In Laymon's Terms

Copyright © 2011 by Kelly Laymon, Steve Gerlach & Richard Chizmar

Individual pieces Copyright © 2011 by the credited author

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

Cemetery Dance Publications

132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7

Forest Hill, MD 21050

http://www.cemeterydance.com

The characters and events in this book are fictitious.

Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

ISBN-10: 1-58767-096-8

ISBN-13: 978-1-58767-096-1

Cover Artwork Copyright © 2011 by GAK

Interior Design by Kathryn Freeman

Photos courtesy of the Laymon family

For Richard Laymon...

With special thanks to Ann Laymon,

Brian Freeman, Kate Freeman, Mindy Jarusek,

Andrea Wilson, and Norman Prentiss.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Kelly Laymon

13 • Out with a Bang: Bare Feet & Bloody Gunshot Wounds

Richard Chizmar

16 • The Most Important Things

Steve Gerlach

18 • Dick Laymon dot com

PART I: STORIES AND REMEMBRANCES

Don D’Auria

26 • A Kind Word at the Right Time

Norman Partridge

29 • Second Chance

38 • Gotcha! Remembering Dick Laymon

Bentley Little

40 • Meeting Joanne

Jack Ketchum

50 • A Laymon Remembrance

51 • Hotline

Regina Mitchell

56 • A Laymon Remembrance

57 • The Pack

Alan Beatts

64 • Not Guilty by Reason of Sanity

Brian Keene

68 • The Dick Would be Pleased

69 • Castaways

Brian Freeman

85 • Meeting Richard Laymon

87 • Loving Roger

Ryan Harding

92 • A Tribute to Richard Laymon

93 • Development

John Urbancik

102 • A Brief Memory

103 • Fauxville North

Jacqueline Mitchell

113 • Remembering Richard Laymon

115 • Daddy Wound

Gary Brandner

119 • A Laymon Remembrance

120 • Campfire Story

Simon Clark

131 •A Writer’s Tale in Praise of Truth:

An Appreciation of Richard Laymon

133 • Ham’s Not Here

Gina Osnovich

147 • I Don’t Know Dick

149 • Edge of Town

Michael T. Huyck, Jr.

160 • A Laymon Remembrance

161 • Deep Dawn’s Jongleur

Sheri White

174 • Secret Admirers & Pseudonyms

Tom Piccirilli

176 • New York Comes to the Desert

Adam Pepper

189 • A Laymon Remembrance

191 • The Lonely Room

PART II: FAN FAVORITES AND RARITIES

Richard Laymon

200 • Dick’s College Poems (1960s)

206 • Desert Pickup (1970)

212 • Smokers’ Blend (1971)

232 • Immediate Opening (1976)

236 • Cut! (1985)

Ed Gorman

256 • Mystery Scene Interview with Author Richard Laymon (1995)

Richard Laymon

263 • Herman (1996)

276 • Boo (2000)

291 • Pick-Up on Highway One (2001)

297 • On The Set of Vampire Night (2001)

Ann Laymon

307 • Photo Album Collected from the Family’s Personal Albums

PART III: MORE STORIES AND REMEMBRANCES

Matt Schwartz

325 • Aaron Spelling Would be Proud

Steve Gerlach

328 • A Laymon Remembrance

329 • The Dead of Night

James Futch

345 • A Laymon Remembrance

346 • Cover

Michael Oliveri

349 • A Laymon Remembrance

350 • Behavior Therapy

Rain Graves

358 • Richard Laymon, in Memoriam

359 • Wild Card

John Pelan

370 • A Laymon Remembrance

373 • Another Saturday Night

Robert Freese

378 • Inspiration, Determination, & Mutilation

Donn Gash

383 • Pushing Buttons

William D. Carl

386 • A Laymon Remembrance

387 • Dig

Holly Newstein

394 • A Laymon Remembrance

Holly Newstein & Ralph Bieber II

395 • Prayers

Mark Justice

404 • A Laymon Remembrance

406 • The Red Kingdom

Bryan Smith

420 • A Laymon Remembrance

421 • Pizza Face

Kimberley Hill

435 • Remembering Richard Laymon

Brett McBean

437 • The Real Genius of a Sick Mind:

A Richard Laymon Remembrance

438 • The Genius of a Sick Mind

Sebastien Pharand

448 • My Thoughts on Richard Laymon

449 • Little Monsters

Jonathan Torres

466 • A Laymon Remembrance

467 • Bestiality

Ron R. Clinton

472 • A Laymon Remembrance

473 • The Diner

Troy Taylor

486 • Remembering Dick Laymon

487 • The Keepsake

Brent Zirnheld

497 • A Laymon Remembrance

498 • Coastal Pickup

Nicole Cushing

503 • Gorgeous! Beguiling! Lethal!

504 • Scabby Nipples and Sharp Teeth

Weston Ochse

511 • A Laymon Remembrance

512 • Crashing Down

Mark McLaughlin

520 • A Laymon Remembrance

Michael McCarty & Mark McLaughlin

521 • From the Bowels of the Earth

Robert Morrish

529 • Still Life, With Mother

Roger Range

540 • Laymon’s Legacy

541 • Scavengers

Patricia Lee Macomber

556 • A Laymon Remembrance

557 • Past Tense

Philip Robinson

568 • My Laymon Remembrance

570 • Occupied

Jim Hillman

581 • A Laymon Remembrance

582 • For the Light

Geoff Cooper

588 • Trying To Keep This Under Three-Quarters-of-a-Million Words

593 • Strangers: Good Friends and a Bottle of Wine

Edward Lee

605 • A Laymon Remembrance

606 • Chef

Matt Johnson

613 • A Dream