Excited to announce I just signed the publishing contract with Samhain Horror for world rights to my 4th novel THE SKINTAKERS.
The Skintakers is the prequel to my Bram Stoker Award® nominated debut novel The Lamplighters.
My Editor, Don D’Auria, said some lovely things about the book. I hope you’ll like it too.
Cover art, release date and more details to follow!
Michael Brookes (at The Cult of Me blog) has the following to say about my Samhain Horror novella ‘The Lucifer Glass‘:
A nice blend of physical and psychological horror…I’d recommend it to any horror fans. I’ll look forward to reading more of the author’s work.
Read the full review here.
Doctor Who and the Daemons director Christopher Barry has sadly passed away. He famously helped introduce the world to the Daleks, but Daemons is my all-time favourite of the Time Lord’s adventures. Yes, I cleaved to a fuzzy, fifth generation VHS copy for many years (much of it in b/w) until the show finally became available on DVD. And yes, like many of ‘a certain age’, I devoured the Target novelisation. The BBC website posted a lovely obituary of this amazing, talented man – aside from his outstanding contributions to Dr Who, Mr Barry also helmed The Tripods (another childhood fave of mine) and many more.
Christopher Barry, I salute you – with five rounds, rapid.
The world is also a lesser place for the loss of filmmaker extraordinaire Alain Resnais. His Last Year in Marienbad has haunted me for years, and continues to do so. It was lovely to see his life and work so celebrated in memoriam this week. ‘Innovative and unusual’ just about nails it:
And while I was composing this blog entry, I was saddened to hear about the death of Selim Lemouchi. Frontman of one of my favourite bands The Devil’s Blood (and later of Selim Lemouchi and His Enemies), he was a fiercely talented musician who passed far too soon, aged 33.
I’ll leave it to Selim (with his sister Farida on vocals) to roll credits on these three blazing stars, who will all be missed by any who knew, or knew of, them.
Happy World Book Day. Here’s a little something that might add to your bookish reverie.
50% off all paperbacks from my publisher Samhain Horror, including my titles The Lamplighters and The Jack in the Green. Just use the code PAPERBACK50 at checkout (limited time offer).
Cheers, Frazer
Check out Fresh Fiction’s review to discover why:
“Supernatural horror readers should check THE JACK IN THE GREEN out.“
(review by Amber Keller, 22 January 2014)
Pssst! Wanna win some ebooks?
I’m gifting e-copies of my 3 Samhain titles The Lamplighters (Bram Stoker Award® Finalist for Best First Novel), The Lucifer Glass and The Jack in the Green to one “lucky” winner.
All you have to do is post a photo caption (in the comments below this blog post).
Contest ends Friday the 13th December, so get posting!
(judge’s decision is final, no mince pie-based alternative to the prize can, or will, be offered)
The Jack in the Green – get yours today!
Delighted to see the first reviews of my new Samhain Horror novel The Jack in the Green hit the web.
Here are a few choice cuts:
“An intriguing tale filled with genuine horror and a plot that explores some very dark territory” (Rating: 4/5, Horror Novel Reviews)
“Quintessential British horror with vivid interludes of bodily trauma and mental anguish” (Keri O’Shea, Brutal As Hell)
“A romp of a book that combines pagan mythology with visceral contemporary action” (Rating: 4/5, MikaReadsHorrorFiction)
“A captivating read that weaves a spell, leading you into the Scottish countryside to a village that isn’t all that it seems. The shocking ending makes this one of the most satisfying reads of the year. Frazer Lee scores again, big time.” (Rating: 5/5, Hunter Shea, author of Forest of Shadows and Evil Eternal)
My thanks to all for taking the time to read, rate and review!
Bloody best,
Frazer
Pre-order The Jack in the Green from Samhain Horror and get 30% off!
29 days until the nightmare is made real…
The Jack in the Green by Frazer Lee
October 1st 2013
from Samhain Horror
Peter Cushing would have been 100 today.
In centenary celebration, The Horror Channel (UK) is screening a feast of Cushing treats for fans of his many iconic genre roles. Brutal As Hell, as usual, offers excellent, insightful (and sometimes irreverent) coverage of the great man, his movies and friendship with that other Hammer Horror legend, Christopher Lee (who is set to release a metal album on his 91st birthday – rock on Sir Christopher!)
And on a personal note, in a truly horrible week here in the UK (where some flag-waving nutters have been bandying around very misguided notions of “Englishness”) it is a tonic to remember Peter Cushing as that most consummate of English gents. In his autobiography, ‘Tall, Dark and Gruesome’, Christopher Lee described his friend as, “the gentlest, and most generous of men.”
I’m going to celebrate this evening with a screening of ‘The Uncanny’, one of my fave guilty pleasures. Cushing + cats = bliss.
And here is the great man in many of those aforementioned iconic roles thanks to this lovely tribute:
Happy 100th Birthday Peter Cushing – gone but never, ever forgotten.
“cats aren’t always cute and cuddly!”
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