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Richard Christian Matheson

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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American writer and screenwriter

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Dark Forces

by Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Edward Bryant, Davis Grubb, Robert Aickman, Karl Edward Wagner, Joyce Carol Oates, T. E. D. Klein, and 16 others
First published in 1980 — 11 editions
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The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury

by William F. Nolan, Martin H. Greenberg, Ray Bradbury, Cameron Nolan, Edward Gorman, James Kisner, Charles L. Grant, Richard Matheson, Chad Oliver, and 13 others
First published in 1991 — 8 editions
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Shock Rock

by Jeff Gelb, Stephen King, F. Paul Wilson, David J. Schow, Nancy A. Collins, Ronald Kelly, Don D'ammassa, Graham Masterton, Paul Dale Anderson, and 14 others First published in 1992 — 4 editions

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Created by

by Richard Christian Matheson First published in 1993 — 2 editions

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Dystopia

by Richard Christian Matheson First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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Body Shocks

by Ellen Datlow, Ray Cluley, Terry Dowling, Kirstyn McDermott, Nathan Ballingrud, Kaaron Warren, Genevieve Valentine, Lucy Taylor, Kij Johnson, and 21 others First published in 2021 — 2 editions

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Death

by Stuart David Schiff, Lord Dunsany, Dennis Etchison, Hugh B. Cave, Juleen Brantingham, Joseph Payne Brennan, Davis Grubb, Bernice Balfour, Richard Christian Matheson, and 10 others First published in 1983 — 1 edition

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Dark Screams: Volume Two

by Robert McCammon, Shawntelle Madison, Graham Masterton, Richard Christian Matheson, Norman Prentiss, and various authors First published in 2021 — 1 edition

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Dystopia

by Richard Christian Matheson First published in 2002 — 1 edition

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Created By

by Richard Christian Matheson First published in 1994 — 1 edition

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Holiday

by Richard Christian Matheson First published in 1988 — 1 edition

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Mammoth Books Presents That Haunted Feeling: Six Short Stories by Barbara Roden, Reggie Oliver and M. R. James, Chris Bell, Richard Christian Matheson, John Gaskin and Michael Kelly

by Barbara Roden, Reggie Oliver, Montague Rhodes James, Chris Bell, and Richard Christian Matheson First published in 2012 — 1 edition

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Hell Comes To Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales Of Tinseltown Terror

by Richard Christian Matheson, Del Howison, John Palisano, Brad C. Hodson, Doug Molitor, Hal Bodner, Ron Zwang, Heather E. Ash, Donny Broussard, and 1 other First published in 2014 — 1 edition

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Scars and other distinguishing marks

by Richard Christian Matheson First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre: Neo-Gothic Fiction Inspired by the Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe

by Nancy Kilpatrick, Caro Soles, Uwe Sommerlad, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Robert Lopresti, Christopher Rice, Lisa Morton, Rick Chiantaretto, Barbara Fradkin, and 19 others First published in 2015 — 1 edition
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Things Beyond Midnight

by William F. Nolan and Richard Christian Matheson First published in 2000 — 1 edition

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Freedom of Screech

by Craig Spector, Chet Williamson, Elizabeth Massie, Matt Hayward, Jessica McHugh, Richard Christian Matheson, Jenny Orosel, Jack Ketchum, Patricia Lee Macomber, and 1 other First published in 2019 — 1 edition

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The Ritual of Illusion [jhc]

by Richard Christian Matheson and Harry O. Morris First published in 2013 — 1 edition

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Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks

by Richard Christian Matheson First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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D.O.A. III: Extreme Horror Anthology (Volume 3)

by Bentley Little, Jeff Strand, Ryan Harding, Shane McKenzie, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Kristopher Triana, Richard Christian Matheson, John McNee, and 1 other First published in 2017 — 1 edition

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American writer and screenwriter

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OLID: OL710234A
ISNI: 0000000079785840
IMDb: nm1075295
Library of Congress Names: n88615719
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): LO1V346724
VIAF: 85862447
Wikidata: Q3430640
Inventaire.io: wd:Q3430640

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Richard C. Matheson
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