Alone With the Horrors Quotes

“He slammed the door and ran blindly down the corridor, grabbing at handles. What exactly had he seen? They had been eating with their bare hands, but somehow the only thought he could hold on to was a kind of sickened gratitude that he had been unable to see their faces.”
― Ramsey Campbell, Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991

“The crying wailed, somewhere beneath the planks. Several sweeps of the light showed that the cellar was otherwise deserted. Though the face mouthed behind him, he ventured down. For God’s sake, get it over with; he knew he would never dare return.”
― Ramsey Campbell, Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991

“Unlike the rest he had seen of the bungalow, the hall beyond the door was dark. He could see the glimmer of three doors and several framed photographs lined up along the walls. The sound of flies was louder, though they didn’t seem to be in the hall itself. Now that he was closer they sounded even more like someone groaning feebly, and the rotten smell was stronger too.”
― Ramsey Campbell, Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991