#Richard Laymon

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Richard Laymon's Horror Novels: 15 of his Best Books Ranked

Hey there, horror hounds! Today, I invite you all to immerse yourselves in the shadowy gore-filled corners of one of my favorite horror authors, scare-meister Richard Laymon. In this post we’ll explore his twisted imagination with our roundup of his 15 best horror novels. From the blood-curdling to the bizarre, Laymon’s tales are a smorgasbord of frights, perfect for those who relish a…

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[theredofoctober]

Richard Laymon is such an underrated horror writer...

Due to his inclusion of SA in many of his books I think he's something of a maligned figure even in the horror market, but as someone who personally writes dark fics with similar content, I think people make a lot of assumptions as to why he was personally drawn to that topic, and I don't think it’s fair to speculate, particularly as he isn't alive for us to question him.

He might not even have been comfortable discussing his reasoning in detail. We simply do not know.

It's possible, and even likely that he had misogynist tendencies, which I don't intend to deny. Being that misogny is so deeply ingrained in our culture, however, I'm equally interested in what other factors breathed upon his nape as he invoked the tales he put to page, and what I learn from further research I'm glad to share.

On the subject of misogny, however, our dear Richie also gets a lot of flack for horny descriptions of women, which is a fair critique, but in my reading I personally found many of his female protagonists to be strong and pretty fucking ballsy for the time of writing.

Idealisation and fetishisation, perhaps? Sure, I can see it. But being that horror novels of the time were rampant with damsels, these protagonists stand out as shining stars, and are worthy of deeper analysis.

i could talk about Laymon's books in immense detail, and whilst agreeing with some of his haters' complaints, I could also counter argue with confidence. Laymon's enigma lends a lot to this debate, and that is irresistible to me.

Furthermore, for a writer of fairly simplistic prose, Laymon had a sheer knack for creating atmosphere and suspense that, in my view, is cruelly underrated. He's such an interesting figure; I'd love to know more about him.

Thoughts, followers? He's painfully undiscussed on the horror scene, and I'd love to change that!

#Richard Laymon #horror #horror writer #horror novels #essays #horror essay

[horrororman]

Remembering author Richard Laymon (January 14, 1947 - February 14, 2001).🕯

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[zippocreed501]

Art: Michael Whelan

#the year's best horror stories #ramsey campbell #dennis etchison #richard laymon #horror

[utoshi-san]

"Луна-парк" Ричард Лаймон

Курортный городок Болета-Бэй славен своими пляжами и большим парком аттракционов Фанленд на берегу океана. Но достопримечательности привлекают не только отдыхающих, но и множество "троллей". Зачастую агрессивные и откровенно безумные, они пугают местных жителей, в Болета-Бэй все чаще пропадают люди, и о городе ходят самые неприятные слухи, не всегда далекие от истины. Припугнуть троллей решает банда подростков, у которых к ним свои счеты. В дело вмешивается полиция, но в Фанленде все не то, чем кажется. За яркими красками и ослепляющим светом таится нечто гораздо страшнее любой комнаты страха, и ночью парк аттракционов становится настоящим лабиринтом ужасов, откуда далеко не все выберутся живыми.

Наверное самая нудная и не интересная книга за последний год. После её прочтения я удалила все книги из серии "Мастера ужасов" из своего вишлиста.

Более странной и нелепой истории я ещё не читала.

Моя книга в мягком переплете, с мелким шрифтом и там 650 страниц, и читать её было ещё сложнее из-за того, что до 500-й страницы не происходило ровным счетом ничего интересного. Я думала я со скуки умру. К концу начался какой-то непонятный замес и хоть немного экшена, но толком ничего не объяснялось. А к самому финалу ещё и добавили какой-то фантастической трешанины про гигантского паука 🤷🏻 просто рука-лицо. Очень жаль потраченного времени, никому не рекомендую.

#what utoshi reading #books #book worm #book lover #horror books #книжный маньяк #richard laymon #funland #asian sweets #japanese sweets #pejoy #asian food

[mifhortunach]

#in the dark #Richard Laymon #artists on tumblr #horror #poster #my art #inkt22

[mattybeachjeans]

#horror #fangoria #vintage #retro #richard laymon #books

[dlsreviews]

NEW REVIEW: Richard Laymon - The Beast House (1980)

Next up on DLS Reviews we have Richard Laymon’s over-the-top pulp horror offering ‘The Beast House’ (1986) which formed the sequel to his cult classic ‘The Cellar’ (1980). It’s another superbly gruesome and fiendishly entertaining horror romp.

