Edward Lee (born May 25, 1957) is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror who has written 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market

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nominee for his story “Mr. Torso,” and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including the award-winning 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to

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. 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.

Life and career

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

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.The Un-Speakable: Exploring the Work of Splatterspunk Author Edward Lee by Tim Kredier.

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27 September 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 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

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. 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 Largo, Florida, where he currently resides. Lee 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 ''Trolley No. 1852'', ''Pages Torn From A Travel Journal'', ''Haunter Of The Threshold'', ''The Innswich Horror'', ''Lucifer's Lottery'', and ''The Dunwich Romance''.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Night Bait'' (1982) (written under the pseudonym Philip Straker) * ''Night Lust'' (1982) (written under the pseudonym Philip Straker) * ''Ghouls'' (1988) * ''Coven'' (1991) * ''Incubi'' (1991) * ''Succubi'' (1992) * ''The Chosen'' (1993) * ''Creekers'' (1994) * ''Sacrifice'' (1995) (written under the pseudonym Richard Kinion) * ''Header'' (1995) * ''Goon'' (1996) with John Pelan * '' The Bighead'' (1997) * ''Shifters'' (1998) with John Pelan * ''Portrait of the Psychopath as a Young Woman'' (1998) with Elizabeth Steffen * '' Splatterspunk: The Micah Hays Stories'' (1998) with John Pelan * ''Masks'' (1999) * ''Operator B'' (

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) * ''Dahmer’s Not Dead'' with Elizabeth Steffen (

) * ''The Stickmen'' (

) * ''The Deaths of the Cold War Kings: The Assassinations of Diem & JFK'' with Bradley O'Leary (

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) * ''City Infernal'' ( 2001):

Cemetery Dance Publications Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with ''Cemetery Dance'' magazine, which ...

. * ''Mr. Torso'' ( 2002) * ''Sex, Drugs and Power Tools'' (2002) * ''Family Tradition'' (2002) with John Pelan * ''Monstrosity'' ( 2002):

. * ''Ever Nat'' ( 2003) * ''The Baby'' ( 2003) * ''Teratologist'' (2003) with Wrath James White * ''Incubi'' ( 2003): Necro Publications. * ''Infernal Angel'' ( 2003):

. Published as a 26-copy leather-bound hardcover and 750-copy limited hardcover. ** ( January 2004):

Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...

. Published as a Mass Market Paperback. * ''Messenger'' ( August 2004):

. Published as a Mass Market Paperback. * ''The Backwoods'' ( October 2005):

. Published as a Mass Market Paperback. ** ( December 2005):

. Published as a 52-copy leather-bound hardcover and 750-copy limited hardcover. * ''Monster Lake'' (2005). Necro Publications. First book for young readers. * ''Flesh Gothic'' ( February 2005):

. Published as a Mass Market Paperback. * ''Slither'' ( 2006: Necro Publications.) * ''Gast'' (2007) ** (

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. Revised, retitled ''Black Train'', and published as a Mass Market Paperback. * ''House Infernal'' ( October 2007):

. Published as a Mass Market Paperback. ** ( February 2008):

. Published as a 26-copy leather-bound hardcover and 1000-copy limited hardcover. * ''Minotauress'' (

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): Necro Publications. Published as a 26-copy leather-bound hardcover and 300-copy limited hardcover. * ''Brides of the Impaler'' ( September 2008):

. Published as a Mass Market Paperback. ** ( May 2011):

. Published as Hardcover Limited Edition of 1000 signed copies bound in full cloth and

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and Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition of 52 signed and lettered copies bound in leather with a satin ribbon page marker. * ''Golemesque'' (

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): Necro Publications. Published as a 26-copy leather-bound hardcover and 300-copy limited hardcover. ** ( April 2009):

. Published as ''Golem'' as a Mass Market Paperback. * ''Trolley No. 1852'' ( May 2009):

Bloodletting Press Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the h ...

