Any Richard Laymon(RIP) or Bentley Little fans?

[luna]

Laymon and Little are (or were in Laymon's case) two of horror's best writers and I have quite a collection of their books at home.

Anyone else like them? What are some of your favorite novels?

www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/bentley-little/

www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/richard-laymon/

[richardburton]

I haven't read much Little, but Richard Laymon wrote some great novels. I especially liked his earlier works like Flesh and Midnight's Lair.

[Lonesome Crow]

Sorry not read either.
I have seen the name Richard Laymon on the book store shelves but not Bentley Little.
What sort of horror do they write?

[luna]

@lonesome Crow
Well Bentley tends to write books that criticize certain negative elements of contemporary society. (ie. Corporate greed, religious fanaticism, extreme consumerism, etc.) The "bad guys/monsters" in his novels represent people in real life who aren't exactly benign either. These types of messages aren't in all of his novels, but they seem to be a common theme in many of them.

Richard Laymon wrote about serial killers/sickos preying on young women. Gangs of hoodlums who eventually get what is coming to them is common in a few of his books.

My favorite Bentley book is "The Resort" and Laymon's is "Come out Tonight"