#dls reviews #richard laymon #the beast house

[kjudgemental]

Night Show - Classic Horror Novel

Author: Richard Laymon Publisher: Headline Country: USA Year: 1984 (my copy in ‘Richard Laymon Collection Volume 3’ 2006) On one hand, it’s incredibly worrying that Richard Laymon was as successful as he was, because pretty much nothing he wrote was anything more than pulp schlock, with lots of blood and nudity and the word ‘rump’. At the same time, it’s great that Laymon was as successful as…

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[walkonpooh]

The Caller - Richard Laymon Review

Cora just got a new home phone with a brand new number, when she receives a call from a unknown man. Cora informs the man that he has the wrong number, but he refuses to let her go, insisting that he has the right number. Cora tells him that her number is new, so there is no way he could be wanting to talk to her, maybe the person who previously had her number. The man insists that he wants to talk to Cora and that he wants to be her friend. So The Caller is part of a series of short chapbooks Richard Laymon (who is among my favorite authors ever, I got into him as a teenager and have remained a lifelong fan). Chapbooks are short stories, think this one is 20 pages or less, so they're short stories of varying lengths. The Caller is a fun, quick horror story that won't blow you away, but unlike some of his novels around this time, Laymon's dialog really shines here, that's always what I feel he is strongest at, his dialog is really natural and flows with a really good pace. This story is so of its time. I actually had to remember that Cora wasn't talking on a cell phone haha and remember back to what it was like having an old school home phone. So yeah, nothing offensive like some of Laymon's work, so if you're a fan of him at all I definitely recommend tracking this one down!

4/5

#halloween reading 2023 #richard laymon #the caller #home phone #cora #chapbook

[wakizashisteahouse]

The Woods Are Dark (1981) by Richard Laymon

The Woods Are Dark (1981) by Richard Laymon

It’s that time of year again, the time for some Halloween Reads. Who can resist a dose or two of HORROR? In the woods are six dead trees. The Killing Trees. That’s where they take them. Innocent travellers on the road in California. Seized and bound, stripped of their valuables and shackled to the Trees. To wait. In the woods. In the dark… Publisher’s Synopsis **Make sure you read the Restored…

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#book review #Halloween Reads #horror #Richard Laymon #The Woods Are Dark

[candied-peach]

ao3: “like you would know” rating: T warnings: prinxiety, hanahaki disease, blood, remus :p genre: fluff and humor description:  Roman has a secret. Unfortunately for him, his brother knows it. ( day 11: “I tried not to let these things affect me. They affected me quickly and obviously.” — Richard Laymon @tsshipmonth2020 )

"You realize it's obvious that you like him, right?" Remus asks. Roman sputters, his face burning hectic red.

"I have no idea what you mean," Roman insists, haughty.

"I literally just caught you staring at Virgil's ass," Remus points out. Roman's blush intensifies.

"Shut up," Roman hisses. "He'll hear you."

"Will he?" Remus asks in interest. "I can say it louder. HEY V-" Roman claps his hand over his brother's mouth, cringing when Remus licks the palm of his hand.

"I probably have a disease now," Roman mutters, wiping his hand on the fabric of his pants and dragging Remus to the dubious safety of his room. At least there, he can soundproof the damn thing, no matter what Remus chooses to shout about Roman's feelings for Virgil. Asshole.

"I know something else, too," Remus singsongs, sitting on Roman's bed and kicking up his shoes. Roman cringes. He's going to have to do so much laundry later.

"What?" Roman asks. "And get your shoes off the furniture."

"Do you really want my bare feet on your bed?" Remus asks.

"...No," Roman says. Remus cackles in delight.

"You gonna tell your big bro that you've been coughing up flower petals?" Remus asks smugly.

"You're my little brother," Roman corrects automatically, then flushes as red as his sash. "What?"

"Looked in your garbage," Remus says, sticking a hand in his pocket and pulling out a handful of bloody purple flower petals. Some of them are still stuck together. Roman scrunches his nose in disgust.

"Stay out of my trash," he says. "And that means nothing, I'm sure. A mere aberration."

"Or it means that you have something you won't tell Virgil because you're an idiot, and it's going to kill you," Remus says bluntly. "And as much as I'd like to be the only Creativity around here, I'd rather do it like Scar and Mufasa you to death, not watch you do it to yourself because you're too much of a coward to open your mouth and vomit up those juicy, juicy feelings for old Virgey."

"Don't say juicy in that context," Roman says. "And that- you don't understand, I don't want to upset Virgil, what if my feelings aren't returned?"

"Then you'll come back here, cry on my shoulder, go through a dozen pints of ice cream, and sing all the sad Disney songs you know," Remus says impatiently. "It's easy. You just talk. I do it all the time!"

Roman swallows. His throat aches, phantom pains from the flowers slowly engulfing his lungs stabbing the delicate tissues. Remus made it sound so easy. Maybe it was easy when you were a literal trash rat who spouted all your feelings at the top of your lungs, but that- that had never been Roman. Dramatic gestures, of course, but this... This is too important.

"Virgil might surprise you, you know," Remus says, surprisingly serious. "Even if he doesn't reciprocate your feelings. It's better than dying, isn't it? Maybe it's not. Hey, can you imagine lying under a garbage truck while-"

"No," Roman interrupts his brother hastily. "No, I can't. I don't even know what to say."

"It's easy," Remus says. "Here, lemme get Virgil so you can practice on the real deal."

"Wait, no-" Roman says, alarmed, but before he can do anything, Remus has disappeared and Virgil stands, blinking and confused, in his place.

"Roman?" Virgil asks hesitantly. "What is Remus up to?"

