Jürgen Grasmück (Born 23. January 1940 in

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; Died 7. August 2007 in Altenstadt ) was a German author of

horror fiction Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian J ...

and

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novels. He wrote under the

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s ''Albert C. Bowles'', ''Bert Floorman'', ''YES Garett'', ''JA Gorman'', ''Jay Grams'', ''Jürgen Grasse'', ''YES Grouft'', ''Jeff Hammon'', ''Ron Kelly'', ''Rolf Murat'', ''Steve D. rock'', ''Dan Shocker'', ''Owen L. Todd'' and ''Henri Vadim.'' He is best known for the series of horror fiction stories "Macabros" and "Larry Brent," which he wrote under the pen name Dan Shocker. An episode of the radio adaption of his 'Larry Brent' stories (Episode 9, ''Snakeheads of Dr. Gorgo'') was banned by German censors in 1984. ; Larry Brent * 001: ''Horror Creeps through Bonnard's House'' (1968, Magic Circle, ) * 002: ''Fear Awakens in the Castle of Death'' (1968, Magic Circle, ) * 003: ''In the Gallery of Horrors'' (1968, Magic Circle, ) * 004: ''The Demon with the Deadly Eyes'' (1969, Magic Circle, )

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grasmuck, Jurgen German horror writers German male writers 1940 births 2007 deaths