Rick Hautala
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Rick Hautala is best known as a speculative fiction
and horror
writer. He graduated from the University of Maine
in 1974 where he received a Master of Art
in English Literature
. Rick arrived on the horror scene in 1980 with many of his early novels published by Zebra books. He has written and published over 90 novels and short stories since the early 1980s. Many of his books have been translated to other languages and sold internationally. Cold Whisper, published in October, 1991 by Zebra Books, Inc. was also published in Finnish as Haamu by Werner Soderstrom Oy, Helsinki, Finland, in August, 1994. Recently he has published many of his works with specialty press and small press
publishers like Cemetery Dance Publications
and Dark Harvest. His novel The Wildman (2008), was chosen to be Full Moon Press
' debut limited edition title.
Rick Hautala's third novel, 1986's Night Stonehttp://www.amazon.com/dp/0821718436, was one of the first books to feature a holographic cover and it became an international best-seller, selling well over one million copies. "Knocking" was a part of the Bram Stoker Award
winning anthology 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense ("Best Anthology of 1999"
). His short story collection, Bedbugs (1999) was selected by Barnes & Noble
as one of the most distinguished horror publications of the year 2000.
Rick Hautala also writes screenplay
s. His most recent 2008 adaptation of award winning author Kealan Patrick Burke
's "Peekers" is currently on the film festival circuit. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2007 short film Dead@17
based on Josh Howard
's graphic novel
series of the same name, and The Ugly File, directed by Mark Steensland, based on the short story by Ed Gorman
.
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
and horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
writer. He graduated from the University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
in 1974 where he received a Master of Art
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in English Literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
. Rick arrived on the horror scene in 1980 with many of his early novels published by Zebra books. He has written and published over 90 novels and short stories since the early 1980s. Many of his books have been translated to other languages and sold internationally. Cold Whisper, published in October, 1991 by Zebra Books, Inc. was also published in Finnish as Haamu by Werner Soderstrom Oy, Helsinki, Finland, in August, 1994. Recently he has published many of his works with specialty press and small press
Small press
Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
publishers like Cemetery Dance Publications
Cemetery Dance Publications
Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
and Dark Harvest. His novel The Wildman (2008), was chosen to be Full Moon Press
Full Moon Press
Full Moon Press was a small press publishing company that specialized in signed limited and lettered edition books in the horror and speculative fiction genres. It was started, owned, and operated by former NFL player, and author of the children's book The Christmas Chips, Paul Little and his wife...
' debut limited edition title.
Rick Hautala's third novel, 1986's Night Stonehttp://www.amazon.com/dp/0821718436, was one of the first books to feature a holographic cover and it became an international best-seller, selling well over one million copies. "Knocking" was a part of the Bram Stoker Award
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
winning anthology 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense ("Best Anthology of 1999"
Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for anthology.-Winners and nominees:Nominees are listed below the winner for each year....
). His short story collection, Bedbugs (1999) was selected by Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...
as one of the most distinguished horror publications of the year 2000.
Rick Hautala also writes screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
s. His most recent 2008 adaptation of award winning author Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly...
's "Peekers" is currently on the film festival circuit. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2007 short film Dead@17
Dead@17
Dead@17 is a series formerly published by Viper Comics. The latest mini-series is being published by Image Comics. It was created by Josh Howard and focuses on a girl, Nara Kilday, who is killed and then reborn to fight demons.-Dead@17:...
based on Josh Howard
Josh Howard (artist)
Josh Howard is the writer/artist of the American comic book series Dead@17 published by Image Comics , Black Harvest published by Devil's Due, and the Lost Books of Eve published by Viper Comics. Howard is also a regular columnist for the Wizard website.-External links:*-Interviews:* * * * * *...
's graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
series of the same name, and The Ugly File, directed by Mark Steensland, based on the short story by Ed Gorman
Edward Gorman
Ed Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....
.
Novels and novellas
- Moondeath (Zebra Books, 1980)
- Moonbog (Zebra Books, 1982)
- Night Stone (Zebra Books, 1986)
- Little Brothers (Zebra Books, 1988)
- Moon Walker (Zebra Books, 1989)
- Winter Wake (Zebra Books, 1989)
- Dead Voices (Zebra Books, 1990)
- Cold Whisper (Zebra Books, 1991)
- Dark Silence (Zebra Books, 1992)
- Ghost Light (Zebra Books, 1993)
- Twilight Time (Zebra Books, 1994)
- Shades of Night (Zebra Books, 1995)
- Beyond the Shroud (White Wolf Publishing, 1995)
- The Mountain King (Cemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
, 1996) ISBN 1-881475-16-6 - Impulse (Kensington Publishing, 1996)
- Poltergeist: The LegacyPoltergeist: The LegacyPoltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...
- The Hidden Saint (Berkley/Putnam, 1999) - The Wildman (Full Moon PressFull Moon PressFull Moon Press was a small press publishing company that specialized in signed limited and lettered edition books in the horror and speculative fiction genres. It was started, owned, and operated by former NFL player, and author of the children's book The Christmas Chips, Paul Little and his wife...
, 2008) - artwork by Alan M. ClarkAlan M. ClarkAlan Marshall Clark is an author and an artist who is best known as the illustrator and book cover painter of many pieces of horror fiction. He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for his 2005 book Siren Promised .He has won the World Fantasy Award for his illustrations ,... - Reunion (PS Publishing, 2009)
Chapbooks
- Oilman (Cemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
, 2005) -released as a double chapbook with Gary A. BraunbeckGary A. BraunbeckGary A. Braunbeck is an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author.-Biography:Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio . He writes in a number of different genres, but principally horror...
