Best Selling Books by Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, has inspired a generation of storytellers. Now, an outstanding cast of top writers pays tribute to his legacy with an all-new collection of original stories set in Matheson''s own fictional universes, including sequels, prequels, and companion stories to I Am Legend, Hell House, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Somewhere in Time, "Duel," and "Button, Button." Among the highlights of this one-of-a-kind anthology is the first ever collaboration between Stephen King and his son, bestselling horror writer Joe Hill. Other notable contributors include Nancy A. Collins, Joe R. Lansdale, William F. Nolan, Whitley Strieber, F. Paul Wilson, and Matheson''s son, Richard Christian Matheson. Previously published as a limited edition by Gauntlet Press in 2009, He Is Legend is now available to Matheson''s many fans, as well as all lovers of gripping horror and suspense.

From the iconic author of I Am Legend: The fascinating, unfinished teleplay of a saga encompassing the Titanic, Jack the Ripper, and the paranormal. Richard Matheson, the celebrated Twilight Zone scripter, explored his interests in metaphysics, spiritualism, and parapsychology in such stories as Hell House, Somewhere in Time, and What Dreams May Come. In the early 1980s, he approached the ABC television network with a twenty-hour mini-series about such phenomena in contemporary times—and included two in-depth historical accounts of the psychic events related to the Jack the Ripper murders and in the Titanic disaster. Titled The Link, Matheson turned in a 557-page outline that ABC executives requested he condense into seven hour-long episodes. Unable to realize his original vision under such restrictions, Matheson abandoned the television project and attempted to novelize the outline. After writing 800 pages that only comprised the first part of the novel, he decided it was too unwieldy and moved on to other stories. Now, Matheson’s fans can discover what might have been with this publication of The Link, which includes the entire original outline as well as part of the teleplay. The story follows Robert Allright, a writer working with paranormal investigator Cathy Graves to decipher a mystery unearthed by his father in an Arizona archeological dig. Allright’s only clue is the mystifying crystal that his father believes is the key to a great discovery. “The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.” —Stephen King “Matheson peppers [The Link] with innumerable historical incidents of supposed paranormal activity that make fascinating reading.” —Publishers Weekly

IDW brings you this lavishly illustrated adaptation of Richard Matheson''s tale of newspaper publisher Rudolph Deutsch facing his impending demise. To help Deutsch forestall his death and to learn the secrets of life after death, a team of experts must survive a night in Belasco House, a place known amongst the local townsfolk as "Hell House." The notorious Belasco House starts to exert its dark influence on the group of scientists and spiritualists as they unearth the perverse and wretched secrets from within its walls. Hell House has let them in... but will it ever let them leave?

Journal of the Gun Years and The Gun Fight -- two great novels from New York Times bestselling author, Richard Matheson. Journal of the Gun Years A callow youth in search of excitement, Clay Halser travels the raucous frontier towns where a steady nerve and ready trigger finger soon mark him as a gunfighter to be reckoned with. As both an outlaw and lawman, he carves out a legendary career. But fame proves to be the one enemy he can’t outdraw.... The Gun Fight John Benton was one of the toughest men ever to wear a Texas Ranger badge. But eight years ago, he hung up his guns for good. Or so he hoped. When young Robby Coles challenges John to a fight over an imagined slight, Benton tries to laugh off the affair. But rumors and gossip spread like wildfire through their dusty town and soon enough the entire community seems to be pushing both men towards a confrontation neither truly wants. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

This tale of summer camp horror and mystery by the author of I Am Legend is “a deeply engaging story with a clear writing style that is a pleasure to read” (Publishers Weekly). Camp Pleasant is a place of natural beauty and campfire singalongs. But when Matt Harper arrives there to work as a counselor, he discovers it is also a place of unrelenting abuse and brutality. The new camp director “Big Ed” Nolan is such a bully that the bucolic paradise feels more like a miniature Third Reich . . . until someone finally has enough and kills Big Ed. The suspects include a troubled young camper, a counselor who quit in the face of homophobic humiliation, and Big Ed’s own wife, Ellen. “[This] minimalist plot would be inadequate in other hands, but Matheson—author of Somewhere in Time and Hell House as well as classic Twilight Zone teleplays—has such a command of his craft that this book is a pure pleasure . . .The simple style recalls Hemingway” (Publishers Weekly).

This collection of stories features "Button, Button," the basis for the motion picture, "The Box," starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden. Button, Button: Uncanny Stories contains a number of tales that were also adapted for television, as well as a new introduction by Richard Matheson himself. What if every time you pushed a button you received $50,000...but someone you didn''t know died? Would you still push the button? How many times? "Button, Button", which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Scripts of episodes of the television series.

Arriving in a pastoral English village to recover from his experiences in World War I, a young American soldier ignores rumors about malevolent spirits in a nearby wood until a frightening encounter leads him into the arms of an alluring red-haired woman believed to be a witch. By the award-winning author of I Am Legend. 50,000 first printing.

