Ancestral, by Ramsey Campbell

Book 34 for my 2026 goal of 36 books for the year! My link to the book is through my bookshop.org affiliate account, which means I may earn a small commission if you buy from there. Ramsey Campbell has been a prolific and influential fixture of horror fiction for decades and shows no signs of slowing down. Earlier this year, I received a complimentary copy of his reprinted novel Incarnate from Flame Tree Press and also was given the opportunity to interview Campbell for my blog. This latter event has pretty much been a highlight of blogging and justified me taking up the activity nearly 20 years ago. Recently, the kind folks at Flame Tree Press sent me an Advance Reading Copy of Campbell’s newest novel, Ancestral, which will come out in November of this year. Ancestral is a fascinating novel of horror with almost a fairy tale quality to it, in which ancient supernatural feuds from the past reverberate in the modern world! Centuries ago, two families — the Bystones and Stantons — were…