"Being an idiot," Roman mutters. "I don't know. I- I'm sorry. You can go. This is a dumb idea, I shouldn't-" He rambles, and as he rambles, he can feel the thorns sink in deeper. He coughs, broken and wet, and feels flower petals fill his mouth.

"Are you okay?" Virgil asks, peering at his suddenly rapidly paling face. "I uh, I can get Patton and Logan, um-"

"I'm fine," Roman insists, spitting the petals out as discreetly as he can into one hand. "I simply..." He sighs. Maybe Remus is right, loathe as he is to admit it.

"Remus thinks that I should tell you something," Roman manages to grit out. "I uh...well. I'm in love with you," he blurts out, like yanking off a band-aid. Virgil blinks at him.

"I'm sorry," Roman says, his heart sinking even as the flowers slowly start to disappear. "I shouldn't-"

"You're an idiot, Princey," Virgil says, flinging himself at Roman and burying his face in Roman's very baffled shoulder. "I've loved you for months. Remus has been trying to get me to confess ever since he found me writing your name in cursive hearts in my poetry notebook."

"That's- you write poetry?" Roman asks, distracted. "Wait, no, I-" He coughs, harder this time, and the last purple flower pushes its way into his mouth. He yanks it out and stares at it in surprise. It's beautiful.

"You had Hanahaki disease?!" Virgil squawks. "Oh god, Roman, I- I had no idea, you- oh my god, are you okay?"

"Yeah," Roman says, carefully setting the purple bloom on his desk and turning back to take Virgil into his arms. "I'm amazing. I feel like I could fly. You?" Lavender spreads under Virgil's eyes as he grins tentatively back.

"Same," he whispers.

"Toldja!" Remus's cackle fills the air. Roman flips off his brother without looking at the door and after a moment, Virgil follows suit. Remus snickers.

"I owe Logan five bucks," Remus says. "I thought it would take more for you to confess."

"You bet on my death?" Roman shrieks, outraged. Remus flees the room, laughing the entire way.

"Anyway," Virgil says. "I love you. Is that- is that okay?"

"It's brilliant," Roman assures his newfound love, tightening his embrace. "May I kiss you?"

Virgil's eyes are very soft when he murmurs, "yes."

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[thegothicalice]

Hi! How's it going? Wanted to ask if you keep somewhere public the books you've read and their reviews? Trying to get into horror books so trying to look anywhere and watching what people who are into horror books are reading.

I do have a Goodreads so I can keep track of what I read but don’t really do reviews (and haven’t been reading as much lately).

I honestly don’t read as much horror as you’d think, I just watch a ton of it— reading wise I favor urban fantasy over anything else. More current horror authors like Silvia Moreno Garcia and T Kingfisher and Grady Hendrix I do love. Poppy Z Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan are also faves but their subject matter can be really uncomfortable so I can’t read them too much (which also applies to splatterpunk writers like Richard Laymon). Reading affects me differently than film— I still don’t get scared by horror material but I can definitely be discomfited or even angered (the amount of insane misogynistic stuff I’ve encountered in 80s horror, big yikes) and reading is more or less the closest to relaxing I can get.

#go ask alice #goodreads #horror novels #horror fiction

[zippocreed501]

AUTHOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

'Horror writers are specialists in the worst case scenario.'

'My feeling about fiction, regardless of the genre, is that it is meant to be a representation of life. I want my books to give a whole spectrum of experiences to my readers. Not just fear or terror or revulsion, but excitement, laughter, pain, sorrow, desire, etc.'

'In a sense, all fiction is experimental. Every new book is an adventure into unknown territory. As Hemingway told us, you (the writer) have to go out beyond where you have gone before.'

'I don't worry much about whether or not one of my stories contains elements of the supernatural. If I come up with what I think is a nifty concept, I'll give it a whirl.'

Author Extraordinaire Richard Laymon

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[melodymunson]

tag game

Tagged by @jozstankovich

LAST SONG • Bad girls world by Halestorm

FAVOURITE COLOUR • Pink, purple

CURRENTLY WATCHING • Apples Never Fall

SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY • Spicy

RELATIONSHIP STATUS • Mentally dating all of Joe Keerys characters

CURRENT OBSESSION • Marmalade, Fargo season 5

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED • horror books and authors similar to Richard Laymon. (He was my favorite author and I miss him sm. RIP.)

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[ghostcaterwaul]

Tag someone you want to get to know better

Thanks for tagging me, @hunter-sylvester!

🚢 three ships: Memori (Murphy x Emori, The 100), Monchevy (Philippe x Chevalier, Versailles) and idk if polycule ships count for this one but Anne x Vane x Rackham (Black Sails)

🚢 first ship: I wanna say it was Buffy x Spike?

🎥 last movie: Bones and All

📖 currently reading: “The Beast House” by Richard Laymon (this is not a recommendation, btw. The Beast House Chronicles are NOT for everyone, there’s a lot of potentially triggering content in them. Besides that, Laymon sometimes describes women in a way that makes a little uncomfortable, ngl.)

🎬 currently watching: Haven’t been watching anything recently, tbh.

Not sure who to tag so if you wanna do this and say I tagged you, go for it.