Laymon Short Stories



1.   "A Good Cigar is a Smoke" - Originally appeared in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE,
        February, 1976. Reprinted in the collection A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993,
        and DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

2.   "A Good, Secret Place" - Novella originally appeared in the collection A GOOD, SECRET PLACE,
        by Deadline Press, 1993 and reprinted in FIENDS, by Headline, 1997.

3.   "Bad News" - Original story appears in the anthology NIGHT VISIONS 7 by Dark Harvest, 1989.
        Reprinted in OUT ARE THE LIGHTS by Headline, 1993.

4.   "Barney's Bigfoot Museum" - Originally appeared in the anthology CREATURE edited by Bill Pronzini,
        by Arbor House, 1981. Reprinted in the collections A GOOD SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993,
        and DREADFUL TALES, by Headline, 2000.

5.   "Blarney" - Originally appeared in MIKE SHAYNE'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, September, 1981.
        Reprinted in the short story collections A GOOD SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993, and
        DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

6.   "Boo" - Originally appeared in OCTOBER DREAMS, Cemetery Dance, 2000.

7.   "Cabin in the Woods" - Originally appeared in the Anthology CHILDREN OF THE CTHULU,
        edited by John Pelan, by The Ballantine Book Company, 01/2002.

8.   "Choppie" - Originally appeared in Subterranean Gallery, Subterranean Press, 1999.

9.   "Cut" - Originally appeared in BESTSELLER MAGAZINE Issue #23, Pitman Learning, 1985.

10.   "Desert Pickup" - Originally appeared in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, November,
        1970. Reprinted in A GOOD SECRET PLACE,by Deadline Press, 1993, FIENDS by Headline, 1997
        and THE BEST OF CEMETERY DANCE: VOLUME 2 by Roc Books, 2001 Trade Paperback.
        THIS WAS LAYMON'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL SALE.

11.   "Dinkers Pond" - Originally appeared in the anthology RAZORED SADDLES edited by Joe Lansdale,
          by Dark Harvest, 1989 and Avon, 1990. Reprinted in OUT ARE THE LIGHTS by Headline, 1993.

12.   "Double Date" - Originally appeared in the anthology BAD NEWS, edited by Richard Laymon,
          published by Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000.

13.   "Dracusson's Driver" - Originally appeared in the anthology DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS
          edited by Ed Gorman, by DAW, 1992. Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES
          by Headline, 2000.

14.   "Eats" - Originally appeared in MIKE SHAYNE'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, July 1985. Reprinted in
          THE SECOND BLACK LIZARD ANTHOLOGY OF CRIME, edited by Ed Gorman & Martin
          Greenburg, 1988, Reprinted as a cartoon in THE BANK STREET BOOK OF MYSTERY, a Byron
          Preiss Book, published by Pocket Books in 1989. Reprinted in A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by
          Deadline Press, 1993 and FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

15.   "Fiends" - Novelette, original publication in the collection FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

16.   "Finders Keepers" - Originally appeared in BESTSELLER MAGAZINE Issue #26, Pitman Learning, 1985.

17.   "First Date" - Originally appeared in the anthology LOVE IN VEIN II edited by Poppy Z. Brite and Martin
          Greenburg, by Harper Prism, 1997. Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline,
          2000.

18.   "First Love"- Originally appeared in the anthology RAZOR KISS edited by Poppy Z. Brite, by
          Harper Collins, 1997.

19.   "Good Vibrations" - Originally appeared in the anthology NIGHT SCREAMS by New American
          Library, ROC, 1996. Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

20.   "Herman" - Originally appeared in CEMETARY DANCE MAGAZINE, Fall, 1996. Reprinted in the
          short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

21.   "I'm Not A Criminal" - Originally appeared in the anthology AFTER THE DARKNESS edited by
          Stanley Wiater, by Maclay, 1993. Belgium (French Language) translation published in PHENIX, 1997.
          Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.
22.   "Immediate Opening" - Originally appeared in DEBONAIR, February, 1976.    
          Thanks to Sam Smith and Ann Laymon for verifying that this story is in fact Richard's.

23.   "Into the Pit" - Originally appeared in the Short Story Collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

24.   "Invitation to Murder" - Originally appeared in the anthology INVITATION TO MURDER edited
          by Ed Gorman & Martin Greenberg by Dark Harvest, 1991 and Diamond, 1993. Reprinted in the short
          story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

25.   "Joyce" - Originally appeared in A GOOD SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993 and reprinted
          in the collection FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

26.   "Kitty Litter" - Originally appeared in the anthology CAT CRIMES II edited by Ed Gorman & Martin
          Greenberg, published by Donald I. Fine, 1992. Reprinted in the collection FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

27.   "Madman Stan" - Originally appeared in the anthology NIGHT VISIONS 7 edited by Stanley Wiater,
          by Dark Harvest, 1989 and reprinted in OUT ARE THE LIGHTS Headline, 1993.

28.   "Mess Hall" - Originally appeared in the anthology BOOK OF THE DEAD I edited by John Skipp &
          Craig Spector by Ziesing and Bantam, 1989. Reprinted in OUT ARE THE LIGHTS by Headline, 1993.

