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Richard Matheson

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Richard Matheson (1926–2013) was an American author and screenwriter whose fiction combined horror, science fiction, fantasy, paranormal themes, suspense, and western settings. His novels include I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, Hell House, Bid Time Return, and What Dreams May Come. He wrote extensively for film and television, including numerous episodes of The Twilight Zone, and received the Hugo Award, Edgar Award, World Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, and Science Fiction Hall of Fame honors.

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I Am Legend

The defining Matheson novel and a foundational modern vampire and post-apocalyptic work.

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Hell House

A concentrated introduction to his supernatural horror and psychological suspense.

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The Shrinking Man

A concise, humane science-fiction novel that showcases his paranoia and existential themes.

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Books by series

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Shock

Richard Matheson's sequence of short-story collections beginning with Shock! and continuing through Shock Waves.

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  1. 1 Cover of Shock!
    Shock!

    Book 1 · short-story-collection · 1961

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    Shock II

    Book 2 · short-story-collection · 1964

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  3. 3 Cover of Shock III
    Shock III

    Book 3 · short-story-collection · 1966

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    Shock Waves

    Book 4 · short-story-collection · 1970

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Matheson Uncollected

Gauntlet Press collections of Richard Matheson's uncollected, rare, unfinished, and previously unpublished fiction and scripts.

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  1. 1
    Matheson Uncollected: Volume One

    Book 1 · mixed-collection · 2008

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    Matheson Uncollected: Volume Two

    Book 2 · mixed-collection · 2010

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  3. 3
    Matheson Uncollected: Backteria and Other Improbable Tales

    Book 3 · mixed-collection · 2013

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (28)
  1. Cover of Fury on Sunday
    Fury on Sunday

    novel · 1953

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  2. Cover of Someone Is Bleeding
    Someone Is Bleeding

    novel · 1953

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  3. Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am Legend

    novel · 1954

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  4. Cover of The Shrinking Man
    The Shrinking Man

    novel · 1956

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  5. Cover of A Stir of Echoes
    A Stir of Echoes

    novel · 1958

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    Ride the Nightmare

    novel · 1959

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    The Beardless Warriors

    novel · 1960

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  8. Cover of Hell House
    Hell House

    novel · 1971

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  9. Bid Time Return

    novel · 1975

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    What Dreams May Come

    novel · 1978

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    Earthbound

    novel · 1982

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  12. Cover of Journal of the Gun Years
    Journal of the Gun Years

    novel · 1992

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  13. Seven Steps to Midnight

    novel · 1993

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  14. Cover of The Gun Fight
    The Gun Fight

    novel · 1993

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  15. The Path: Metaphysics for the '90s

    nonfiction · 1993

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    Shadow on the Sun

    novel · 1994

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  17. Now You See It...

    novel · 1995

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  18. Cover of The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok
    The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok

    novel · 1995

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  19. Passion Play

    novel · 2000

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  20. Hunger and Thirst

    novel · 2000

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  21. Mediums Rare

    nonfiction · 2000

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  22. Cover of Camp Pleasant
    Camp Pleasant

    novel · 2001

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  23. Cover of Hunted Past Reason
    Hunted Past Reason

    novel · 2002

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  24. Cover of Come Fygures, Come Shadowes
    Come Fygures, Come Shadowes

    novel · 2003

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  25. Cover of Other Kingdoms
    Other Kingdoms

    novel · 2011

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  26. Cover of Generations
    Generations

    novel · 2012

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  27. Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Nightkillers

    graphic-novel · 2017

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Short fiction (10)
  1. Cover of By the Gun
    By the Gun

    short-story-collection · 1993

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  2. Cover of Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
    Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

    short-story-collection · 2002

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  3. Pride

    short-story-collection · 2002

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  4. Off Beat: Uncollected Stories

    short-story-collection · 2002

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  5. Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson

    short-story-collection · 2003

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  6. Darker Places

    short-story-collection · 2004

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  7. Cover of Button, Button: Uncanny Stories
    Button, Button: Uncanny Stories

    short-story-collection · 2008

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  8. Cover of Born of Man and Woman: Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Born of Man and Woman: Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy

    short-story-collection · 1954

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  9. Cover of The Shores of Space
    The Shores of Space

    short-story-collection · 1957

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Plays (6)
  1. Richard Matheson's The Twilight Zone Scripts

    screenplay-collection · 1998

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  2. Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts

    screenplay-collection · 2004

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  3. Unrealized Dreams: Three Scripts by Richard Matheson

    screenplay-collection · 2004

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    Woman

    novel-and-play · 2005

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  5. Visions of Death: Richard Matheson's Edgar Allan Poe Scripts: Volume One

    screenplay-collection · 2007

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  6. Visions Deferred: Three Unfilmed Screenplays

    screenplay-collection · 2009

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Other (14)
  1. Through Channels

    chapbook · 1989

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  2. And in Sorrow

    chapbook · 2000

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  3. Purge Among Peanuts

    chapbook · 2001

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  4. The Prisoner

    chapbook · 2001

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  5. Abu and the Seven Marvels

    illustrated-book · 2002

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  6. Professor Fritz and the Runaway House

    chapbook · 2002

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  7. He Wanted to Live

    chapbook · 2002

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  8. A Primer of Reality

    ephemera · 2002

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  9. Cover of Man with a Club
    Man with a Club

    chapbook · 2003

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  10. Duel & The Distributor: Stories & Screenplays

    mixed-collection · 2004

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  11. Cover of Counterfeit Bills
    Counterfeit Bills

    chapbook · 2004

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  12. The Last Blah in the Etc

    chapbook · 2004

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  13. 1984 1/2

    chapbook · 2005

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  14. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

    mixed-collection · 2011

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