A Writer's Tale (43 page)

ALARMS
(Mark Ziesing, 1992) Mark Ziesing published a signed, slip-cased edition limited to 400 numbered copies, and a larger trade edition.
ALARUMS
(using my original title) was published by Headline in June, 1993 in simultaneous hardcover and trade paperback editions. Book Club Associates, 10,000 copies, 1993. Sold to Italy, 1993. Headline mass market paperback, 1994.

ONE RAINY NIGHT
(Headline, 199D Headline did simultaneous hardback and trade paperback editions in March, 1991. Selection of Book Club Associates, with subsequent hardbound book club printings. Sold to Italy, 1991; Spain, 1992; Lithuania (in Russian), 1994; Belgium; 1997.

DARKNESS, TELL US
(Headline, 1991) Headline published simultaneous hardcover and trade paperback editions in 1991 and the mass market paperback edition later in 1991. Purchased for publication in Russia, 1997.

BLOOD GAMES
(Headline, 1992) Headline published hardbound edition in March, 1992. Selected as February, 1992 main selection of the Book Club Associates with initial hardbound printing of 18,000 for book club. Headline full-page ad was on cover of December 6, 1991 issue of
The Bookseller.
Headline mass market paperback edition, 1992.

A GOOD,, SECRET PLACE
(Deadline Press, 1993) Limited edition hardbound, illustrated by Larry Mori, introduction by Ed Gorman, collection of short stories published in February, 1993. Deluxe first edition limited to 574 individually signed and numbered copies and 26 individually signed and lettered copies. Nominated for Brain Stoker award, 1994.

SAVAGE
(Headline, 1993) Headline published simultaneous hardcover and trade paperback edition, 1993- Book Club Associates made initial order for 8,000 copies. Purchased by Tom Dunne for St. Martin’s Press, 1993. Headline mass market paperback, 1993. Sold to Germany, 1994; Hungary, 1997.

ENDLESS NIGHT
(Headline, 1993) Headline published the hardbound in September, 1993. Book Club Associates, 12,000 copies. Headline paperback in June, 1994. Sold to Italy, 1994; Russia, 1997; Spain, 1997.

IN THE DARK
(Headline, 1994) Headline published the hardbound in June, 1994, the mass market paperback later in 1994. Sold to Taiwan, 1995; Russia, 1997.

QUAKE
(Headline, 1995) Headline published the hardbound in January, 1995, the mass market paperback later in 1995. Main selection, Book Club Associates, World Book Club and two others, 24,000 copy book club order. Published hardbound in U.S. Thomas Dunne, St. Martin’s Press, June, 1995. Published in France, 1995.

ISLAND
(Headline, 1995) Headline published the hardbound in July, 1995, the mass market paperback in 1996. Book Club Associates, 23,000 copy initial book club order. Sold to Russia, 1997.

BODY RIDES
(Headline, 1996) Headline published the hardbound in February, 1996, the mass market paperback later in 1996. Main selection, World Book Club and Mystery and Thriller Book Club, 42,000 copies.

BITE
(Headline, 1996) Headline published the hardbound in September, 1996. It was a book club selection as half of a double-book with my short fiction collection,
FIENDS.
The Headline mass market paperback edition of
BITE was
published in 1997.

FIENDS
(Headline, 1997) Headline published the hardbound edition of
FIENDS
(a collection of short fiction anchored by the title novelette) in January, 1997. Book club selection, double-book with my novel,
BITE.

AFTER MIDNIGHT (Headline,
1997) Book club selection, 9,000 copy first printing. Headline mass market paperback edition to be published in 1998.

A WRITER’S TALE
(Deadline Press, 1998) Limited edition hardbound, non-fiction collection published in October, 1998. Deluxe first edition limited to 500 individually signed and numbered copies and 26 individually signed and lettered copies.

Miscellaneous Other Book Publications

YOUR SECRET ADMIRER
as Carl Laymon (Scholastic, 1980) Young adult romantic suspense novel. Also published in Germany.

NIGHTMARE LAKE as
Carl Laymon (Dell, 1983) Young adult horror novel published as part of the “Twilight” series.

THE LAWMEN
as Lee Davis Willoughby (Dell, 1983) Adult western historical novel as part of “The Making of America” series.

A STRANGER’S ARMS as
Carla Laymon (Capital/Oehler Books, Blue Heron Press, 1984) Also published in Germany.

