Buff' in The Oxford Book of 20th-Century Ghost Stories
by H. Russell Wakefield
The Best Ghost Stories, recommended by Will Maclean
The Best Ghost Stories, recommended by Will Maclean
If you love to get scared silly then we have reading recommendations for you. Will Maclean, author of the unsettling new novel The Apparition Phase, selects the best ghost stories to read at Halloween, including writing from the queen of screams Shirley Jackson, and a four-page, pitch-black nightmare that might just be the perfect ghost story.