Reproductions of typewritten scripts, with introductions, photos, drawings, cast and credit for the two produced scripts.

Color illustration on front cover of holster set, one pistol, and empty bottle of whiskey; gold coins; "Wanted" poster with knife laying over it; brown hat; pistol with bullets.

To win the hand of the lonely princess Alicia, Abu is sent on a virtually impossible mission to bring back tokens of each of the Seven Marvels of the World.

1981 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film (Given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films). A love story, wherein a young man uses hypnosis to find the woman in an old hotel portrait.

This special collection harks back to the best creepy, eerie horror comics of yesteryear, featuring stories from horror legends such as Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, David J. Schow and Paul F. Wilson.

An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, and Dan Simmons.

Chaque jour, il doit organiser son existence solitaire dans une cité à l''abandon, vidée de ses habitants par une étrange épidémie. Un virus incurable qui contraint les hommes à se nourrir de sang et les oblige à fuir les rayons du soleil... Chaque nuit, les vampires le traquent jusqu''aux portes de sa demeure, frêle refuge contre une horde aux visages familiers de ses anciens voisins ou de sa propre femme. Chaque nuit est un cauchemar pour le dernier homme, l''ultime survivant d''une espèce désormais légendaire. [Source : 4e de couv.]

Black Cat Weekly presents another selection of not-to-be-missed mystery and science fiction novels and short stories. With a great lineup of modern and classic fiction, here are— NOT DONE WITH THE NIGHT by Jay Brandon [mystery short, Barb Goffman Presents] ROAD TO SAMARRA by Jane Roth [mystery short] HEIRS AND HOUNDS, by Hal Charles [solve it yourself mystery] THE SQUARED TRIANGLE, by Frank Lovell Nelson [mystery short] ONE HOUR LATE, by William O’Farrell [short mystery novel] TRANSIENTS, by Darrell Schweitzer [science fiction short] FROM THE WALLS OF IREZUMI by A.R. Morlan [science fiction short] THE MAN WHO MADE THE WORLD by Richard Matheson [science fiction short] SLAVES TO THE METAL HORDE, by Stephen Marlowe [short science fiction novel]

Reproductions of typewritten scripts with introductions.

Four of Richard Matheson’s classic tales of terror are collected in this graphic novel collection: I Am Legend (Steve Niles with Elman Brown), Hell House (Ian Edginton with Simon Frasier), Duel (Chris Ryall with Rara Garres), and The Shrinking Man (Ted Adams with Mark Torres). Matheson’s classics come to vivid life in these inspired comic book adaptations.

" L''araignée fonça sur lui dans l''ombre des étendues sableuses, tricotant furieusement de ses pattes immenses. Son corps ressemblait à un œuf gigantesque et luisant qui tremblait de toute sa masse noire tandis qu''elle chargeait à travers les monticules privés de vent, laissant dans son sillage des ruissellements de sable. L''homme en resta paralysé. Il vit l''éclat venimeux des yeux de l''araignée. Il la regarda escalader une brindille de la taille d''un rondin, le corps haut perché sur ses pattes que le mouvement rendait floues, jusqu''à atteindre le niveau des épaules de l''homme. "

There''s nothing like exciting fantasy to escape boredom. The problem is to know whether it''s actually a fantasy. Dipping low and weaving in and out among the glittering towers, one might see the moving walks, the studied revolution of the giant street ventilators, hot in the winter and cool in summer, the tiny doors opening and closing, the park fountains shooting their methodical columns of water into the air. Farther along, one would flit across the great open field on which the glossy spaceships stood lined before their hangars. Farther yet, one would catch sight of the river, the metal ships resting along shore, delicate froth streaming from their sterns caused by the never-ending operation of their vents. Again, one would glide over the city proper, seeking some sign of life in the broad avenues, the network of streets, the painstaking pattern of dwellings in the living area, the metal fastness of the commercial section. The search would be fruitless.

Affected by radiation, the main character, a family man in suburbia begins to shrink so that the safe and comforting aspects of home become ever more menacing. An undoubted classic of the fifties sci fi and still one of the most intelligent and well crafted films of the genre which effectively captures the paranoia of Cold War America.

When a mysterious impostor takes his place, Chris Barton, a mathematician, must flee for his life

A collection of short stories about the Old West features the tale of the blind lawman who sharpens his other senses to face a killer, a boy who thinks he can outshoot the fastest gunman in town, and other tales. Original.

A fictional account of the life of James Butler Hickok recreates the events that caused the gunfighter and U.S. Marshal to turn violent and the exploits that transformed him into a legend of the Western frontier. Original.

"Button, Button", the chilling tale of greed and temptation, is now the basis for The Box, the new film from writer/director Richard Kelly. In addition, this outstanding collection contains many other unforgettable stories by Richard Matheson, the award-winning author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come.