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Brilliant to hear Laymon say about not holding back and thats what makes his characters the most demented. Simon from Endless Night was one of his worst psychotic characters. Fantastic reading that In the dark production was great. I sure wish they had made his films into movies Funland would have been great on the big screen. RIP to a horror legend. 😢

I never Read Richard laymon and im fan of Stephen King and i short stories novels by Ramsey Campbell i try to write a short stories book about haunted Cemetery and haunted castle and haunted mansions and cottage.

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He seems a little creepy to me lol

Guy is hella underrated. Loved the edgy sleazy sadistic nature of his writing. It was just my thing ya know lol 🤷🏻‍♀️. He's definitely not for everyone.

Never heard of this guy until late last year or early this year when I read The Woods Are Dark. Just finished listening to Savage today. Decent books. And I'm not even into horror all like that

Laymon is the best writer of horror fiction. His simple style of writing and non-stop action is the best type of writing I have found in the large genre of horror. He IS the best.

Have just ordered THE STAKE from Amazon. A lot of people have told me that's a real classic. Very much looking forward to getting it!

The only thing he cares about is breasts & rumps.

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He is the Master !

Richard Laymon = MOG Mater of Gruesome ❣️

5:58 Man, Laymon never shied away from his fantasies wtf.

I love 💕 this man. He's a genius. He's made my nights and days better with his books. I fell in love with them years ago.

Makes Stephen King and Dean Koontz look like Enid Blyton

Laymon had a formula.. let me know if u think im wrong here... 1. GROUP OF TEENAGERS GO SOMEPLACE... 2. ALWAYS A GOOD GIRL and GOOD BOY amongst the assholes.. 3. ALWAYS A WEIRDO IN THE SAME GROUP!! Thats generally the setup... then the story will always go like this.. WEIRDO SHOWS HIS/HER TRUE COLORS.. CHANCES GOOD GIRL/BOY ALL OVER THE PLACE... GOOD BOY/GIRL GET AWAY... then.. ALWAYS!!! Run into someone WORSE!!! Than the original evil character :) heheh.. Spread some AMAZING!!!! sex scenes around.. and u have a laymon book... One of the BEST scenes was in SAVAGE when the 13 year old boy spends all that time with the MILF and eventually falls for her and she for him.. SO WRONG!! but when ur reading it as a 13 year old boy.. SO DAMN RIGHT!!! :)

When i was 13 my mum gave me BEWARE!!! to read.. over the next 4 years i read every single book of his i could find.. (he was very much alive then) when he died it came as a massive shock.. i still remember my wife finding out on some horror site that he had been dead almost a year.. i broke down in floods of tears.. this really surprised me.. Richard Laymon was the Michael Jackson of the horror novel world.. in the notion that every single book he wrote had NOTES of the same author.. but also told a new and freshly horrific story.. I have now read every single book he has written.. my favorite is most definitely SAVAGE.. least fave.. if there is such a thing ALARUMS.. This man got me through some tough times in my 16 , 17 , 18 years.. How his fame was dwarfed by KING is anyones guess.. he was a far superior horror writer.

It is an actual tragedy that he passed away in his prime. The late R. Laymon is incredibly gifted storyteller horror-wise. His horror stories have a perfect balance between splatterpunk, humor and pure entertainment. To my best knowledge, his novels are perfect for lonely people, because characters' interactions are so extremely well-written and because of the high pace of almost each novel. Unfortunately, most sertainly he would have been cancelled had he been alive nowadays.

He seems to think it's pretty funny that he wrote a nasty scene with an underage girl. Dude had some issues

What’s up with his hyper fixation on women’s breasts? Narrators of his novels are often overly horny teenagers often making situations unbelievable. He has written some excellent books. Was he a dorky, nerdy teen that never got any action?

I read The Cellar in one sitting. So disturbing.

Im doing weekends in jail currently & I was looking for wrong turn type of books to read & I stumbled upon the woods are dark & a few other im excited to read them when they come in the mail ordered a few last week kids don't drink & drive not worth it!

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The first Laymon novel I read was called The Island. I was instantly hooked on his style of writing and greedily sought out his entire back catalogue, devouring them all in just over a year. I did the same with James Herbert after reading the Rats. Herbert and Laymon are quite different writers in terms of style, though they both are highly addictive and once you sample their work, you,re an instant fan.

The Sam Raimi of Horror Literature

He had some very creepy eyes

Part pervert, part big kid, part creep, part masochist, part dreamer,,,,,,phenomenal writer.

