Hell Hound

‘What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some morning as the old woman stood at the head of the staircase she were suddenly to feel a weight thrusting against the back of her legs? What if she were to lunge forward, grasping at the air, striking her thin skull against the edge of a stair? What would become of me if she were found unmoving at the bottom of the stairway?’

Such are the thoughts of Baxter, a sociopathic bull terrier on the hunt for the perfect master, as he contemplates the demise of his first victim. The basis for the acclaimed 1989 film Baxter , Ken Greenhall’s utterly chilling and long-unobtainable Hell Hound (1977) has earned a reputation as a lost classic of horror fiction. This first-ever reissue includes a new introduction by Grady Hendrix.

‘An unsung classic of the bizarre that ranks with Crash and The Wasp Factory .’ - Fright.com

‘Deserves to be much more well-known and not simply as a “cult classic” ... I cannot recommend it highly enough!’ - Too Much Horror Fiction

‘An author who has been criminally neglected by modern readers ... It’s time to start celebrating Ken Greenhall.’ - Jonathan Janz