https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog daily 0.75 2022-03-21 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/somewhere-south-of-midnight-editions monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/c29a46d9-e385-4c44-9e20-eaabe86c66cc/SOMEWHERE-SOUTH-OF-MIDNIGHT-final-cover-for-Bloodshot.jpg Blog - ‘Somewhere South of Midnight’ Editions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/9f57714f-0683-4e21-8e12-574a6ba397d3/SOMEWHERE-SOUTH-OF-MIDNIGHT-final-Samhain-cover.jpg Blog - ‘Somewhere South of Midnight’ Editions https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/ghost-train monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/ddd765b9-af79-4041-ab0d-824d2372a860/GHOST-TRAIN-Danish.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/0121718b-9521-4d08-970f-beef8c607204/GHOST-TRAIN-French-hardback-book-club-edition.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/c6a79b48-0005-42bd-9afd-3dfc4e7b012b/GHOST-TRAIN-German-original.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/05ef6eee-e7b7-4923-9825-ef5ed6a812da/GHOST-TRAIN-Souvenir-Press.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/a8794a97-3cb6-47f5-b8f1-2eee302f5173/GHOST-TRAIN-Swedish-2.jpg Blog - Ghost Train - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/136bb732-cf92-412e-89d0-68bca369a6a5/GHOST-TRAIN----Valancourt.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/f61c9c45-9515-4051-9618-c16c78bcc8ac/GHOST-TRAIN-Swedish-1.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/01837e9d-2640-4404-92a1-e61df6d0ca37/GHOST-TRAIN-Spanish.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/27add23e-6436-4c6b-a37b-c52035db1e94/GHOST-TRAIN-American-hard-back-Beaufort.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/25d62ca5-65e0-43ea-912b-01b9dd5f6c3b/GHOST-TRAIN-Sphere.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/4438ffb4-d1a7-45f2-a8ac-46603136ca15/GHOST-TRAIN-NEL-paperback-Steve-Crisp.jpg Blog - Ghost Train https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/ferocitybrooliganpress monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/3369a96b-8a88-4f7d-82c8-56738c68e738/ebook+cover.jpg Blog - Ferocity Something is stalking the Northumberland moors, slaughtering sheep and other livestock. There have been sightings of a big cat, a huge, feral creature that has so far managed to elude capture. Some of the locals are terrified, while others scoff that it’s only a legend. Still, the killings continue. Cath Lane is a young novelist and mother, eager to explore her new home in rural Northumberland. To her the legendary beast of the moors is excellent fodder for a new novel. How could she know as she begins her research that the beast is no mere myth? How could she foresee the terror that waits for her, crouching in the dark…? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/6e21e816-827b-41cd-b980-1e9817e6ddb5/Ferocity+900px.jpg Blog - Ferocity - Make it stand out Ferocity Stephen Laws Paperback: 273 pages £8.99 Publisher: The Brooligan Press (July 2019) Language: English ISBN-13: 978-1916057838 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/darkfalllatestedition monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/43f72c8f-c375-4d69-bb7c-3eba00616887/Darkfall+ebook+cover.jpg Blog - Darkfall Latest Edition A STORM IS COMING Christmas. And an entire office block of revellers has disappeared into thin air. A STORM IS COMING DI Jack Cardiff and his investigating squad are about to discover the Hell that is ‘Darkfall’; where bricks, plaster and stone have a life of their own, where the inexplicable and the insane become horrifyingly real. A STORM IS COMING And for those trapped in the block and cut off by the violent weather, a terror beyond imagination is about to descend from the howling tempest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/73762696-6cd3-4991-b831-6ab1f590f943/Darkfall+pbk+cover+800px.jpg Blog - Darkfall Latest Edition - Make it stand out Darkfall Stephen Laws Paperback: 320 pages £8.99 Publisher: The Brooligan Press (22 March 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1916057810 ISBN-13: 978-1916057814 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/the-frighteners-25th-anniversary-edition monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/243af081-b6e5-41f8-964c-7046794a16d6/The_Frighteners_Stephen_Laws.jpg Blog - The Frighteners: 25th Anniversary Edition - Make it stand out Available now from Bloodshot Books https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/the-midnight-man-the-short-stories-of-stephen-laws monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/03e0a978-07f2-48ab-9ee2-fa4b19ee2bf1/TheMidnightMan+for+website.jpg Blog - THE MIDNIGHT MAN (The Short Stories of Stephen Laws) This short story collection was previously issued by Silver Salamander Press under the kind auspices of John Pelan - but the updated release contains stories written