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Richard Carl Laymon

Born	January 14, 1947(1947-01-14) Chicago, Illinois
Died	February 14, 2001 (aged 54)
Occupation	novelist
Genres	Horror
Website	Richard Laymon Kills!

Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 - February 14, 2001^[1]) was an American horror writer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and 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. He died from a massive heart attack. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about work. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... â€œHorror storyâ€ redirects here. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... â€œHorror storyâ€ redirects here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 606. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... Willamette University is a private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. ... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area Ranked 9th - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 kmÂ²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 2. ... Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles, California, USA. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Heart attack redirects here. ...

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. He won this award posthumously in 2001 for The Traveling Vampire Show. The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for superior achievement in horror writing. ...

Laymon also published several works under the pseudonym Richard Kelly. Many prominent horror novelists such as Stephen King and Dean Koontz are known to have praised Laymon's works, and in late 2007, Cemetery Dance Publications is set to release a tribute anthology called In Laymon's Terms (edited by Kelly Laymon, Steve Gerlach, and Richard Chizmar). It features over three dozen contributors and will be released in three different editions. A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. ... An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

1 Bibliography
2 Footnotes
3 External links
4 See also

Bibliography

Novels

The Cellar (1980) (The first book in the Beast House Chronicles series)
Your Secret Admirer (1980) (writing as Carl Laymon)
The Woods Are Dark (1981)
Nightmare Lake (1983) (writing as Carl Laymon)
Night Show (1984)
All Hallow's Eve (1985)
Beware (1985)
The Beast House (1986) (The second book in the Beast House Chronicles series)
Tread Softly (1987) aka Dark Mountain (writing as Richard Kelly)
Flesh (1987)
Midnight's Lair (1988) (writing as Richard Kelly)
Resurrection Dreams (1988)
Funland (1989)
The Stake (1990)
One Rainy Night (1990)
Island (1991)
Darkness, Tell Us (1991)
Blood Games (1992)
Alarums (1992)
Dark Mountain (1992)
Endless Night (1993)
Savage From Whitechapel to the Wild West on the Track of Jack the Ripper (1993)
In the Dark (1994)
The Quake (1995)
Bite (1996)
Body Rides (1996)
After Midnight (1997)
The Wilds (1998)
The Midnight Tour (1998) (The third book in the Beast House Chronicles series)
Cuts (1999)
Among the Missing (1999)
Come Out Tonight (1999)
Once Upon A Halloween (2000)
The Traveling Vampire Show (2000)
Friday Night in the Beast House (2001) (The fourth book in the Beast House Chronicles series)
Night in the Lonesome October (2001)
The Halloween Mouse (with Alan M. Clark) (2001) children's book
No Sanctuary (2001)
Amara (2002) aka To Wake the Dead
The Lake (2004)
The Glory Bus (2005) aka Into the Fire

The Cellar is a 1980 horror novel written by Richard Laymon. ... The Woods Are Dark is a 1981 horror novel by Richard Laymon. ... The Beast House is a 1986 sequel to Richard Laymons 1980 novel, The Cellar. ... Midnights Lair is a 1988 horror novel by Richard Laymon, originally written under the pseudonym Richard Kelly. ... Darkness, Tell Us is a 1991 horror novel by Richard Laymon. ... Blood Games is a 1992 novel by Richard Laymon. ... The Midnight Tour is a 1998 horror novel, written by author Richard Laymon and released by publisher Feature. ... Among the Missing is a novel by horror writer Richard Laymon. ... Alan Marshall Clark is an author and an artist who is best known as the illustrator and book cover painter of many pieces of horror fiction. ...

Fastbacks

The Intruder (1984)
Shootout At Joe's (1984)
Dawson City (1984)
Caller (1985)
Guts (1985) aka The Hearse
Cardiac Arrest (1985)
The Cobra (1985)
Last Hand (1985)
Live Bait (1985)
Lonely One (1985)
The Trap (1985)
Marathon (1985)
Night Games (1985)
Night Ride (1985)
Beginner's Luck (1986)
Halloween Hunt (1986)
The Night Creature (1986)
The Beast (1986)
Return (1987)
Thin Air (1987)

Collections

Out Are the Lights: And Other Tales (1982)
A Good, Secret Place (1992)
Ten Tales (1994) (with Neal Barrett Jr, Wendy Hornsby)
Fiends (1997)
Dreadful Tales (2000)
Madman Stan and Other Stories (2004)

Short Stories

"A Cigar is a Smoke"
"A Good, Secret Place"
"Bad News"
"Barney's Bigfoot Museum"
"Blarney"
"Boo" (first printed in October Dreams)
"Cabin in the Woods"
"Choppie"
"Cut"
"Desert Pickup"
"Dinker's Pond"
"Double Date"
"Dracusson's Driver"
"Eats"
"Finders Keepers"
"First Date"
"First Love"
"Good Vibrations"
"Hammerhead"
"Herman"
"I'm Not A Criminal"
"Invitation to Murder"
"Joyce"
"Kitty Litter"
"Madman Stan"
"Mess Hall"
"Oscar's Audition"
"Out of the Woods"
"Phil the Vampire"
"Pickup on Highway One"
"Roadside Pickup"
"Saving Grace"
"Slit"
"Special"
"Spooked"
"Stickman"
"Stiff Intruders"
"The Boy Who Loved the Twilight Zone"
"The Champion"
"The Direct Approach"
"The Diving Girl"
"The Fur Coat"
"The Good Deed"
"The Grab"
"The Hangman"
"The Hunt"
"The Job"
"The Maiden"
"The Mask"
"The Tub"
"Wishbone"

October Dreams (AKA October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween) edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish is an anthology of Halloween-themed memories and short stories from many award winning names in dark fantasy and horror fiction. ...

Footnotes

^ Adrian, Jack. "Obituary: Richard Laymon", The Independent, March 19, 2001, p. 6.

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External links

Richard Laymon Kills! Official website
Bibliography at SciFan
Richard Laymon bibliography and book ratings at Internet Book List

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