Copyright © 2011 by Kelly Laymon, Steve Gerlach & Richard Chizmar
Individual pieces Copyright © 2011 by the credited author
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.
Cemetery Dance Publications
132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7
Forest Hill, MD 21050
The characters and events in this book are fictitious.
Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
ISBN-10: 1-58767-096-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-58767-096-1
Cover Artwork Copyright © 2011 by GAK
Interior Design by Kathryn Freeman
Photos courtesy of the Laymon family
For Richard Laymon...
With special thanks to Ann Laymon,
Brian Freeman, Kate Freeman, Mindy Jarusek,
Andrea Wilson, and Norman Prentiss.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Kelly Laymon
13 • Out with a Bang: Bare Feet & Bloody Gunshot Wounds
Richard Chizmar
16 • The Most Important Things
Steve Gerlach
18 • Dick Laymon dot com
PART I: STORIES AND REMEMBRANCES
Don D’Auria
26 • A Kind Word at the Right Time
Norman Partridge
29 • Second Chance
38 • Gotcha! Remembering Dick Laymon
Bentley Little
40 • Meeting Joanne
Jack Ketchum
50 • A Laymon Remembrance
51 • Hotline
Regina Mitchell
56 • A Laymon Remembrance
57 • The Pack
Alan Beatts
64 • Not Guilty by Reason of Sanity
Brian Keene
68 • The Dick Would be Pleased
69 • Castaways
Brian Freeman
85 • Meeting Richard Laymon
87 • Loving Roger
Ryan Harding
92 • A Tribute to Richard Laymon
93 • Development
John Urbancik
102 • A Brief Memory
103 • Fauxville North
Jacqueline Mitchell
113 • Remembering Richard Laymon
115 • Daddy Wound
Gary Brandner
119 • A Laymon Remembrance
120 • Campfire Story
Simon Clark
131 •A Writer’s Tale in Praise of Truth:
An Appreciation of Richard Laymon
133 • Ham’s Not Here
Gina Osnovich
147 • I Don’t Know Dick
149 • Edge of Town
Michael T. Huyck, Jr.
160 • A Laymon Remembrance
161 • Deep Dawn’s Jongleur
Sheri White
174 • Secret Admirers & Pseudonyms
Tom Piccirilli
176 • New York Comes to the Desert
Adam Pepper
189 • A Laymon Remembrance
191 • The Lonely Room
PART II: FAN FAVORITES AND RARITIES
Richard Laymon
200 • Dick’s College Poems (1960s)
206 • Desert Pickup (1970)
212 • Smokers’ Blend (1971)
232 • Immediate Opening (1976)
236 • Cut! (1985)
Ed Gorman
256 • Mystery Scene Interview with Author Richard Laymon (1995)
Richard Laymon
263 • Herman (1996)
276 • Boo (2000)
291 • Pick-Up on Highway One (2001)
297 • On The Set of Vampire Night (2001)
Ann Laymon
307 • Photo Album Collected from the Family’s Personal Albums
PART III: MORE STORIES AND REMEMBRANCES
Matt Schwartz
325 • Aaron Spelling Would be Proud
Steve Gerlach
328 • A Laymon Remembrance
329 • The Dead of Night
James Futch
345 • A Laymon Remembrance
346 • Cover
Michael Oliveri
349 • A Laymon Remembrance
350 • Behavior Therapy
Rain Graves
358 • Richard Laymon, in Memoriam
359 • Wild Card
John Pelan
370 • A Laymon Remembrance
373 • Another Saturday Night
Robert Freese
378 • Inspiration, Determination, & Mutilation
Donn Gash
383 • Pushing Buttons
William D. Carl
386 • A Laymon Remembrance
387 • Dig
Holly Newstein
394 • A Laymon Remembrance
Holly Newstein & Ralph Bieber II
395 • Prayers
Mark Justice
404 • A Laymon Remembrance
406 • The Red Kingdom
Bryan Smith
420 • A Laymon Remembrance
421 • Pizza Face
Kimberley Hill
435 • Remembering Richard Laymon
Brett McBean
437 • The Real Genius of a Sick Mind:
A Richard Laymon Remembrance
438 • The Genius of a Sick Mind
Sebastien Pharand
448 • My Thoughts on Richard Laymon
449 • Little Monsters
Jonathan Torres
466 • A Laymon Remembrance
467 • Bestiality
Ron R. Clinton
472 • A Laymon Remembrance
473 • The Diner
Troy Taylor
486 • Remembering Dick Laymon
487 • The Keepsake