I came across these authors and others by either being intrigued by book covers or synopsis’s, or through other books.įor those who are unfortunate enough to never experience it, with this day and age being ruled by Kindles and ebook formats, back in the day many publishers and imprints used to include blurbs and teasers of other horror books by either the same author or different ones (,some still do and a lot don’t), and I would go through this and make lists of prospective horror authors to check out. A voracious reader of horror fiction, I was already well versed in the works of King, Koontz, Masterton, Herbert, McCammon, Barker, Simmons, Hutson, Strieber, Miller, Straub as well as the likes of John Saul, John Farris, Michael Slade, Gary Brandner and multitudes of others, whether they had a number of books or were just one hit wonders, at that stage and I read anything and everything by all the above. I discovered Richard Laymon’s books in the early 90s.
So, with that being said I’m going to talk a little here about the late, great Laymon, the influence he had on me and the impact discovering his work had, not just how I wrote, but how I viewed horror fiction in general. Just about anybody who knows me, interacts regularly with me, follows or keeps up to date with what I’m doing, or even just has a casual interest in what I write, will be quite aware that I am a massive Richard Laymon fanatic.Īfter all, I’ve made mention probably forty or fifty times that he is my greatest inspiration and influence in writing, and there’s every chance I’ll say it at least forty or fifty times more.
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