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Richard Laymon

(Richard Carl Laymon)
USA  (1947 - 2001)
aka
Richard Kelly, Carl Laymon, Lee Davis Willoughby (with William L DeAndrea and Richard Deming)
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About Richard Laymon
Richard Laymon was born in Chicago and grew up in California. He has an MA in English Literature from Loyola University, Los Angeles. He has worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian and a mystery magazine editor.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

The Woods Are Dark
The Woods Are Dark

Series
The CellarThe Beast HouseThe Midnight TourFriday Night in the Beast House
 
The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 1: Cellar / Beast HouseThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 2: Woods Are Dark / Out Are the LightsThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 3: Night Show / Allhallow's EveThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 4: Beware / Dark Mountain
The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 5: Flesh / Resurrection DreamsThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 6: Funland / StakeThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 7: Darkness Tell Us / One Rainy NightThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 8: Alarums / Blood Games
The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 9: Endless Night / Midnight's LairThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 10: Savage/ In the DarkThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 11x: Island / QuakeThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 12: Body Rides / Bite
The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 13: Fiends / After MidnightThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 14: Among the Missing / Come Out TonightThe Richard Laymon Collection Volume 15The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 16: Night in the Lonesome October / No Sanctuary
 
Novels
Your Secret AdmirerThe Woods Are DarkNightmare LakeShootout At Joe's
Night ShowDawson's CityBewareCardiac Arrest
Last HandLive BaitLonely OneMarathon
All Hallow's EveHalloween HuntBeginner's LuckFlesh
Tread SoftlyReturnResurrection DreamsMidnight's Lair
FunlandOne Rainy NightThe StakeDarkness, Tell Us
IslandBlood GamesAlarumsDark Mountain
Savage: From Whitechapel to the Wild West on the Track of Jack the RipperEndless NightIn the DarkThe Quake
Body RidesBiteAfter MidnightAmong the Missing
Come Out TonightCutsThe Travelling Vampire ShowOnce Upon A Halloween
No SanctuaryNight in the Lonesome OctoberThe Halloween MouseAmara
The HearseThe LakeThe Glory Bus
 
Collections
Out Are the Lights: And Other TalesTen TalesFiendsA Writer's Tale
Dreadful TalesTriage
 
Chapbooks
 
Anthologies edited
 
Anthologies containing stories by Richard Laymon
Modern Masters of HorrorBook of the DeadBest New HorrorHotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror
PredatorsThe Earth Strikes BackDark LoveNight Screams
Vampire DetectivesThe Vampire OmnibusLove in Vein II100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment
The Unexplained: Stories of the ParanormalVampire Slayers: Stories of Those Who Dare to Take Back the Night
 
Short stories
Desert Pickup (1970)
Roadside Pickup (1974)
Oscar's Audition (1975) (writing as Richard Kelly)
Out of the Woods (1975)
Paying Joe Back (1975)
A Good Cigar Is a Smoke (1976)
The Direct Approach (1977)
The Champion (1978)
Stiff Intruders (1980)
Barney's Bigfoot Museum (1981)
Blarney (1981)
Spooked (1981)
The Grab (1982)
Eats (1985)
Bad News (1989)
The Bleeder (1989)
Dinker's Pond (1989)
The Hunt (1989)
Madman Stan (1989)
Mess Hall (1989)
The Tub (1990)
Special (1991)
Kitty Litter (1992)
The Good Deed (1993)
A Good, Secret Place (1993)
Joyce (1993)
The Mask (1993)
Slit (1993)
Stickman (1993)
The Fur Coat (1994)
Good Vibrations (1995)
The Maiden (1995)
Phil the Vampire (1995)
First Date (1996)
The Job (1998)


Awards
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (1989) : Flesh
Bram Stoker Best Novel nominee (1991) : Funland
Bram Stoker Best Collection nominee (1994) : A Good, Secret Place
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1996) : Bite
Bram Stoker Best Novel winner (2001) : The Travelling Vampire Show


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Richard Laymon recommends
Clickers
Clickers (1999)
J F Gonzalez and Mark Williams
"Fans of Guy N. Smith and the early James Herbert should get a real kick out of CLICKERS...creatures run amok, and heads roll! The invasion of the quiet, seaside community also has echos of Lovecraft. Creepy, grisly fun."
City Infernal
City Infernal (2001)
(City Infernal, book 1)
Edward Lee
"The living legend of literary mayhem. Edward Lee writes with gusto, guts, and brains. Read him if you dare."
Vampyrrhic Rites
Vampyrrhic Rites (2002)
Simon Clark
"A master of eerie thrills."
Red Angel
Red Angel (2003)
Andrew Harper
"Andrew Harper is one of the best!"
The Rising
The Rising (2003)
Brian Keene
"A top-notch, terrifying thriller."



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