Iain Rob Wright
Author of The Final Winter
About the Author
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Series
Works by Iain Rob Wright
Flesh Bargain 5 copies
S is for Sand 5 copies
Student of Death 5 copies
Q is for Quarantine 5 copies
The Cursed Manuscripts: Books 1-6: Witch, Zombie, Hell Train, Maniac Menagerie, Ghosts, Bad Luck 4 copies
The BIG Horror Pack 2 3 copies
Supernatural Collection (House Beneath the Bridge, Picture Frame, & Blood on the Bar) (2018) 3 copies
The Shroud: A Horror Novella 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Wright, Iain Rob
- Legal name
- Wright, Iain Rob
- Birthdate
- 1984-01-22
- Gender
- male
- Organizations
- Horror Writer Association
- Short biography
- Iain Rob Wright is one of the UK's most successful horror and suspense writers, with novels including the critically acclaimed, THE FINAL WINTER; the disturbing bestseller, ASBO; and the wicked screamfest, THE HOUSEMATES. His work is currently being adapted for graphic novels, audio books, and foreign audiences. He is an active member of the Horror Writer Association and a massive animal lover. Check out Iain's official website for updates at: http: //www.iainrobwright.com or add him on Facebook where he would love to meet you.
- Nationality
- England
- Birthplace
- Worcestershire, England, UK
- Map Location
- England, UK
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Reviews
You can't choose your family, but sometimes they're all that stand between you and utter darkness. Martin Gable is a boy becoming a man, but nothing can prepare him for the evil that has just entered his home.
Martin Gable is an average ten-year-old boy trying to navigate life with a moody older sister, an unstable mother and a stepfather who has been more of a father to him than his own ever had been. All that changes after the family's trip to the local flea market. Shortly after returning show more home, strange events begin to happen like the sudden appearance of a door on their landing...a door that was NOT there when they left for the market. The door that had NEVER been there before. Now more bizarre events begin to unfold as something uninvited, enters their home.
Martin and his family have no idea how to handle the entity, or whatever it is that has taken up residency on their landing. They need help, but who can possibly help them? When a stranger offers to help the family, they have no choice but to accept, but will the "thing" in the upstairs room be able to be sent back to wherever it came from before total chaos breaks loose?
Iain Rob Wright is a fairly new author for me. I have loved everything that I have read by him thus far. He is literally a "master" when it comes to producing horror. Kudos for coming up with a character like a hungry entity that feeds off...of all things... people's careless words. The story is totally the "evil child" of the result of a breeding between "Poltergeist" and the "X- Files". It's set sometime in the 1990’s and transports us back to a time of landlines instead of smart -phones and internet was so new that it was "dial-up". This was the time of a much "less connected" world, so Martin and his family had to struggle with the entity that invaded their home without the benefit of any of conveniences of today to help.
The story starts quickly and continues at a fast pace with new developments unfolding so quickly that it was hard to believe that most of the events that the family was trying to deal with only took place over a few days. By the end of the story, it seemed that there may be more to Martin's story than the events happening in this single book. It seems that this is a stand-alone, however I am really hoping for at least a future sequel. We need to see how the events that turned out over those few days in 1998. I loved the entire idea of the story and the characters, but the 4.5-star rating was because I felt that there are still questions that need and could be explored. show less
Martin Gable is an average ten-year-old boy trying to navigate life with a moody older sister, an unstable mother and a stepfather who has been more of a father to him than his own ever had been. All that changes after the family's trip to the local flea market. Shortly after returning show more home, strange events begin to happen like the sudden appearance of a door on their landing...a door that was NOT there when they left for the market. The door that had NEVER been there before. Now more bizarre events begin to unfold as something uninvited, enters their home.
Martin and his family have no idea how to handle the entity, or whatever it is that has taken up residency on their landing. They need help, but who can possibly help them? When a stranger offers to help the family, they have no choice but to accept, but will the "thing" in the upstairs room be able to be sent back to wherever it came from before total chaos breaks loose?
Iain Rob Wright is a fairly new author for me. I have loved everything that I have read by him thus far. He is literally a "master" when it comes to producing horror. Kudos for coming up with a character like a hungry entity that feeds off...of all things... people's careless words. The story is totally the "evil child" of the result of a breeding between "Poltergeist" and the "X- Files". It's set sometime in the 1990’s and transports us back to a time of landlines instead of smart -phones and internet was so new that it was "dial-up". This was the time of a much "less connected" world, so Martin and his family had to struggle with the entity that invaded their home without the benefit of any of conveniences of today to help.
