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John Farris


USA flag (b.1936)

aka Steve Brackeen

John Farris published his first suspense novel, When Michael Calls, in 1967 after already establishing himself as a mainstream popular fiction writer with works such as King Windom (1967) and Harrison High. The Fury, published in 1976 and later made into a movie directed by Brian de Palma, was a synthesis of horror and contemporary realism that epitomized the horror boom of the 1970s.
 

Genres: General Fiction, Horror, Mystery
 
Novels
   The Corpse Next Door (1956)
   The Body on the Beach (1957) (as by Steve Brackeen)
   Baby Moll (1958) (as by Steve Brackeen)
   Danger in My Blood (1959) (as by Steve Brackeen)
   Delfina (1962) (as by Steve Brackeen)
   The Long Night of Dawn (1962)
   The Guardians (1964) (as by Steve Brackeen)
   King Windom (1967)
   When Michael Calls (1967)
   The Captors (1969)
   Sharp Practice (1974)
   All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By (1977)
   Shatter (1980)
   Catacombs (1981)
   Unearthly (1982)
     aka The Uninvited
   Son of the Endless Night (1985)
   Minotaur (1985)
   Wildwood (1986)
   Before the Night Ends (1987)
     aka Nightfall
   The Axeman Cometh (1989)
   Bad Blood (1989)
   Fiends (1990)
   Sacrifice (1994)
   Dragonfly (1995)
   Soon She Will Be Gone (1997)
   Solar Eclipse (1999)
   Phantom Nights (2005)
   You Don't Scare Me (2007)
   High Bloods (2009)
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Collections
   Scare Tactics (1988)
   No Sin Unpunished (2004)
     aka Elvisland
   Bloody Mary Morning (2022)
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Series contributed to
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John Farris recommends
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Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Heroes (2003)
(Necroscope)
Brian Lumley
"One of the best writers in the field."

Anthologies containing stories by John Farris
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Dark Delicacies II: Fear (2007)
More Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writers
(Dark Delicacies, book 2)
edited by
Jeff Gelb and Del Howison

More anthologies 


Awards
Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1989) : Horrorshow
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1989) : Scare Tactics


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