My events page has been updated with the latest postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic (which is something no horror writer expects to type outside of one of their own stories).
I hope to see some of you in person sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Meantime, best wishes and stay safe everyone x
Excited to see #TheStayMovie in Official Selection at the prestigious Lift-Off Global Network Sessions, March 2020. Visit thestaymovie.wordpress.com for more info!
Thrilled to have our folk horror film The Stayselected for Lift-Off Global Network Sessions, which is an online movie contest taking place in March 2020.
The first round of voting is open to the public via the festival’s Vimeo channel.
The second round is Jury voting and narrows the final 5 films down to an overall winner.
Best of luck to all the selected filmmakers!
Many thanks to all at #creepytreefilmfestival for this amazing award!
And to the cast, crew and supporters of #TheStayMovie – couldn’t have done it without you – thanks again!
via Writer/Director Frazer Lee awarded Creepy Tree Film Festival Exemplar Award for #TheStayMovie
Way back when, at the Horror Writers Association‘s now-annual event Stokercon, I presented a paper-in-progress on Koji Suzuki‘s seminal J-horror novel Ringu at the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference.
After the event, Annradcon organisers Michele Brittany and Nicholas Diak kindly invited me to submit my research as a Chapter for their forthcoming book, which is out now from McFarland with a foreword by former HWA President Lisa Morton and an afterword by Becky Spratford.
Horror Literature From Gothic to Post-Modern – Critical Essays, covers a wealth of topics, from children’s literature to Aboriginal tales, and is a must-read for any horror scholar. My chapter covers Ringu, and its many sequels and adaptations, from a world literary perspective.
As with all academic texts Horror Literature… is pricey it’s true, but there is a Kindle version available for e-readers, which halves the cost.
You can discover other purchasing options at Goodreads.
Congratulations to editors Michele & Nick on birthing this beautiful beast of a book – the first academic textbook from the HWA. And may many more follow!
Oh, and a word of warning from The Ring: “Before you die you see the ring.”
Enjoy!
I tried something new on my Instagram feed this week, posting sneak peeks from my new book cover in sections (which form the ‘bigger picture’ when viewing my profile grid).
I am pleased with the reactions it got from readers!
And now that the social media experimentation is complete, I am posting the cover here.
Feast your eyes on the fear!
Whaddya think? You likey? Let me know in the Comments below!
Greyfriars Reformatory is coming October 2020 from Flame Tree Press.
To coin a phrase — if this one doesn’t scare you…you’re already dead!
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Pre-order from:
Amazon UK
Wordery
or from your local scary book store!
ISBN: 9781787584754
First festival Official Selection & Award Nomination of 2020, and a truly creep-tastic one!
We are delighted to announce that Frazer Lee‘s award winning folk horror film The Stay is officially selected for the 2020 Winter Festival Season at at Creepy Tree Film Festival.
The Stay has been nominated to receive the Creepy Tree Exemplar Award on February 29th.
Our thanks to all the Creepy Tree family for selecting, nominating & supporting our film!
Check Creepy Tree Film Festival out on Instagram, Facebook & search #creepytreefilmfestival for more creepy film fun.
Wondrous news from the wild woods of Scotland!
He’s back!
My third novel, The Jack in the Green, a folk horror tale set in Scotland (originally published by Samhain Publishing in 2013) is available again in a new paperback edition from Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink.
My thanks to the two Davids at Crossroad for making this happen.
He’s in the trees… He’s waiting…
Read The Jack in the Green:
A nightmare made real.
On Christmas Eve, six year-old Tom McRae witnessed an unspeakable atrocity that left him orphaned, his childhood in tatters. Now in his mid-thirties, Tom still has terrifying nightmares of that night. When Tom is sent to the remote Scottish village of Douglass to negotiate a land grab for his employer, it seems like a golden opportunity for him to start over. But Tom can’t help feeling he’s been to Douglass before, and the terrible dreams from his childhood have begun to spill over into his waking life. As murderous events unfold and Tom’s feverish nightmares escalate, he will discover the hideous truth behind the villagers’ strange pagan ritual of The Jack in the Green.
“An intriguing tale filled with genuine horror and a plot that explores some very dark territory” (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” (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)
Get your copy today:
The Hearthstone Cottage ebook sale is now at an end, and I’d just like to thank everyone who picked up a Kindle copy of the book over the past couple of days.
It was exciting to see Hearthstone Cottage scale the dizzy heights to the Top 5 horror fantasy novels on Amazon, in some truly regal company:
Couldn’t have done it without you!
And if you missed out on a discounted copy, I hope you will still grab a copy today — if you are brave enough to stay overnight in haunted Hearthstone Cottage!
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Grab a copy today if you are brave enough to stay overnight in haunted Hearthstone Cottage!