since that original publication. There are also notes on the writing of each story, and stealing some inspiration from Harlan Ellison - whose original OUTER LIMITS television screenplays were published alongside the original stories way back when - I've also included the screenplay for my short horror movie THE SECRET (together with the story) including notes on the location filming. So it's possible to compare the story to the screenplay - and even the short movie itself (which is currently available briefly on Youtube, together with a couple of trailers). I'm also very pleased to report that it won the Macabre award in New York for best short horror film. Click here for details https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/halloween-2012 monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/d0ed6210-c39f-4fdb-aa5a-2428ae03d53a/stephen-laws-halloween-featured-878665176.jpg Blog - Halloween 2012 - Make it stand out Photograph © the Chronicle https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/the-secret-trailer monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/taking-the-plunge monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/0a0cb244-2dfe-4c5d-8b0e-fe933ceb88a5/Taking+The+Plunge+2.jpg Blog - Taking the Plunge And here's the evidence. Recently rediscovered photo of the author prior to 'The Plunge'. Zoom in close to the face-mask. Blurry though that is, you may see real terror. If there'd been a photo of me climbing out of the canal at the end of the 'research', you might see something - despite the injury - like real 'relief'. https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/stephen-laws-talks-to-sandy-auden monthly 0.5 2022-03-21 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/the-ferocity-of-beast-and-man-by-stephen-laws monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/the-crystal-queen-has-a-little-chat-with-stephen-laws-about-chasm monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/macabreeditions monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/8099a637-5f94-418f-8f4a-1f254c84711b/MACABRE-FRENCH.jpg Blog - ‘Macabre’ Editions - (Cover from the French paperback - Pocket edition Presses De La Cite. Artwork by Pierre Olivier Templier) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/533791b3-a214-4cc5-ab5a-065f3d1958e4/Macabre_stephenlaws.jpg Blog - ‘Macabre’ Editions - The first UK hardback edition, with painting by Mark Taylor, after a design by myself The balance between fantastical horror and real-life horror is what all good horror writers should strive to achieve. Some of the greatest horror novels in the last decade of the 20th century had their feet firmly planted in reality: (including) Stephen Laws' much under-estimated social statement. - CRAIG CABELL (A FEAR OF RATS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/91c7d690-20a7-446b-b9ea-906aa90757c8/MACABRE---French-hardback.jpg Blog - ‘Macabre’ Editions - French book club edition by Presses e la Cite. Cover by Liliane Mangavelle https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/spectreeditions monthly 0.5 2022-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/0452924b-7528-4409-a522-01de99126feb/spectre6.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - The Imperial Cinema Newspaper photograph of the derelict Imperial cinema itself, only a few days before its demolition. Not quite as scary as some of the book covers would suggest, but my very own Haunted Palace. Along with Byker Library, this is where I had my first real thrilling encounters with lost worlds, ghosts, monsters and children of the night. For details of my real-life scary encounter here check out the special feature in the Telos edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/38043435-c81b-4a31-9092-198bd8d2db9c/FIGLIE-DELLA-NOTTE.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - Italian Edition Talking of 'Children of the Night' above - here's the Italian edition of SPECTRE under that very title ('Figli Della Notte'). You'd be forgiven for wondering just where in the novel you'd find a sequence that involves a woman walking along the beach with her hair on fire - since there's no such sequence. I was advised, although I've never had this properly confirmed, that European editions of novels often used pre-existing artwork from available sources - legitimately - for book covers, and that this is an example. Despite the fact that it doesn't relate to the narrative at all, I've still always liked its striking, dreamscape effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/58a3a9ec-b7ce-4fd2-a1f9-681cdb20f8a1/ANGST.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - German Edition And finally, cover art for the German edition of SPECTRE. It took me a while to work out that the snake has swallowed someone here - and left the slippers behind. I don't recall a scene like that appearing in the novel. But hey - what the hell do I know? I'm only the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/8a029f67-c166-4c11-a2ba-72c5edc62e23/spectre10.