Something In The Woodwork, based on the short story Housebound, for Rod Serling's Night Gallery, 1973,A Sin Of Omission for Spine Chillers, 1980.
Books
collections:
The Unbidden
Cold Terror
Terror By Night
The Elemental
The Night Ghouls (
Tales Of Fear And Fantasy
The Cradle-Demon
The Fantastic World Of Kamtellar
Tales Of Darkness
Tales From Beyond
Tales From The Other Side
A Quiver Of Ghosts
Tales From The Dark Lands
Ghosts From The Mists Of Time
Tales From The Shadows
Tales From The Haunted House
Dracula's Children
The House Of Dracula
Tales From The Hidden World
Shudders & Shivers
The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Shocks
Phantoms & Fiends
Frights & Fancies
novels:
The Man From The Bomb
The Dark Man (aka And Love Survived
The Monster Club
The Partaker
The Brats
The King's Ghost
The Haunted Grange
Curse of the Snake God
Kepple
The Psychic Detective
Hell is What You Make It
World of the Impossible
novelisations
Dominique
The Awakening
As editor
Cornish Tales of Terror
Scottish Tales of Terror (as 'Angus Campbell')
The 9th Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories (1973; RCH edited every volume through to the final 20th, in 1984)
Welsh Tales of Terror
Tales of Terror from Outer Space
Gaslight Tales of Terror
With Stephen Jones:
Great Ghost Stories
Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories.
Chetwynd-Hayes also edited the childrens series, "The Armada Book Of Monsters".
About me: This is a tribute page to horror and fantasy author Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (1919 - 2001).
Chetwynd-Hayes was 52 when his first collection, "The Unbidden" was published in 1971 and made no bones about why he turned to horror: In those days all things supernatural and ghastly sold, and once he got going he was extraordinarily prolific.
His first professional sale was "The Man From The Bomb" to one of Badger Books' offshoots from the lovable 'Supernatural Stories', 'Science Fiction'(Oct. 1959). He followed this with a novel, "The Dark Man" (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1964) and his first contribution to Herbert Van Thal's Pan Book Of Horror Stories ("The Thing", 1966). Van Thal became his agent and Chetwynd-Hayes went into overdrive. Prior to The Unbidden, he contributed the brilliant "Looking For Something To Suck" to "Fontana Horror" #4 (1969) and "Housebound" to Aiden & Nancy Chambers' "Ghosts" (Topliner, 1969. Another of those collections for the younger audience that do the job for adults). The following year it was "The Monster" (Fontana Horror #5) and "The Bodmin Terror", again for Fontana, in "Cornish Tales Of Terror" which he also edited.
And then it was time for his first collection: "The Unbidden" ...
Who I'd like to meet:
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Should you wish to discuss the works of RCH, hit the banner to visit
Hi. Yeah I joined the Loughville forum as soon as I found your page! I've put a couple of posts on there so hopefully someone might be able to help me in tracking some of the stuff down. Thanks for your help!
Hey!! I love The Monster Club!!! I've been trying to find out details regarding the film, such as filming locations, where to purchase Monster Club memorabilia, and especially if there are any original props from the film available to purchase anywhere. If anyone could help me find out about these, or just fancy a Monster Club chat in general please message me!! Thanks! x
You're welcome, Kev. I meant to do more, but got sidetracked. I've recently acquired a VCD of From Beyond the Grave; that may prod me to contribute some more to the site.
I have great memories of visiting the set of 'The Monster Club' and meeting John Carradine who played Ronald in the film. (I suggested to Milton that he ask Mel Brooks to play him (Milton) in the film - they looked kind of similar and had similar backgrounds. I'm sure MB would have done it for a laugh, but Milton decided against it.)
Ronald was a sweet guy too and it's good to see someone helping to keep his memory alive.
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