Ramsey Campbell, James Herbert, Dan Simmons, Mark Justice, M.R. James, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson, J. Sheridan LeFanu, H.P. Lovecraft and several more.

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I used to read horror almost exclusively. It's rare for me to pick up a horror novel these days. I keep trying the authors people rave about, and keep wondering why people are raving....

As an adjunct, these are some of the popular authors whose work eludes me: Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Dean Koontz....

I forgot to add McCammon, Ferris and Bradbury to my list. I know Bradbury isn't technically horror but I feel that he does straddle the line between sci-fi and horror.

I like thrillers too and read a lot of Morrell, Kellerman, Michael Palmer, old Robin Cook (his new stuff isn't so good), and Deaver.

I forgot to list Jonathan Kellerman. I've never tried Palmer, but never cared much for Robin Cook. I liked Deaver's first few books, but got tired of the preposterousness of the Lincoln Rhyme books (where a case hinges on a speck of dust---at least, that's how it seemed).

Piccirilli
King
Clive Barker
Steve Vernon
Laymon
Little
Keene
F. Paul Wilson
Simmons
McCammon

When these authors come out with a book, I get excited. I also love other authors like Bradbury, Bruanbeck, and geez, many others, but I'll always go out of my way to read a book by an author at the top of this list.

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I would be remiss not to add:

Jim Thompson, Dashiell Hammett, Chester Himes and the great great great Raymond Chandler of whom Ross McDonald said so beautifully:

“Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.”

Good job pointing out those somewhat "forgotten" authors, Jaz. I'd add David Goodis, Charles Williams, Peter Rabe, Gil Brewer, Harry Whitington, Bruno Fischer, and Ross MacDonald himself to the list.

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Charles Williams wrote one of my favourite books: Hell Hath No Fury.

James M. Cain is another. The Postman Always Rings Twice is such a twisted book.

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I like the savageness, the sleazy sex, the childish hormonal induced mentality, the perverted crimes, lucid sex imagery and outstanding dialogue between characters that Laymon dished out. I enjoyed them as a teenager when I first read them, and enjoy them just as much now if not a little more. You are entitled to you opinion, but so am I. And let me tell you, I am waaaaaaay on the other side of the fence…

LAYMON RULES!!!

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Reading:

The Spartacus War - Barry Strauss
Slow Death - Jim Fielder
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

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Reading:

The Spartacus War - Barry Strauss
Slow Death - Jim Fielder
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

When it comes to sex Laymon can come across absolutely juvenile. I literally threw The Beast House on the floor because of it. But there are other times when he makes it work and raunchy as a scene or insight may be can be a dark take on the human condition rather than an adolecent fantasy. The Midnight Tour was like that for me.

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The only Laymon novel I liked was "The Stake".