RICHARD LAYMON
"If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat"
STEPHEN KING
That's what Stephen King has to say about Richard Laymon and I agree. The first book I read about this author was Blood Games and since then I became one of his biggest fans.
His stories are full of intense horror which could make you sick at times, and you have to wonder what kind of background did he come from?
If you asked me which book of his is your favourite, then I couldn't give you an answer. They all have you gripped with horror, with your imagination running crazy. It's that bad that you can't put the book down until you've finished it or your completely tired out, that you fall asleep with it still in your hands.
There's not many authors about who write like Laymon.
The reason I like him so much is the fact that most of his stories are so horrifying. He makes you really feel for his characters in the book. You pray that they don't meet some sick pyschopath and get brutally murdered, but you know the meeting is going to happen.
After you have read one of his books you look at people in a different way. You think that perhaps lurking somewhere deep within them, their is a sick fiend living a double life, waiting to get you alone.
Richard Laymon is truly a god in this field and he totally inspires me. It's because of him that I'm trying to write my own sick horror stories, I'm currently writing my second one now.
To preview my first story read One Night in Beechwood and meet the characters. Some of the same characters appear in my second story which hasn't got a title yet. To preview the first chapter, click on the link below.
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