night in the lonesome october richard laymon

Night in the Lonesome October is my favorite Laymon novel, a story I return to at least once every two years. Regardless, this is a page turner from start-to-finish. Laymon employs more tongue-in-cheek humor in Island than in he does in his other books, and I would argue that Island is more twisted adventure than it is horror. Written from the perspective of Rupert Conway through his personal journal, Island mixes humor with horror and sexploitation. Food is plentiful, and the survivors do a decent job keeping the fire going, but it doesn’t take long before someone starts to murder the stranded party one-by-one. Maybe being stranded on a tropical island isn’t the worst thing in the world, but it gets worse when a killer starts running amok.Īfter the explosion, the story revolves around basic survival – how to start a fire and keep it going, where to find food, how to get rescued. While I’m at it, I recommend Laymon fans check out the serial killer horror series, Darkwater Cove.Ī Bahamas cruise goes wrong for a group of eight people when their yacht explodes. I’ll simply say these are my five favorite, and if you read them, you are, indeed, in for a treat. We might argue for days about which Richard Laymon novels are the best. As Stephen King, himself, once wrote, If you missed Laymon, you missed a treat.

The modern world of horror novels does not begin and end with King, Koontz, Barker, and Ketchum. Really, it’s difficult to go wrong when choosing a Laymon novel, but if you are new to Richard Laymon, I have some suggestions for where to start. Before he left us, he penned some of the scariest, seediest horror novels ever written. Richard Laymon passed away on February 14, 2001.

Night in the lonesome october richard laymon