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August 8, 2016

THE EVENT books are not mine.

Someone has linked their titles to my author page. I am working to get them removed. I did not write, nor do I endorse these titles.
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June 18, 2014

HELLNOTES reviews BUTCHER'S ROAD, and they like it!

"Butcher’s Road is tough and tender, with plenty of fight, sympathy and harsh beauty." – Hellnotes


Full review HERE!
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Published on June 18, 2014 07:10 Tags: butcher-s-road, dark-fantasy, historical, horror-fiction, lee-thomas, lgbtq

June 10, 2014

RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE Interview

RUE MORGUE

"In his latest novel, Butcher’s Road (Lethe Press), Texan horror novelist Lee Thomas has drawn inspiration from a number of sources – magical sects, mafia lore, hard-boiled fiction, The Gold Dust Trio and 1930s gangland – for a story that is equal parts homage to Depression-era mystery pulp and dark-hearted fantastical noir. It also happens to be a sly subversion of the traditionally two-fisted hetero-normative roles and characters that have dominated the pages of crime-writing for decades."
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Published on June 10, 2014 17:48 Tags: dark-fantasy, gay, horror, lesbian, lgbtq, rue-morgue-magazine

June 2, 2014

CHELSEA STATION shows some love for Butcher's Road

“Gritty, tense, this dark novel grabs hold of you by the lapels and doesn't let go once you begin. Thomas maintains a break-neck pace throughout…” – Keith Glaeske, Chelsea Station
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Published on June 02, 2014 12:39 Tags: cheslea-station, historical, horror, lgbtq, noir, reviews

LOCUS Magazine show some love for Butcher's Road

“…Butcher’s Road [is] a hybrid in which Lee Thomas links the foul deeds of gangster stories to supernatural horror – changing our notions of both forms in the process…[He] provides a corker of an antihero in Butch Cardinal, a washed-up, foul-mouthed ex-wrestler whose glory days are just a fading memory.”

– Faren Miller, Locus Magazine, June 2014
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Published on June 02, 2014 12:32 Tags: historical, horror, lgbtq, locus-magazine, noir, reviews

May 20, 2014

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to the winners of the Butcher's Road giveaway! I'll be packaging up the books and sending them out at the end of this week.

LT
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Published on May 20, 2014 06:31 Tags: crime, free, giveaway, historical, horror, lgbt, noir

May 6, 2014

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY on Butcher's Road

"Stoker- and Lambda-winner Thomas (The German) creates a heady blend of gangster noir and supernatural horror. Butch Cardinal, washed-up wrestler turned gang enforcer, is caught between the wrath of Chicago’s Italian mob and the Alchemi, a mysterious organization of powerful magicians. After being set up and framed for murder, he flees to New Orleans with a stolen magical relic. There he discovers mystical talents and finds unexpected love with another man. Butch’s imaginatively realized world of gangsters, crooked cops, ruthless killers, and magic users is full of violence and cruelty, and is also intensely masculine..."
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Published on May 06, 2014 06:31 Tags: dark-fantasy, gay-and-lesbian, horror, lgbtq, thriller