Not all horror shouts. Sometimes it whispers, and sometimes it reaches out with a cold hand you never saw coming.
Robert Aickman’s Cold Hand in Mine, first published in 1975, is a masterclass in subtle terror. This acclaimed collection gathers eight of his “strange stories,” including the World Fantasy Award–winning Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal. Each tale is meticulously crafted, its realism steadily warped until dread seeps into every detail.
Aickman’s characters navigate ordinary lives only to find themselves drifting toward doom, trapped in an atmosphere that feels both familiar and dreamlike. Safety dissolves, daylight curdles into menace, and the ordinary becomes deeply uncanny.
With an introduction by Reece Shearsmith, this collection invites readers to experience horror that lingers long after the final page.
