Valancourt Books

'A writer of subtle, finely crafted supernatural tales.' - T.E.D. Klein '[H]is stories . . . build up a unique sense of unease.' - Brian Stableford '[T]ense, cryptic . . . brooding supernaturalism...

"Inventor of a new mythology and weaver of surprising folklore, Lord Dunsany stands dedicated to a strange world of fantastic beauty . . . unexcelled in the sorcery of crystalline singing prose, and s...

"It is a strangely attractive absurdity, which excites a sort of sugary fascination over the reader." - Michael Sadleir "An elegantly composed anthology of Germanic terror and gloomy topographical g...

"Mr. Parry brings it off brilliantly. It starts like a comedy, ends like a tragedy and runs like a nightmare from beginning to end." - New York Times "One of the few first-rate horror tales since T...

'A skilful, confident tale of modern Greece ... brilliantly successful ... There is indeed no fault to find with this book.' - David Williams, Guardian 'Mr. King is masterly ... he is exact, moving...

'Our only current writer who can induce such terror as the Grimm brothers did, and some of the Grimm characters are among the ingredients in this hellbrew of the return of the Black Death.' - Times Li...

"I find on adding up that I have to read over 300 modern novels a year. Half-a-dozen of them I would wish to read again. This is one." - John Betjeman, Daily Herald "His creative ability is undenia...

"One of the last of the great traditionalists of English fiction." - Colin Wilson "An outstanding British writer in the genre." - August Derleth "Britain's leading purveyor of the macabre." - Pete...