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Richard Laymon

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

January 14, 1947

Died

February 14, 2001

Genre

Horror, Splatter Punk

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Richard Laymon was born in Chicago and grew up in California. He earned a BA in English Literature from Willamette University, Oregon and an MA from Loyola University, Los Angeles. He worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian, and a report writer for a law firm, and was the author of more than thirty acclaimed novels.

He also published more than sixty short stories in magazines such as Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier, and in anthologies including Modern Masters of Horror.

He died from a massive heart attack on February 14, 2001 (Valentine's Day).

Also published under the name Richard Kelly ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 148,507 ratings · 10,866 reviews · 214 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Traveling Vampire Show 3.81 avg rating — 9,693 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cellar 3.63 avg rating — 8,978 ratings — published 1980 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island by Richard Laymon, Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.76 avg rating — 7,554 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endless Night 3.91 avg rating — 6,103 ratings — published 1993 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woods Are Dark 3.52 avg rating — 6,157 ratings — published 1981 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Dark by Richard Laymon, Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 5,333 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beast House 3.81 avg rating — 5,099 ratings — published 1984 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Rainy Night 3.85 avg rating — 4,842 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Funland 3.79 avg rating — 4,848 ratings — published 1989 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night in the Lonesome October 3.82 avg rating — 4,366 ratings — published 2001 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Richard Laymon (?)

“Except I think it feels more like an empty stomach than a broken heart. An aching hollowness that food can't cure. You know. You've felt it yourself, I bet. You hurt all the time, you're restless, you can't think straight, you sort of wish you were dead but what you really want is for everything to be the same as it was when you were still with her.. or him”
― Richard Laymon, Night in the Lonesome October

tags: hope-that-s-right

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“Bring a vampire around, people start discovering religion.”
― Richard Laymon, The Stake

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“Now you got us whammied with the curse of squirmy death.”
― Richard Laymon

tags: funland, humor, random

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October is arguably the scariest month of the year what with Halloween at the end of the month and it being the season of haunted houses and horror movies. We like to recognize it here at TuesBookTalk so I have compiled a list of scary books for us to vote on for our October read. This poll will be open for a week and a half. Last day to vote: Friday, September 6.

20th Century Ghosts

Joe Hill

3 votes, 33.3%

Harbor

John Ajvide Lindqvist

3 votes, 33.3%

77 Shadow Street

Dean Koontz

2 votes, 22.2%

A Winter Haunting

Dan Simmons

1 vote, 11.1%

The Cellar

Richard Laymon

0 votes, 0.0%

The Keep

F. Paul Wilson

0 votes, 0.0%

The Ghost Writer

John Harwood

0 votes, 0.0%

Once

James Herbert

0 votes, 0.0%

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