Aurealis Magazine Reviews Roy Freirich’s Deprivation in their February 2024 issue and we were humbled by this in depth, glowing review. Dynamite. A racy book with razor-edge dialogue and a big cast you can’t help but care about. Deprivation is the kind of book you read at a gobble, and then slap yourself for not […] More
Coming 2/13/2024, this reissue of Deprivation includes a bonus novella, Sarah, and some very cool SWAG! More
We are excited to be revealing the cover of the reissue of Roy Freirich’s 2020 novel Deprivation. Coming February 13th, 2024, featuring a never-before published haunting, heartbreaking novella, Sarah. On a razor’s edge between speculation and reality, Freirich’s psychological horror Deprivation tracks the spread of the next epidemic —insomnia. Over a week, as sleeplessness engulfs […] More
It is that time of the year and we are already blown away at the showing from our 2020 catalog! * means final results in! VELOCITIES : STORIES by Kathe Koja (story collection) | *Bram Stoker Award Finalist, This is Horror Award nominee, *Locus prelim ballot THE ATTIC TRAGEDY by J. Ashley-Smith (novella) | * […] More
Yes, we’re super-duper-stoked that DEPRIVATION will hit stores tomorrow and the blog tour starts right NOW! This beautifully written edge-of-your-seat thriller by Roy Freirich is hard to put down, so choose your start time accordingly. We’ve got a lot of exciting things planned this week, with stops at some amazing bloggers and bookstagrammers, and a […] More
Publishers Weekly calls Deprivation a “chilling thrillers” that will make horror fans grateful! Mystery/Thriller Book Review: Deprivation by Roy Freirich. Meerkat, $17.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-946154-21-7 Roy Freirich. Meerkat, $17.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-946154-21-7 More By and About This Author On New York’s Carratuck Island, physician Sam Carlson, the hero of this chilling […] More
Kirkus weighs in on Roy Freirichs forthcoming psychological thriller, DEPRIVATION and we loved what they had to say! DEPRIVATION by Roy Freirich | Kirkus Reviews In this cinematic thriller, crippling insomnia infects the tourists and residents of a small town following the appearance of a mysteriously silent orphan. Like most out-of-balance tourist towns that bustle […] More
We are excited to share the cover of Roy Freirich’s new novel Deprivation! The gorgeous design was done by L. Mai Designs, and we think it does a great job capturing the mood of this intense pulse-quickening thriller. Stay tuned for more about this great book in the coming months. More
Roy Freirich spent time talking to Jose Angel Manaiza Jr. at Thrive Global about insomnia and his next novel Deprivation. As a songwriter it was not uncommon to record and mix for twenty hours straight in the studio. After the 11th, I began to fall in love with everything but think it could be better […] More
Meerkat Press is excited to announce the acquisition of the much anticipated new novel, Deprivation, by acclaimed author and screenwriter, Roy Freirich. The novel, which Kirkus Reviews calls a “cinematic . . . well-paced action thriller,” will be published early 2020. Deprivation is a gripping psychological thriller set on a small New England coastal island […] More