29.   "Mop Up" - Novella originally appeared in the anthology NIGHT VISIONS 7 edited by Stanley Wiater
          by Dark Harvest, 1989. Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

30.   "Oscar's Audition" - Originally published in THE EXECUTIONER MYSTERY MAGAZINE under
          the pseudonym Dick Kelly, June, 1975. Reprinted in A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press,
          1993, and DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

31.   "Out of the Woods" - Originally appeared in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, December,
          1975. Produced in a signed/limited (to 200) edition chapbook OUT OF THE WOODS by Dark Carnival, 1992.
          Reprinted in A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993 and FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

32.   "Paying Joe Back" - Originally appeared in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, September,
          1975. Reprinted in MASTERS OF SUSPENSE edited by Ellery Queen and Eleanor Sullivan, 1992, in
          A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993, and DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

33.   "Phil the Vampire" - Originally appeared in the anthology VAMPIRE DETECTIVES edited by Ed Gorman
          & Martin Greenberg, published by DAW, 1995. Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES
          by Headline, 2000.

34.   "Pickup on Highway One" - Originally appeared in CEMETERY DANCE MAGAZINE Issue #34
          edited by Rich Chizmar, 2001.

35.   "Roadside Pickup" - Originally appeared in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, December 1974.
          Reprinted in A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993, 100 TINY LITTLE TERROR TALES
          edited by Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz and Martin H. Greenburg, 1996 and DREADFUL TALES,
          by Headline, 2000.

36.   "Saving Grace" - Originally appeared in the anthology COLD BLOOD edited by Rich Chizmar, Published
          by Ziesing, 1991. Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

37.   "Slit" - Originally appeared in the anthology PREDATORS edited by Ed Gorman & Martin Greenberg.
          Published by ROC, 1993. Reprinted in the short story collection FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

38.   "Special" - Originally appeared in the anthology UNDER THE FANG edited by Robert McCammon.
          Pocket Books edition and Borderlands hardbound, 1991. Graphic tale published in SYSTEM SHOCK
          Tuscany Press, 1993. Reprinted in the collection FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

39.   "Spooked" - Originally appeared in MIKE SHAYNE'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, October, 1981. Reprinted
          in A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993, and DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

40.   "Stickman" - Original story appears in the collection A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993.
          Reprinted in DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000, and as a Graphic Tale in GRAVE TALES #1 by
          Cemetery Dance Publications, 2000.

41.   "Stiff Intruders" - Originally appeared in MIKE SHAYNE'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, 3/80. Reprinted in the
          collections A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993 and FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

42.   "The Bleeder" - Originally appeared in NEW BLOOD, Winter 1989. Reprinted in A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by
          Deadline Press, 1993 and FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

43.   "The Boy Who Loved the Twilight Zone" - Originally appeared in BE AFRAID - TALES OF HORROR, edited
          by Edo Van Belkom published by Tundra Books, 2000.

44.   "The Champion" - Originally appeared in CAVALIER, 10/78. Reprinted in the Anthology MODERN MASTERS
          OF HORROR
, edited by Frank Coffey, published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981. Paperback reprints
          by Ace, 1982 and Berkley, 1988. Reprinted in collection A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993,
          100 FIENDISH LITTLE FRIGHTMARES edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H.
          Greenburg, published by Barnes and Noble, 1997, and DREADFUL TALES, Headline, 2000.

45.   "The Direct Approach" - Originally appeared in ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, 1/77.
          Reprinted in the collections A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993, and DREADFUL TALES,
          Headline, 2000.

46.   "The Fur Coat" - Originally appeared in the anthology THE EARTH STRIKES BACK edited by Rich Chizmar,
          published by Mark Ziesing, 1994.
Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

47.   "The Good Deed" - Original story appears in the collection A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993,
          and reprinted in DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

48.   "The Grab" - Originally appeared in Gallery, 1/82. Reprinted in the anthology, THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR
          STORIES: SERIES XI
, edited by Karl Edward Wagner, published by DAW, 1983. Reprinted in the anthology
          100 HAIR RAISING LITTLE HORROR STORIES, edited by Al Sarrantonio and Martin H. Greenberg, and
          published by Barnes & Noble, 1993. Reprinted in the collection A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press,
          1993. Performed by the New Hampshire Radio Theater Group on Halloween, 1997. Reprinted in the short story
          collection DREADFUL TALES, by Headline, 2000. To be reprinted in an 8th grade Australian textbook,
          ENGLISH MAGIC 2 by Addison Wesley Longman.

49.   "The Hangman" - Originally published in the anthology SKULL FULL OF SPURS edited by Jason Bovberg
          and Kirk Whitham, Dark Highway Press, 2000.

50.   "The Hunt" - Originally published in the anthology STALKERS edited by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenburg,
          Dark Harvest, 1989. Reprinted as THE HUNTED in SCREAMPLAYS edited by Rich Chizmar, by Del Rey/Ballantine,
          1997. Reprinted in the short story collection FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

51.   "The Job" - Originally appeared in the anthologyTHE UNEXPLAINED edited by Peter Haining, 1998.

52.   "The Maiden" - Appears in the Anthology DARK LOVE, edited by Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, and
          Martin H. Greenburg, by the New American Library, ROC, 11/95. Reprinted in the short story collection
          DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

53.   "The Mask" - Originally appeared in A GOOD, SECRET PLACE by Deadline Press, 1993, and reprinted in the
          collection FIENDS by Headline, 1997.

54.   "The Tub" - Appears in the Anthology HOTTER BLOOD edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett, by Pocket Books
          1991.

55.   "Wishbone" - Appears in the Anthology NIGHT VISIONS 7 edited by Stanley Wiater, by Dark Harvest, 1989
          Reprinted in the short story collection DREADFUL TALES by Headline, 2000.

**Thanks to Sam Smith, Mike Price, and Ann Laymon for checking and double checking my work.**
      It is only with the help of all of you that the most correct information is available.


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