Book cover revealed: TWISTED SHADOWS (a summer 2018 release)

ISBN 978-1-9999817-0-9 (trade paperback)

ISBN 978-1-9999817-1-6 (e-book)

SUMMER 2018

From Huxley and Boye to Orwell

Revisited the historic café Ofvandahls in Uppsala, Sweden. The café, located at the same address since it first opened in 1878, was one of Karin Boye’s favourite hang-outs.

Karin Boye (1900-1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist whose suicide in 1941 reflected her tragic, bleak and depressing writing style. Internationally, Boye is regarded as one of the greatest Swedish poets of all time. She also wrote five novels whereof four were published in the 1930s. Apart from the collected poems, she is best known abroad for her last novel, KALLOCAIN, a psychological dystopia nightmare, which dealt with the same social science fiction themes as did George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. Indeed, KALLOCAIN, published in 1940, predated Orwell’s book by eight years.

"KALLOCAIN deserves to take a secure place in the literature of dystopia, among such novels as Aldous Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD and George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR."

— Richard B. Vowles, Professor of Comparative Literature and Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Revisiting the café Ofvandahls.

Two Karin Boye novels: ASTARTE (1931) and KALLOCAIN (1940).

Karin Boye (1900-1941). Poet and novelist.

“Happy New Year, Murphy”

It wouldn’t be New Year’s Eve without suspense/thriller/horror/cyberpunk movies set on or around New Year’s Eve. Four favourites of mine:

END OF DAYS (Peter Hyams, 1999). A Wall Street investment banker (Gabriel Byrne) gets possessed by Satan himself, who has come to impregnate a young woman named Christine York (Robin Tunney) on the eve of the new millennium. Only Satan faces a hard-boiled enemy in the form of ex-cop-turned-bodyguard Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

STRANGE DAYS (Kathryn Bigelow/James Cameron, 1995). In an out-of-control Los Angeles at the turn of the millennium, a former detective (Ralph Fiennes) sells illegal, virtual-reality devices which allow users to experience the recorded sensations of others.

ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven, 1987). A murdered cop, Alex Murphy (Peter Weller), is wired into a computer-controlled artificial body and set to the task of policing the soaring crime rate of the near-future city of Detroit.

BITTER MOON (Roman Polanski, 1992). Whilst on a Mediterranean New-Year cruise in this bleak, disturbing and intense tale, English couple Nigel and Fiona (Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott-Thomas) meet Oscar (Peter Coyote), a wheelchair-bound American novelist, and his young French wife Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner).

The clip: A woman wishes RoboCop/Alex Murphy a Happy New Year and gives him a kiss, leaving a smudge of lipstick on the camera lens, i.e. RoboCop’s visor. (Clip source: getyarn.io)

New blog name - new URL

For the record: This blog just changed name from FantastikThrillerSpace to Johan Fundin. All of the old posts are still here.

Thus, the new URL:

johanfundin.blogspot.com

TWISTED SHADOWS: A thriller of both spine-chilling terror and emotional power

Johan Fundin's Twisted Shadows is full-tilt suspense entertainment jam-packed with explosive thrills. Perfect for fans of Dean Koontz and James Patterson.

Three young women’s interests collide when the founder of a groundbreaking biotechnology company dies under mysterious circumstances.

"Johan Fundin has a gift for creating atmosphere" LandOfWhimsy.com

Catriona is a hot multimillionaire supermodel. But her life is far from perfect. Cat is being stalked by a creature in a black raincoat. Who is he… or it?

Janice, Cat's twin sister, is a deformed and reclusive pub waitress. To most people, Jan is a disgusting monster.

Ebba, Cat's best friend and supermodel colleague, is living on the edge. Where is the limit?

In connection with the bizarre death of the founder of a pioneering biotech institute, Cat, Jan and Ebba are drawn into a horrifying conspiracy with global consequences.

Release: Summer 2018

What readers are saying about the novels of Johan Fundin:

"Really exciting from beginning to end – a 'page turner'."

"What a shocker! It's really really good! Has everything a suspense novel needs; mystery, murder, red herrings, characters, love, and even a car chase!"

"It's very suspenseful. There's finesse in the train of thought and the use of language differs from that of other thrillers."

"Exciting, entertaining, vividly described, electrifying. I'm impressed. What a finish!"


"What a thrilling story! Impressive!"

MR. MANIAC book review: "An excellent read"

"An excellent read - a real page turner throughout."
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The book review site From A Yellow House has reviewed MR. MANIAC. Full review:

http://www.fromayellowhouse.com/2017/08/book-spotlight-mr-maniac-by-johan-fundin.html

MR. MANIAC is available both as paperback and kindle eBook:
Amazon USA
Amazon UK

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HorrorCon UK blogged:
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