A notable theme running through his work (most notably the 'Dead' trilogy) is agalmatophilia c male lust for young female gynoid s, as well as the darker undercurrents of British national culture. His novels and stories have links and plot overlaps between one another, and together form a mythos. His ``epic masterpiece'' (``Reading Richard Calder'', Claude Lalumi*re) is said to be Malignos (2000). He cites as inspirations Angela Carter and Georges Bataille, among others.
Richard Calder
Claude Lalumi*re