Chetwynd-Hayes, R
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1919-2001) Working name of UK author and anthologist Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes, who also published stories as by Angus Campbell and Henry Glynn; though he wrote some sf, most of his more than 200 tales, beginning with "The Orator" for The Lady in 1953, are fantasy or horror. The Clavering Grange tales, a series which includes two novels and variously released shorter works, are set in a twelfth-century mansion in Kent, where hauntings are numerous; some of the tales are set in the Near Future and beyond. The Dracula sequence, comprising Dracula's Children (coll of linked stories 1987) and The House of Dracula (coll of linked stories 1987), deals with several generations of a Vampire family as extrapolated from hints in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897).
Chetwynd-Hayes published two novels of sf interest: The Man from the Bomb (1959), a Satire of Cold War Paranoia set in Near Future Britain; and The Brats: A Novel of the Future (1979), set a generation after World War Three has rendered Homo sapiens infertile, except for the breeding of subhuman "brats" (see Devolution), who in turn give birth to worm-like creatures (see Horror in SF) which, forming into a Telepathic gestalt, prepare to take over the world. For several years, Chetwynd-Hayes was also active as an editor, producing several volumes in three Anthology series, the Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories sequence; the Tales of Terror sequence, which includes one Scots-flavoured volume edited as by Angus Campbell, Tales of Terror from Outer Space (anth 1975); and the Armada Monster Book. Each series featured a mixture of reprint and original work. [JC/DRL]
see also: Badger Books.
Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes
born Isleworth, Middlesex: 30 May 1919
died Teddington, London: 20 March 2001
works
series
Clavering Grange
- Tales of Darkness (London: William Kimber, 1981) [coll: Clavering Grange: hb/Ionicus]
- Tales from the Other Side (London: William Kimber, 1983) [coll: Clavering Grange: hb/Ionicus]
- The Other Side (New York: Tor, 1988) [vt of the above: Clavering Grange: pb/]
- The King's Ghost (London: William Kimber, 1985) [Clavering Grange: hb/Ionicus]
- The Grange (New York: Tor, 1988) [vt of the above: Clavering Grange: pb/]
- Tales from the Hidden World: Four Episodes in the History of Clavering Grange (London: William Kimber, 1988) [coll: Clavering Grange: hb/Ionicus]
- The Haunted Grange (London: William Kimber, 1988) [Clavering Grange: hb/Ionicus]
Dracula
- Dracula's Children (London: William Kimber, 1987) [coll: Vampires: Dracula: hb/Ionicus]
- The House of Dracula (London: William Kimber, 1987) [coll: Vampires: Dracula: hb/Ionicus]
individual titles
- The Man from the Bomb (London: John Spencer and Co/Badger Books, 1959) [pb/Eddie Jones]
- Dominique (London: W H Allen/Universal, 1978) [tie to the film: pb/]
- The Brats: A Novel of the Future (London: William Kimber, 1979) [hb/David Jackson]
- The Awakening (London: Magnum, 1980) [tie to the film: pb/]
- The Partaker: A Novel of Fantasy (London: William Kimber, 1980) [hb/Roger Garland]
- The Curse of the Snake God (London: Inner Circle, 1989) [hb/Chrissie Marks]
- Kepple (London: Robert Hale, 1992) [coll: hb/Photoeye]
- The Psychic Detective (London: Robert Hale, 1993) [hb/Barbara Walton]
collections
- The Unbidden (London: Tandem, 1971) [coll: pb/Chris Achilleos]
- Cold Terror (London: Tandem, 1973) [coll: pb/]
- Terror by Night (London: Tandem, 1974) [coll: pb/]
- The Elemental and Other Stories (London: Fontana, 1974) [coll: pb/]
- The Night Ghouls and Other Grisly Tales (London: Fontana, 1975) [coll: pb/Gordon Crabb]
- The Monster Club (London: New English Library, 1976) [coll: pb/]
- Tales of Fear and Fantasy (London: Fontana, 1977) [coll: pb/]
- The Cradle Demon and Other Stories of Fantasy and Horror (London: William Kimber, 1978) [coll: hb/Ionicus]
- The Fantastic World of Kamtellar: A Book of Vampires and Ghouls (London: William Kimber, 1980) [coll: hb/Roger Garland]
- Tales from Beyond (London: William Kimber, 1981) [coll: hb/Ionicus]
