'Reading Robert Aickman is like watching a magician work, and very
often I'm not even sure what the trick was. All I know is that he
did it beautifully.' Neil Gaiman For fans of the BBC's Inside
Number 9 and The League of Gentlemen Aickman's 'strange stories'
(his preferred term) are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of
his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the
steady accrual of realistic detail, until the reader realises that
the protagonist is heading towards their doom as if in a dream.
First published in 1988, The Wine-Dark Sea contains eight stories
that build towards disturbing yet enigmatic endings, including the
classic story 'Your Tiny Hand is Frozen.' 'Of all the authors of
uncanny tales, Aickman is the best ever . . . His tales literally
haunt me; his plots and his turns of phrase run through my head at
the most unlikely moments.' Russell Kirk
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