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IT'S HERE!! 🖤✨ The cover reveal for THE KNOCKING — my new gothic historical fiction novel coming July 14th! I am SO excited about this book. Ghosts. Journalism. Spiritualism. 1850 New York. It's spooky, it's fun, it's a little bit occult-y, and I cannot wait for you to read it. Pre-order now in hardback, paperback, or audio — https://a.co/d/049Ojp5V #TheKnocking #CoverReveal #GothicFiction #HistoricalFiction #Preorder #Spiritualism #Ghosts #AuthorLife #BookCommunity

Horror Makes Us Happy Sits Down with Laura Lee Bahr

Author Laura Lee Bahr recently made her second appearance on the YouTube interview series Horror Makes Us Happy , joining hosts Steve and Chris for a wide-ranging conversation about her work, her writing process, and what's coming next. Bahr, who first appeared on the show in January 2022, noted that many of the themes from that earlier conversation — grief, power imbalances, self-determination, and finding hope in the face of things beyond our control — ended up finding thei

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ABOUT LAURA LEE BAHR

Laura Lee Bahr is an award-winning indie author / performer / filmmaker with a gift for the hilariously, tragically absurd.

She is the screenwriter for the multi-award winning feature films Jesus Freak and the little Death. She is the author of the novels Haunt (winner of the Wonderland Book Award, Best Novel) and Long-Form Religious Porn, and the short-story collection Angel Meat (winner of the Wonderland Book Award, Best Collection). Laura's debut feature as writer/director, Boned, won “Best Micro-Budget Feature” at the Toronto Independent Film Festival and is currently distributed through Gravitas (available everywhere). She was the Spring 2018 writer-in-residence at the Kerouac house.

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Laura Lee Bahr writes masterpiece fiction. Oh my God, we're witnessing the beginning of a brilliant canon and career.”

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(Long-Form Religious Porn is) a funny, sexy, weird, scary book about vampire cults, murder, kinky sex, quack therapy and making movies in Los Angeles, all told with Laura Lee Bahr’s blend of pants-offing charm and wicked genius.”

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The world is full of grace and horror and laughter and blood, and I thank Laura Lee Bahr for using these stories to remind all of us.”

Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box

Francesca Lia Block author of Weetzie Bat and House of Hearts

Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart is a Chainsaw

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The Knocking is Available for Pre Order!

Laura Lee Bahr

author | filmmaker | performer

THE LATEST

The Knocking by Laura Lee Bahr - Cover Reveal and Now Available for Pre Order!

Horror Makes Us Happy Sits Down with Laura Lee Bahr

The Knocking is Available for Pre Order!

ABOUT LAURA LEE BAHR

BOOKS

PRAISE

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Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box

Francesca Lia Block author of Weetzie Bat and House of Hearts

Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart is a Chainsaw

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