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Richard Christian Matheson

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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American writer and screenwriter

Born 14 Oct 1953

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

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    First published in 1988 1 edition — 1 previewable
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American writer and screenwriter

Born 14 Oct 1953
Subjects
American Fantasy fiction, American horror tales, Detective and mystery stories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, horror, Horror novel, Horror tales, Science fiction, Short stories, baggers, end times, human sacrifice, mist, paranormal fiction, pharmacies, prophecies, revolvers, suicide, supermarkets, tentacles, thunderstorms
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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