The Other Side

by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

For centuries, Clavering Grange has been a focus for evil. Whether cursed manor house, blasted heath, or modern housing development, the Grange is stalked by ghosts and demons, by an evil that never dies, merely sleeps -- and soon rises to strike again!

Kepple thinks he can master the spirit of the Grange, tame its evil to his will. An innocent child will be his sacrifice, will bind the demon to him forever.

And so it is -- but it is Kepple, not the demon, who is bound, Kepple who will serve forever in horrible darkness.

Only the blood of another child can close the occult circle and set Kepple free.

Genres: Horror, Fiction

273 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes aka Angus Campbell.

Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes was an author, best known for his ghost stories. His first published work was the science fiction novel The Man From The Bomb in 1959. He went on to publish many collections and ten other novels including The Grange, The Haunted Grange, And Love Survived and The Curse of the Snake God. He also edited over 20 anthologies. Several of his short works were adapted into anthology style movies in the United Kingdom, including The Monster Club and From Beyond the Grave. Chetwynd-Hayes' book The Monster Club contains references to a film-maker called Vinke Rocnnor, an anagram of Kevin Connor, the director of From Beyond the Grave.

He won the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement for 1988, and the British Fantasy Society Special Award in 1989.

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun batch of nasty little stories that are all tied together with a common thread. On the surface, The Other Side appears to be a chronological set of tales about a haunted house, but all is not what it seems...

I won't say any more for fear of ruining the book for potential readers. All in all, it was quite good!

[jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of four stories placed between 1850 to 2000, all taking place in the English manor of Clavering Grange, then later, after the house has been destroyed, its grounds. The stories are linked together by place, but also, each has a young woman used as a conduit to something evil.
To say that Chetwynd-Hayes writes about ghosts and vampires, or an evil presence, doesn't do him justice. These stories are full of the unexpected. It's a shame the cover art is so cheesy.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Horror Classic!

Chetwynd-Hayes wrote for both Hammer Films and Amicus Films. The classic film From Beyond the Grave starring Peter Cushing was adapted from his short stories. I'm a huge fan of Hammer and Amicus so it's no surprise that I've fallen in love with Chetwynd-Hayes stories.

I can't gush enough about this little gem that is comprised of four short novellas all about the same mysterious and ancient mansion in a small English village.

Easily one of the most satisfying horror books I've come across in ages. Very highly recommended.

[Lisa of LaCreeperie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Flew through this and have only now just realized that I should have read this after The Grange. Oops. That's ok, kinda makes the ending of this one a bit more spooky...

[Joshua · Rating 1 out of 5]

It’s amazing that Chetwynd-Hayes was only eight years old when he wrote this, and recovering from a severe case of pneumonia that had atrophied his brain, and translating it from his native Estonian with only three pages torn out of a Collins thesaurus.

None of that is true. But it could be. I kinda wish it was.

[Clariece · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very interesting, you go across 4 time lines and get to see how the house changes from time frame to time frame. The characters are interesting but I did find the book a little repetitive and I wish it had more but it was a good read over all!