Stephen King

...Matheson's landmark "I Am Legend." By the time of Stephen King's "Popsy," published in the late 1980s, the vampire has become protective and paternal, another indication of who we are and what we need. Vampire stories currently dominate...

In this article: Otto Penzler, Dracula, M.R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu, Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, Carmilla, and Popsy

...mention of the infamous Necronomicon. The title character in Stephen King's revenge-fantasy "Popsy" serves a great comeuppance to a man who unknowingly kidnaps a young boy who is not what he appears. Other familiar names for genre fans are...

In this article: Otto Penzler, The Vampyre, John Polidori, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Kim Newman, The Hound, Popsy, Ligeia, and Hallucination

...Lumley, David Drake, Eddy C. Bertin, Kit Reed, Lisa Tuttle, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Ramsey Campbell, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Stephen King, and Tanith Lee; as well as then-newcomers to the field such as Al Sarrantonio, Dennis Etchison,...

In this article: Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Lisa Tuttle, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, DAW Books, and Tanith Lee

...sci-fi. He edited an anthology of it called Wastelands. He credits Matheson with inspiring the likes of Stephen King and creating a benchmark for the genre. In Matheson's book, it's germ warfare that leads to a ghastly...

In this article: John Joseph Adams, Richard Matheson, I Am Legend, NPR, I Am Legend, God, Wastelands, Charlton Heston, Akiva Goldsman, and The Omega Man

...level or another might include such names as Richard Matheson, Robert McCammon, Dean Koontz, Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, and yes, Stephen King. This, I hope, has taken us a long way from the one-note thrills of Jason Voorhees and...

In this article: Dracula, Bram Stoker, Clive Barker, Orson Welles, Mercury Theater, Cemetery Dance, Jason Voorhees, William Shakespeare, and Pet Sematary

...of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William F. Nolan, and Stephen King. Many important writers in the genre contributed to the book. Williamson created the...

In this article: J. N. Williamson, Shortridge High School, Butler University, Fantasy & Science Fiction, William F. Nolan, Richard Matheson, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, and Ray Bradbury

...hard in the movie to humanize his character, give him heart. I love the book---it's tough stuff. Stephen King is a major Matheson fan. A fave film of mine, A Stir of Echoes, is based on a Matheson story, as is The Incredible Shrinking...

In this article: Richard Matheson, I Am Legend, Will Smith, Duel, The Incredible Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come, Steven Spielberg, and Manhattan

...William Peter Blatty, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, John Coyne , Dennis Etchison, Charles L. Grant, James Herbert, T. E. D. Klein, Stephen King, Michael McDowell , Richard Matheson, David Morrell, Alan Ryan, Whitley Strieber and Peter Straub.

In this article: James Herbert, Alan Ryan, John Coyne, Whitley Strieber, Richard Matheson, Peter Straub, Dennis Etchison, V. C. Andrews, and Michael McDowell

...in the UK. Best-selling authors Stephen King and Joe Hill--who are father and son--are due to collaborate on a novella called "Throttle," which will appear in a forthcoming anthology honoring I Am Legend author Richard Matheson. It is the...

In this article: Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, RSS, Sci Fi Wire, John Shirley, I Am Legend, Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Avengers, and Bloglines