The Woods Are Dark
The Woods Are Dark - Richard Laymon Original Version 3/5 - Restored 5/5 This is the book that pretty much killed Laymon's career in the US which can be explained rather easily. Warner Books not only heavily edited the original manuscript but gave us this lovely cover. Atrocious isn't it? The problem was that even with this awful cover and numerous typos this was a classic horror novel. Laymon went places that no other writer dared, but sadly no one read it. The thing is that Laymon had built up a rabid following and despite Warner Books almost killing his career here in the States. The UK loved him and this Ohio born horror fan stumbled onto his work. I read the original version of The Woods Are Dark so I knew what this book was all about. I knew that people were turned off b...