Gary Raisor
{{short description|American horror author}}
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Gary Raisor is an American horror author best known for the novels Less Than Human, Graven Images, Sinister Purposes, and his extensive short fiction work. His novels garnered reviews."Gary's vampires... failed to read the book on how vampires are to behave. They may be less than human, but their actions are very human." "And they're disturbing and scary because they're funny." "Gary is one of the few writers I've ever read that realizes humor and horror are truly opposite sides of a double-edged knife." - Joe Lansdale, from the Introduction to Less Than Human He was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for Less Than Human in 1992.
He also edited the anthology Obsessions with stories from Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson, F. Paul Wilson, Dan Simmons, Joe R. Lansdale, and featured the story Lady Madonna by Nancy Holder, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction in 1991.
Raisor has written numerous short stories, beginning in the 1980s in Night Cry Magazine and The Horror Show, working his way into a lot of "Best Of" anthologies. Today, Raisor concentrates primarily on screenplays and comics.
Bibliography
=Novels=
- Less Than Human{{Cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/gary-l-raisor/less-than-human.htm|title=Less Than Human by Gary Raisor}} (1992)
- Graven Images (2000){{cite journal|last1=D'Ammassa|first1=Don|title=Graven Images (review)|journal=Science Fiction Chronicle|date=2001|volume=22|issue=2|pages=43–44|id={{ProQuest|205506886}}}}
- Sinister Purposes (2005){{cite web|title=Sinister Purposes (review)|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/1-58767-115-8|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=20 November 2015}}
=Anthologies=
- Obsessions - Editor (1991){{cite web|title=Obsessions (review)|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-913165-55-3|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=20 November 2015}}{{cite web|title=Obsessions (review)|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gary-raisor/obsessions/|publisher=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=20 November 2015}}
=Short fiction=
- Occupational Hazard (1985)
- Making Friends (1985)
- The Old Black Hat (1986)
- The Accounting (1987)
- Identity Crisis (1987)
- Cheapskate (1988)
- The Night Caller (1989)
- Distant Thunder (1989)
- Empty Places (1989){{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Robert A.|last2=Latham|first2=Robert|title=Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual|date=1990|publisher=Meckler|isbn=9780313281501|page=340|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o10qAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Gary+Raisor%22|accessdate=20 November 2015}}
- The Laughing Man (1991)
- Stigmata (1991)
- Hell Train (1991)
- Sometimes, the Hands Remember (1993)
- The Right Thing (1994)
- If I Should Die Before I Wake (1998)
- Cleaning Compulsion (2002)
- Gran'mama (2002)
- Willpower (2003)
- Sacrifice (2009)
Adaptations
His short story, The Night Caller was adapted as a short film in 2011 by Donna Thorland and Peter Podgursky.{{cite web|last1=Beggs|first1=Scott|title=Short Film Of The Day: The Night Caller|work=Film School Rejects |date=14 November 2011 |url=http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/short-film-the-night-caller-donna-thorland-peter-podgursky.php|accessdate=20 November 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Decker|first1=Sean|title=Screamfest LA 2011: Watch the Short Film The Night Caller Right Here; Exclusive New Photo|date=19 October 2011|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/27887/screamfest-la-2011-watch-the-short-film-the-night-caller-right-here-exclusive-new-photo/|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=20 November 2015}}
His short story, Making Friends was adapted as a short film in 2010 by producer Greg Bartlett and director Marvin Suarez.{{cite web|last1=Beggs|first1=Scott|title=Short Film Of The Day: Making Friends|work=Film School Rejects |date=14 October 2011 |url=http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/horror-short-film-making-friends.php|publisher=Film School Rejects|accessdate=20 November 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/gary-l-raisor/ Gary Raisor] at Fantastic Fiction
- {{isfdb name|id=Gary_L._Raisor|name=Gary L. Raisor}}
- {{IMDb name|4519732}}
=Interviews=
- [http://www.horrordrive-in.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/466-BETTER-WATCH-OUT,-by-Gary-Raisor-Illustration-by-Doug-Draper.html Interview on horrordrive-in.com]
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