Introductions

Brite, Poppy Z.  "Introduction."  The Face That Must Die. Lakewood, CO: Millipede Press, 2006.

This revised version of Campbell's serial killer novel is praised for the believability of the character Campbell creates. She regards Campbell's character Horridge as "a character wholly his own and utterly memorable, and who teaches us something about the darker side of human nature."

Rees, Eleanor.  "Introduction."  The Book of Liverpool: A City in Short Fiction.  Ed. Eleanor Rees and Maria Crossan.  Liverpool:  Comma Press, 2008.

Contains Campbell's story "Mackintosh Willy," which Rees notes, is set in Liverpool's Newsham Park.  Conveys how a place "can hold on to our memory as a focus for our fears."

Sullivan, Jack.  "Introduction to 'The Scar' and 'The Invocation.'"  Lost Souls:  A Collection of English Ghost Stories.  Ed. Jack Sullivan.  Athens:  Ohio University Press, 1983.

Comments on Campbell's prose style and the themes of fantasy versus reality and man's innate paranoia.  Sullivan says that Campbell modernizes classic ghost stories by Le Fanu, Blackwood, M.R. James, and Aickman without sacrificing quality.  "It is not merely ghosts that terrify us in these taut, exciting stories;  it is the modern world."

Winter, Douglas E.  "Ramsey Campbell, Absolutely."  Ramsey Campbell, Probably.  Ed. S. T. Joshi. Harrogate, England:  PS Publishing, 2002.

Fond, appreciative commentary on Campbell's non-fiction that simply asserts "Ramsey Campbell writes horror fiction."  "Absolutely."