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Richard Laymon Collection #12
The Richard Laymon Collection, Volume 12: Body Rides / Bite
- GenresHorror
864 pages, Paperback
First published February 5, 2007
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About the author
Richard Laymon
216 books2,282 followersRichard Laymon was born in Chicago and grew up in California. He earned a BA in English Literature from Willamette University, Oregon and an MA from Loyola University, Los Angeles. He worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian, and a report writer for a law firm, and was the author of more than thirty acclaimed novels.
He also published more than sixty short stories in magazines such as Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier, and in anthologies including Modern Masters of Horror.
He died from a massive heart attack on February 14, 2001 (Valentine's Day).
Also published under the name Richard Kelly
He also published more than sixty short stories in magazines such as Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier, and in anthologies including Modern Masters of Horror.
He died from a massive heart attack on February 14, 2001 (Valentine's Day).
Also published under the name Richard Kelly
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May 7, 2014
I've been reading the Laymon omnibuses (omnibi?) and I'm starting to see a pattern. The following is how to be a horror master and write a novel like Richard Laymon:
How to be a male character in a Richard Laymon novel:
Be an English teacher. Be passive. Be single. Have no ambitions, hobbies, interests or personality. Have a subconscious desire for sadism.
How to be a female character in a Richard Laymon novel:
Be attractive. Be passive to the point of helplessness. Be cheery and bubbly despite having lived through lengthened physical torment. Have no ambitions, hobbies, interests or occupation.
How to be a villain in a Richard Laymon novel:
Be a rapist who is into sadism. Be unscrupulous.
How to write a Richard Laymon novel:
Close your eyes and bang your forehead on the keyboard twenty thousand times. Add pornographic scenes on every odd numbered page. Add physical violence every even numbered page. Add pointless dialogue that doesn’t progress the story. Add more pointless dialogue that doesn’t progress the story. Every time a new character is introduced, get the protagonist to retell the entire story, up to that point, to them in dialogue. Describe in great detail every act of the characters eating and drinking, including the removing of wrappers and how the female character raises a bottle of water to her lips while a small streams water run down her neck and into her cleavage. NEVER add any descriptions, build the scene or flesh out the characters. Bulk up the story with lots of one-line paragraphs. Do not use spell-check or edit for correct use of grammar and punctuation. Publish!
How to be a male character in a Richard Laymon novel:
Be an English teacher. Be passive. Be single. Have no ambitions, hobbies, interests or personality. Have a subconscious desire for sadism.
How to be a female character in a Richard Laymon novel:
Be attractive. Be passive to the point of helplessness. Be cheery and bubbly despite having lived through lengthened physical torment. Have no ambitions, hobbies, interests or occupation.
How to be a villain in a Richard Laymon novel:
Be a rapist who is into sadism. Be unscrupulous.
How to write a Richard Laymon novel:
Close your eyes and bang your forehead on the keyboard twenty thousand times. Add pornographic scenes on every odd numbered page. Add physical violence every even numbered page. Add pointless dialogue that doesn’t progress the story. Add more pointless dialogue that doesn’t progress the story. Every time a new character is introduced, get the protagonist to retell the entire story, up to that point, to them in dialogue. Describe in great detail every act of the characters eating and drinking, including the removing of wrappers and how the female character raises a bottle of water to her lips while a small streams water run down her neck and into her cleavage. NEVER add any descriptions, build the scene or flesh out the characters. Bulk up the story with lots of one-line paragraphs. Do not use spell-check or edit for correct use of grammar and punctuation. Publish!
May 8, 2023
A horror gene writer Richard Layman who know how to deliver as possible the twist to a great story this volume 12 in the series body rides and bite both equally good
May 21, 2013
Couldn't get onto this book, not one of my favourites by him.
December 29, 2015
Read both Body Rides and Bite. Both books were excellent, and hard to put down.
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