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Rick Hautala


(Richard Andrew Hautala)
USA flag (1949 - 2013)

aka A J Matthews

Rick Hautala has more than thirty published books to his credit, including the million copy, international best-seller Nightstone, as well as Twilight Time, Little Brothers, Cold Whisper, Impulse, and The Wildman. He has also published four novelsThe White Room, Looking Glass, Unbroken, and Followusing the pseudonym A. J. Matthews. His more than sixty published short stories have appeared in national and international anthologies and magazines. His short story collection Bedbugs was selected as one of the best horror books of the year in 2003.

A novella titled Reunion was published by PS Publications in December, 2009; and Occasional Demons, a short story collection, is due in 2010 from CD Publications. He wrote the screenplays for several short films, including the multiple award-winning The Ugly Film, based on the short story by Ed Gorman, as well as Peekers, based on a short story by Kealan Patrick Burke, and Dead @ 17, based on the graphic novel by Josh Howard.

A graduate of the University of Maine in Orono with a Master of Art in English Literature (Renaissance and Medieval Literature), Hautala lives in southern Maine with author Holly Newstein. His three sons have all grown up and (mostly) moved out of the house. He served terms as Vice President and Trustee for the Horror Writers Association.

Sadly, Rick died on March 21, 2013.
 

Genres: Mystery, Horror
 
Series
Body of Evidence (with Christopher Golden)
   6. Skin Deep (2000)
   7. Burning Bones (2001)
   8. Brain Trust (2001)
   9. Last Breath (2004)
   10. Throat Culture (2005)
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Ghosts of Maine (as by A J Matthews)
   1. The White Room (2001)
   2. Looking Glass (2004)
   3. Follow (2005)
   4. Unbroken (2007)
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Novels
   Moondeath (1981)
   Moonbog (1982)
   Night Stone (1986)
   Little Brothers (1988)
   The Siege (1989)
     aka Moon Walker
   Winter Wake (1989)
   Dead Voices (1990)
   Cold Whisper (1991)
   Dark Silence (1992)
   Ghost Light (1993)
   Twilight Time (1994)
   Shades of Night (1995)
   Beyond the Shroud (1996)
   The Mountain King (1996)
   Impulse (1996)
   The Wildman (2008)
   Indian Summer (2012)
   The Demon's Wife (2013)
   The Cove (2014)
   Star Road (2014) (with Matthew Costello)
   Waiting (2017)
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Collections
   Bed Bugs (2000)
   Along the Midway of the Carnival of Souls (2002) (with William Relling Jr)
   Occasional Demons (2010)
   Four Octobers (2011)
   Glimpses (2012)
   Untcigahunk (2012)
   Corruption at the Crossroad (2017) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Cold River (2003)
   Reunion (2012)
   The Big Tree (2014)
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Non fiction show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Rick Hautala
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The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 2 (2020)
(Best of Cemetery Dance, book 2)
edited by
Richard Chizmar
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Wicked Tales (2015)
The Journal of the New England Horror Writers, Volume 3
edited by
Scott T Goudsward, Daniel G Keohane and David Price
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Dark Duets (2014)
All-New Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy
edited by
Christopher Golden

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