Rick Hautala (February 3, 1949 – March 21, 2013) was an American
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University of Maine
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. Hautala arrived on the horror scene in 1980 with several of his early novels published by Zebra books. He wrote and published over 90 novels and short stories since the early 1980s. A number 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 Söderström,
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, in August, 1994. Toward the end of his life, many of his works were published with specialty press and
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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 Stone'', was one of the first books to feature a
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cover and it became an international best-seller, selling well over one million copies. "Knocking" was a part of the
Bram Stoker Award
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winning anthology ''999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense'' ( "Best Anthology of 1999"). His short story collection, ''Bedbugs'' (1999) was selected by
Barnes & Noble
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as one of the most distinguished horror publications of the year 2000.
Hautala also wrote
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s, including a 2008 adaptation of Kealan Patrick Burke's short story "Peekers". He also wrote the screenplay for the 2007 short film '' Dead@17'' based on Josh Howard's
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Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
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for 2011, which they received at the Bram Stoker Awards Banquet in Salt Lake City, Utah on 31 March 2012.
He died of a heart attack on March 21, 2013.
White Wolf Publishing
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* ''Impulse'' (
Kensington Publishing
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, 1996)
* '' Poltergeist: The Legacy – The Hidden Saint'' (Berkley/Putnam, 1999)
* ''The Wildman'' (Full Moon Press, 2008) – artwork by Alan M. Clark
* ''Reunion'' ( PS Publishing, 2009)
* ''Rough Winds'' (Necon ebooks, 2012)
* ''Indian Summer'' ( Cemetery Dance Publications, 2013)
* ''Chills'' (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2014)
* ''The Demon's Wife'' (JournalStone, 2013)
* ''Star Road'', with Matthew Costello (
Thomas Dunne Books
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* ''Oilman'' ( Cemetery Dance Publications, 2005) -released as a double chapbook with Gary A. Braunbeck's ''Our Things''
* ''Chrysalis'' (Ghostwriter Publications, 2010) – A ''Little Brothers'' related story.
* ''Scared Crows'' (Ghostwriter Publications, 2010) – with Jim Connolly. A ''HELLBOY'' story.
The Jenna Blake ''Body of Evidence'' series
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Christopher Golden
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# ''Skin Deep'' (
Pocket Books
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Books published under the pseudonym A. J. Matthews:
* ''The White Room'' (
Berkley Books
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* ''Lovecraft's Pillow'' (2006) – based on a suggestion by
Stephen King
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series
* ''Peekers'' (2008) – based on the short story by Kealan Patrick Burke
* ''The Ugly File'' – based on the short story by Ed Gorman
Collections
* ''Bedbugs'' ( Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999) – Short story collection illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne
* ''Four Octobers'' ( Cemetery Dance Publications, 2006) – 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
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format from Macabre Ink in 2012.
* ''Occasional Demons'' ( Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010) – Short story collection that includes some of his ''Little Brothers'' related stories
:*Also released in
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format from Macabre Ink in 2012.
* ''Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala'' (Dark Regions Press, 2013)
Anthology appearances
* ''999'', edited by Al Sarrantonio (Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999) – Contains the short story "Knocking"
* ''Night Visions 9'' (Dark Harvest, 1991) – Includes the short stories "The Birch Whistle", "Chrysalis", and "Deal with the Devils"
* ''Eulogies: A Horror World Yearbook'', edited by Nanci Kalanta (NYX Publications/HW Press, 2006) – Includes the Little Brothers Story "The Witch House"
* ''
Evermore
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Ash-Tree Press
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, 2007). – Contains the short story co-authored with Mark Steensland and inspired by a comment from Stephen King, "Lovecraft's Pillow"