The disparate plotlines are interesting enough in their own ways, but the way they intersect seems forced - it's like the ending was written first, and the rest of the story was forced to fit it. Unlike his other stories, though, Lucifer's Lottery doesn't "gel" effectively. Lee's formula impeccably: an introductory vignette, then a series of unrelated plotlines that are clearly headed for a calamitous finale that unfolds with predictable and horrific results. I liked this book enough to finish it, but it's not Edward Lee's best. 1852," HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD, GOING MONSTERING, "Pages Torn From A Travel Journal," and "You Are My Everything." Lee promises more Lovecraftian work on the horizon. Among these projects are THE INNSWICH HORROR, "Trolley No. 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. Of note, the author cites as his strongest influence horror legend H. Pete Beach, Florida, where he currently resides. In 1997, however, he became a full-time writer, first spending several years in Seattle and then moving to St. For over 15 years, he worked as the night manager for a security company in Annapolis, Maryland, while writing in his spare time. 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. Army's 1st Armored Division, in Erlangen, West Germany, then, for a short time, was a municipal police officer in Cottage City, Maryland.
He was born on in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence. While a number of Lee's projects have been optioned for film, only one has been made, HEADER, which was released on DVD to mixed reviews in June, 2009, by Synapse Films. 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. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, and Romania. Torso," and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket's HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story "Mr. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.Įdward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror, and has authored 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington.
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