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema And here's the full painting for the Telos release, minus the script. To celebrate publication of this definitive edition, a republication launch took place at The Cluny, a venue nestling in the cradle of the Ouseburn Valley - the actual 'location' for the events that take place in SPECTRE. Not only did I give a talk about the novel and its creation, but also organised a tour of the locations on the night. Writer/director Steve Gallagher was a guest of honour, and kindly wrote a feature on that event for the Telos website - which will be reproduced in this section in the near future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/b0150566-52cf-4168-8968-9881524f79ef/SPECTRE---TELOS-PB-NEW.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - Telos Republication When Telos approached me about a possible, definitive republication of the novel, I jumped at the chance. Although The Imperial had been demolished a matter of days after the novel was published , it gave me a chance to write a special feature for this edition about the old cinema, the genesis of the novel, the writing of the book and a real-life strange event that happened after the book came out. It also gave me an opportunity to restore some material to the narrative that had been cut at editorial stage, to which I had conceded at the time but had always regretted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/e857caf8-4fe0-45ae-8374-2a757bbe2940/SPECTRE-OUTSIDE-THE-IMPERIAL-PHOTO.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema Newspaper photograph of the derelict Imperial cinema itself, only a few days before its demolition. Not quite as scary as some of the book covers would suggest, but my very own Haunted Palace. Along with Byker Library, this is where I had my first real thrilling encounters with lost worlds, ghosts, monsters and children of the night. For details of my real-life scary encounter here check out the special feature in the Telos edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/dbc9e450-fd57-490e-8ad7-d13e79a81efc/SPECTRE_Stephen+Laws.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - Norwegian Edition The circular centrepiece is a cutaway on the front of the book which, when opened, reveals the complete painting and black and white 'Byker Chapter' photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/d38f7fd0-3fc4-484c-9d3b-ecf64e38aad7/SPECTRE+Sphere+pb.png Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - Second paperback publication By Hodder and Stoughton/New English Library. This is a stylised interpretation of Byker Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne, with 'The Imperial' in the background (in actuality, the cinema was situated further off to the right and out of sight on Byker Bank). The artist is Steve Crisp, who not only painted this cover (superbly) but also the paintings for the re-released paperback editions of GHOST TRAIN and THE WYRM in similar style. Steve really did a wonderful job here. In fact, I loved them so much that I bought the original paintings from him and they're hanging on the Laws study wall. The lone, spectral figure on the bridge is also an excellent touch - and mirrors a photograph of yours truly which appeared in an interview in the late, lamented FEAR magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/a432d48d-f597-4ce0-aa9e-f48903a2d6f6/SPECTRE-AMERICAN.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - Tor's paperback publication This publication has one of my favourite covers ever, with a special effects photograph using real actors (and actress) to depict a key scene from the novel. This is the group photograph from which members of the 'Byker Chapter' mysteriously begin to vanish one by one as they are stalked and killed by a malicious and unknown 'spectre' from their past. This was created by the great Jeffrey Potter. I was stunned when I first saw it - since the guy with the beard standing in the centre holding a can of beer is exactly how I envisaged the character of Stan 'The Man' Shaftoe. Tor did a great job with GHOST TRAIN, but I think they really excelled with this group portrait cover and its two fading images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/89d8e749-859f-473d-a7c1-c7c536b1b7ed/SPECTRE-Sphere-paperback_Stephen_Laws.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - First Edition Paperback Release The first English paperback release (by Sphere) has a striking faceless visage from a shock sequence that features in the novel. 