![]() ![]() ![]() Robert Aickman (1914–1981) was the grandson of Richard Marsh, a leading Victorian novelist of the occult. His characters are ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds.įirst published in the USA in 1988 and in the UK in 1990 The Wine-Dark Sea contains eight stories that will leave the reader unsettled as the protagonists' fears and desires, at once illogical and terrifying, culminate in a disturbing yet enigmatic ending.įor fans of the horror genre Robert Aickman is a must read. Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term for them) are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia. Peter Straub called Robert Aickman 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories'. ![]() This one contains two of my favorite Aickman stories, "Into the Wood" and "The Inner Room." The Wine-Dark Sea by Robert Aickman / ISBN 9780571311729 / 450-page paperback from Faber & Faber ![]()
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