"It's said that backward masking on albums can subconsciously affect the listener ... what Charlie Grant does with his writing is similar ... he gets inside you, often without you realising. He'll tell you a tale in his poetic, beautifully descriptive language, and the tale will end, and slowly over the next few days you'll find yourself thinking about it more and more until... bam! That's what he meant! And it's both chilling and beautiful at the same time. It's a rare writer who can affect you like this."—Tim Lebbon (from the Introduction)