Robert Fordyce Aickman

The influence of Robert Fordyce Aickman continues to grow as part of the current renaissance of strange/weird fiction  – perhaps because he offers something more adult and sophisticated than the tentacular effusions of Lovecraftian horror; perhaps just because of how good he was. As Peter Straub wrote in his introduction to the writer’s work, “Aickman at […]

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Regular TeleRead readers will probably have tumbled by now to the recent series of Faber and Faber reprints and recompilations of stories by the brilliant, enigmatic, and influential British writer of strange stories, Robert Fordyce Aickman. Cold Hand in Mine is probably the jewel of the series, as well as perhaps the best single-volume introduction to the […]

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June 27th marks the exact centenary of the birth in 1914 of Robert Fordyce Aickman, who has been acclaimed, as many TeleRead readers will know by now, has been acclaimed as the best British writer of ghost and horror stories since M.R. James. Both publishers and enthusiasts are preparing their commemorations and celebrations in memory […]

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