Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Escardy Gap | 1996 | Peter Crowther | Buy |
| 2 | Fugue on a G-String | 1998 | Peter Crowther | Buy |
| 3 | The Hand That Feeds | 1999 | Peter Crowther | Buy |
| 4 | Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day | 1999 | Peter Crowther | Buy |
| 5 | Our Club Our Rules | 2007 | Peter Crowther | Buy |
Peter Crowther’s standalone novels span a range of approaches within horror and dark fantasy. His first, Escardy Gap (1996), was co-written with James Lovegrove and tells the story of a malevolent traveling show that descends on a quiet American town. The novel earned comparisons to Ray Bradbury’s carnival fiction and established Crowther as a writer who could handle longer narratives with the same care he brought to his short stories.
His later standalones include Fugue on a G-String (1998), The Hand That Feeds (1999), Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day (1999), and Our Club Our Rules (2007). These books share Crowther’s interest in the uncanny side of ordinary life, with stories that often begin in familiar, comfortable settings before shifting into something stranger and more dangerous. The titles themselves hint at Crowther’s playful, literary sensibility, and the novels reward readers who enjoy horror that takes its time.