My favorite author. I'm so glad I can watch this

Just got Beware! from the mail today. Feels like Christmas ^^

He is very raw and his work is often described as rapey but he is miles ahead of Koontz who I can’t get into. Laymon was truly talented and he has no limited and I love his writing style

I wish he still was alive. A really talented horror writer (and my personal favorite horror writer) 🖤

The real KING without crown

Sadly gone too soon. Him and SK are my top 2 horror/psycho-thriller-crime novelists of all time, yet I find his work always keeps me awake every single page, unlike SK where there are huge stretches of a novel that would bore me to death. Laymon was hugely underrated and highly missed.

sorely missed i discovered him right after highschool in my towns itsy library. they had traveling vampire show and End of Night for $1 in the sale section. I have not put a book down since

RIP Richard Laymon his style is simple and really creates vivid imagery he is in my top 5 authors of all time

The Cellar is absolute garbage. 👎🏻

Anyone know the easiest way to get a hold of his non-fiction book A Writer's Tale? Seems impossible to find and I'm dying to read it.

Outstanding!

Great author. Gone too soon.

In 1997 in the UK and around 14, I was round a friends place and he had this book on his shelf. It was ISLAND. I have never really been into books at all but he said it was great. I read the book and was absolutely hooked from then. I cannot describe too you, it was like hitting a drug pipe. I wanted more and more and more. Albeit the content matter was strong but loved the writing style and horror (had watched horror movies since young). In the UK I joined the library and was lucky to have read 99% of everything he ever done. I was a bit of a recluse so his writing filled me empowerment at a time when domestic abuse was abundant at home. Thankfully this only lasted a year or two but always remember feeling like he had given me strengh to go forward. I then logged onto the internet for the first time around 98 and could not believe my luck, there was a fan site called RICHARD LAYMON KILLS which used to be my go to and I was able to get up to date info on new releases (he was still alive at the time). He would leave messages. I kept reading and reading and sadly logged in that one Feb 2001 day when my heart broke, a message from his daughter that he had died. :( I remmeber being shocked and reading that Amara was the first release since he had died. I love this guy and is part of my life and will always be. I always found it weird how not more books were ever realeased. I would have presumed authors would have some on the side that at the time they didnt think worthy of release but would be released posthomously. RIP Richard, you were truly underated. Truly.

GOAT. R.I.P

This guy is a scumbag 5:58

Thank You!

First book of his I read was The Island. I found it quite by accident in a prison library in 2008. The only reason I took it with me was because it had a quote by Stephen King on the back which said “if you’ve missed Laymon you’ve missed a treat”. I read it within two days and wondered what kind of a crazy bastard could write something like that. I read five or six more of his within the following six months and loved them. Then I forgot about him for 10 years until this month when I found another. I’m Going to work my way through all of them now, although I’m horrified to discover he’s currently out of print. I think they are a treat. Here’s a tip though, try not to read them in public because the content always threatens to induce an untimely erection.

Currently reading Island, and enjoying it, RIP Mr. Laymon

I love sitting down to start a Richard Laymon novel - there's no writer like him. He's so much fun, so underrated. Don't think he's done a real bad stinker. You love all his characters, even the really nasty ones (especially the really nasty ones haha)

Just a memoir... I got into Laymon's book by chance. In the mid-90's - my teenage years - I was a huge fan of Stephen King but wanted a different voice. I saw a few Laymon books at my newsagency and took a chance on Dark Mountain, basically because it had a 'camping' setting and I was an avid camper. I was immediately hooked. I bought all of his books I could find (the newsagency had several more and the local secondhand bookstore had them coming and going continually), and as I now I have read all his novels - the ones published under his own name, anyway - except 2, After Midnight and Cuts. I didn't even know Cuts existed until a few days ago. I was saddened to learn of Laymon's death, and angry at myself that I didn't learn of it until he had been gone 3 years already and although I had been buying the posthumous releases, just didn't bother to read the 'about the author' page. I didn't know the man, but I miss him terribly. He made me laugh, he made me scared, he made me sick, and I loved every minute of it. As an aside, my public library used to have a copy of A Writer's Tale and I managed to read about half of it (not sure why I didn't read it all - probably outstanding fines I couldn't afford to pay). Before I got a chance to borrow it, someone stole it. Odd book for a public library in Melbourne, Australia to have in it's general collection. Just wanted to share.

I keep coming back to this video. Dear God, I miss this man. Stephen may be the King, but in my eyes, Richard Laymon will always be God.

As a wannabe writer this fine gentleman taught me two very important things. Never give up and never puss out. RIP Mr. Laymon, a true master of the craft.

I found Laymon for the first time in a borders bookstore in 2008. I was hooked off the bat. His ability to push to the limits and stay true to his stories isn’t celebrated enough. It’s been years since I saw one of his books in stores and it makes me sad. Don’t let this author fade away! It’s been my mission to collect every book he’s wrote now that they are not readily available. RIP Richard. Than you for the scares.