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Richard Christian Matheson

14 Oct 1953 -

Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays. He is the author of over 100 short stories of psychological horror and magic realism which are gathered in over 150 major anthologies and in his critically hailed hardcover short story collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks, Amazon #1 bestseller Dystopia and Zoopraxis. He is the author of the suspense novel Created By and Hollywood novella of magic realism The Ritual of Illusion, and was the editor of the commemorative book Stephen King's Battleground. Matheson also adapted the short story which was made into an iconic episode of the TNT series "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" and won two Emmys.

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  • Cover of: Dark Forces: new stories of suspense and supernatural horror

    First published in 1980 11 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition darkforces0000unse Cover of edition darkforces0000na Cover of edition darkforces0000kirb Cover of edition darkforcesnewsto00mcca Cover of edition darkforcesnewsto0000unse
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  • Cover of: Alien sex: 19 tales by the masters of science fiction and dark fantasy

    First published in 1990 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mammoth Books Presents That Haunted Feeling: Six Short Stories by Barbara Roden, Reggie Oliver and M. R. James, Chris Bell, Richard Christian Matheson, John Gaskin and Michael Kelly

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Subjects
Fiction, American Horror tales, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, general, Horror tales, Science fiction, American Erotic stories, American Fantasy fiction, American Science fiction, American horror tales, Detective and mystery stories, Erotic stories, Fantasy, Fantasy - General, Fantasy - Short Stories (Single Author), Fiction - Fantasy, Fiction, horror, Horror novel, Musical fiction, Rock musicians, Science fiction, american, Sex customs, Short stories, Television programs, Violence on television
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Bridgton, Hartford, Maine, New England
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Aggie Bibber, Alan Turman, Amanda Dumfries, Ambrose Cornell, Andrew Drayton, Arnie Simms, Ben Michaelson, Bill Giosti, Brenton Norton, Bud Brown, Buddy Eagleton, Carla Norton, Dan Miller, Davy Crockett, Dick Muehler, Dougls Trumbull, Hank Vannerman, Hattie Turman, Hilda Reppler, Janine Lawless, Jasser, Jim Grondin, John Lee Frovin, Justine Robards, Lou Tattinger

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  • Richard C. Matheson
  • Richard-Christian Matheson

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September 2, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
October 30, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Updated bio
October 30, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Tyop
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import