Ancestral
Nov 2026 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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"He is a powerful, original writer, and you owe it to yourself to make his acquaintance.” The Washington Post. An electrifying new tale from the master of horror, Ramsey Campbell.
Long ago the Bystone and Stanton families were enemies – nobody remembers why. Lou Stanton and Ray Bystone are married with a young son Tim. It’s his choice to spend a holiday visiting places the families seem to remember although they’ve never been there: the dauntingly dark Boggart’s Grot, Umbrage Cove where the ocean turns voracious, Fay Woods that birds have good reason to avoid, Stalking Edge where the fog feels as solid as flesh… If he’s driven by inherited memories, what is he bringing home? If the ancestors who summoned what the sites hid couldn’t control them, can anyone?
FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to excellent original writing in horror, science fiction and fantasy. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress. Awarded independent publisher of 2024 by the British Fantasy Society.
Long ago the Bystone and Stanton families were enemies – nobody remembers why. Lou Stanton and Ray Bystone are married with a young son Tim. It’s his choice to spend a holiday visiting places the families seem to remember although they’ve never been there: the dauntingly dark Boggart’s Grot, Umbrage Cove where the ocean turns voracious, Fay Woods that birds have good reason to avoid, Stalking Edge where the fog feels as solid as flesh… If he’s driven by inherited memories, what is he bringing home? If the ancestors who summoned what the sites hid couldn’t control them, can anyone?
FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to excellent original writing in horror, science fiction and fantasy. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress. Awarded independent publisher of 2024 by the British Fantasy Society.
"He is a powerful, original writer, and you owe it to yourself to make his acquaintance.” The Washington Post. An electrifying new tale from the master of horror, Ramsey Campbell.
Long ago the Bystone and Stanton families were enemies – nobody remembers why. Lou Stanton and Ray Bystone are marri...
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The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey Campbell as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. His awards include the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University for outstanding services to literature.
The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey Campbell as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. His awards include the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the Inter...
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