Anders Fager

Anders Fager
The face of horror (2010)
Born (1964-03-03) 3 March 1964
Stockholm
Occupation Novelist
Notable works Svenska Kulter
Jag såg henne idag i receptionen
Notable awards Catahyapriset
2010

Anders Fager (born in Stockholm 1964) is a Swedish horror writer. After a career as an army officer and game designer he made his debut in 2009 with the short story collection Swedish Cults (Svenska kulter) that received a most favourable review in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter[1] and launched Fager's career as full-time writer. Fager writes modern urban horror in a style he has repeatedly described as ”what would happen if James Ellroy took on H.P. Lovecraft”. Set in present-day Sweden, his interconnected stories form a modern part of the Cthulhu mythos with entities such as Dagon, Hastur and Nyarlathotep making appearances. Fager's fictional world, known as "The Cult's World", has been made into a role playing game and a graphic novel.

Anders Fager lives in Stockholm. His other works includes role playing games, a children's book and work with TV and film scripts. His novel "Kaknäs Last Tape" is set in the postapocalyptic world of the role playing game Mutant - Year Zero. Fager is currently working with audiobook publisher Storytell as well as with White Wolf.

Outside of Sweden, Fager has so far been published in Finland and France [2] and has been introduced in the British Lovecraftiana magazine Cyäegha.[3] A film version of Collected Swedish Cults is being developed by director-team Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein.[4][5]

Awards

  • Novellpris 2009, for the short story "Mormors resa" (Grandmother's Journey)[6]
  • Fager has as the only ever Swedish Writer been nominated twice for the French Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, for "Les furies de Borås"[7][8] and "La Reine en jaune".

Bibliography

  • Swedish Cults (2009, Svenska kulter)
  • Collected Swedish Cults (2011; Samlade svenska kulter – An omnibus featuring the short stories from Swedish Cults as well as “Interspecies Liaisons” and ”You can not live”)
  • I Saw Her Today at the Reception (2012; Jag såg henne idag i receptionen)
  • Under the bridge at Arcole (2014; - Short story in Paradox Entertainment's anthology Europa Universalis)[9]
  • The Substitute Teacher from Hell (2014, Den elaka vikarien)
  • A Man of Wealth and Taste (2014, En man av Stil och Smak)
  • Kaknäs' last tape (2015, Kaknäs sista band)
  • Dirty Black Summer (2016, Smutsig svart sommar graphic novel adopted from The Furies from Borås)
  • Eve's first week being dead (2017, Evas Första Vecka Som Död Audiobook)
  • For the Love of Goddess (2017, För Gudinnan Novel)

References

  1. ↑ Thente, Jonas (17 March 2010). "Anders Fager: "Svenska kulter"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). AB Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ↑ http://mirobole-editions.com/slideshow-1-1/
  3. ↑ CYÄEGHA Number 9 Summer 2013
  4. ↑ "Det våras för svensk skräck". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). AB Dagens Nyheter. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Collected Swedish Cults". Internet Movie Database. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Novellpris". Catahya (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2015". Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Last Dance With Shub-Niggurarth http://www.tor.com/2016/06/01/llovecraft-reread-anders-fager-furies-from-boras/
  9. ↑ https://www.paradoxplaza.com/europa-universalis-anthology?___store=eu
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