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The Leper Window
"Do not gaze into its secrets."
Daniel Gates s last assignment involving a rare demonic book left him plagued by hideous nightmares, which are about to get even worse. When a page is stolen from "Choronzon s Grimoire," Daniel is sent to the wilds of North Wales to retrieve it for his mysterious client. But the stolen page contains dark, occult secrets, and he finds to his peril that he is not the only one desperate to find it. Daniel s journey takes him to the very brink of madness and to the demons that await beyond the Leper Window."
Daniel Gates s last assignment involving a rare demonic book left him plagued by hideous nightmares, which are about to get even worse. When a page is stolen from "Choronzon s Grimoire," Daniel is sent to the wilds of North Wales to retrieve it for his mysterious client. But the stolen page contains dark, occult secrets, and he finds to his peril that he is not the only one desperate to find it. Daniel s journey takes him to the very brink of madness and to the demons that await beyond the Leper Window."
- GenresHorror
54 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 6, 2015
15 people want to read
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Frazer Lee
29 books91 followersFrazer Lee is a novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker whose debut novel The Lamplighters was a Bram Stoker Award® Finalist. His film credits include the acclaimed feature film Panic Button. Frazer resides with his family in Buckinghamshire, just across the cemetery from the real-life Hammer House of Horror.
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August 30, 2015
Daniel Gates is hired to deliver a demonic book called the Choronzon Grimoire. When it is found, a page has been torn out of it. He is sent to North Wales to find and retrieve it. Yet he is not the only one who wants to find it and take hold of the demonic secrets told in its writing. He discovers a dark secret about the town where he is sent and why the book may be more dangerous than anyone realizes.
That is the bare bones of The Leper Window by Frazer Lee. It is a good story of demonic horror limited by its brevity of 50 plus pages. The author appears to have an expert grasp on this type of tale and understands the traditional roots surrounding its telling all the way from Machen to Campbell. I was caught in the tale immediately and enjoyed the author’s distinct yet descriptive style. The author has a good sense of atmosphere and uses the old Welsh countryside and history to good advantage. In fact, I wished he used it more since I felt there was a much longer story aching to get out. But overall I really enjoyed it. I have never heard of a leper window before this. A quick search told me that they were actual fixtures in medieval churches used for a particular purpose. The town and church in Lee’s story seems to be fictional but the way he instills these fixtures in the story in quite intriguing as is how he merges the history of the demonic book with the end of his tale. It is this type of detail that kept me engrossed in what some readers might classify as an old fashioned tale of horror.
The Leper Window is an interesting and creepy work that entertained me for an evening. One might call it mainstream and subdued in style yet it packs an eerie punch in the end. I suspect The Leper Window may be an appetizer to steer you to his longer novels. If that is the case, it is successful as I plan to check out his other books soon.
That is the bare bones of The Leper Window by Frazer Lee. It is a good story of demonic horror limited by its brevity of 50 plus pages. The author appears to have an expert grasp on this type of tale and understands the traditional roots surrounding its telling all the way from Machen to Campbell. I was caught in the tale immediately and enjoyed the author’s distinct yet descriptive style. The author has a good sense of atmosphere and uses the old Welsh countryside and history to good advantage. In fact, I wished he used it more since I felt there was a much longer story aching to get out. But overall I really enjoyed it. I have never heard of a leper window before this. A quick search told me that they were actual fixtures in medieval churches used for a particular purpose. The town and church in Lee’s story seems to be fictional but the way he instills these fixtures in the story in quite intriguing as is how he merges the history of the demonic book with the end of his tale. It is this type of detail that kept me engrossed in what some readers might classify as an old fashioned tale of horror.
The Leper Window is an interesting and creepy work that entertained me for an evening. One might call it mainstream and subdued in style yet it packs an eerie punch in the end. I suspect The Leper Window may be an appetizer to steer you to his longer novels. If that is the case, it is successful as I plan to check out his other books soon.
October 16, 2015
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Frazer Lee's first novel, The Lamplighters, was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist for 'superior achievement in a first novel.' He's also a screenwriter and filmmaker who resides with his family in Buckinghamshire, England.
The Leper Window starts with one of the better openings I've read in recent memory. "Daniel Gates's last assignment involving a rare demonic book left him plagued by hideous nightmares, which are about to get even worse."
