Cold Hand in Mine

For fans of Inside Number 9 and The League of Gentlemen -- with an introduction by Reece Shearsmith 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. Cold ...