The story starts quickly and continues at a fast pace with new developments unfolding so quickly that it was hard to believe that most of the events that the family was trying to deal with only took place over a few days. By the end of the story, it seemed that there may be more to Martin's story than the events happening in this single book. It seems that this is a stand-alone, however I am really hoping for at least a future sequel. We need to see how the events that turned out over those few days in 1998. I loved the entire idea of the story and the characters, but the 4.5-star rating was because I felt that there are still questions that need and could be explored. show less
Sammie has a secret. Want to hear it? When washed-up priest Angela Murs and skittish ghost hunter Tim Golding are summoned to a vast countryside manor to help a sick little boy, they have no idea what to expect. While it's clear that young Samuel Raymeady is a very disturbed child, there's surely no way he could be behind the recent spate of accidents and deaths around his home. He's just a child...
It's undeniable, we know from the first meeting that Sam is possessed. His rich and widowed show more mother, needs and calls for help. She asks for that "help" from an alcoholic female ex-priest and a paranormal debunker to diagnose and save him. Not stellar choices, Mom. There is a small cast of supporting characters who may or may not be who they seem to be, and a suspicious pharmaceutical corporation acting as the "spider web" entrapping them all.
Although this story is intended to be frightening, I didn't find it to be especially so...but I did find it fascinating and interesting, which is what kept me reading. I would describe it as the evil stepchild of an unholy union between "The Omen" and "The Exorcist". It has more suspenseful fright sequences than either of those two novels, and Iain Rob Wright always creates characters that are just slightly on the cusp of being a dirty shade of dishwater gray. You know something is "wrong" with them, but it takes several chapters to come anywhere close to figuring out just what their "wrongness" is. They are more like real people than is usually found in a horror story. Well...they're normal until they prove how wrong you were.
Another thing that makes this story a bit more unique is that no one, not one single character is completely good or completely evil...really smart or totally stupid. It's filled with absolutely 100% "normal, everyday" people. Needless to say, it was a pleasure to read about people that struggle with their own morality rather than having it laid out in print for them. These are people with limitations that are forced to step up and be tested, with very, frightening results.
Overall: It was written for horror fans... everything is there: an old English country house, mysterious inhabitants of said English country house, strange phenomena, and eerie rumors and stories. A very entertaining read, by an excellent author. show less
It's undeniable, we know from the first meeting that Sam is possessed. His rich and widowed show more mother, needs and calls for help. She asks for that "help" from an alcoholic female ex-priest and a paranormal debunker to diagnose and save him. Not stellar choices, Mom. There is a small cast of supporting characters who may or may not be who they seem to be, and a suspicious pharmaceutical corporation acting as the "spider web" entrapping them all.
Although this story is intended to be frightening, I didn't find it to be especially so...but I did find it fascinating and interesting, which is what kept me reading. I would describe it as the evil stepchild of an unholy union between "The Omen" and "The Exorcist". It has more suspenseful fright sequences than either of those two novels, and Iain Rob Wright always creates characters that are just slightly on the cusp of being a dirty shade of dishwater gray. You know something is "wrong" with them, but it takes several chapters to come anywhere close to figuring out just what their "wrongness" is. They are more like real people than is usually found in a horror story. Well...they're normal until they prove how wrong you were.
Another thing that makes this story a bit more unique is that no one, not one single character is completely good or completely evil...really smart or totally stupid. It's filled with absolutely 100% "normal, everyday" people. Needless to say, it was a pleasure to read about people that struggle with their own morality rather than having it laid out in print for them. These are people with limitations that are forced to step up and be tested, with very, frightening results.
