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Lex Young

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.lexyoung-author.co.uk/

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

Influences

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Member Since

December 2022

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Lex Young is a horror writer hailing from Wiltshire, UK, who also likes to merge into the genre of crime and sci-fi.

Lex's first publication, A Christmas Number One, hit #1 in two separate Kindle store charts during its first month of release, and was also featured on BBC Radio in 2022.

His follow up story, V: Garcia , is currently averaging a review score of 4.9/5* on the Kindle store.

Most recently, his short story collection, Silent Fright, became a bestseller on the Kindle store.
To keep up to date with Lex's latest work, follow him on:

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Average rating: 3.93 · 216 ratings · 48 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silent Fright: A collection of chilling Christmas short stories by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Mason Crundell 3.65 avg rating — 122 ratings — 2 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
	A Christmas Number One 4.50 avg rating — 34 ratings	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
	Festive Fears: Thrilling & chilling Christmas short stories by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Mason Crundell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings	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
	V: Garcia 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 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
	Tech The Halls: Twisty Christmas tales of tech horror by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Murphy Gray (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	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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Krampus: The Yule Lord

by Brom (Goodreads Author)

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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)

by Agatha Christie

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The Sorrowstones

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Lex Young and 1 other person liked Chloë Blyth's review of Tech The Halls: Twisty Christmas tales of tech horror (Christmas Horror Collections): "I loved these stories! My favourites were: - Driving home for Christmas - All is Calm - The Wish List (by Murphy Gray)"
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Lex Young and 2 other people liked Jessica Huntley's review of Tech The Halls: Twisty Christmas tales of tech horror (Christmas Horror Collections): "All of these stories are utterly addictive, festively sinister and scarily possible. The world of super AI meets Christmas. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. That's what. Read this. You won't regret it. Ho ho ho!"
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