'Loss of identity' is one of the central themes in the narrative; with people fading and disappearing from photographs, faces not appearing in mirrors and - as with the cover - a person's entire face being wiped away. The scene in the novel was supposed to be a shocking visual metaphor made real - and it was a very visceral surprise to see it rendered here so graphically. My original suggestion on cover art to Souvenir, and then later to Sphere, was that an exploding mirror containing a screaming face within the flying shards might be an effective cover and metaphor. They didn't go for it - but I thought that Sphere's cover was pretty damned good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/05563c0a-8533-4606-909d-4d52961eb7e7/spectre2.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - First Edition Hardback Cover Published by Souvenir Press, this cover depicts the entrance to 'The Imperial' nightclub - where the main action (and horror) takes place. The real-life Imperial was a fleapit cinema that I haunted as a kid, just round the corner from where the Laws family lived. (Photos of the cinema will follow later). It closed for business as a cinema in 1963, but in SPECTRE, I reopened it fictionally as a night-club - so what we have here is a cross between an old cinema entrance and a disco-lit foyer. That club is actually called 'Spectres' in the novel - but hey, what's an 'S' between friends? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/6ee8aa20-ba64-485b-938a-87b3e6cc6a1f/FIGLIE-DELLE-NOTTE-HARDBACK.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - Hardback Italian Edition Artwork by E. Musciad. Having Medusa The Gorgon on the cover is a bit of a spoiler for the plot, with the first murder victim in the novel watching a clip from Hammer's 1964 movie THE GORGON on television when something nasty happens to him. There was some consternation about the nastiness of the murder scene in the original manuscript, and I agreed to tone this down for original publication. However, I wasn't completely happy about that - and so reverted to the original text for the restored publication by Telos,which can now be read in all its gory glory in that edition.(Frankly, I still don't think it's that gory - but I leave readers to judge that for themselves). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/02c588ed-56ac-4ba8-98bb-06bc2a5c84bb/LA-NUIT-DES-SPECTRES.jpg Blog - ‘Spectre’ Editions, and the Imperial Cinema - French Paperback Publication SPECTRE was retitled THE NIGHT OF THE SPECTRES ('La Nuit des Spectres'), and the cover is another of my favourites. J'ai Lu decided to concentrate on the malevolent ventriloquist's dummy which features in the book, and I was deeply pleased with the result. I've always felt the same way about these dolls that I feel about circus clowns. They are not cute and funny. They are deeply, deeply scary. As mentioned elsewhere on the website, there are a few cinematic homages in SPECTRE - and my own creation here was an intention not only to reference the horribly creepy dummies of DEAD OF NIGHT (1945) and DEVIL DOLL (1964), but to go on to create a frenzied, possessed and murderous ventriloquist's dummy that would be difficult to forget. https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/thewyrmeditions monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/8abdc478-9a1e-40cc-b397-0793607e8293/THE-WYRM-Sphere-paperback.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations - First Paperback Cover First paperback cover for the Sphere edition, with another great painting by an uncredited artist. Once again, I'm happy to give credit if someone gets in touch. I particularly like the dead owl lying in the foreground, which references a sequence when all the terrified wildlife trying to get out of the cursed, sealed-off village are killed by the Wyrm's deadly and impenetrable fog-barrier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/0179dfd4-9697-4ed2-acb0-0df006975c42/The+Wyrm+Souvenir+Press.png Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations - First Hardback Edition Cover for first hardback edition, published by Souvenir Press. The gibbet as central 'feature' would appear in one form or another on most of the subsequent publications both here and abroad; with one exception - J'ai Lu's French edition (see later). The artist isn't credited by Souvenir, but if you're still around and want to get in touch, please do - and I'll be more than happy to give credit where credit is due. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/c47c2d44-15b5-4977-8bca-893d7d3c53fc/Winters+Gibbet.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations - Winter’s Gibbet Stephen Laws, freezing to death in mid-winter at Winter's Gibbet, just outside Elsdon in Northumberland. The gibbet was one of the inspirations behind the novel. At the time the photograph was taken, there was a tendency for the wooden head hanging from that gibbet to be stolen by local rascals - so the parish Council had a special budget head for replacement heads. Original photograph taken by Terry White. Subsequently re-edited and formatted by Keith Durham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/2cd19078-0d2f-47fe-8d38-db629def2e11/THE-WYRM-French-paperback.