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About Me

Considering the fact that the one and only Richard Laymon passed away on February 14, 2001, I (a devoted fan) have decided to take it upon myself to create a one-stop place on MySpace for all Richard Laymon fans and followers to stop, visit, and converse with other stalkers of the dear man.
Even though there exists an offical Richard Laymon website (Richardlaymonkills), I realized that in order to keep up with the times, and the epidemic of MySpace, that it would be easier for fans to come together (and find out about the website) through this page that I have created.
So, in essence, enjoy the page my fellow obssessed folk and if you have any questions concerning the man himself, or me, then feel free to e-mail me at the given e-mail address or send me a message.
Richard Laymon's official biography:
Richard Laymon is the author of more than thirty acclaimed novels, including The Cellar, The Stake, Savage, Quake, Island, Body Rides, Bite, In The Dark, The Traveling Vampire Show, Darkness Tell Us, and Night In The Lonesome October.
Born in Chicago in 1947, he grew up in California and received his degree from Willamette University, Oregon in English Literature. He graduated with his Master of Arts from Loyola University, Los Angeles. Laymon worked as a writer, a schoolteacher, a librarian and a report writer for a law firm. He married Ann and had one child, Kelly.
Richard Laymon was awarded the Bram Stoker Award for The Best Horror Novel of 2000 with THE TRAVELING VAMPIRE SHOW. His novel Flesh was named Best Horror Novel of 1988 by Science Fiction Chronicle and also shortlisted for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award, as was Funland.
Aside from his numerous novels, he has published over sixty short stories in magazines such as Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock and Cavalier and in anthologies, including Modern Masters of Horror, The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime, Night Visions 7, and many, many more.
Tragically, Richard Laymon died of a heart attack on February 14, 2001. Dearly loved and deeply respected by his friends and fans in the horror community, he will be very sorely missed by all.
Rest in Peace, Richard...
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My Interests

Writing, writing, and more writing....helping to keep the horror book section of literature alive and well while also causing other authors of the macabre to be kept on their toes.
Visit me at my website Richard Laymon Kills! @ http://www.ains.net.au/~gerlach/rlaymon2.htm

I'd like to meet:

All of my devoted fans who have stood by me through thick and thin.
The followers who have spent countless amounts of time and energy (staying up WAY too late to read just ONE MORE CHAPTER!) and money (buying my books when instead you needed food) just so they can read all of my work.
"When I get a little money, I buy Laymon books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes."

Music:

Whatever my fans listen to as they read my work.

Movies:

Anything in the horror genre...as long as it includes sex and gore then I'm all for it.

Television:

Don't have enough time to watch it. Too busy writing.

Books:

Laymon's books:
After Midnight
Alarums
All Hallows Eve
Among the Missing
The Beast House
Beware
Bite
Blood Games
Body Rides
The Cellar
Come Out Tonight
Cuts
Dark Mountain (aka Tread Softly)
Darkness Tell Us
Dreadful Tales - Short Stories
Endless Night
Fiends
Flesh
Friday Night In Beast House
Funland
A Good Secret Place - Short Stories
The Halloween Mouse
In the Dark
Island
Midnight's Lair
The Midnight Tour
Night in the Lonesome October
Nightshow
No Sanctuary
Once Upon A Halloween
One Rainy Night
Out Are the Lights
Quake
Resurrection Dreams
Savage
The Stake
The Traveling Vampire Show
Triage
The Wilds
The Woods are Dark
A Writer's Tale - Autobiography/How to
Pseudonyms:
A Stranger's Life - Carla Laymon
A Secret Admirer - Carl Laymon
Nightmare Lake - Carl Laymon
The Lawmen - Lee Davis Willoughby
Tread Softly - Richard Kelly
Midnight's Lair - Richard Kelly
Fastbacks/Double Fastbacks:
Beginner's Luck
Cardiac Arrest
Dawson's City
Guts
Halloween Hunt
Live Bait
Marathon
Night Ride
Night Games
Shootout At Joe's
The Caller
The Cobra
The Intruder
Last Hand
The Lonely One
The Trap
The Night Creature
The Beast
The Return
Thin Ai
Chapbooks:
In The Attic
Out Of The Woods
Tell Me A Tale
The Keeper
The Woods Are Dark
Anthologies:
After The Darkness (Contributor)
Bad News (Editor/Contributor)
Best Of Cemetery Dance: Volume2 (Contributor)
Cat Crimes (Contributor)
Cold Blood (Contributor)
Creature (Contributor)
Dark Dreamers (Contributor)
Dark Love (Contributor)
Dracula, Prince Of Darkness (Contributor)
Hotter Blood: More Tales Of Erotic Horror (Contributor)
Invitation To Murder (Contributor)
Love In Vein II (Contributor)
Masters Of Suspense (Contributor)
Modern Masters Of Horror (Contributor)
New Blood (Contributor)
Night Screams (Contributor)
Night Vision 7 (Major Contributor)
Predators (Contributor)
Razor Kiss (Contributor)
Razored Saddles (Contributor)
Screamplays (Screenplay Anthology- Contributor)
Seductions - Ray Garton (Foreword)
Skull Full Of Spurs (Contributor)
Stalkers (Contributor)
Subterranean Gallery (Forward/Contributor)
Such A Good Girl & Other Crime Stories - Ed Gorman (Forward)
System Shock (Contributor)
The Bank Street Book Of Mystery (Contributor)
The Book Of The Dead (Contributor)
The Earth Strikes Back (Contributor)
The Exit At Toledo Blade Boulevard - Jack Ketchum's Short Stories (Introduction)
The 2nd Black Lizard Anthology Of Crime (Contributor)
The Unexplained: Stories Of The Paranormal (Contributor)
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XI (Contributor)
Under The Fang (Contributor)
Vampire Detectives (Contributor)

Heroes:

Other horror authors who have assisted me in my endevors.

My Blog

An Introduction...

Okay...so this is my first blog EVER. I knew I wanted to write one so that I could have an outlet to write to fellow fans, only I couldn't figure out what to say. So, I guess this inital blog represen...
Posted by Richard Laymon Kills! on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:22:00 PST