Richard Gadz, horror writer

Yesterday evening, in #Bristol’s #RedlandLibrary, Richard Gadz gave a great talk on “Dracula & Frankenstein: their literary roots”. Learnt so much about Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker and their contemporaries.

Me at Redland Library

Me at Redland Library

Me at Redland Library

Me at Redland Library

Pics from my talk at Redland Library in Bristol last night. Met some lovely people and there was a really good Q&A 😁

The audio of my similar talk on Dracula and Frankenstein, from last year, is still on my website www.richardgadz.co.uk

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TONIGHT!
NB: There'll be signed hardback books for sale @ £10 each - cash only 📚
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NB: There'll be signed hardback books for sale @ £10 each - cash only 📚

Text as in the post, with images of Dracula and Frankenstein books and characters, bats, and the Friends of Redland Library logo

🦇 Dracula & Frankenstein: their literary roots
🦇 Thursday 30th October, 7pm (Doors open 6:45pm)
🦇 A talk by Richard Gadz
🦇 Redland Library, Bristol
🦇 Admission £3 (Pay at the door - Cash only)
🦇 Presented by the Friends of Redland Library: friendsofredlandlibrary.org.uk

NB: There'll be signed hardback books for sale @ £10 each - cash only

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‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night

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Me

Publication day! (Never gets old, still feels like magic pixie dust sprinkled onto real life) Busy working on imminent new project - watch this space...
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We’ve already seen some fantastic Bookstagram posts about @frankenwriter.bsky.social’s THE HOUSE OF ALL SORROWS. You too can get your pants scared off THIS THURSDAY! Pre-order today (link in bio) and brace yourself: spooky season isn’t spooky season without GADZ’S GOTHICS UNDEAD 🦇

scrollingbooks on Instagram: "My new favourite spooky season read! 💀It is with immense pleasure that I welcome awesome author of gothic 😮delight - Richard Gadz…" My new favourite spooky season read! 💀It is with immense pleasure that I welcome awesome author of gothic 😮delight - Richard Gadz @frankenwriter to my Booksta.Richard's latest release "The House of All Sorrows" is out 23 October - and it could well be the skin crawling read you crave for spooky season. ❤️💀👻If HG Wells and Sarah Hill created a love child, it would be “The House of All Sorrows.”Frederick Jekyll is a reclusive Earl, living in a remote country house, with a locked basement no-one is permitted to enter. He is a scientist, immersed in his research and has an interest in new technologies such as electricity and mechanically powered vehicles. The villagers have grown used to the eerie screams at night, and tales abound of deformed creatures roaming the countryside after dark. When a naïve archaeologist arrives to investigate a Neolithic settlement, his unearths a darkness better left hidden, which results in quite the body count. The storytelling never falters, told in a voice and manner that evokes the 1880s, which adds to the atmosphere and tension. I had that wonderful feeling of being in the hands of a consummate storyteller, it was like discovering a new work by Rider-Haggard or Jules Verne…with a gothic twist. There is even a side story, an ingenious explanation for the Jack the Ripper murders…and that was just as an aside. 🎉👏I don’t want to say too much for fear of spoilers, but the author’s skill lies in making the implausible plausible, and then crafting a stonking good read, red in tooth and claw. IMHO this is the perfect read for a dark winter’s night…but only if you dare. 📚I hugely enjoyed this book. I wish the author every success because The House of All Sorrows should be read by anyone who enjoys a Gothic fiction (or enjoy a good shiver down the spine.) It deserves to be championed and become a cult classic. In due course I’m excited to catch up on the author’s back catalogue. 😍😍😍QOTD: What is your favourite spooky season read? Check out @frankenwriter other stops on his Booksta Tour! 🎉#booksta #booktour #thehouseofallsorrows #richardgadz #halloween #gothic #gothicread

Great review from @scrollingbooks.bsky.social
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Halloween people! Does your city feel like it's watching you? Have you been swallowed up by urban decay, capitalism and the terrifying rise of fascism? Then you need HUNTING BY THE RIVER - fourteen stories of cat killers, plague pits, nightclub demons and more.

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Gothics Undead trilogy

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Compete to WIN Richard Gadz’s new gothic chiller, THE HOUSE OF ALL SORROWS. All you have to do is: 1. follow @deixispress & @frankenwriter on Instagram and 2. repost this post! There’s a signed paperback AND a signed hardback up for grabs, so we’ll have 2 lucky winners. Happy reading, horror fiends!

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Gothics Undead

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Notes on Hammer Films’ “The Curse Of Frankenstein” This is an extract from my unpublished non-fiction book Dracula & Frankenstein: A Biography. Hammer’s Anthony Hinds was sent a script for a Frankenstein remake written by two independent US pro…

New blog post about the making of Hammer Films' "The Curse Of Frankenstein"
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The birth of “Frankenstein” This is an extract from my unpublished non-fiction book Dracula & Frankenstein: A Biography. Meanwhile, back at the Villa Diodati, Mary Godwin was having trouble thinking up a story to read aro…

New blog post about the literary origins of "Frankenstein"
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new book

It's alive! It's alive! Preorder the final volume in the Gothics Undead trilogy immediately! Available from your preferred bookshop or direct from deixis.press/books/p/the-...
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Gothics Undead trilogy

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Richard Gadz | Substack Award-winning author, ace neurodivergent and keen amateur idiot. Lives in Bristol but spends most of his time in a world of his own. Click to read Richard Gadz, a Substack publication.

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The Eater Of Flies “…far from a typical vampire story… relentless pace and rising tension that makes for a gripping and unsettling read where every twist is a genuine surprise…” Official…

Now a 5-STAR FINALIST at the Readers' Choice Book Awards 2025
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THE YOUNGSTER by Bibi Berki is out next week! You can pre-order now direct from Deixis Press or your preferred bookstore. Info at linktr.ee/deixispress

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Wakey Wakey Rise & Shine

Keynsham Show Choir

Mrs Gadz and I had a great time at the Keynsham Music Festival this weekend. My favourites: the Keynsham Show Choir, who were completely brilliant, and Bristol band Wakey Wakey Rise & Shione, who were also completely brilliant and possibly the loudest sound in the West of England 😆🤘

That's me about half way down the page! 😀
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