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations - French Paperback Edition Wonderfully lurid cover for the French paperback edition released by J'ai Lu. Unlike some of the strange representations that have appeared on other international editions of my novels which seem to have no relation to the events being depicted in the narrative, this is based on a scene that actually takes place when villainous Billy Rifkin is possessed and metamorphosed by The Wyrm. Artwork by Matthieu Blanchin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/10639542-f27c-4e6e-99fd-9df3401bd457/De_Wyrm_Stephen_Laws.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations - Dutch Edition Dutch edition, with cover painted by Gerard Schriemer. Love the little girl in the foreground, very much like my own daughter when she was that age. This is another one which has been framed and hangs on the Laws study wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/71dd6cca-fec7-4575-8dee-dae03535faae/THE-WYRM-Nel-paperback-Jon-Blake_Stephen_Laws.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/81712a83-2b8f-469d-993d-c4a338fd4eca/THE-WYRM-NEL-paperback-Steve-Crisp.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations - Paperback Re-release Cover of New English Library's paperback re-release, with painting by Steve Crisp, who also produced paintings for the re-releases of GHOST TRAIN and SPECTRE.I was so enamored of Steve's work that I bought all three paintings, and they're on my study wall. THE WYRM painting had to be reformatted for the text on the front cover, and unfortunately the horde of approaching zombies featuring prominently at the bottom of the painting can't be seen on the book cover itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/476b2ffc-5046-4186-bbb9-8ce0ff1a029a/THE+WYRM+GERMAN+cover+NEW.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations - German Edition Retitled 'On the Trace of Evil/On The Track of Evil'. Surrealistic painting by Marion and Doris Arnemann. PIECES OF MARY: Laws maintains a feeling of dread and horror throughout, and some excellent manifestations of the creature make this a real page turner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/c9886b6f-2e5c-4fe0-bf79-d6cd39219168/THE-WYRM-DORCHESTER-cover-NEW.jpg Blog - ‘The Wyrm’ Editions and Inspirations Cover of the Dorchester/Leisure paperback edition in America. https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/makingmonstersarticle monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/thefrightenerseditions monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/27e8a568-649d-4109-9e7d-a2e60d30c04a/THE-FRIGHTENERS-Souvenir-Press.jpg Blog - ‘The Frighteners’ Editions - First Hardback Publication First hardback publication by Souvenir Press, artist unknown. This was my third and final novel with Souvenir Press, and my attempt to push the boundaries; but also contextualize extreme horror sequences within the narrative. At the time, I was railing at the use of horror purely for horror's sake - and whereas on the surface this is a supernatural gangster horror novel (as someone at the time described it: 'Get Carter' meets 'The Exorcist'), there's a hidden but strong political sub-text in the novel which also reflected my anger at what was going on in English society at the time. Not so you'd notice overtly - since I don't write 'message' fiction; but I was bloody angry back then. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/f1dc918c-591b-4b60-8500-d86c556cac72/THE-FRIGHTENERS-Polish-paperback.jpg Blog - ‘The Frighteners’ Editions - Polish Publication Recent (2011) publication of THE FRIGHTENERS in Poland. Elsewhere on the site, you'll find foreign edition covers where the artwork doesn't seem to relate to anything that's going on in the novel. Sometimes, the effect is very odd - but at other times (such as the Italian edition of SPECTRE - I FIGLI DELLA NOTTE - with the woman walking on the beach, her hair on fire) it can be very pleasing. Such is the latter case here, with a tranquil beach scene - and a seagull going down in flames. The fact that the artwork has been minimised in this way seems to make it so much more subtle. Perhaps 'subtle' is not a word that you can apply to the ultra-horror aspects of THE FRIGHTENERS (despite the sub-textual stuff), but I hope the cover appeals to Polish sensibilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/416c8b80-a901-4b05-bec3-e43d50e6c03d/FRIGHTENERS-GERMAN.jpg Blog - ‘The Frighteners’ Editions - German Paperback Edition The Dimension of Hatred'. Published by Knaur, and with artwork by Klaus Thomas. Klaus was also responsible for a superb painting, used for the second paperback publication of GHOST TRAIN (again by Knaur, which I'll be posting in that section in the new future). Given the slightly Hammer-Horror aspect of the cover, it's