Richard Laymon
Richard Laymon was born in Chicago in 1947 and died on Valentine's Day 2001. He lived as a child in California. He received a BA in English Literature from Willamette University in Oregon and an MA in English Literature from Loyola University in Los Angeles.
His works include more than sixty short stories and more than thirty novels, many of which were published posthumously. Most of his writings were firmly in the horror genre. Laymon is somewhat lesser known in North America than elsewhere, as he achieved much of his success in Europe, particularly the United Kingdom. His novel Flesh was named Best Horror Novel of 1988 by Science Fiction Chronicle, and both Flesh and Funland were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award.
Laymon also published several works under the pseudonym Richard Kelly.
Partial list of works (alphabetical)
- After Midnight (1997)
- Alarums (1992)
- All Hallow's Eve (1986)
- Amara (USA title: To Wake the Dead) (2003)
- Among the Missing (1999)
- Beast House, The (1979)
- Beginner's Luck (1986)
- Beware (1985)
- Bite (1996)
- Blood Games (1992)
- Body Rides (1996)
- Caller (1985)
- Cardiac Arrest (1985)
- Cellar, The (1980)
- Come Out Tonight (1999)
- Cobra, The (1985)
- Cuts (1999)
- Dark Mountain (1992)
- Darkness, Tell Us (1991)
- Dawson City (1984)
- Endless Night (1993)
- Flesh (1987)
- Friday Night in the Beast House (2001)
- Funland (1989)
- Glory Bus, The (USA title: Into the Fire) (2005)
- Guts (1985)
- Halloween Hunt (1986)
- Halloween Mouse, The (2001)
- In the Dark (1994)
- Intruder (1984)
- Island (1991)
- Lake, The (2004)
- Last Hand (1985)
- Live Bait (1985)
- Lonely One (1985)
- Marathon (1985)
- Midnight Tour, The (1986)
- Midnight's Lair (1988)
- Night Games (1985)
- Night in the Lonesome October, The (2001)
- Night Ride (1985)
- Night Show (1984)
- No Sanctuary (2001)
- One Rainy Night (1990)
- Once Upon A Halloween (2000)
- Quake, The (1995)
- Resurrection Dreams (1988)
- Return (1987)
- Savage (1993)
- Shootout At Joe's (1984)
- Stake, The (1990)
- Thin Air (1987)
- Travelling Vampire Show, The (2000)
- Tread Softly (1987)
- Wilds, The (1998)
- Woods Are Dark, The (1981)