Ive read countless tales from others about richard laymon, or dick if you knew him. Sold out imagination fully dilated, volume i and ii by. Friday night at the beast house by laymon, richard. After a 15 year hiatus issue 9 of the official richard laymon fan club. Richard laymon books for sale in uk view 56 bargains. He was born in chicago in 1947 and grew up in california. Richard laymon wrote over thirty novels and seventy short stories. Sure, there were hard nipples and long nipples, even more exotic.
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It was reissued in 2002 by leisure publishing, with new cover artwork and a foreword by popular suspense novelist dean koontz. Mike phipps is one of the mop up detail, the guys who move into town when the army have firecleansed the area and take care of any stray zombies the soldiers have missed. Richard laymon is one of my fav authors, though i do find some of his books are repetive and similar in characters and plot. I never got the chance to meet him so i dont call him dick. There will be plenty to enjoy just keep a look out for the trolls and stay away from the boardwalk at night. Island is a thriller novel by american author richard laymon, originally published in 1995 by headline features.
That is one of the things that i enjoy most about richard laymons work. Funland by richard laymon 1990, paperback trending price. A vicious pack known as the trolls are preying on anyone. Fiction chronicle, and both flesh and funland were nominated for the bram stoker award.
By being competitive currently, people have do something to make these individuals survives, being in the middle of often the. Author laymon began his writing career in the year 1980 with the release of his debut book titled the cellar. Richard carl laymon january 14, 1947 february 14, 2001 was an american author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. Funland is packed with different characters with different struggles. Come one come all to richard laymon s funland special definitive edition. In may 2001, the travelling vampire show won the bram stoker award for best horror novel, a prize for which laymon had previously been shortlisted with flesh, funland, a good, secret place best. Laymon s at the top of his form in funland, his deceptively simple prose becoming by turns humorous, horrific. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Richard laymon doesnt seem to have an upcoming book.
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