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Richard Matheson
(Richard Burton Matheson)
(1926 - 2013)Father of Richard Christian Matheson
aka Logan Swanson
Richard Matheson was The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, Now You See It . . . , and What Dreams May Come. A Grand Master of Horror and past winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, he also won the Edgar, the Hugo, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Western
Novels
Fury on Sunday (1953)
Someone Is Bleeding (1953)
I Am Legend (1954)
aka The Omega Man
Woman (1954)
aka Born of Man and Woman
The Shrinking Man (1956)
aka Incredible Shrinking Man
A Stir of Echoes (1958)
Ride the Nightmare (1959)
The Beardless Warriors (1960)
Comedy of Terrors (1964) (with Elsie Lee)
Hell House (1971)
The Night Stalker (1973) (with Jeff Rice)
Somewhere in Time (1975)
aka Bid Time Return
What Dreams May Come (1979)
Earthbound (1982) (as by Logan Swanson)
Hunger and Thirst (1990)
Journal of the Gun Years (1991)
The Gun Fight (1993)
7 Steps to Midnight (1993)
The Path (1993)
Shadow on the Sun (1994)
Now You See It.... (1995)
The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok (1996)
Passion Play (2000)
Camp Pleasant (2001)
Abu and the 7 Marvels (2002)
Hunted Past Reason (2002)
Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (2003)
The Link (2006)
Other Kingdoms (2011)
Generations (2012)
Leave Yesterday Alone (2014)
Someone Is Bleeding (1953)
I Am Legend (1954)
aka The Omega Man
Woman (1954)
aka Born of Man and Woman
The Shrinking Man (1956)
aka Incredible Shrinking Man
A Stir of Echoes (1958)
Ride the Nightmare (1959)
The Beardless Warriors (1960)
Comedy of Terrors (1964) (with Elsie Lee)
Hell House (1971)
The Night Stalker (1973) (with Jeff Rice)
Somewhere in Time (1975)
aka Bid Time Return
What Dreams May Come (1979)
Earthbound (1982) (as by Logan Swanson)
Hunger and Thirst (1990)
Journal of the Gun Years (1991)
The Gun Fight (1993)
7 Steps to Midnight (1993)
The Path (1993)
Shadow on the Sun (1994)
Now You See It.... (1995)
The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok (1996)
Passion Play (2000)
Camp Pleasant (2001)
Abu and the 7 Marvels (2002)
Hunted Past Reason (2002)
Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (2003)
The Link (2006)
Other Kingdoms (2011)
Generations (2012)
Leave Yesterday Alone (2014)
Collections
The Shores of Space (1957)
Shock! (1961)
Shock 2 (1964)
Shock 3 (1966)
Shock 4 (1970)
Shockwaves (1970)
Richard Matheson's Twilight Zone Scripts (1986)
Ghost Trilogy (1987)
Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks (1987) (with Richard Christian Matheson)
aka Scars
By the Gun (1994)
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (2001)
Pride (2002) (with Richard Christian Matheson)
Offbeat (2002)
Duel (2003)
Collected Stories, Vol. 1 (2003)
Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts (2003)
Darker Places (2004)
Collected Stories, Vol. 2 (2005)
Collected Stories Vol. 3 (2005)
Unrealized Dreams (2005)
Bloodlines (2006)
Visions of Death (2007)
Button, Button (2008)
Matheson Uncollected, Vol. 1 (2008)
Road Rage (2009) (with Joe Hill and Stephen King)
Visions Deferred (2009)
The Box (2009)
Matheson Uncollected, Vol. 2 (2010)
Steel (2011)
Richard Matheson Uncollected (2012)
The Best of Richard Matheson (2017)
Shock! (1961)
Shock 2 (1964)
Shock 3 (1966)
Shock 4 (1970)
Shockwaves (1970)
Richard Matheson's Twilight Zone Scripts (1986)
Ghost Trilogy (1987)
Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks (1987) (with Richard Christian Matheson)
aka Scars
By the Gun (1994)
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (2001)
Pride (2002) (with Richard Christian Matheson)
Offbeat (2002)
Duel (2003)
Collected Stories, Vol. 1 (2003)
Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts (2003)
Darker Places (2004)
Collected Stories, Vol. 2 (2005)
Collected Stories Vol. 3 (2005)
Unrealized Dreams (2005)
Bloodlines (2006)
Visions of Death (2007)
Button, Button (2008)
Matheson Uncollected, Vol. 1 (2008)
Road Rage (2009) (with Joe Hill and Stephen King)
Visions Deferred (2009)
The Box (2009)
Matheson Uncollected, Vol. 2 (2010)
Steel (2011)
Richard Matheson Uncollected (2012)
The Best of Richard Matheson (2017)
Anthologies edited
Novellas and Short Stories
The Man Who Made the World (1953)
Richard Matheson's Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (2011)
Slaughter House (2014)
Richard Matheson's Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (2011)
Slaughter House (2014)
Non fiction
Robert Bloch : Appreciations of the Master (1995)
Medium's Rare (2000)
A Primer of Reality (2002)
The Richard Matheson Companion (2008)
Medium's Rare (2000)
A Primer of Reality (2002)
The Richard Matheson Companion (2008)
Omnibus editions
Noir (1988)
Legends of the Gun Years (2010)
The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok / Shadow on the Sun (2017)
A Richard Matheson Collection (2019)
Richard Matheson Suspense Novels (2020)
Richard Matheson Thrillers (2020)
Legends of the Gun Years (2010)
The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok / Shadow on the Sun (2017)
A Richard Matheson Collection (2019)
Richard Matheson Suspense Novels (2020)
Richard Matheson Thrillers (2020)
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by Richard Matheson
Science-Fiction Carnival (1953)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 4th Series (1955)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956)
Zacherley's Midnight Snacks (1960)