Overall: It was written for horror fans... everything is there: an old English country house, mysterious inhabitants of said English country house, strange phenomena, and eerie rumors and stories. A very entertaining read, by an excellent author. show less
I don't really know where to start with this one. It's classed as young adult but it's more on the younger side of young adult, bordering on middle grade in a lot of ways. That said, not every way there are some references to nakedness and blood and gore but overall, it's a pretty tame read. It's also referenced as being like Buffy and Angel. It is. All the best parts of Buffy are included in this book. There's lots of wit and spunkiness and some of the plot lines. For instance a lot of this show more is like the Tabula Rasa episode. Or a lot of first season Buffy. Miles is pretty Giles like. Indy has Xander moments. Scarlet's dad embodies Joyce. Etc, etc. Parts of this had me feeling like I was reading a Buffy novelisation or an extra episode or fanfiction. It was original enough in it's own way but it also incorporated echoes of all my favourite Buffy elements. But I'm a Buffy fan and I can't quite imagine how this would be for someone who is not - I mean I liked it because of the Buffy reminders - I don't know if the plot works without that background. There's not really any romance in this, just a tiny bit if you squint - most of Scarlet and Sorrow's relationship is simply friendship. There's also not enough character depth. There is lots of humour and I was busy chuckling as I read. However, the humour disguised the fact that there wasn't a lot of action - the characters kept going from disaster to disaster but there wasn't much actual fighting or solving them. That said, I was distracted enough while reading not to particularly notice that until after the fact. It's a shame the author hasn't written a sequel because I would be interested to read it and see where the plot goes. The ending sets up a second novel and I would definitely read it if available. show less
Are you brave enough to ride? AJ Starr is a pro wrestler on the rise, and his life is about to change forever. Knowing this, he plans one last party with all of his best friends. Where is the venue? None other than Saxon Hills...a theme park that was abandoned ten years ago after its flagship ride burned down and killed nine innocent people. Some people say the place is haunted, but AJ knows from his time inside the wrestling ring, that fantasy and reality are two totally separate show more things...or so he thought. AJ has no idea how nightmarish things are about to get, and eventually he’ll be left wondering whether he brought his friends to Saxon Hills theme park to have fun, or just to die.
This is a new author for me, but we are diffidently going to be revisiting again and often. I love creepy, dark horror stories and he has hit the "nail on the head", with this one.
Our main character, A.J., has invited five of his closest friends to an old, abandoned amusement park that he had loved when he was a kid. He wants to have one big party to relive and perhaps again recapture those brief moments of happiness and friendship before he moves to the U.S. in search of furthering his pro wrestling career and perhaps reach his dream of stardom that he believes could be awaiting him.
As they are almost to the park, they meet up with something a bit unexpected... a huge stag with one broken antler, that was actually blocking their way in. When the animal refused to move the girls became frightened and one of them believed it was a bad sign and wanted to turn around, go home, and forget about this trip altogether. Could this actually be their first sign of a premonition of danger that may lies ahead or was it just a skittish girl looking for an excuse to avoid the trip?
A.J. and his friends have no idea of what lies ahead in the darkness of the night at the park or what is waiting to meet and greet them. Oh...it gets creepier. From the book "The screams didn't translate at first. They were in a theme park after all, the one place where screams were ordinary. It wasn't until they joined the tail end of the queue that she realized the screams were different. They were not notes tinged with glee and amusement. They were the screams of people screaming in terror."
This was such a fun and scary, creepy horror story. The book was fast paced and exciting with lots of thrills and spills. The characters were perfect even the ones that you became impatient with or really didn't like. This horror story takes place in a creepy outdoor setting and has supernatural events taking place that fall somehow manage to fall into the "believable" category. If you like good horror stories, then I absolutely recommend this book...and you don't have to wait until Halloween! show less
This is a new author for me, but we are diffidently going to be revisiting again and often. I love creepy, dark horror stories and he has hit the "nail on the head", with this one.
Our main character, A.J., has invited five of his closest friends to an old, abandoned amusement park that he had loved when he was a kid. He wants to have one big party to relive and perhaps again recapture those brief moments of happiness and friendship before he moves to the U.S. in search of furthering his pro wrestling career and perhaps reach his dream of stardom that he believes could be awaiting him.
As they are almost to the park, they meet up with something a bit unexpected... a huge stag with one broken antler, that was actually blocking their way in. When the animal refused to move the girls became frightened and one of them believed it was a bad sign and wanted to turn around, go home, and forget about this trip altogether. Could this actually be their first sign of a premonition of danger that may lies ahead or was it just a skittish girl looking for an excuse to avoid the trip?
A.J. and his friends have no idea of what lies ahead in the darkness of the night at the park or what is waiting to meet and greet them. Oh...it gets creepier. From the book "The screams didn't translate at first. They were in a theme park after all, the one place where screams were ordinary. It wasn't until they joined the tail end of the queue that she realized the screams were different. They were not notes tinged with glee and amusement. They were the screams of people screaming in terror."
This was such a fun and scary, creepy horror story. The book was fast paced and exciting with lots of thrills and spills. The characters were perfect even the ones that you became impatient with or really didn't like. This horror story takes place in a creepy outdoor setting and has supernatural events taking place that fall somehow manage to fall into the "believable" category. If you like good horror stories, then I absolutely recommend this book...and you don't have to wait until Halloween! show less
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