I discovered Richard Laymon in the late 80’s. A great writer, great stories, sometimes a little rappey. He became mildly successful in the US late in his career. He died young, at the age of 54 in 2001. Most of his success came from the UK.
The five best ever Laymon books, in my opinion are:
I have read most of his books but not all.
ORDER OF BEAST HOUSE CHRONICLES SERIES
# | Title | Published | |
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1 | The Cellar | 1980 | |
2 | The Beast House | 1984 | |
3 | The Midnight Tour | 1998 | |
4 | Friday Night in Beast House | 2001 |
ORDER OF RICHARD LAYMON STANDALONE NOVELS
# | Title | Published |
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1 | Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon) | 1980 |
2 | The Woods Are Dark | 1981 |
3 | Out Are the Lights | 1982 |
4 | Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon) | 1983 |
5 | Night Show | 1984 |
6 | Dawson’s City | 1984 |
7 | Beware | 1985 |
8 | Allhallow’s Eve | 1985 |
9 | Night Creature | 1986 |
10 | Dark Mountain / Tread Softly (As: Richard Kelly) | 1987 |
11 | Thin Air | 1987 |
12 | Flesh | 1987 |
13 | Resurrection Dreams | 1988 |
14 | Midnight’s Lair (As: Richard Kelly) | 1988 |
15 | Funland | 1989 |
16 | The Stake | 1990 |
17 | One Rainy Night | 1990 |
18 | Darkness, Tell Us | 1991 |
19 | Island | 1991 |
20 | Blood Games | 1992 |
21 | Alarums | 1992 |
22 | Savage | 1993 |
23 | Endless Night | 1993 |
24 | In the Dark | 1994 |
25 | Quake | 1995 |
26 | Body Rides | 1996 |
27 | Bite | 1996 |
28 | After Midnight | 1998 |
29 | The Wilds (Short Story) | 1998 |
30 | Cuts | 1999 |
31 | Among the Missing | 1999 |
32 | Come Out Tonight | 1999 |
33 | The Traveling Vampire Show | 2000 |
34 | Once Upon a Halloween | 2000 |
35 | No Sanctuary | 2001 |
36 | Night in the Lonesome October | 2001 |
37 | Amara / To Wake The Dead | 2003 |
38 | The Lake | 2004 |
39 | The Glory Bus / Into the Fire | 2005 |
ORDER OF RICHARD LAYMON SHORT STORIES/NOVELLAS
# | Title | Published |
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1 | Shootout at Joe’s (Short Story) | 1984 |
2 | Cardiac Arrest (Short Story) | 1984 |
3 | Intruder (Short Story) | 1984 |
4 | Caller (Short Story) | 1985 |
5 | Night Ride | 1985 |
6 | Night Games (Short Story) | 1985 |
7 | Guts | 1985 |
8 | The Cobra | 1985 |
9 | Last Hand | 1985 |
10 | The Hearse (Short Story) | 1985 |
11 | Lonely One (Short Story) | 1985 |
12 | Live Bait (Short Story) | 1985 |
13 | Marathon | 1985 |
14 | The Return (Short Story) | 1986 |
15 | Beginner’s Luck | 1986 |
16 | Halloween Hunt | 1986 |
17 | The Halloween Mouse (Short Story) | 2001 |
ORDER OF RICHARD LAYMON SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
# | Title | Published |
---|---|---|
1 | A Good, Secret Place | 1992 |
2 | Fiends | 1997 |
3 | A Writer’s Tale | 1998 |
4 | Dreadful Tales | 2000 |
5 | Madman Stan and Other Stories | 2004 |
6 | Short Stories: The Mystery and Men’s Magazines (Short Story) | 2014 |
ORDER OF WORLD’S FINEST MYSTERY AND CRIME STORIES SERIES
ORDER OF HOT BLOOD SERIES
# | Title | Published |
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1 | Hot Blood | 1989 |
2 | Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror | 1991 |
3 | Hottest Blood | 1993 |
4 | Deadly After Dark | 1994 |
5 | Seeds of Fear | 1995 |
6 | Stranger by Night | 1995 |
7 | Fear the Fever | 1996 |
8 | Kiss and Kill | 1997 |
9 | Crimes of Passion | 1997 |
10 | Hot Blood X | 1998 |
11 | Fatal Attractions | 2003 |
12 | Strange Bedfellows | 2004 |
13 | Dark Passions | 2007 |
ORDER OF DARK DELICACIES SERIES
# | Title | Published |
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1 | Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World’s Greatest Horror Writers | 2005 |
2 | Dark Delicacies II: Fear | 2007 |
3 | Dark Delicacies III: Haunted | 2009 |
RICHARD LAYMON ANTHOLOGIES
# | Title | Published |
---|---|---|
1 | Triage | 1990 |
2 | Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror | 1991 |
3 | Ten Tales | 1994 |
4 | Grave Tales | 2000 |
5 | October Dreams | 2000 |
6 | The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 |
7 | The Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft | 2003 |
8 | In Laymon’s Terms | 2008 |