- A Quiver of Ghosts (London: William Kimber, 1984) [coll: hb/Ionicus]
- Tales from the Dark Lands (London: William Kimber, 1984) [coll: hb/Ionicus]
- Ghosts from the Mists of Time (London: William Kimber, 1985) [coll: hb/Ionicus]
- Tales from the Shadows (London: William Kimber, 1986) [coll: hb/Ionicus]
- Tales from the Haunted House (London: William Kimber, 1986) [coll: hb/Ionicus]
- Hell Is What You Make It (London: Robert Hale, 1994) [coll: hb/Barbara Walton]
- Shudders and Shivers (London: Robert Hale, 1995) [coll: hb/Barbara Walton]
- The Vampire Stories of R Chetwynd-Hayes (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fedogan and Bremer, 1997) [coll: illus/Jim Pitts: hb/Les Edwards]
- Looking for Something to Suck and Other Vampire Stories (London: Robert Hale, 1998) [coll: vt of the above: hb/]
- Looking for Something to Suck: The Vampire Stories of R Chetwynd-Hayes (Richmond, Virginia: Valancourt Books, 2014) [coll: vt of the above: pb/Les Edwards]
- Shocks (no place given: British Fantasy Society, 1997) [coll: chap: pb/]
- Phantoms and Fiends (London: Robert Hale, 2000) [coll: hb/Les Edwards as Edward Miller]
- Frights and Fancies (London: Robert Hale, 2002) [coll: edited and introduced by Steven Jones: hb/Les Edwards as Edward Miller]
- Gaslight, Ghosts, & Ghouls: A Centenary Celebration (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2019) [coll: hb/Les Edwards]
- Gaslight, Ghosts, & Ghouls: A Centenary Celebration (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: Drugstore Indian Press, 2022) [coll: exp of the above: in the publisher's Stephen Jones' Masters of Horror series: pb/Les Edwards]
works as editor
series
Tales of Terror
- Cornish Tales of Terror (London: Fontana, 1970) [anth: Tales of Terror: pb/Justin Todd]
- Scottish Tales of Terror (London: Fontana, 1972) as by Angus Campbell [anth: Tales of Terror: pb/]
- Welsh Tales of Terror (London: Fontana, 1973) [anth: Tales of Terror: pb/]
- Tales of Terror from Outer Space (London: Fontana, 1975) as by Angus Campbell [anth: Tales of Terror: pb/]
- Gaslight Tales of Terror (London: Fontana, 1976) [anth: Tales of Terror: pb/Justin Todd]
Fontana Great Ghost Stories
- The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1973) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1974) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1975) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/Alan Lee]
- The twelfth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1976) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1977) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1978) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/Alan Lee]
- The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1979) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/Alan Lee]
- The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1980) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1981) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1982) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1983) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/]
- The Twentieth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (London: Fontana, 1984) [anth: Fontana Great Ghost Stories: pb/Les Edwards]
Armada Monster Book
- The First Armada Monster Book (London: Armada, 1975) [anth: Armada Monster Book: pb/]
- The Second Armada Monster Book (London: Armada, 1976) [anth: Armada Monster Book: pb/]
- The Third Armada Monster Book (London: Armada, 1977) [anth: Armada Monster Book: pb/]
- The Fourth Armada Monster Book (London: Armada, 1978) [anth: Armada Monster Book: pb/]
- The Fifth Armada Monster Book (London: Armada, 1979) [anth: Armada Monster Book: pb/]
- The Sixth Armada Monster Book (London: Armada, 1981) [anth: Armada Monster Book: pb/]
individual titles
- Doomed to the Night: An Anthology of Ghost Stories (London: William Kimber, 1978) [anth: hb/Ionicus]
- Great Ghost Stories (New York: Carroll and Graf, 2004) with Stephen Jones [anth: hb/Michael Gesinger]
- Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories (New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006) with Stephen Jones [anth: hb/]
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