Signature collection of short stories from the past two decades. Published simultaneously in a trade edition and a limited slipcased hardcover edition, numbered and signed by both the author and legendary writer-producer Brian Clemens, who contributes the introduction.
WHITE BIZANGO - 2002
With the middle classes adopting voodoo as a lifestyle fad, their doors are opened to a ruthless white male with a command of the religion's darker practical secrets. After an unusual and harrowing encounter, Louisiana detective John Lafcadio pursues the faceless man who now haunts his nightmares.
"WHITE BIZANGO's mood wraps around you like a warm blanket. Gave me the kind of sensation I used to have as a kid, watching some monster movie late at night, rainy and windy outside, sitting on the couch or in front of it, tenting a blanket over me, feeling wonderfully and pleasantly terrified." Introduction by Joe R Lansdale.
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JOURNEYMAN: THE ART OF CHRIS MOORE - 2000
Non fiction. Text/interview based on recorded conversations with one of the world's foremost sf/fantasy artists.
"Mix one master artist with a penchant for wry self-deprecation (Chris Moore) and a lauded British writer of suspense and horror (Stephen Gallagher). Add gorgeous reproductions of the artist's award-winning work on everything from book covers to utility posters to Star Wars wallpaper. Stir in over thirty years of funny stories about life in the British art, music and publishing scene. The result: Journeyman: the Art of Chris Moore, a profusely illustrated book that explores Moore's life, art, technique and context without pretension - and delivers a first-class read." Crescent Blues
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RED, RED ROBIN - 1995
Set in Philadelphia. After surviving a kidnap and murder attempt by a young man who seeks and then rejects mother-figures, a British-born woman can find no peace until she's found him and ended his misery.
"A classic of the suspense genre, an obsessive read with a genuinely sinister central character to rival Psycho's Norman Bates, and enough surprises to keep you turning the pages as fast as your stomach will let you." Peter Millar, The Times
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NIGHTMARE, WITH ANGEL - 1992 
Set in the North of England and Germany. A social outcast helps an 11-year-old girl to search for her mother, pursued by her father and the police.
"Stephen Gallagher could be the finest British writer of best-selling popular fiction since le Carre... a fast, smart, emotionally involving and authentically new thriller which confirms Gallagher's particular fictional talent." John Williams, The Independent
"Britain's finest popular novelist." Arena
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THE BOAT HOUSE - 1991
A Russian illegal attempts to settle in the English Lakes, but brings with her the dangerous conviction that she is stalked and possessed by a lake spirit of her homeland.
"Gallagher handles the balance between mundane reality and stomach-turning horror with reassurance and offers a nicely twisted ending to boot. Highly recommended." Nigel Kendall, Time Out
"A master of pace and suspense, Gallagher has the dark, neon-splashed imagination of a true original." Glasgow Evening Times
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RAIN - 1990 
A teenaged girl from the provinces heads for London in her older sister's footsteps, hoping to find out how she died and who killed her. Unwittingly, she takes her sister's place and begins heading toward the same fate.
"This is the sort of tension that one could savour for more than 244 pages... a tense, nerve-racking tale... I'd be surprised if a better London novel hits the bookshops this year." Anne Billson, Time Out
"Hard to put down, impossible to forget... subtle and disturbing." Today
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DOWN RIVER - 1989 
Set in the North of England, a plainclothes policeman takes on the task of hunting down his former childhood friend and working partner when Johnny Mays goes off the rails and on a killing spree.
"The denouement, thanks to Gallagher's strong writing and excellent characterisations, is unforgettable." Publishers Weekly
"Gallagher is a master of abnormal psychology and he just gets better and better." Mystery Scene
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OKTOBER - 1988 
Trans-European thriller. A man damaged by an illegal experiment is hunted by the pharmaceutical company that harmed him, and finds himself empowered by the damage in a way that he can use as a weapon.
"Gallagher, author of the fine Valley of Lights, has created another blend of genres that shouldn't disappoint the dedicated reader of either. Is it still paranoia when everybody really is after you? Gallagher answers that question with style, insight and a riveting sense of suspense." Charles de Lint, Mystery Scene
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VALLEY OF LIGHTS - 1987 
Supernatural thriller set in Arizona with a uniformed policeman in a battle of wits with a body-hopping entity ("VALLEY OF LIGHTS was optioned before publication and had the movie been made when first mooted, it would have been good timing. Since then there have been countless movies made on the exact same premise and I can't see it being worth reviving")
"A fast, fun read, with good jokes and a well thought-out modus operandi for its villain." City Limits
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FOLLOWER - 1984
Supernatural chiller set in Norway; an animus banished from its host takes the form of a wolf and seeks a new place to hide.
"Gallagher knows the secret of good supernatural horror. He keeps the gunk and gore to a bare minimum, and screws the emotional tension up tight from the first." Colin Greenland, Imagine
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CHIMERA - 1982
Genetic thriller, with a hybrid monster on the loose in the English countryside. Adapted as a Radio 4 play in the mid-80s and in 4 parts for TV in 1990.
"Genuinely creepy and alluring... Gallagher shows a classy, textured narrative style." Kirkus
"With accelerating advancements in the field of genetic engineering, Gallagher's fictitious vision gains both credibility and plausibility by the hour." Fear Magazine
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