This massive volume contains sixteen of the author's highly original stories of horror and humour, including a rare reprint of one of his tales featuring "the world's only practising psychic detective" Francis St. Clare and his vivacious assistant Frederica ("Fred") Masters, two stories that have never been reprinted since their original publication, plus a vampire novella that appears here for the very first time!
There is also the longest interview with the author ever published, plus the most complete and detailed Working Bibliography of his publications yet assembled. Chetwynd-Hayes himself would have said. May you never hear invisible footsteps following you down the stairs.. A Writer in the Dark Lands: An Interview with R. Chetwynd-Hayes by Stephen Jones and Jo Fletcher. The Day That Father Brought Something Home. Something Comes in from the Garden. The Gibbering Ghoul of Gomershal. A Walk on the Dark Side.Chetwynd-Hayes: A Working Bibliography by Stephen Jones and Marc Damian Lawler.