Laymon is most often associated with " splatterpunk", a subgenre of horror fiction that came about in the 1980s and focuses on extreme and transgressive material. In terms of genre, like a lot of Laymon's work, Night in the Lonesome October is closer to crime than supernatural horror. As the long October night drags on, he finds his odyssey disturbed by numerous odd encounters with street violence, sexual predation, and homelessness. His girlfriend has dumped him, and feeling dejected he goes on a late-night walk to a doughnut shop. The title is a reference to the Edgar Allen Poe poem " Ulalume".Įd Logan is a 20-year-old student at Wilmington University. Released in October 2001, it was one of several books in the author's catalogue published posthumously, following his death in February of the same year.
Night in the Lonesome October ( 2001) is a horror novel by the American author Richard Laymon. Not to be confused with A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.
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