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Graham Masterton


UK flag (b.1946)

aka Dr Jan Berghoff, Alan Blackwood, Thomas Luke, Anton Rimart, Angel Smith, Edward Thorne, Katherine Winston

Graham Masterton has published more than thirty-five horror novels and three short story collections: his debut novel, The Manitou, was an instant bestseller. His more recent critically acclaimed novels include The Chosen Child, Trauma, Spirit, and Prey. He is an Edgar Award and Bram Stoker Award-winner and a World Fantasy Award-nominee. In addition to his prolific fiction career, Masterton is also renowned for his bestselling sex guides, including How to Drive Your Woman Wild in Bed and Wild Sex for New Lovers. Born in Edinburgh in 1946, he lives with his wife Wiescka in a Gothic mansion in Cork, Ireland, where he is currently working on his next horror novel. 
 

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Historical Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
October 2024

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Pay Back the Devil
(Katie Maguire, book 12)
Series
Harry Erskine
   1. The Manitou (1976)
   2. The Djinn (1978)
   3. Revenge of the Manitou (1979)
   4. Burial (1992)
   5. Manitou Blood (2005)
   6. Blind Panic (2009)
   7. Plague of the Manitou (2015)
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Night Warriors
   1. Night Warriors (1987)
   2. Death Dream (1988)
   3. Night Plague (1991)
   4. Night Wars (2006)
   5. The Ninth Nightmare (2011)
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Rook
   1. Rook (1996)
   2. Tooth and Claw (1997)
   3. The Terror (1998)
   4. Snowman (1999)
   5. The Swimmer (2001)
   6. Darkroom (2004)
   7. Demon's Door (2010)
   8. Garden of Evil (2012)
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Katie Maguire
   1. White Bones (2003)
     aka A Terrible Beauty
   2. Broken Angels (2013)
   3. Red Light (2014)
   4. Taken for Dead (2014)
   5. Blood Sisters (2015)
   Eye for an Eye (2015)
   6. Buried (2015)
   7. Living Death (2016)
   The Drowned (2016)
   8. Dead Girls Dancing (2016)
   9. Dead Men Whistling (2018)
   10. Begging to Die (2018)
   11. The Last Drop of Blood (2020)
   12. Pay Back the Devil (2024)
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Sissy Sawyer
   1. Touchy and Feely (2005)
   2. Death Mask (2007)
     aka The Painted Man
   3. The Red Hotel (2012)
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Beatrice Scarlet
   1. Scarlet Widow (2016)
   2. The Coven (2017)
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Novels
   Inserts (1976) (as by Anton Rimart)
   Fireflash 5 (1977)
     aka A Mile Before Morning
   Plague (1977)
   The Sphinx (1978)
   Heartbreaker (1978) (as by Katherine Winston)
   The Devils of D-Day (1978)
   Charnel House (1978)
   The Wells of Hell (1979)
   Rich (1979)
   The Sweetman Curve (1979)
   The Hell Candidate (1980) (as by Thomas Luke)
   Phobia (1980) (as by Thomas Luke)
   Man of Destiny (1981)
   Railroad (1981)
   Famine (1981)
   The Heirloom (1982) (as by Thomas Luke)
   Solitaire (1982)
   Tengu (1983)
   Ikon (1983)
   The Pariah (1983)
   Lady of Fortune (1984)
   Condor (1984) (as by Thomas Luke)
   Maiden Voyage (1984)
   Corroboree (1984)
   Sacrifice (1985)
   Family Portrait (1985)
     aka Picture of Evil
   Headlines (1986)
   Silver (1986)
   Death Trance (1986)
   Lords of the Air (1988)
   Mirror (1988)
   Ritual (1988)
     aka Feast
   Walkers (1989)
   Empress (1990)
   The Hymn (1990)
     aka The Burning
   Black Angel (1991)
     aka Master of Lies
   Prey (1992)
   The Sleepless (1993)
   Flesh and Blood (1994)
   Spirit (1995)
   The House That Jack Built (1996)
   The Chosen Child (1997)
   House of Bones (1998)
   Kingdom of the Blind (1998) (as by Alan Blackwood)
   Plague of Angels (1999) (as by Alan Blackwood)
   The Doorkeepers (2001)
   Hair Raiser (2001)
   Bonnie Winter (2001)
   Trauma (2002)
   The Hidden World (2003)
   Genius (2003)
   Holy Terror (2004)
   The Devil in Gray (2004)
   Innocent Blood (2005)
   Unspeakable (2005)
   Descendant (2006)
   Edgewise (2006)
   Chaos Theory (2007)
   The 5th Witch (2008)
   Ghost Music (2008)
   Basilisk (2009)
   Fire Spirit (2010)
   Rules of Duel (2010) (with William S Burroughs)
   Petrified (2011)
   Community (2013)
   Forest Ghost (2013)
   Drought (2014)
   The House of a Hundred Whispers (2020)
   The Soul Stealer (2022)
   The House at Phantom Park (2022)
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Collections
   Fortnight of Fear (1994)
   Flights of Fear (1995)
   Faces of Fear (1995)
   Manitou Man (1998)
   Feelings of Fear (2000)
   Charnel House and Other Stories (2002)
   Grease Monkey (2011)
   Festival of Fear (2012)
   Figures of Fear (2014)
   The Dichotomy of Christmas (2015) (with others)
   Days of Utter Dread (2022) (with Dawn G Harris)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Hurry Monster (1988)
   Sepsis (2003)
   The Press (2012)
   The Dark Days of Christmas (2023) (with Karolina Mogielska)
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Anthologies edited
   Scare Care (1989)
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Non fiction
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Graham Masterton recommends
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Ragman (2023)
JG Faherty
"If ever there was a cautionary tale about not robbing temples, this is it. The spiritual rage of ancient Egypt catches up with modern America in a complex, dazzling, bloodthirsty epic of demonic revenge. Hold on to your heads!"
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Date With Death (2019)
(Eve Clay, book 5)
Mark Roberts
"Dark. gripping, and believable."
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Glass Town (2017)
Steven Savile
"Steven Savile has the gift of making the unbelievable completely believable, and leading you willingly into an illusory world that you can touch, feel and smell... but can you trust?"

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Anthologies containing stories by Graham Masterton
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Werewolves (2024)
(Classic Monsters, book 2)
edited by
Kevin J Kennedy
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The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition (2024)
(THC, book 18)
edited by
Ann Keeran and Kevin J Kennedy
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Vampires (2023)
(Classic Monsters, book 1)
edited by
Kevin J Kennedy

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Awards
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : The House That Jack Built
Bram Stoker Best Short Story nominee (1997) : The Secret Shih Tan
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1997) : The Chosen Child
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1997) : Underbed
British Fantasy Society Best Collection nominee (1998) : Manitou Man: The World of Graham Masterton
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1999) : Manitou Man: The World of Graham Masterton
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : The Devil in Gray


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