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John Farris

(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.

Awards: Stoker (2002) see all

Genres: General Fiction, Horror, Mystery

Series

Harrison High
   Harrison High (1959)
   Girl from Harrison High (1969)
   The Trouble at Harrison High (1970)
   Shadow on Harrison High (1972)
   Happy Anniversary, Harrison High (1973)
   Return to Harrison High (1973)
   Crisis at Harrison High (1974)

Fury
   1. The Fury (1976)
   2. The Fury and the Terror (2001)
   3. The Fury and the Power (2003)
   4. Avenging Fury (2008)

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)

Collections

   Scare Tactics (1988)
   No Sin Unpunished (2004)
     aka Elvisland
   Bloody Mary Morning (2022)

Series contributed to

Transgressions
Terror's Echo (2006) (with Lawrence Block and Stephen King)

Books containing stories by John Farris

The Five Senses of Horror (2018)
edited by
Eric J Guignard

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

Transgressions Volume 2 (2006)
(Transgressions)
edited by
Ed McBain

More books

Awards

2002 Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement

Award nominations

	2004 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (nominee) : Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland
	1989 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Horrorshow
	1988 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (nominee) : Scare Tactics
	1988 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (nominee) : Horrorshow

John Farris recommends

Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Heroes (2003)
(Necroscope)
Brian Lumley
"One of the best writers in the field."

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