Join us in welcoming two Titans of the Horror Genre, as Grady Hendrix and Ramsey Campbell come to Leeds to discuss their newest frightful fictions...
Joinus in welcoming two Titans of the Horror Genre as Grady Hendrix and Ramsey Campbell come to Leeds to discuss their newest frightful fictions...About the Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, the new novel by Grady HendrixPatricia Campbell s life has never felt smaller. Her ambitious husband is too busy to give her a good-bye kiss in the morning, her kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she s always a step behind on thank-you notes and her endless list of chores. The one thing she has to look forward to is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime and paperback fiction. At these meetings they re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are marriage, motherhood, and neighborhood gossip. This predictable pattern is upended when Patricia meets James Harris, a handsome stranger who moves into the neighborhood to take care of his elderly aunt and ends up joining the book club. James is sensitive and well-read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn t felt in twenty years. But there s something off about him. He doesn t have a bank account, he doesn t like going out during the day, and Patricia s mother-in-law insists that she knew him when she was a girl an impossibility. When local children go missing, Patricia and the book club members start to suspect James is more of a Bundy than a Beatnik but no one outside of the book club believes them. Have they read too many true crime books, or have they invited a real monster into their homes?About the The Wise Friend, the new novel by Ramsey CampbellPatrick Torrington's aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned towards the occult. While staying with her in his teens he found evidence that she used to visit magical sites. As an adult he discovers her journal of her explorations, and his teenage son Roy becomes fascinated too. His experiences at the sites scare Patrick away from them, but Roy carries on the search, together with his new girlfriend. Can Patrick convince his son that his increasingly terrible suspicions are real, or will what they've helped to rouse take a new hold on the world?About the AuthorsGrady Hendrixis the Bram Stoker award-winning author ofPaperbacks from Hell, My Best Friend's Exorcism,and theSouthern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires(out 07/04),which has been picked up for an Amazon TV series. He is also the writer and producer ofSatanic Panic.Ramsey Campbell has been given more awards than any other writer in the field.The Influence, the film based on his novel, is now a major movie on Netflix. His latest book,The Wise Friend, isout 23/04.
