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David J. Thacker

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The United Kingdom

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Member Since

May 2019

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David J Thacker is the author of a play for Young People ('S.O. T. – Save Our Theatre'), performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2001, and has penned the Libretto for a modern Oratorio in 2000 (no mean feat when you can’t read music). He also co-wrote and directed the 2014 Retro Hugo Awards Ceremony for the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, LonCon3, and directed the 2014 Hugo Awards Ceremony at the same event.
'The Red House' was his first long-form piece of published work. A novel - 'Once: A Belmouth Tale' -was published in August 2019.
In 2022, he co-wrote 'The Welsh Hercules: Snapshots of a Strongman's Life' with Steven Blockley, and released a new novella, 'The Last Rat Child' ...more

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5 Minutes With David J Thacker

The following is an interview that appeared on gingernutsofhorror.com on 27th February 2020, concerning the publication of and influences on 'Once: A Belmouth Tale' -

Q: Could you tell the readers a little bit about yourself?

A: I’m from the UK, an ex-pat Northerner who is currently living close to London. I’ve loved Horror fiction throughout my life (from watching Children of the Stones and devouri Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 29, 2020 12:09 • Tags: author, dark-fiction, fantasy, folk-horror, horror, interview

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David J. Thacker’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 26 ratings · 10 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Red House 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Once: A Belmouth Tale by David J. Thacker (Goodreads Author), Dan Charnley (Illustrations) 3.86 avg rating — 7 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
	The Welsh Hercules : Snapshots of a Strongman's Life by S. Blockley, David J. Thacker (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	The Last Rat Child it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Red House / The Last Rat Child: Two Novellas 0.00 avg rating — 0 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