Here's what we have in The Leper Window. The story is that of a rare, mysterious book, Choronzon's Grimoire, which has been vandalized. A page has been torn from the book and Daniel Gates has been brought in to locate the missing page and the person responsible.
I'm not certain where this story went wrong for me. The writing seems capable, but the tale itself seemed to be missing something. I didn't particularly care for any of the characters, I didn't even care about the book, and I'm a bit fanatical about the care of my personal collection.
Of course your reading experience may vary. The Leper Window is available now as an e-book from Samhain Publishing.
Frazer Lee's first novel, The Lamplighters, was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist for 'superior achievement in a first novel.' He's also a screenwriter and filmmaker who resides with his family in Buckinghamshire, England.
The Leper Window starts with one of the better openings I've read in recent memory. "Daniel Gates's last assignment involving a rare demonic book left him plagued by hideous nightmares, which are about to get even worse."
Here's what we have in The Leper Window. The story is that of a rare, mysterious book, Choronzon's Grimoire, which has been vandalized. A page has been torn from the book and Daniel Gates has been brought in to locate the missing page and the person responsible.
I'm not certain where this story went wrong for me. The writing seems capable, but the tale itself seemed to be missing something. I didn't particularly care for any of the characters, I didn't even care about the book, and I'm a bit fanatical about the care of my personal collection.
Of course your reading experience may vary. The Leper Window is available now as an e-book from Samhain Publishing.
October 8, 2015
"So what did I think of it? I liked it. Frazer Lee has a lovely writing style that I think fits this type of book perfectly. His writing is very smooth. Very easy to read. He makes the story intriguing and interesting to make you want to turn the pages to find out what exactly is going to happen. This is the type of story I love. Set in modern times with a bit of mystery about it that you know is going to explode with something evil coming from the past. For this I loved it. The storyline, the writing style and the evil."
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January 16, 2016
Do you judge a book by the cover and/or the title? I do. I had no clue what a leper window was when I saw this book although I did know that people with leprosy were shunned in ages past. The cover looks sexy cool with that glowing book and all, right? Books about books (and possible demons) can't be all bad...
Yes! It was really good, as a matter of fact. It was an incredibly fast read. Demons, lepers, and times past. I'll be looking for more of these and think you will too. Give it a try.
Samhain provided a copy of this e-book in exchange for my review.
Yes! It was really good, as a matter of fact. It was an incredibly fast read. Demons, lepers, and times past. I'll be looking for more of these and think you will too. Give it a try.
Samhain provided a copy of this e-book in exchange for my review.
September 25, 2015
Review from Horrorunderground. org
The Leper Window: A Daniel Gates Novella
Samhain Publishing
Author: Frazer Lee
Daniel Gates is charged with returning a book to its owner, the Grimoire by Choronzon. Upon returning the book, it is discovered that there is missing a page, a potentially vital one, surrounding the story of Barnabas Thomas, the leper priest. Daniel is quickly sent on an investigation to find the missing page and to identify the thief. The only clue being the location of Thomas's church, Daniel decides to head there in hopes of unravelling this mystery.
Before we get into the heart of the story, we discover that the previous job, obtaining the book, left Daniel scarred. In all honesty, this is the first I have heard of the Daniel Gates character so I am unsure as to wether this past job was tied into a previous book of Lee's or not. Either way, Lee does a great job of giving you enough information and writes the story as if there was not a previous book or novella. That being said, Daniel is being haunted by dreams that appear to be remnants of the previous job. Lee is very descriptive in these overwhelming feelings of loss of control. In the dreams, Daniel is always falling, tumbling to unknown depths with little to grasp. Lee writes with an intensely descriptive style, making you feel drenched in panic and claustrophobia.
Lee's story intertwines gothic, occult horror with demonic and religious symbolism that gives great depth to a rather quick read. Along his journey, Daniel encounters several characters, including the Golem-like Barnabas Thomas. By the end of the novella, the reader will endure an extraordinary finale, bombastic and booming, which flows into a final, utterly chilling final sentence.
This gothic story manages to pack plenty of shocks and thrills without being graphic or explicit. Frazer Lee, you have me sold. I cannot wait to see what happens next in Daniel's story.
