Another one that unexpectedly affected me was Richard Laymon's All Hallow's Eve. Again, it wasn't a scary book, per se, but when the creepy guy dressed in his last victim's clothes turned up on the old lady's doorstep to make her his next victim.... Let's just say I'd recently divorced from my husband when I read that book and was living alone at the time in a little cottage on a secluded road. I slept with the lights on that night (and a German Shepherd beside the bed for reassurance!)
Oh - and anything with spiders. I have a bit of a phobia-thing about spiders ;)
Which authors, in your opinion, will be remembered as the best horror writers of the 20th Century?
There are so many good horror writers around right now -- Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Robert McCammon, Richard Laymon -- like I said, there's so many. I should add such favorites as Dean Koontz, John Saul, Peter Straub and Graham Masterton as well.
Being an Aussie, I also make an effort to follow some of our great Australian Horror Writers. I think some of these will make a huge splash in the international horror arena in the not-too-distant future. If you get a chance, I can recommend you look up Stephen Dedman and Jack Davis. Stephanie Gunn's short fiction is worth watching for too.
Thanks again for this interview!
It was my pleasure, Mayra. Thanks once again for inviting me! :)
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