Screenplays

“The Hunted,” in
SCREAMPLAYS
(Del Rey, 1997) Edited by Richard Chizmar. Contains screenplay based on my short story, “The Hunted.” Portion published on-line on barnesandnoble.com.

Short Stories

(Includes only short fiction published in a professional, paying markets. All Pitman publications were written specifically for young adults with reading difficulties, but include some of my better horror and mystery stories.)

1. “Desert Pickup” a “Department of First Stories” piece published in
ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE,
November, 1970. Translated into Swedish and published in Stockholm periodical, 1970. Broadcast by radio in Berlin, Germany, 1981. Reprinted in my collection by Deadline Press,
A GOOD, SECRET PLACE,
1993. Reprinted,
CEMETERY DANCE,
Spring, 1994. Reprinted in my collection by Headline,
FIENDS,
January, 1997. To be published in
THE BEST OF CEMETERY DANCE,
1998. To be reprinted in
100 MENACING LITTLE MURDER STORIES,
ed. by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, published by Barnes & Noble, 1998.

2. “Roadside Pickup”
EQMM,
December, 1974. Translated into Dutch (Belgium?) for periodical, 1976. Reprinted in
GSP(A GOOD, SECRET PLACE,
1993). Bought for reprint in
100 TINY LITTLE TERROR TALES,
Ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, and Martin Greenberg, 1996.

3. “Oscar’s Audition” pseudonym Dick Kelly. Published in
THE EXECUTIONER MYSTERY MAGAZINE,
June, 1975. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993.

4. “Paying Joe Back”
EQMM,
September, 1975. Reprinted in
MASTERS OF SUSPENSE,
ed. by Ellery

Queen and Eleanor Sullivan, 1992. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993.

5. “Out of the Woods”
EQMM,
December, 1975. Reprinted in GSP, 1993. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997. Bought for reprint in
100 TWISTED TALES OF TORMENT,
ed. Weinberg, Dziemianowicz & Greenberg, 1997.

6. “A Good Cigar is a Smoke”
EQMM,
February, 1976. Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

7. “The Direct Approach”
ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE,
January, 1977. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993.

8. “The Champion”
CAVALIER,
October, 1978. Reprinted in anthology,
MODERN MASTERS OF HORROR,
ed. by Frank Coffey, published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981. Paperback reprints by Ace, 1982 and Berkeley, 1988. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993. To be reprinted in
100 FIENDISH LITTLE FRIGHTMARES,
ed. by Dziemianowicz, Weinberg and Greenberg, published by Barnes & Noble.

9. “Stiff Intruders”
MIKE SHAYNE’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE,
March, 1980. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

10. “Barney’s Bigfoot Museum”
CREATURE, ed.
by Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1981. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993.

11. “Blarney”
MSMM,
September, 1981. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993.

12. “Spooked”
MSMM,
October, 1981, Reprinted in GSP, 1993.

13. “The Grab”
GALLERY,
January, 1982. Reprinted in the anthology,
THE YEAR’S BEST HORROR STORIES: SERIES XI,
ed. by Karl Edward Wagner, published by DAW, 1983. Reprinted in
100 HAIR-RAISING LITTLE HORROR STORIES,
ed. by Al Sarrantonio and Martin H. Greenberg, Marboro Books, 1993. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993. Performed by the New Hampshire Radio Theater group on Halloween, 1997. To be reprinted in 8th grade Australian textbook,
ENGLISH MAGIC 2
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published by Addison Wesley Longman. FASTBACK MYSTERIES Pitman Learning, 1984.

14. “Shootout at Joe’s” Reprinted in anthology,
DESCENDANTS OF EVE,
Lake Books, 1989.

15. “The Intruder” Reprinted in anthology,
AFTER MIDNIGHT,
Lake Books, 1989.

16. “Cardiac Arrest”

17. “Dawson’s City” FASTBACK SPORTS Pitman Learning, 1985.

18. “Marathon” FASTBACK SPY Pitman Learning, 1985.

19. “The Last Hand”

20. “The Trap” Reprinted in anthology,
DESCENDANTS OF EVE,
Lake Books, 1989.

21. “The Cobra” Reprinted in anthology,
CLAWS AND FEATHERS,
Lake Books, 1989. FASTBACK HORROR Pitman Learning, 1985.

22. “Live Bait”

23. “The Lonely One” Reprinted in anthology,
DESCENDANTS OF EVE,
Lake Books, 1989.

