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Edward Lee: Selected Stories
From the Legend of the Hardcore/Extreme Horror Fiction, 10 stories selected by the Author. It contains: The First Header (A portion of ‘Header 2’, 2010); Pay Me (from ‘Quest for Sex Truth and Reality’, 1993); Make a Wish (from 'Carnal Surgery’, 2011);
Makak (from 'Brain Cheese Buffet’, 2010); A Header Tale (Promo chapette for Header DVD, 2006); A Header Tale Part II (Promo chapette for ‘Header 2’, 2010); The Cities of Sixties (Promo chapette for ‘Infernally Yours’, 2009); The Deliltry of Elemental Valence (from‘Skull Full of Spurs’, 2000); Chef (from ‘In Laymon’s Term’, 2011); Ever Nat (from ‘Bullet Through Your Face’, 2010). Covert Art by Giampaolo Frizzi.
Makak (from 'Brain Cheese Buffet’, 2010); A Header Tale (Promo chapette for Header DVD, 2006); A Header Tale Part II (Promo chapette for ‘Header 2’, 2010); The Cities of Sixties (Promo chapette for ‘Infernally Yours’, 2009); The Deliltry of Elemental Valence (from‘Skull Full of Spurs’, 2000); Chef (from ‘In Laymon’s Term’, 2011); Ever Nat (from ‘Bullet Through Your Face’, 2010). Covert Art by Giampaolo Frizzi.
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245 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 28, 2016
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About the author
Edward Lee
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Edward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror, and has authored 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story "Mr. Torso," and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket's HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, and Romania. He also publishes quite actively in the small-press/limited-edition hardcover market; many of his books in this category have become collector's items. While a number of Lee's projects have been optioned for film, only one has been made, HEADER, which was released on DVD to mixed reviews in June, 2009, by Synapse Films.
Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence.
He was born on May 25, 1957 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. In the late-70s he served in the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, in Erlangen, West Germany, then, for a short time, was a municipal police officer in Cottage City, Maryland. Lee also attended the University of Maryland as an English major but quit in his last semester to pursue his dream of being a horror novelist. For over 15 years, he worked as the night manager for a security company in Annapolis, Maryland, while writing in his spare time. In 1997, however, he became a full-time writer, first spending several years in Seattle and then moving to St. Pete Beach, Florida, where he currently resides.
Of note, the author cites as his strongest influence horror legend H. P. Lovecraft; in 2007, Lee embarked on what he calls his "Lovecraft kick" and wrote a spate of novels and novellas which tribute Lovecraft and his famous Cthulhu Mythos. Among these projects are THE INNSWICH HORROR, "Trolley No. 1852," HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD, GOING MONSTERING, "Pages Torn From A Travel Journal," and "You Are My Everything." Lee promises more Lovecraftian work on the horizon.
Edward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror, and has authored 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story "Mr. Torso," and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket's HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, and Romania. He also publishes quite actively in the small-press/limited-edition hardcover market; many of his books in this category have become collector's items. While a number of Lee's projects have been optioned for film, only one has been made, HEADER, which was released on DVD to mixed reviews in June, 2009, by Synapse Films.
Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence.
He was born on May 25, 1957 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. In the late-70s he served in the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, in Erlangen, West Germany, then, for a short time, was a municipal police officer in Cottage City, Maryland. Lee also attended the University of Maryland as an English major but quit in his last semester to pursue his dream of being a horror novelist. For over 15 years, he worked as the night manager for a security company in Annapolis, Maryland, while writing in his spare time. In 1997, however, he became a full-time writer, first spending several years in Seattle and then moving to St. Pete Beach, Florida, where he currently resides.
Of note, the author cites as his strongest influence horror legend H. P. Lovecraft; in 2007, Lee embarked on what he calls his "Lovecraft kick" and wrote a spate of novels and novellas which tribute Lovecraft and his famous Cthulhu Mythos. Among these projects are THE INNSWICH HORROR, "Trolley No. 1852," HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD, GOING MONSTERING, "Pages Torn From A Travel Journal," and "You Are My Everything." Lee promises more Lovecraftian work on the horizon.
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November 16, 2018
Gore, and sex
Great stories, full of graphic depictions of sex, and violence. Some are hard to get through, if you have a sensitive stomach. This is Edward Lee folks. Depraved, and deviant, it doesn't get any better!
Great stories, full of graphic depictions of sex, and violence. Some are hard to get through, if you have a sensitive stomach. This is Edward Lee folks. Depraved, and deviant, it doesn't get any better!
July 2, 2017
Wonderful
I love the stories this man word. The gorier the better. I have been and will continue to be a loyal fan.
I love the stories this man word. The gorier the better. I have been and will continue to be a loyal fan.
September 21, 2021
Apart from the last story in this book "Ever Nat"(a great story by the way) I found the rest of the stories in this book rather boring and on the border of stupid!! I've read so much better from Edward Lee...he's still one of my favourite authors,but you have to pick and choose his books carefully for what kind of extreme horror you like to read! All In All not a good read for me.
August 18, 2023
I want to be invited to a header
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