's Our Things - Chrysalis (Ghostwriter Publications, 2010) - A Little Brothers related story.
- Scared Crows (Ghostwriter Publications, 2010) - with Jim Connolly. A HELLBOY story.
Body of Evidence series
All books in the Body of Evidence series are co-authroed with Christopher GoldenChristopher Golden
Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University...
- Skin Deep (Pocket BooksPocket BooksPocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.- History :Pocket produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry...
, 2000) - Burning Bones (Pocket, 2001) ISBN 0-671-77584-7
- Brain Trust (Pocket, 2001)
- Last Breath (Pocket, 2004)
- Throat Culture (Pocket, 2005)
As A. J. Matthews
Books published under the pseudonym A. J. Matthews:- The White Room (Berkeley Books, 2001)
- Looking Glass (Berkley/Putnam, 2003)
- Follow (Berkley/Putnam, 2005)
- Unbroken (Berkley/Putnam, 2007)
Screenplays
- Lovecraft's Pillow (2006) - based on a suggestion by Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
- Dead@17Dead@17Dead@17 is a series formerly published by Viper Comics. The latest mini-series is being published by Image Comics. It was created by Josh Howard and focuses on a girl, Nara Kilday, who is killed and then reborn to fight demons.-Dead@17:...
(2007) - based on Josh HowardJosh Howard (artist)Josh Howard is the writer/artist of the American comic book series Dead@17 published by Image Comics , Black Harvest published by Devil's Due, and the Lost Books of Eve published by Viper Comics. Howard is also a regular columnist for the Wizard website.-External links:*-Interviews:* * * * * *...
's graphic novelGraphic novelA graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
series - Peekers (2008) - based on the short story by Kealan Patrick BurkeKealan Patrick BurkeKealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly...
- The Ugly File - based on the short story by Ed GormanEdward GormanEd Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....
Collections
- Bedbugs (Cemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
, 1999) ISBN 1-881475-79-4 - Short story collection illustrated by Glenn ChadbourneGlenn ChadbourneGlenn Chadbourne is an American artist. He lives in Newcastle, Maine. He is best known for his work in the horror and fantasy genres, having created covers and illustrated books and magazines for publishers such as Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, and Earthling Publications. Mr... - Four Octobers (Cemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
, 2006) ISBN 1-58767-162-X - Novella collection that includes: Tin Can Telephone, Miss Henry's Bottles, Blood Ledge, and Cold River - Untcigahunk: Stories and Myths of the Little Brothers (Delirium Books, 2007) - Contains the novel Little Brothers and collects all of the Little Brothers related short stories to date.
- Also released as Untcigahunk: The Complete Little Brothers in e-bookE-bookAn electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
format from Ghostwriter Publications in 2010. - Occasional Demons (Cemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
, 2010) ISBN 1-58767-162-X 1-58767-095-X - Short story collection that includes some of his Little Brothers related stories - Also released in e-bookE-bookAn electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
format from Ghostwriter Publications in 2010.
Anthology appearances
- 999, edited by Al SarrantonioAl SarrantonioAl Sarrantonio is an American horror and science fiction author who has published, over the past thirty-five years, more than forty-five books and eighty short stories...
(Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999) ISBN 1-881475-97-2 - Contains the short story "Knocking" - Night Visions 9 (Dark HarvestDark HarvestDark Harvest is a 2004 horror film, specifically a slasher, written and directed by Paul Moore.-Synopsis:The movie takes place in the summer of 2002 when Sean inherits a farmhouse from his father. Sean was adopted at birth and until that point had no idea about his family...
, 1991) ISBN 0-440-21114-X - Includes the short stories "The Birch Whistle", "Chrysalis", and "Deal with the Devils" - EvermoreEvermore (book)Evermore is an anthology of short stories about or in honor of Edgar Allan Poe and edited by James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey. It was released in 2006 by Arkham House in an edition of approximately 2,000 copies.- Contents :...
, edited by James Robert SmithJames Robert SmithJames Robert Smith is an American author. His first novel, The Flock was published August 2, 2006 by Five Star.- External links :*...
and Stephen Mark RaineyStephen Mark RaineyStephen Mark Rainey is an author of novels, short stories, and various works of nonfiction. From 1987 to 1997, he edited Deathrealm, a magazine of horror and dark fantasy fiction, for which he won several awards for Best Editor.-Biography:...
(Arkham House, 2006) ISBN 0-87054-185-4 - Contains the short story "They Call Me Eddie", co-authored with Thomas F. MonteleoneThomas F. MonteleoneThomas F. Monteleone is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author. His first novel, Seeds of Change was the lead-off title in the critically unsuccessful Laser Books line of science fiction titles , but he went on to become a popular writer of supernatural thrillers... - October Dreams: A Celebration of HalloweenOctober DreamsOctober Dreams edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish is an anthology of Halloween-themed memories and short stories from many award winning names in dark fantasy and horror fiction...
, edited by Richard ChizmarRichard ChizmarRichard Thomas Chizmar is best known as the publisher and editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications...
(Cemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance PublicationsCemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
, 2000) ISBN 1-57670-11-9 - Contains the essay "My Favorite Halloween Memory"