probably worth mentioning here that the character of Sir James Callender in THE FRIGHTENERS is based, purely physically, on the demeanor of the superb actor Andre Morell - as 'Sir James Forbes'- in one of my very favorite Hammer movies: THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (for which I wrote an in-depth appreciation in CINEMACABRE and Dick Klemensen's MAGAZINE 'Little Shoppe of Horrors'). Not a lot of people know that ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/ddce6748-3180-4e56-b76a-e547900d3e9a/FRIGHTENERS-RAY-artwork.jpg Blog - ‘The Frighteners’ Editions This interior artwork which appears at each section of the novel (in this case, Part One: Carve-Up ) is the work of artist, Ray Laws - my brother. Shameful nepotism, I know. 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NEL also used my brother's interior artwork for each section, as per the Souvenir Press edition, but unfortunately credited it to one 'Ray Lewis' rather than 'Ray Laws'. I'm happy to put the record right here! https://www.stephenlaws.com/blog/darkfalleditions monthly 0.5 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/174d07b2-b600-4a1c-812f-a215e3a3288f/DARKFALL-GERMAN.jpg Blog - ‘Darkfall’ Editions and Publicity Flyer - German paperback edition, published by Knaur. Artwork by Dewa Wawerka. Title translates as 'Bloodfest or 'Blood Feast' A fear-packed festive roller-coaster of terror. - BOLTON EVENING NEWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/56d673c3-2e47-44b8-9825-2fcef1214255/DARKFALL---Hodder-and-Stoughton-flyer.jpg Blog - ‘Darkfall’ Editions and Publicity Flyer “Laws' flair for punchy, white-knuckle action set-pieces.” - SAMHAIN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/1ea617f0-99a7-4c61-b2b9-10f1a2ce5bfb/DARKFALL---French-J%27ai-Lu.jpg Blog - ‘Darkfall’ Editions and Publicity Flyer - French paperback cover, published by J'ai Lu. Artwork by d'Oliviero Berni (Schluck). DARKFALL has all the style and graphic detail of any Stephen King book. 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I worked for Tyne and Wear County Council for seven years in Sandyford House at Archbold Terrace in Newcastle upon Tyne. I got to know the place very well, as you can imagine - and this is the 'location' for DARKFALL. 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To the villagers of Shillingham it is a local landmark, a reminder of the sterner justice of a bygone age - nothing more. So why does Michael Lambton feel a sudden shiver of apprehension as he gazes across the harsh Northumbrian landscape in the dusk, and why are the children Karen and Graham drawn repeatedly to play around the gibbet, as if called by a silent voice? Why does Frank Warwick place fortnightly offerings of food and fuel at the crossroads, and why, when a new plan for a motorway means the removal of the gibbet from its site, does he become almost insane with fear and desperation in his frantic efforts to stop the development? A dark and terrible evil slumbers beneath the gibbet. Slowly it is awakening, and in its mind burns revenge against mankind. 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Cath Lane is a young novelist and mother, eager to explore her new home in rural Northumberland. To her the legendary beast of the moors is excellent fodder for a new novel. How could she know as she begins her research that the beast is no mere myth? How could she foresee the terror that waits for her, crouching in the dark…? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/358bed59-755c-4cf6-b6df-691f11e23da4/photo-1517825738774-7de9363ef735.jfif Novels - Ferocity https://www.stephenlaws.com/novels/chasm monthly 0.5 2021-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a6a7b49b0a212046b5b61/1b28eec1-20aa-4aec-ab63-d5f83a5249e7/CHASM-PS-cover_Stephen_Laws.jpg Novels - Chasm - An ordinary town full of ordinary citizens going about their everyday business. Then the earth tremor hits. Glass shatters, concrete crumbles, buildings fracture and collapse as everything disappears beneath choking clouds of dust. The few shell-shocked survivors emerge to be met with a terrifying, impossible sight. Most of Edmonville has disappeared into an enormous crevasse; the semi-demolished buildings which remain are perched or a series of peaks, crags and pillars of stone - many of them separated from each other by hundreds of feet, and a perilous, bottomless gulf below. Without electricity, heating or water, the few remaining citizens of Edmonville wait for rescue - which doesn't come. As starvation threatens, the best and the worst of human nature come to the fore in the struggle for survival. Their only hope lies in their being able to make contact with one another. Then, one by one, people start to disappear without trace ... What exactly has happened to Edmonville? And who - or what - lurks in the hideous Chasm below? 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