Richard laymon s in the dark is the best mystery that i have read in quite awhile. Author laymon was born as richard carl laymon on january 14, 1947 in chicago, illinois, the united states. There are two things that really keep your interest in the story. In the dark was further along the laymon line for me, and i must say overall that this book lived up to the hype and the awesome potential that laymon almost always seemed to deliver. Horror for good with ramsey campbell, ray garton, joe r lansdale, joe mckinney, lisa morton, jeff strand, lee thomas and f paul wilson 2012 hardcover paperback kindle. It is hard to remember a book that keeps you glued to the pages and hooked like this one. One writer that never fails to deliver is richard laymon. The story centers on ed logan, a college student who has just been dumped by his girlfriend holly. Until recently, his books were unavailable in the us for more than 20 years. Sure, there were hard nipples and long nipples, even more exotic. I am looking for an author similar to richard laymon. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Books by richard laymon authors like richard laymon. See all books authored by richard laymon, including the cellar, and island, and more on. Triage with richard laymon and edward lee 2008 hardcover paperback kindle. Explore books by richard laymon with our selection at. There are two things that really keep your interest in. His writing is full of violence and sex, and not for the faint of heart. Midnights lair by richard laymon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The complete richard laymon book list fictiondb is committed to providing the best possible fiction reference information.
Richard laymon books list of books by author richard laymon. Richard laymon doesnt seem to have an upcoming book. Featuring an introduction by jack ketchum, an afterword by brian keene and over 50 pages of unpublished author notes and scanned pages during richard s work on funland from the laymon archives. If you have any issues with the site, please dont hesitate to contact us. As usual he keeps you going throughout the story with aplenty of twists and turns until it finishs by not the way youd think. Laymon went beyond his peers to generate characters both villains and heroes that appeared to wallow in unprecedented levels of perversion and sexual deviancy. Gives a whole new take on jack the ripper and the main character trevor is charming and gets in all sorts of trouble just for doing the right thing. Author laymon began his writing career in the year 1980 with the release of his debut book titled the cellar. The eskimos live in a world of snow and have a hundred words for it, but richard laymon lived in a world of nipples and had only the one word. The cellar the cellar is the first in a series, and is centered around a towns tourist attraction known as the beast house. A former president of the horror writers association, laymon has written over thirty novels, more than sixtyfive literary short stories which were published in ellery queen, alfred hitchcock and cavalier, poetry, crime fiction, two suspense novels, a western, and two romance novels. Laymon obviously doesnt care too much about credible character development and people in this book just do things as laymon sees fit in order to move the plot on.
Richard laymon collection series by richard laymon goodreads. Some laymon bibliography sites on the net claim richard wrote more fastbacks, however these are all of them. His final novel was published in 2005, titled both the glory bus and into the fire. I hope two laymon posts in a week isnt pushing it im going through a bit of a retrospectivenostalgia reread phase and he so much better than i ever realised as a teenager. Dark regions press is excited to present richard laymons funland special definitive edition in two signed collectible formats for preorder. The beast house 1987 the midnight tour 1998 friday night in the beast house 2001 the richard laymon collection volume 1. At the start of the book, author laymon has shown that all over the grandville town, the fliers showing the upcoming vampire show were tacked to trees, power poles, store windows, and sidewalks. The last third of the book isnt as strong as the first two thirds, but it is still a great read. Read this book years ago but enjoyed it just as much second time around. Like you i read everything he ever wrote and then started to find other authors. The cellar, the beast house, the midnight tour, and friday night in beast house. The first time laymon secured a place in my list of phenomenal horror fiction writers, was when i stumbled across a book with an intriguing cover called the cellar. Discover book depositorys huge selection of richard laymon books online.
It was reissued in 2002 by leisure publishing, with new cover artwork and a foreword by popular suspense novelist dean koontz. An interview with richard laymon 1997 by vincent fahey richard laymon. Triage also includes stories by jack ketchum and richard laymon. In the dark by richard laymon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The mystery and mens magazines and was released on may, 14th 2014. Richard laymon 19472001 was an american novelist of horror and suspense novels, considered part of the splatterpunk subgenre. The late richard laymon uses this premise to great effect in night in the lonesome october, one of the last books he wrote before his untimely death. Plus, not only will you find the covers of each of his books here, but also the blurb found on the back of the novels. Richard laymon s first novel was the cellar, published in 1980. It is the first sequel to laymon s 1980 novel the cellar. I remember deciding at 16 that the stake was the best one out the few that i read, and i have a strong urge to revisit darkness. A good, secret place is the first collection of richard laymon s short fiction, containing twentyone of the authors finest stories.