. Published as a 26-copy leather-bound hardcover and 300-copy limited hardcover.(October 2010) Deadite Press, Trade Paperback. * ''The Haunter of the Threshold'' (Summer 2009) Bloodletting Press. Limited-edition. (December 2010) Deadite Press, Trade Paperback. * ''City of Sixes'' (2009) Necro Publications. Exclusive limited-edition chapbook included with copies of ''Infernally Yours''. * ''You are My Everything'' (January 2010) Necro Publications. * ''Going Monstering'' (January 2010) Bloodletting Press. Exclusive limited-edition. * ''Header 2'' (June 2010) Camelot Books. Exclusive limited-edition. * ''The Innswich Horror'' (Summer 2010) Cemetery Dance. Limited edition (July 2010), Deadite Press Trade paperback, (2012) digital Necro Publications. * ''Lucifers Lottery'' (October 2010) Dorchester, eBook. (July 2011) trade paperback. * ''Pages Torn From a Travel Journal'' (January 31, 2011) Bloodletting Press. * ''Vampire Lodge'' (January, 2011) Necro Publications. E-Book only (second book for young readers) * ''Witch Water'' (Spring 2011) Bloodletting Press. Limited edition hardcover. (Feb. 2012) Dorchester. Paperback/eBook * ''The Dunwich Romance'' (2011) * ''The Doll House'' (2017) * ''Header 3'' (2017) with Ryan Harding; Bloodletting Press. Limited edition * ''White Trash Gothic'' (2017) * ''White Trash Gothic 2'' (2019) * ''In the Year of Our Lord: 2202'' (2019) * ''White Trash Gothic III'' (2020) * ''The Television'' (2022)

Collections

* ''The Ushers'' (1999) * ''Of Pigs and Spiders'' (1999) with John Pelan,

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and

David Niall Wilson David Niall Wilson (born 1959 in Clay County, Illinois) is an American writer primarily known for his works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction. The Academic Study of Wilson's Novels Scholars such as A. Asbjørn Jøn, at the Unive ...

* ''Partners in Chyme'' (2001) with Ryan Harding * ''Sleep Disorder'' (2003) with

Jack Ketchum Dallas William Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels inclu ...

* ''Haunted House'' (2007) * ''Brain Cheese Buffet'' (2010) Deadite Press * ''Bullet Through Your Face'' (2010) Deadite Press * ''Carnal Surgery'' (April 2011) Deadite Press * ''Mangled Meat,'' (July 2011) Deadite Press

Anthologies

* ''Infernally Yours'' (2009) "The Senery" by Edward Lee Necro Publications, a limited-edition hardcover. * ''Dark Seductions: Tales of Erotic Horror'' (1993) "Private Pleasures" by Edward Lee * ''Bizarre Sex and Other Crimes of Passion'' (1994) "I"d Give Anything for You" by Edward Lee &

* ''Deadly After Dark: The Hot Blood Series'' (1994) "Mr. Torso" by Edward Lee * ''Seeds of Fear: The Hot Blood Series'' (1995) "

Grub Girl ''Grub Girl'' is 2006 pornographic horror film. It is an adaptation of the Verotik comic book of the same name by Edward Lee. Plot At an unspecified point in the future, the government create a type of jet which never needs refuelling but whic ...

" by Edward Lee * ''Stranger By Night: The Hot Blood Series'' (1995) "Dead Girls in Love" by Edward Lee & Gary Bowen * ''Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium'' (1996) "The Stick Woman" by Edward Lee * ''Fear the Fever: The Hot Blood Series'' (1996) "Love Letters from the Rain Forest" by

& Edward Lee * ''White House Horrors'' (1996) "Night of the Vegetables" by Edward Lee * ''The UFO Files'' (1997) "Secret Service" by Edward Lee * ''Inside The Works'' (1997) "The Pig" by Edward Lee * ''Whitley Strieber"s Aliens'' (1998) "Scripture Girl" by Edward Lee * ''999'' (1999) "ICU" by Edward Lee * ''Graven Images'' (2000) "Masks" by

& Edward Lee * ''Triage'' (2001) "In the Year of Our Lord 2202" by Edward Lee * ''Excitable Boys'' (2002) "The McCrath Model SS40-C, Series S" by Edward Lee * ''Damned: An Anthology of the Lost'' (2004) "Angel" by Edward Lee * ''Small Bites'' (2004) "The Room" by Edward Lee

Movies

Edward Lee's story "Header" has been made into the film '' Header''. Edward Lee and

are featured in cameo roles in the movie. "

" was made into a film in 2006.

References

External links

*
Official Website (last updated 2011)

Interviews

* Fangoria, April, 2004, issue 231
Buried

Bloody Disgusting

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