The Leper Window: A Daniel Gates Novella
Samhain Publishing
Author: Frazer Lee
Daniel Gates is charged with returning a book to its owner, the Grimoire by Choronzon. Upon returning the book, it is discovered that there is missing a page, a potentially vital one, surrounding the story of Barnabas Thomas, the leper priest. Daniel is quickly sent on an investigation to find the missing page and to identify the thief. The only clue being the location of Thomas's church, Daniel decides to head there in hopes of unravelling this mystery.
Before we get into the heart of the story, we discover that the previous job, obtaining the book, left Daniel scarred. In all honesty, this is the first I have heard of the Daniel Gates character so I am unsure as to wether this past job was tied into a previous book of Lee's or not. Either way, Lee does a great job of giving you enough information and writes the story as if there was not a previous book or novella. That being said, Daniel is being haunted by dreams that appear to be remnants of the previous job. Lee is very descriptive in these overwhelming feelings of loss of control. In the dreams, Daniel is always falling, tumbling to unknown depths with little to grasp. Lee writes with an intensely descriptive style, making you feel drenched in panic and claustrophobia.
Lee's story intertwines gothic, occult horror with demonic and religious symbolism that gives great depth to a rather quick read. Along his journey, Daniel encounters several characters, including the Golem-like Barnabas Thomas. By the end of the novella, the reader will endure an extraordinary finale, bombastic and booming, which flows into a final, utterly chilling final sentence.
This gothic story manages to pack plenty of shocks and thrills without being graphic or explicit. Frazer Lee, you have me sold. I cannot wait to see what happens next in Daniel's story.
September 12, 2015
Three a.m. and a sleepless night had me in its annoying grasp. I gave up, switched on the light and started to read The Leper Window. Pretty soon, I didn’t care about not sleeping. I was engrossed in this creepy, chilling and absorbing tale of the occult, set mainly in a familiar (to me) landscape of North Wales. I felt the cold of that freezing train Daniel Gates must travel on, and the eerie touch of the Grimoire, with its vital missing page. The secrets Gates unravels as he pursues the strange and unearthly reminded me of Susan Hill and Ramsey Campbell’s highly atmospheric storytelling. Frazer Lee sits comfortably in their esteemed presence. The Leper Window is a short, fascinating, dark tale in the classic horror mould.
October 7, 2015
I received an ARC of this novella in exchange for an honest review. This is in no way reflected in my opinion of this book.
The Leper Window is a mysterious thrill ride into the unknown. I really liked the feeling of this story. The descriptions gave it an atmosphere of dread and gloom as I followed Daniel Gates through the eerie country side. There wasn't a lot of overt horror but the creepiness factor of this story was high. My one complaint with this novella was the length. I found myself wanting to know more! A well written and spooky 3.5 star read.
September 26, 2015
Daniel Gates is forced into a job he doesn’t want to do, to retrieve a stolen page from a grimoire. The journey takes him to North Wales and a mysterious chapel with a grim history.
Bram Stoker Award nominee Frazer Lee delivers again in this novella that expertly blends horror and mystery, relying more on suspense than gore to keep the reader engaged, as only a master of the craft can. Carve another notch in Lee’s literary gun belt.
Bram Stoker Award nominee Frazer Lee delivers again in this novella that expertly blends horror and mystery, relying more on suspense than gore to keep the reader engaged, as only a master of the craft can. Carve another notch in Lee’s literary gun belt.
September 19, 2015
A good novella and an interesting character to build a series around
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January 20, 2016
The Leper is a short, quick, read. Daniel Graves woke up suddenly with a horrific headache. One so debilitating that he can barely function. Daniel does odd jobs for whoever hires him and for this job he was to acquire a book for a man that owns a bookstore with a wealth client. But, this isn’t just any book. It’s a Grimoire. A Grimoire that is missing a page. Daniel must go back out and find the missing page for the client.
I found this book difficult to get into. The writing is good, but it was the story was confusing to me for most of the book. However, it is full of mystery that can easily keep the right reader engaged and enthralled. Unfortunately, that reader was not me. I feel that this story is not a bad one. It wasn’t the right one for me.
*copy provided for review.
I found this book difficult to get into. The writing is good, but it was the story was confusing to me for most of the book. However, it is full of mystery that can easily keep the right reader engaged and enthralled. Unfortunately, that reader was not me. I feel that this story is not a bad one. It wasn’t the right one for me.
*copy provided for review.
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