One of the foremost British horror writers of any generation, James Herbert, died yesterday aged 69 and left a huge hole in the genre and millions of fans around the globe grieving for his passing.

The master of psychological horror had given his readers terrifying blood curdling moments through-out a 39 year career that started in 1974 with the release of the book The Rats and finished only recently with the paperback release of the 2012 novel Ash.