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About the book
Mike Carter and his girlfriend Helen, along with their friends Alex and Kay, travel to a remote loch side cottage for a post-graduation holiday. But their celebrations are short-lived when they hit and kill a stag on the road. Alex s sister Meggie awaits them in the cottage, adding to the tension when her dog, Oscar, goes missing. Mike becomes haunted by a disturbing presence in the cottage, and is hunted by threatening figures in the highland fog. Reeling from a shock revelation, Mike begins to lose his grip on his sanity. As the dark secrets of the past conspire to destroy the bonds of friendship, Mike must uncover the terrifying truth dwelling within the walls of Hearthstone Cottage.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
Reviews
“Lee creates an atmosphere of unease and foreboding that culminates in explosive violence and terror. Rife with frightening imagery, ghosts, and visceral horror, this tale will please the most ardent of horror fans.” – Booklist
“HEARTHSTONE COTTAGE is a nonstop riveting read and the suspense never slackens. Prepare to lose sleep.” – The Haunted Reading Room
About the Author
Frazer Lee is a novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker. His screenplay credits include the acclaimed horror/thriller feature Panic Button, and multi-award winning short films On Edge, Red Lines, Simone and The Stay. Frazer s screenwriting and story consultant engagements have included commissions for Movie Mogul, The Asylum, Mediente, eMotion, and Vanquish Alliance Entertainment.
His film and television directing credits include the multi award-winning shorts On Edge and Red Lines, and the promo campaign for the Discovery Channel series True Horror With Anthony Head. He was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Filmmaker of the Year Award for his film The Stay. Frazer was named one of the Top 12 UK directors in MySpace.com s Movie Mash-up contest by a panel including representatives from 20th Century Fox, Vertigo Films and Film Four.
Frazer s novel The Lamplighters was a Bram Stoker Award® Finalist for Superior Achievement in a First Novel . His other published works include the Amazon number 1 horror/thriller Panic Button: The Official Movie Novelisation, novels The Jack in the Green and The Skintaker, and the Daniel Gates Adventures series of novellas.
Frazer is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Brunel University London and is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers. His guest speaking engagements have included The London Screenwriters Festival and The Guerilla Filmmakers Masterclass. Frazer Lee lives with his family in Buckinghamshire, England just across the cemetery from the actual Hammer House of Horror.
“A charnel carpet of bones—a femur here, a shattered ribcage there—and worst of all, hundreds upon hundreds of skulls”
He’s back! The Skintaker returns in a handsome new edition from Crossroad Press/Macabre Ink.
The Skintaker is a prequel novel to my Bram Stoker Award ‘Best First Novel’ Finalist The Lamplighters, and can be read before or after that book. If you dare.
My thanks to the two Davids at Crossroad Press for giving this old demonic deity a new lease of life.
And this monster comes sheathed in a shiny new skin, too. Check out the new cover art:
Pretty spiffy, eh?
And if you’d like to hear my insights into the book and its themes, check out the Horror Happens Radio Show interview I did with amazing horror host Jay Kay back when the novel was first published.
Meet The Skintaker at
and wherever horror ebooks are sold.
He can’t wait to invite you into his lair.
Just mind your feet on those skulls and bones…
About The Skintaker
You have what he wants!
Reclusive nineteen-year-old Rosie Shields hopes for a new lease of life that will free her from the stigma of her debilitating skin condition.
Making a pilgrimage to the Amazon rainforest, Rosie experiences a new world beyond her wildest dreams among the mysterious Myahueneca tribe.
But Rosie’s dreams soon turn to nightmares when she embarks on a ritual vision quest that takes her to the very heart of darkness.
Trapped between murderous hunters and raging forest fires, Rosie will be thrust into a fight for survival, a struggle that awakens an ancient evil stirring in the shadows…the demonic deity known as The Skintaker.
Praise for The Skintaker
“A phenomenon in horror fiction that is truly chilling.”
(5 out of 5 stars, Wesley Thomas, Horror Novel Reviews)
“A grandly entertaining period horror adventure in the classical Kipling and Conrad tradition…THE SKINTAKER has never a dull moment. I thoroughly enjoyed it.”
(Eric Red, screenwriter of NEAR DARK, THE HITCHER and author of IT WAITS BELOW and WHITE KNUCKLE)
“Fans of extreme horror will find it all very satisfying, as author Frazer Lee paints his narrative so vividly.”
(5 out of 5 stars, Mallory Heart Reviews)
“I loved this book! Filled with fabulous descriptions and fully formed characters I devoured The Skintaker in one sitting…I didn’t want the adventure to end. This was my first novel by Frazer Lee but it definitely won’t be my last. If you’re looking for a great read, grab this 5 star book and hold on for the ride.”
(5 out of 5 stars, Horror Maiden’s Book Reviews)