24. “The Caller”

25. “Guts”

26. “Night Games” Reprinted in anthology,
AFTER MIDNIGHT,
Lake Books, 1989.

27. “Night Ride”
BESTELLERMAGAZINE
Pitman Learning, 1985.

28. “Cut” Issue #23

29. “Finders Keepers” Issue #26

30. “Eats”
MSMM,
July, 1985. Reprinted in anthology,
THE SECOND BLACK LIZARD ANTHOLOGY OF CRIME,
ed. by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg, 1988. Reprinted as cartoon in
THE BANK STREET BOOK OF MYSTERY,
a Byron Preiss Book published by Pocket Books in 1989. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997. FASTBACK CRIME AND DETECTION David S. Lake, 1986.

31. “Beginner’s Luck” DOUBLE FASTBACK David S. Lake, 1986.
SOS SERIES (STRANGE OCCURRENCE SQUAD)

32. “The Night Creature”

33. “The Beast”

34. “The Return”

35. “Thin Air” DOUBLE FASTBACK HORROR David S. Lake, 1987.

36. “Halloween Hunt” Reprinted in
CHAMBER OF HORRORS,
Fearon Education, 1991.

37. “The Bleeder”
NEW BLOOD,
Winter, 1989. Reprinted in
GSP,
1993. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

38. “Mess Hall”
BOOK OF THE DEAD,
ed. by John Skipp & Craig Spector, Ziesing and Bantam editions 1989. Reprinted in
OUT ARE THE LIGHTS,
Headline, 1993.

39. “The Hunt”
STALKERS,
ed. by Ed Gorman & Martin Greenberg, Dark Harvest edition, 1989, New American Library trade paperback edition, 1990, mass market by Roc, 1992. Audio tape by Dove Audio, read by Arte Johnson. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

40. “Dinker’s Pond”
RAZORED SADDLES,
ed. by Joe Lansdale, Dark Harvest edition, 1989, Avon edition, 1990. Reprinted in
OUT ARE THE LIGHTS,
Headline, 1993.
NIGHT VISIONS 7,
ed. by Stanley Wiater, Dark Harvest edition, 1989.

41. “Mop Up” (novella).

42. “Wishbone”

43. “Bad News” Reprinted in anthology,
BEST NEW HORROR,
ed. by Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell, published in England by Robinson Publishing, in U.S. by Carroll & Graff, 1991. Reprinted in
OUT ARE THE LIGHTS,
Headline, 1993.

44. “Madman Stan” Reprinted in
OUT ARE THE LIGHTS,
Headline, 1993.

45. “The Tub”
HOTTER BLOOD
, ed. by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett, published by Pocket Books, 1991. Numerous foreign reprints. Reprinted in
OUT ARE THE LIGHTS,,
Headline, 1993. Also reprinted in
TEN TALES,
a signed and limited edition by James Cahill Publishing, 1994.

46. “Special”
UNDER THE FANG,
ed. by Robert R. McCammon, Pocket Books edition and Borderlands special hardbound edition, 1991. Graphic tale,
SYSTEM SHOCK,
Tuscany Press, 1993. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

47. “Saving Grace”
COLD BLOOD,
ed. by Richard Chizmar, Ziesing edition, 1991.

48. “Slit” published in the anthology,
PREDATORS,
ed. by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg, Roc, 1993. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

49. “Invitation to Murder” published in the anthology,
INVITATION TO MURDER
ed. by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991. Diamond, 1993.

50. “I’m Not a Criminal” published in the anthology,
AFTER THE DARKNESS,
ed. by Stanley Wiater, Maclay, 1993. Belgium (French language) translation published in
PHENIX,
1997.

51. “Good Vibrations” to be published in the anthology,
STALKERS #3,
ed. by Ed Gorman and Martin

Greenberg. (Written in 199D Published in
NIGHT SCREAMS,
New American Library, Roc, 1996
A GOOD, SECRET PLACE,
a collection of my stories published in 1992 by Deadline Press. Introduction by Ed Gorman, artwork by Larry Mori. Contained fifteen old stories plus original stories. Shortlisted (finalist) for Bram Stoker Award of HWA for best collection.

52. “The Good Deed” (novella).

53. “Joyce” Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

54. “Stickman”

55. “The Mask” Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

56. “A Good, Secret Place” Novella. Reprinted in
FIENDS,
1997.

57. “Phil the Vampire,” in the anthology,
VAMPIRE DETECTIVES,
ed. by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg, published by DAW Books, 1995.