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Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001[1]) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre.
His works include more than sixty short stories and more than thirty novels, a few of which were published under the pseudonym Richard Kelly. Additionally he published as Carl Laymon for his young adult novels, Carla Laymon for a romance, and Lee Davis Willoughby for his western The Lawmen.[3][4] Twenty of his stories were published as part of the Fastback Mystery series—single short stories released in book form.
Laymon was editor of The Executioner Myster Magazine and The 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine.[2] He also worked as a high school English teacher and worked in the Mount St. Mary's College library.[2] He was the regional director for the Los Angeles chapter Mystery Writers of America from 1977 to 1979.[2]
Early in his career, Laymon found greater commercial success in the United Kingdom and Europe, despite praise from prominent writers from within the genre, including Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Laymon believed that this was a result of a badly edited first release of The Woods Are Dark, which had had over fifty pages removed.[1] The poor editing and unattractive cover art also stalled his career in America after the success of The Cellar. Starting in 1999 and in association with Leisure Books, Laymon found delayed recognition in his homeland. Laymon's original version of The Woods Are Dark[5] was finally published in July 2008 by Leisure Books and Cemetery Dance Publications after being reconstructed from the original manuscript by his daughter, Kelly.
Laymon was president of the Horror Writers Association (2000–2001).[7] The Richard Laymon President's Award was created in his honor.[8] The award is given by the sitting president to a volunteer who has shown extraordinary dedication to HWA.
Laymon married Ann Marie Marshall in August 1976.[2] They had one daughter, Kelly.[3] He died in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack in 2001, aged 54.[1]
Out Are the Lights: And Other Tales (1991) (includes: Out are the Lights | Mess Hall | Dinker's Pond | Madman Stan | Bad News | The Tub)
A Good, Secret Place (1992) (includes: Desert Pickup | Roadside Pickup | Oscar's Audition | Paying Joe Back | Out of the Woods | A Good Cigar is a Smoke | The Direct Approach | The Champion | Stiff Intruders | Barney's Bigfoot Museum | Blarney | Spooked | The Grab | Eats | The Bleeder | The Good Deed | Joyce | Stickman | The Mask | A Good Secret Place)
Fiends (1997) (includes: Fiends | Kitty Litter | The Bleeder | Desert Pickup | The Mask | Eats | The Hunt | Slit | Out of the Woods | Stiff Intruders | Special | Joyce | A Good, Secret Place)
Dreadful Tales (2000) (includes: Invitation to Murder | The Grab | Saving Grace | Barney's Bigfoot Museum | Herman | The Champion | The Maiden | A Good Cigar is a Smoke | I'm Not a Criminal | Oscar's Audition | Into the Pit | Spooked | The Good Deed | The Direct Approach | Good Vibrations | Phil the Vampire | Paying Joe Back | The Fur Coat | Blarney | Dracuson's Driver | Roadside Pickup | Wishbone | First Date | Stickman | Mop Up)
Madman Stan and Other Stories (2004) (includes: The Hunt | Eats | The Worshipper | The Maiden | Bedtime Stories | Desert Pickup | A Good Cigar is a Smoke | Invitation to Murder | The Champion | The Good Deed | Paying Joe Back | The Fur Coat | Blarney | A Good, Secret Place | Pickup on Highway One | Saving Grace | Spooked | Madman Stan | Kitty Litter | Slit)
Short Stories: The Mystery and Men’s Magazines (2014)