The Fiend in You (1962)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural (1967)
The Midnight People (1968)
The Others (1969)
The Witchcraft Reader (1969)
The Hollywood Nightmare (1970)
The Year's Best Horror Stories (1971)
The Devil's Children (1974)
A Clutch of Vampires (1974)
Fear (1975)
Christopher Lee's 'X' Certificate (1975)
The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 2 (1976)
More of Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors (1976)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
The Road to Science Fiction 4 (1982)
The Gruesome Book (1983)
Machines That Kill (1984)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masters of Darkness (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987)
Masques 2 (1987)
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader (1987)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
aka Demons and Dreams
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Urban Horrors (1990)
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
Visions of Fear (1994)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Unexplained (1998)
California Sorcery (1999)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 4th Series (1955)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956)
Zacherley's Midnight Snacks (1960)
The Fiend in You (1962)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural (1967)
The Midnight People (1968)
The Others (1969)
The Witchcraft Reader (1969)
The Hollywood Nightmare (1970)
The Year's Best Horror Stories (1971)
The Devil's Children (1974)
A Clutch of Vampires (1974)
Fear (1975)
Christopher Lee's 'X' Certificate (1975)
The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 2 (1976)
More of Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors (1976)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Dark Forces (1980)
The Road to Science Fiction 4 (1982)
The Gruesome Book (1983)
Machines That Kill (1984)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masters of Darkness (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987)
Masques 2 (1987)
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader (1987)
The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989)
aka Demons and Dreams
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Urban Horrors (1990)
Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
Visions of Fear (1994)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Unexplained (1998)
California Sorcery (1999)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
Short stories
| By Appointment Only | |||
| Born of Man and Woman (1950) | |||
| Third from the Sun [short story] (1950) | |||
| When the Waker Sleeps (1950) | |||
| Blood Son (1951) aka Drink My Blood | |||
| Clothes Make the Man (1951) | |||
| Dress of White Silk (1951) | |||
| Drink My Blood (1951) | |||
| F--- (1951) | |||
| Return (1951) | |||
| The Thing (1951) | |||
| Witch War (1951) | |||
| Brother to the Machine (1952) | |||
| The Disinheritors (1952) | |||
| Lover, When You're Near Me (1952) | |||
| Mad House (1952) | |||
| Shipshape Home (1952) | |||
| SRL AD (1952) | |||
| To Fit the Crime (1952) | |||
| Death Ship (1953) | |||
| Disappearing Act (1953) | |||
| Dying Room Only (1953) | |||
| Full Circle (1953) | |||
| The Last Day (1953) | |||
| Lazarus II (1953) | |||
| Legion of Plotters (1953) | |||
| Little Girl Lost (1953) | |||
| Long Distance Call (1953) | |||
| Mother By Protest (1953) | |||
| Slaughter House (1953) | |||
| Trespass (1953) | |||
| The Wedding (1953) | |||
| Wet Straw (1953) | |||
| Being (1954) | |||
| The Conquerer (1954) | |||
| The Curious Child (1954) | |||
| Dance of the Dead (1954) | |||
| Dear Diary (1954) | |||
| Descent (1954) | |||
| The Doll That Does Everything (1954) | |||
| I Am Legend [short story] (1954) | |||
| The Test (1954) | |||
| The Traveller (1954) | |||
| When Day is Dun (1954) | |||
| The Funeral (1955) | |||
| Miss Stardust (1955) | |||
| One for the Books (1955) | |||
| Pattern for Survival (1955) | |||
| A Flourish of Strumpets (1956) | |||
| The Splendid Source (1956) | |||
| Steel [short story] (1956) | |||
| The Children of Noah (1957) | |||
| The Distributor (1957) | |||
| The Holiday Man (1957) | |||
| Lemmings (1957) | |||
| The Edge (1958) | |||
| Advance Notice (1959) | |||
| Big Surprise (1959) | |||
| The Creeping Terror (1959) | |||
| Deadline (1959) | |||
| Mantage (1959) | |||
| No Such Thing as a Vampire (1959) | |||
| Crickets (1960) | |||
| Day of Reckoning (1960) | |||
| First Anniversary (1960) | |||
| From Shadowed Places (1960) | |||
| Graveyard Shift (1960) | |||
| Nightmare at 20,000 Feet [short story] (1961) | |||
| Finger Prints (1962) | |||
| The Likeness of Julie (1962) | |||
| Mute (1962) | |||
| Deus Ex Machina (1963) | |||
| Girl of My Dreams (1963) | |||
| The Jazz Machine (1963) | |||
| Shock Wave (1963) | |||
| 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly (1963) | |||
| A Drink of Water (1967) | |||
| Therese (1968) | |||
| Prey (1969) | |||
| Come Fygures, Come Shadowes [short story] (1970) | |||
| The Finishing Touches (1970) | |||
| A Visit to Santa Claus (1970) | |||
| Duel [short story] (1971) | |||
| Where There's a Will (1980) (with Richard Christian Matheson) | |||
| More Than We Appear To Be (1985) | |||
| Getting Together (1986) | |||
| Buried Talents (1987) | |||
| The Near Departed (1987) | |||
| Shoo Fly (1988) | |||
| Always Before Your Voice (1999) |
Awards
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