The Return

by Richard Laymon

When a dead boyfriend comes back to life to terrorize her, Sandy calls on the Strange Occurrence Squad for help.

Genres: Horror

61 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Richard 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

Reviews

[Adam Cleaver · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad for a 60 pager... Another short with the S.O.S. team investigating a zombie boyfriend risen from the dead. It doesn't have time to explain what is really going on, but they capture and get rid of teh problem in this short book, so was not too bad. - Though a little lacking! 3 stars as a short only.

[Ray Palen · Rating 3 out of 5]

When the body of her late ex-boyfriend shows up at her house young Sandy reaches out to the SOS - Strange Occurrence Squad --- to send him back to where he returned from. Creepy!