Reading a laymon novel is a rite of passage into the genre. It is the newest book in the richard laymon short story collections. Night visions 7, 1989 are the nastiest aroundsleek, black humored, skirting if not slipping over the edge of pornoviolence. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Back in the day laymon would have been a pulp writer, and a damn good one. He was the author of around 40 novels one of which the traveling vampire show won the bram stoker award, and over 50 short stories, an output that saw him described as. Poor richard laymon, he was born into the wrong world.
He has worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian and a mystery magazine editor. For starters sherry, who is searching for her boyfriend, actually agrees to stop during the drive around for something to eat. Here is where you will find the most uptodate and complete list of richard laymon novels. Before he left us, he penned some of the scariest, seediest horror novels ever written. Island is a thriller novel by american author richard laymon, originally published in 1995 by headline features. Jul 11, 2011 richard laymon is truly an underappreciated master of horror. The cellar 1980 first book in the beast house chronicles series. Oct 26, 20 laymon was born in chicago in 1947, and died of a heart attack on valentines day, 2001. Since 2001, new releases have been sold by ann laymon, richard s wife, and consist of previously unpublished manuscripts that richard left behind at his death. Many readers are not aware of this fact especially new laymon readers. Richard laymon books list of books by richard laymon. Laymon was born and raised outside of chicago, illinois, then lived in tiburon, california.
Infernally yours also has stories by john everson, charlee jacob, brian keene, john shirley and maynard sims. We want richard laymon books made into films home facebook. Richard laymon writes with pace, and i find his books enjoyable. Author richard laymons complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. A conversation with richard laymon 1996 by stanley wiater out of the cellar. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Really, its difficult to go wrong when choosing a laymon novel, but if you are new to richard laymon, i have some suggestions for where to start. At their best, laymon s cackling horrors the stake, 1991.
Richard laymons funland special definitive edition dark. Up until his death in 2001, richard laymon was at the forefront of the splatterpunk subgenre. The cellar is the first in a series, and is centered around a towns tourist attraction known as the beast. Browse audiobooks written by richard laymon sorted by. Triage by johnson, novellas by richard laymon, jack ketchum and edward lee, edited by matt. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
Although he was american, his books sold best in the united kingdom. Richard laymon was born in chicago and grew up in california. Oct 15, 20 night in the lonesome october 2000 by richard laymon tells the story of ed logan who has been spurned by his girlfriend and ventures out into his local town one crisp fall night, initially for a walk to try and get her out of his head. A growing group of leering, belligerent punks known as the trolls are intimidating funseekers at the coastal amusement park funland, and some of the local teens blame the trolls for a series of missing persons and decide to fight back late one night. Brian keene he even has a book castaways that is tied to the beast house books by laymon. His books are targeted at a specific market, the kind of people weaned on the likes of friday th and elm street. Richard carl laymon january 14, 1947 february 14, 2001 was an american author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. This book did the trick for me, in that it got my heart pumping. The beast house is a 1986 horror novel by american author richard laymon.
Order of richard laymon books richard laymon 19472001 was an american novelist of horror and suspense novels, considered part of the splatterpunk subgenre. Oct 14, 2012 in defense of richard laymon posted on october 14, 2012 october 14, 2012 by jonathan janz i could be wrongin fact, the odds are for itbut i dont believe ive written a blog post about richard laymon yet. The final novel written by him was published posthumously in 2005. Included are more than 35,000 words fully half the book of new, neverbeforepublished material. Dean koontz stephen king dean r koontz peter straub bentley little clive barker richard bachman stephen king joe hill dan simmons. Discount prices on books by richard laymon, including titles like lisola italian edition.
His tales were filled with brutal depictions of violence and rape. You are literally unable to put the book down after the first page. Richard carl laymon january 14, 1947 february 14, 2001 was an american author of. The woods are dark out are the lights by richard laymon 4.
Below is a list of richard laymon s books in order of when they were originally published. One of the initial books written by richard laymon is entitled the traveling vampire show. Richard laymon is truly an underappreciated master of horror. At the end of the list is each book in chronological order for those readers who like to follow an author from first book to latest book published. If you like laymon then you will probably like the following authors. Richard laymon and a bit of a horror fiction pet peeve. Laymon s books are slasher books, even the non slasher ones are structured like a slasher script. Books by richard laymon writers similar to richard laymon. The story follows the story of jane, a new librarian in the sleepy town of donnerville, a place where nothing happens. Here, though, he injects them into a floundering picaresque historical about jack the ripperset partly in the old west resulting in his only seriously dull book yet. Island by richard laymon, the traveling vampire show by richard laymon, night in the lonesome october by. If you like edward lee books, youll love richard laymon.
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