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David A. Sutton is the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, The International Horror Guild Award and twelve British Fantasy Awards for editing magazines and anthologies (Fantasy Tales, Dark Voices: The Pan Book Of Horror and Dark Terrors: The Gollancz Book Of Horror). Other anthologies include New Writings In Horror & The Supernatural, The Satyr’s Head & Other Tales Of Terror, Phantoms Of Venice, Haunts Of Horror and Darker Terrors. He has also been a genre fiction writer since the 1960s with stories appearing widely in anthologies and magazines, including in Best New Horror, Final Shadows, The Mammoth Book Of Merlin, Beneath The Ground, Shadows Over Innsmouth, The Black Book Of Horror, Subtle Edens, The Ghosts & Scholars Book Of Shadows, ...more

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	The Satyr's Head: Tales of Terror by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ramsey Campbell, Steve Upham (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Voices 5: The Pan Book of Horror by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Jones (Editor), Robert Holdstock 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Voices 2: The Pan Book of Horror by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Jones (Editor), Brian M. Stableford 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Voices 4: The Pan Book of Horror by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Jones (Editor), Christopher Fowler 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Voices 3: The Pan Book of Horror by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Jones (Editor), Bob Shaw 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Fear: New Tales of Terror 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Jones (Editor), John Brunner liked it 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horror! Under the Tombstone by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ramsey Campbell (contributor), David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Houses on the Borderland by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Allen Ashley, Samantha Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural by David A. Sutton (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Kenneth Bulmer (Contributor), Richard Davis (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David A. Sutton rated a book liked it I Can't Sleep at Night by Kurt Singer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, edited by Kurt Singer. Corgi books, 1968. 174 pages. 3/6. REVIEW BY DAVID A. SUTTON. Cover depicts a naked hag of a witch, astride a gigantic bat, whose wing extends right round the spine onto the back cover. A collection which ...more
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David A. Sutton rated a book liked it Children of the Night by John Blackburn	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, John Blackburn. Panther Books 1968. 5/-. REVIEW BY DAVID A. SUTTON The 'Children of Paul' have lived for centuries in the caves under Dunstonholme and now it is time for them to strike, with the deadly forces of the supernatural! ...more
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THREE TALES OF HORROR. H. P. Lovecraft. Arkham House. REVIEW BY DAVID A. SUTTON THREE TALES OF HORROR is a new edition from Arkham House, and as the title implies it contains three of Lovecraft's greatest stories, namely, THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE, THE ...more
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David A. Sutton rated a book liked it The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus by John Burke	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
THE SECOND HAMMER HORROR OMNIBUS. John. Burke. Pan. 5/-. REVIEW BY DAVID A. SUTTON The Reptile, Dracula Prince of Darkness, Rasputin the Mad Monk, The Plague of the Zombies. One first notices a one and sixpenny increase in the cost of this book from Pa ...more
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David A. Sutton rated a book really liked it Not After Nightfall: Stories of the Strange and Terrible by Basil Copper	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
NOT AFTER NIGHTFALL. Basil Copper. Four Square. 5/-. REVIEW BY DAVID A. SUTTON From Four Square another fine anthology, on par with BEYOND THE CURTAIN OF DARK, edited by Peter Haining, and also NIGHT SIDE, an August Derleth anthology. This book contain ...more
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