Author

Richard Christian Matheson

born 14 Oct 1953 24 known books newest first

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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Books

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24 books
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1994
Body Shocks

Body Shocks

Year unknown Ellen Datlow, Ray Cluley, Terry Dowling, Kirstyn McDermott, Nathan Ballingrud, Kaaron Warren, Genevieve Valentine, Lucy Taylor, Kij Johnson, Pat Cadigan, Cody Goodfellow, Edward Bryant, Simon Bestwick, Richard Kadrey, Angela Slatter, Livia Llewellyn, Cassandra Khaw, Alyssa Wong, Tananarive Due, Richard Christian Matheson, Christopher Fowler, Carmen Maria Machado, Seanan McGuire, Lisa L Hannett, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Gemma Files, Brian Evenson, Tom Johnstone, Priya Sharma, Michael Blumlein, and Gemma Files
Created by

Created by

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Created By

Created By

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Dark Forces

Dark Forces

Year unknown Richard Christian Matheson, Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Edward Bryant, Davis Grubb, Robert Aickman, Karl Edward Wagner, Joyce Carol Oates, T. E. D. Klein, Gene Wolfe, Theodore Sturgeon, Ramsey Campbell, Clifford D. Simak, Russell Kirk, Lisa Tuttle, Robert Bloch, Edward Gorey, Ray Bradbury, Joe Haldeman, Charles L. Grant, Manly Wade Wellman, Richard Matheson, Grahan Wilson, and Stephen King
Dark Screams

Dark Screams

Year unknown Robert McCammon, Shawntelle Madison, Graham Masterton, Richard Christian Matheson, Norman Prentiss, and various authors
Death

Death

Year unknown Stuart David Schiff, Lord Dunsany, Dennis Etchison, Hugh B. Cave, Juleen Brantingham, Joseph Payne Brennan, Davis Grubb, Bernice Balfour, Richard Christian Matheson, David Riley, Maurice Level, Alan Ryan, Wade Kenny, Ken Wisman, Fritz Leiber, Saki, Al Sarrantonio, Stephen King, and George Fielding Eliot
D.O.A. III: Extreme Horror Anthology (Volume 3)

D.O.A. III: Extreme Horror Anthology (Volume 3)

Year unknown Bentley Little, Jeff Strand, Shane McKenzie, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Ryan Harding, Kristopher Triana, Richard Christian Matheson, John McNee, and Edward Lee
Dystopia

Dystopia

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Dystopia

Dystopia

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Dystopia

Dystopia

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Four For Fantasy

Four For Fantasy

Year unknown Joe Hill, Brian W. Aldiss, Joanne Harris, Richard Christian Matheson, and Michael Smith
Freedom of Screech

Freedom of Screech

Year unknown Matt Hayward, Jessica McHugh, Richard Christian Matheson, Craig Spector, Chet Williamson, Elizabeth Massie, Jenny Orosel, Jack Ketchum, Patricia Lee Macomber, and Thomas F. Monteleone
Hell Comes To Hollywood II

Hell Comes To Hollywood II

Year unknown Richard Christian Matheson, Del Howison, John Palisano, Brad C. Hodson, Doug Molitor, Hal Bodner, Ron Zwang, Heather E. Ash, Donny Broussard, and William Lebeda
Holiday

Holiday

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Mammoth Books Presents That Haunt...

Mammoth Books Presents That Haunted Feeling

Year unknown Barbara Roden, Reggie Oliver, Montague Rhodes James, Chris Bell, and Richard Christian Matheson
nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre

nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre

Year unknown Nancy Kilpatrick, Caro Soles, Uwe Sommerlad, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Robert Lopresti, Christopher Rice, Lisa Morton, Rick Chiantaretto, Barbara Fradkin, Thomas S. Roche, Robert Bose, Weekes, Carol, Michael Kelly, Nancy Holder, J. Madison Davis, Michael Jecks, Richard Christian Matheson, William F. Nolan, Jason V. Brock, Sunni K. Brock, Loren Rhoads, Kelley Armstrong, Jane Petersen Burfield, David McDonald, Colleen Anderson, Tanith Lee, Margaret Atwood, and David Morrell
Scars and other distinguishing marks

Scars and other distinguishing marks

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Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks

Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks

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Shock Rock

Shock Rock

Year unknown Jeff Gelb, Stephen King, F. Paul Wilson, David J. Schow, Nancy A. Collins, Ronald Kelly, Don D'ammassa, Graham Masterton, Paul Dale Anderson, Michael Garrett, Brain Hodge, R. Patrick Gates, Rex Miller, Bill Mumy, Peter David, Richard Christian Matheson, Michael Newton, Mark Verheiden, Ray Garton, John L. Byrne, Thomas Tessier, John Shirley, and Collectif
Stephen King's Battleground

Stephen King's Battleground

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The Bradbury Chronicles

The Bradbury Chronicles

Year unknown William F. Nolan, Martin H. Greenberg, Ray Bradbury, Cameron Nolan, Edward Gorman, James Kisner, Charles L. Grant, Richard Matheson, Chad Oliver, William, Jr. Relling, Charles Beaumont, Norman Corwin, Roberta Lannes, Richard Christian Matheson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Bruce Francis, Gregory Benford, John Maclay, J. N. Williamson, F. Paul Wilson, Robert Sheckley, and Orson Scott Card
The Ritual of Illusion [jhc]

The Ritual of Illusion [jhc]

Year unknown Richard Christian Matheson and Harry O. Morris
Things Beyond Midnight

Things Beyond Midnight

Year unknown William F. Nolan and Richard Christian Matheson

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