Richard Matheson
1) I am legend
A researcher encounters an exotic new strain of “Backteria” that causes the infected person to vanish—leading the doctor on a path of discovery deep into a past he should have left buried.
A simple “Haircut”...
What happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie.
Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death. But even heaven is not complete without Annie, and the divided soul mates will do anything to reach each other across the boundaries between life and death. When tragedy threatens to divide them forever, Chris risks his very soul
...In Matheson's vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and transformed the unfortunate survivors into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, hungry for Neville's blood. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for
...5) Dystopia
The critically acclaimed collection of Richard Christian Matheson's stories of dread and the 'irreal'. Inescapably troubling and bizarre, these sixty stories are severe and immediate. These stories are a scape of ominous excess and psychological revelation. Matheson's heralded style is, as always, both distilled and hypnotic.
Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks was Richard Christian Matheson first published collection. With a foreword by Stephen King and an introduction by Dennis Etchison, this collection of twenty-seven short stories and one screenplay offers readers a variety of genres, including horror, thriller, dark fantasy, and psychological terror. The stories in this collection: THIRD WIND, THE GOOD ALWAYS COMES BACK, SENTENCES, UNKNOWN DRIVES, TIMED EXPOSURE,
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