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David Sodergren

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David Sodergren lives in Scotland with his wife Heather and his best friend, Boris the Pug.

Growing up, he was the kind of kid who collected rubber skeletons and lived for horror movies. Not much has changed since then.

His best known books include the gory and romantic fairy tale The Haar, the blood-drenched folk-horror Maggie’s Grave, and the analog-horror fever dream Rotten Tommy. David also writes under the pseudonym Carl John Lee, publishing splatterpunk
novels such as Psychic Teenage Bloodbath and Cannibal Vengeance.

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	The Haar 4.03 avg rating — 32,011 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maggie's Grave 4.02 avg rating — 12,419 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forgotten Island 3.84 avg rating — 4,219 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rotten Tommy 3.84 avg rating — 3,903 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Shoot 3.74 avg rating — 3,222 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer of the Monsters 3.99 avg rating — 1,378 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Girl Blues 3.95 avg rating — 1,302 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And by God's Hand You Shall Die 3.92 avg rating — 940 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfect Victim 3.91 avg rating — 928 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Spell 3.94 avg rating — 880 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hello, this book collects the two Psychic Teenage Bloodbath novels I wrote under the pseudonym Carl John Lee, both of which are now out of print. I hope you dig 'em! ...more
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My new novella Hard Luck Jenny is out October 3rd 2025! It's pure awkward anxiety wrapped up in a darkly comic folk-horror cocoon. I hope you enjoy it. ...more
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David Sodergren answered Roll4HighNoon's question: Hello David! I just finished The Haar, and I've never read anything like it, even though I love horror. It was both (extremely) bloody and bittersweet. I love that the Scottish landscape feels more like a character than just the setting. I was wondering if you've played or know of "Still Wakes the Deep," a horror game that feels very much like The Haar? Hello, thank you, and I'm glad you enjoyed The Haar. You know, I don't have as much time to play video games these days, and when I do it tends to be a couple of online games of Star Wars Battlefront II or Rocket League. But I do have Still Wakes the See Full Answer
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If you enjoy quintessentially British ghost stories and weird tales, then do yourself a favour and check out A Row of Open Graves, the debut collection from Jamie Evans. Coming across like a (kinda) modern update of MR James or Tales of the Unexpecte ...more
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My new novel Death Spell, out May 1st 2025. I hope you dig it! Part corporate satire, part ultra-bloody splatterpunk horror. If you thought my recent books had too many nice, likeable characters in them, wait 'til you get a load of these scumbags. ...more
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Phenomenal thriller, though I do honestly believe the film version improved on it by streamlining the story and making both Lecter and Starling seem smarter. Pity about the book’s relentless obsession with the idea that all fat people are unattractiv ...more
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“But before I go, I want you to promise me something.” She didn’t wait for him to agree. “If you love someone, tell them. Tell them every day. Never let them forget. And if they go away for a while, never forget them. They can come back, Jack. They can come back.”
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“There is a God, thought Aaron, and then the creature yanked hard on his skin and turned him inside out like a revolting fleshy pillowcase.”
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“At the time, it hadn’t seemed particularly significant. But that was always the way with life-changing moments, wasn’t it?”
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