Richard Gadz – författare

From the author of the multi-award-winning Gothics Undead trilogy, a superb new collection of short stories to freeze the blood. A family with horrible secrets lurking in the walls of their home; a Victorian lost in multiple realities; a club where those down on their luck can find an even worse fate; the dawn of a frightening New World Order; an artist whose work is hungry for blood; a man whose phobias are the stuff of nightmare; and more! By turns disturbing, thoughtful, moving and hilarious, here are tales which range from gruesome and terrifying to laugh-out-loud funny. Praise for Gothics Undead:"e;Brings the squalor of Victorian London to life"e; - The Guardian"e;Superbly atmospheric... full of action and very exciting - Rubery Award for Fiction judging panel A masterclass in suspense... entirely original in the way he takes on the journeys, the characters, and the deadly, hidden threat - GoodreadsPraise for The Burn Street Haunting:"e;Draws you in, holding you tighter as you try to escape. A truly captivating horror - James Kinsley, author of Greyskin A terrifying, action packed, and excellently written story... a fantastic novel... I highly recommend it! - Horror Reads"e;Imagine Stephen King s IT filtered through the sensibilities of Thomas Ligotti and Ramsey Campbell, and you ll still be nowhere near prepared for where this ends up. Brilliant and unsettling - Goodreads

WINNER, BEST PARANORMAL IN THE 2024 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARDS (BIBA®)'A thought-provoking novel of considerable power' -Strange HorizonsFROM THE WINNER OF THE 2022 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR BEST HORRORLondon, 1973. A small-time crook is on the run – from the law, from the local crime boss and, above all, from a horror that’s haunted him since childhood: a supernatural psychic entity that seeks to devour his soul. It’s crawled out of his memories and now, slowly, it’s emerging from his mind and into reality. So he believes, but is it real? Are feelings of guilt about his most recent crime pushing him into paranoid delusions?At the boarding house where he takes refuge, he hopes to restart his life through his love for a fellow resident, but his growing fear of the entity – and the imminent vengeance of London’s criminal underworld – threatens disaster for them both. When they find themselves at the entity’s mercy, trapped in a bizarre, menacing otherworld, reality itself mutates into something truly evil…PRAISE FOR RICHARD GADZ'Gadz brings the squalor of Victorian London to life...The fast-moving story maintains a good balance between the outright horror of gleefully gruesome scenes and the increasingly sympathetic character of the "monstrous" Maria as she learns what it means to be human' -Lisa Tuttle, The Guardian'Gadz nails the Gothic sensibility and Victorian-era characters, and the story was practically dripping with atmosphere. Gadz nicely balances nail-biting action scenes with horrific descriptions of medical procedures, and I can honestly say I was never bored... I loved every bit of it' -Books Bones & Buffy'I was completely captivated by these characters. One to read over a dark dramatic weekend' -Genevieve Jenner, author of Chocolate Cake For Imaginary Lives'A remarkable book, visceral and philosophical in equal measure. The perfect combination of big ideas and a rattling good yarn. Hell of a read' -James Kinsley, author of Playtime's Over and Greyskin'A superbly atmospheric novel imagined around the next generation after Frankenstein... Gadz's novel is always convincing and placed authentically in its historical context. The believable, well-drawn characters... draw us in and earn our interest and sympathy, although some of the more gruesome details are not for the fainthearted. The plot is intricate, full of action, and very exciting with plenty of wonderful set pieces' -Rubery Award for Fiction, shortlisted 2022

WINNER, BEST PARANORMAL IN THE 2024 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARDS (BIBA®)'A thought-provoking novel of considerable power' -Strange HorizonsFROM THE WINNER OF THE 2022 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR BEST HORRORLondon, 1973. A small-time crook is on the run – from the law, from the local crime boss and, above all, from a horror that’s haunted him since childhood: a supernatural psychic entity that seeks to devour his soul. It’s crawled out of his memories and now, slowly, it’s emerging from his mind and into reality. So he believes, but is it real? Are feelings of guilt about his most recent crime pushing him into paranoid delusions?At the boarding house where he takes refuge, he hopes to restart his life through his love for a fellow resident, but his growing fear of the entity – and the imminent vengeance of London’s criminal underworld – threatens disaster for them both. When they find themselves at the entity’s mercy, trapped in a bizarre, menacing otherworld, reality itself mutates into something truly evil…PRAISE FOR RICHARD GADZ'Gadz brings the squalor of Victorian London to life...The fast-moving story maintains a good balance between the outright horror of gleefully gruesome scenes and the increasingly sympathetic character of the "monstrous" Maria as she learns what it means to be human' -Lisa Tuttle, The Guardian'Gadz nails the Gothic sensibility and Victorian-era characters, and the story was practically dripping with atmosphere. Gadz nicely balances nail-biting action scenes with horrific descriptions of medical procedures, and I can honestly say I was never bored... I loved every bit of it' -Books Bones & Buffy'I was completely captivated by these characters. One to read over a dark dramatic weekend' -Genevieve Jenner, author of Chocolate Cake For Imaginary Lives'A remarkable book, visceral and philosophical in equal measure. The perfect combination of big ideas and a rattling good yarn. Hell of a read' -James Kinsley, author of Playtime's Over and Greyskin'A superbly atmospheric novel imagined around the next generation after Frankenstein... Gadz's novel is always convincing and placed authentically in its historical context. The believable, well-drawn characters... draw us in and earn our interest and sympathy, although some of the more gruesome details are not for the fainthearted. The plot is intricate, full of action, and very exciting with plenty of wonderful set pieces' -Rubery Award for Fiction, shortlisted 2022

