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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.
 
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 LakeDawson's City
Night ShowShootout At Joe'sThe IntruderNight Ride
The CallerCardiac ArrestThe CobraLast Hand
Live BaitLonely OneMarathonNight Games
BewareAll Hallow's EveHalloween HuntBeginner's Luck
FleshReturnThin AirTread Softly
Resurrection DreamsMidnight's LairFunlandOne Rainy Night
The StakeDarkness, Tell UsIslandBlood Games
AlarumsSavage: From Whitechapel to the Wild West on the Track of Jack the RipperEndless NightIn the Dark
The QuakeBody RidesBiteAfter Midnight
The WildsAmong the MissingCome Out TonightCuts
The Travelling Vampire ShowOnce Upon A HalloweenNo SanctuaryNight in the Lonesome October
The Halloween MouseAmaraThe LakeThe Glory Bus
 
Collections
Out Are the Lights: And Other TalesA Good, Secret PlaceTen TalesFiends
A Writer's TaleDreadful TalesMadman Stan and Other StoriesTriage
 
Chapbooks
Guts
 
Novellas
The Hearse
 
Anthologies edited
Bad News
 
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 [short story] (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 [short story] (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
The Fire Within
The Fire Within (1991)
Graham Watkins
"Erotic, shocking... A major achievement."
Clickers
Clickers (1999)
(Clickers, book 1)
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)
(Vampyrrhic, book 2)
Simon Clark
"A master of eerie thrills."
Red Angel
Red Angel (2003)
(Trey Campbell, book 2)
Andrew Harper
"Andrew Harper is one of the best!"
The Rising
The Rising (2003)
(Rising, book 1)
Brian Keene
"A top-notch, terrifying thriller."



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