Rather than relying on psychotic madmen or forces from another world to terrorise his protagonists, Masterton instead looks to old legends and mythology for inspiration for bad guys. Plots, Themes and Ancient MythologyĪs with his readership, the subjects of Masterton's novels are varied, but some common themes do exist. A reader of Graham Masterton is as likely to be a city gent on his way to a nine o'clock meeting as a teenage goth contemplating his existence and partaking in writing bad poetry. They also seem to come from all walks of life, as well. These readers seem to come from no one specific place, as Masterton has been published all over the world, from North America to the former Soviet states of Eastern Europe. But occasionally the name will light a spark in the memory and you will hear a tale of that person reading a book, which lured them into a quasi-real world of brooding horrors and unrelenting dread. Mention his name to some and all you get is a blank stare.
But the name of Graham Masterton is seldom mentioned among them.Ī prolific writer of titles from a multitude of genres, Graham Masterton is an author who commands what has become an almost underground following. In the genre of horror fiction, these names include Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Anne Rice without fail. Each year the most exalted authors in particular genres, recognised by the modern publishing industry, reward their faithful fan bases with new and shiny tomes in time for the Christmas rush. In the present day, one can walk into a high street bookstore and be presented with shelves that practically bulge with the work of writers known the world over. Graham Masterton, interviewed on the Nightmare Sagas website
I am still doing that today, by inventing creatures and situations in which our daily terrors can be grappled with in a physical form. In olden times, storytellers would explain the fear of the unknown.
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