WINNER of the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for HorrorSHORTLISTED for the 2022 Rubery Prize for Fiction"A remarkable book, visceral and philosophical in equal measure. The perfect combination of big ideas and a rattling good yarn. Hell of a read." - James Kinsley, author of Playtime's Over and Greyskin"Always convincing and placed authentically in its historical context. The believable, well-drawn characters, even Maria, who forms her own moral pathways, draw us in and earn our interest and sympathy, although some of the more gruesome details are not for the faint-hearted. The plot is intricate, full of action and very exciting with plenty of wonderful set pieces – a sinister secret organisation that has permeated all levels of society, a chase in a horse and carriage through the streets of London and a climax in the British Museum" -2022 Rubery Prize reviewIn the autumn of 1879, an intelligent, artificially-created being – outwardly a young woman called Maria – arrives in London under the protection of biologist Professor George Hobson. Hobson gathers a few close friends and reveals her existence, explaining that she is the final result of a research programme undertaken by a dynasty of unethical scientists, the von Frakkens – all now dead.Thrilling and evocative, fantastical and grotesque, The Workshop of Filthy Creation uses a Frankenstein-ian thread to stitch together elements of real scientific history with the darkest parts of Victorian London and speculation on the nature of human life.

WINNER of the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for HorrorSHORTLISTED for the 2022 Rubery Prize for Fiction"A remarkable book, visceral and philosophical in equal measure. The perfect combination of big ideas and a rattling good yarn. Hell of a read." - James Kinsley, author of Playtime's Over and Greyskin"Always convincing and placed authentically in its historical context. The believable, well-drawn characters, even Maria, who forms her own moral pathways, draw us in and earn our interest and sympathy, although some of the more gruesome details are not for the faint-hearted. The plot is intricate, full of action and very exciting with plenty of wonderful set pieces – a sinister secret organisation that has permeated all levels of society, a chase in a horse and carriage through the streets of London and a climax in the British Museum" -2022 Rubery Prize reviewIn the autumn of 1879, an intelligent, artificially-created being – outwardly a young woman called Maria – arrives in London under the protection of biologist Professor George Hobson. Hobson gathers a few close friends and reveals her existence, explaining that she is the final result of a research programme undertaken by a dynasty of unethical scientists, the von Frakkens – all now dead.Thrilling and evocative, fantastical and grotesque, The Workshop of Filthy Creation uses a Frankenstein-ian thread to stitch together elements of real scientific history with the darkest parts of Victorian London and speculation on the nature of human life.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2022 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR BEST HORRORSummer, 1868. London's West End buzzes with a chaotic blend of affluence and moral decay, a place where high society and underworld meet. A valuable box from Transylvania, sealed tight, falls into unscrupulous hands. Its opening releases a vampyr, a wraith-like parasite that hides inside a host – whether young or old, man or woman – and thirsts for human blood.For those who live and work around Holmwood's music hall, just off The Strand, the vampyr's arrival begins a nightmare of betrayal and death, and a race to return the creature to the grave before others of its kind come to pick the city clean.The Eater Of Flies leaves traditional vampiric lore behind, offering a chilling Victorian gothic tale laced with crime, pitch-dark humour and, above all, rampant greed: for money, for power … for blood.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2022 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR BEST HORRORSummer, 1868. London's West End buzzes with a chaotic blend of affluence and moral decay, a place where high society and underworld meet. A valuable box from Transylvania, sealed tight, falls into unscrupulous hands. Its opening releases a vampyr, a wraith-like parasite that hides inside a host – whether young or old, man or woman – and thirsts for human blood.For those who live and work around Holmwood's music hall, just off The Strand, the vampyr's arrival begins a nightmare of betrayal and death, and a race to return the creature to the grave before others of its kind come to pick the city clean.The Eater Of Flies leaves traditional vampiric lore behind, offering a chilling Victorian gothic tale laced with crime, pitch-dark humour and, above all, rampant greed: for money, for power … for blood.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR HORROR AND THE BIBA® AWARD FOR PARANORMAL FICTION COMES ANOTHER BLOOD-STAINED PAGE IN THE “GOTHICS UNDEAD” SERIESFrederick and Lady Violet Jekyll cordially invite youto a celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee,June 1897Jekyll is a man with a horrible, guilty secret. The results of the sinister experiments he conducts in the basement of Westwych House, the Jekylls' country home in Somerset, are known only to a handful of people. All his family ever see is a dedicated scientist. All his servants ever hear are screams in the dead of night.As guests gather for a genteel weekend, a web of events entangles a young historian in local legends of monsters and werewolves, and Frederick Jekyll's nightmare past prepares to wreak bloody revenge on everyone present at Westwych House.The House Of All Sorrows is a gothic chiller weaving elements of classics by Robert Louis Stevenson and H.G.Wells into a grisly, emotive story about eco-ethics and the endurance of love.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR HORROR AND THE BIBA® AWARD FOR PARANORMAL FICTION COMES ANOTHER BLOOD-STAINED PAGE IN THE “GOTHICS UNDEAD” SERIESFrederick and Lady Violet Jekyll cordially invite youto a celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee,June 1897Jekyll is a man with a horrible, guilty secret. The results of the sinister experiments he conducts in the basement of Westwych House, the Jekylls' country home in Somerset, are known only to a handful of people. All his family ever see is a dedicated scientist. All his servants ever hear are screams in the dead of night.As guests gather for a genteel weekend, a web of events entangles a young historian in local legends of monsters and werewolves, and Frederick Jekyll's nightmare past prepares to wreak bloody revenge on everyone present at Westwych House.The House Of All Sorrows is a gothic chiller weaving elements of classics by Robert Louis Stevenson and H.G.Wells into a grisly, emotive story about eco-ethics and the endurance of love.