Now
that we're officially into Spooky Season once again, you're no doubt searching for
something appropriately weird and macabre to read as we hurtle our way
toward All Hallows' Eve. Why not try my Rondo Award-nominated novel, BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD? None other than Alan Moore, author of V FOR VENDETTA and WATCHMEN, gave BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD the following endorsement: “Blending
intertextual rampage through the horror-movie canon with engrossing
noir mystery and a backdrop of Hollywood esoterica, Robert Guffey serves
up an intoxicating pulp cocktail that will leave you wanting more. A
crepuscular treasure from a fascinating author.”
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The unabridged Audible Audiobook of BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD is also available! It's brilliantly read by the talented SAMUEL E. HOKE.
Hoke was so dedicated to nailing the audio version that he contacted me
before he began narrating the novel to make sure the accent of a
particular character was exactly correct. He
also went out of his way to research some of the films and
documentaries about the real people and events upon which the novel is
based. If you're interested, you can listen to a sample of the audiobook right HERE!
PRAISE FOR BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD:
“Blending
intertextual rampage through the horror-movie canon with engrossing
noir mystery and a backdrop of Hollywood esoterica, Robert Guffey serves
up an intoxicating pulp cocktail that will leave you wanting more. A
crepuscular treasure from a fascinating author.”
--ALAN MOORE, author of V FOR VENDETTA and WATCHMEN
“In
Robert Guffey's latest and greatest novel, dreams of old movies and
nightmares of classic horror rack into sharp focus through the lens of a
brave film historian, one determined to squint clearly at fleeting
grains of film through the shifting sands of time. Never has the truth
of Hollywood been so well revealed through fiction. As a result, BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD delightfully and definitively proves that Bela Lugosi isn't dead.”
--GARY D. RHODES, author of LUGOSI and TOD BROWNING'S DRACULA
"[H]orror
fans will delight in how Guffey cleverly immerses movie monsters in the
real world. Film buffs and monster enthusiasts will relish the
supernatural characters brought to life in this atmospheric celebration
of monster mayhem."
--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"The
sensation [of reading BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD] is like being led deep
underground while your flashlight grows dimmer and dimmer, until you’re
left in total darkness. That’s when the lights of a subterranean crypt
flash on to reveal that you’re not where you expected to be, and where
you are is far worse than you could have imagined. The result is an
ending that left me chilled and took me a few days to fully process. As
shocking as it was, everything was set up from the beginning. I know, I
went back and checked, and have to give Guffey credit for pulling off a
literary sleight of hand that caught me by surprise. I won’t spoil it
with more, except to say that like the frog in water that’s warmed so
slowly it doesn’t realize it’s coming to a lethal boil, Guffey’s readers
face an equally stunning conclusion."
--TERENCE TAYLOR, NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE
"BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD is a remarkably authentic,
hypnotizing interpretation of all the glitz and pure talent behind
Lugosi’s fame, as well as the hubris that steered his downfall. Guffey
depicts how Lugosi’s Dracula transformed horror from a genre of
make-believe to one that spreads the notion that monsters lurk among us."
--HALEY NEWLIN, CEMETERY DANCE
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