Rick Hautala (February 3, 1949 – March 21, 2013) was an American speculative fiction and horror writer. He graduated from the

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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 Söderström, Helsinki, Finland, in August, 1994. Toward the end of his life, many of his works were published with specialty press and small press publishers like

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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

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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 as one of the most distinguished horror publications of the year 2000. Rick Hautala also wrote screenplays. His most recent 2008 adaptation of award-winning author

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'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

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series of the same name, and ''The Ugly File'', directed by Mark Steensland, based on the short story by Ed Gorman. The

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gave him and Joe R. Lansdale the

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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.

Selected bibliography

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'' (

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, 1995) * ''The Mountain King'' (

, 1996) * ''Impulse'' ( Kensington Publishing, 1996) * '' Poltergeist: The Legacy – The Hidden Saint'' (Berkley/Putnam, 1999) * ''The Wildman'' (Full Moon Press, 2008) – artwork by Alan M. Clark * ''Reunion'' (

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, 2013) * ''Chills'' (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2014) * ''The Demon's Wife'' (JournalStone, 2013) * ''Star Road'', with Matthew Costello (

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, 2014) * ''Waiting'' ( Haverhill House Publishing, 2017)

Chapbooks

* ''Oilman'' (

, 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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, 2000) # ''Burning Bones'' (Pocket, 2001) # ''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'' ( Berkley 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 King * '' Dead@17'' (2007) – based on Josh Howard's

series * ''Peekers'' (2008) – based on the short story by

* ''The Ugly File'' – based on the short story by Ed Gorman

Collections

* ''Bedbugs'' (

, 1999) – Short story collection illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne * ''Four Octobers'' (

, 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'' (

, 2010) – Short story collection that includes some of his ''Little Brothers'' related stories :*Also released in

format from Macabre Ink in 2012. * ''Glimpses: The Best Short Stories of Rick Hautala'' (Dark Regions Press, 2013)

Anthology appearances

* ''999'', edited by

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(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'', edited by James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey (Arkham House, 2006) – Contains the short story "They Call Me Eddie", co-authored with

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* '' October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween'', edited by Richard Chizmar (

, 2000) – Contains the essay "My Favorite Halloween Memory" * ''

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'', edited by Danel Olson (

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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"

References

External links

Rick Hautala – February 3, 1949—March 21, 2013

Biography on Cemetery Dance website

Bibliography on FantasticFiction.co.uk
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