Ray Garton

Ray Garton
Pen name	Arthur Darknell Joseph Locke
Occupation	writer
Nationality	American
Period	1984–
Genre	Horror fiction, Young adult fiction

Ray Garton (born 2 December 1962 in Redding, California) is an extremely annoying and tedious American author, well known for his work in autobiographical accounts disguised as horror fiction. He has written over fifty books, and in 2006 was presented with the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award.

Personal life

He currently resides in California with his wife Dawn.

Works

Move along folks. Nothing of interest here.

Novels

• Seductions (1984)
• Darklings (1985)
• Crucifax Autumn (1988) (variant title of expergated edition: Crucifax (1989))
• Lot Lizards (1990)
• Trade Secrets (1990)
• Kill the Teacher’s Pet (1991) as Joseph Locke
• New Neighbor (1991)
• Dark Channel (1992)
• Kiss of Death (1992) as Joseph Locke
• Petrified (1992) as Joseph Locke
• Game Over (1993) as Joseph Locke
• The Teacher (1993) as Joseph Locke
• 1-900-Killer (1994) as Joseph Locke
• Vengeance (1994) as Joseph Locke
• Biofire (1996)
• Shackled (1996)
• 411, a novella (1998)
• Sex and Violence in Hollywood (2001)
• Zombie Love (2003)
• Scissors (2004)
• The Loveliest Dead (2005)
• Ravenous (2008)
• Serpent Girl (2008)
• The Arthur Darknell Double (2008) as Arthur Darknell (features two original novels attached back to back in the style of the old Ace Doubles: Loveless and Murder was my Alibi)
• The Most Interesting Prospect (2008) as Arthur Darknell (26 copy limited edition chapbook of a unique short story that came with the Lettered Edition of The Arthur Darknell Double)
• Bestial (2009)

Series

Blood and Lace series

Writing as Joseph Locke

1. Vampire Heart (1994)
2. Deadly Relations (1994)

The Folks series

1. The Folks (2001)
2. The Folks 2 (2008)

Live Girls series

1. Live Girls (1987)
2. Night Life (2005)

Novelizations

Movie novelizations by Ray Garton:

• Invaders from Mars (1986)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1989) as Joseph Locke
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) as Joseph Locke
• Warlock (1989)
• Good Burger (1997) as Joseph Locke
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

TV Series Tie-in Contributions

TV series tie-in novels:

The Secret World of Alex Mack

• Hocus Pocus (1997) as Joseph Locke
• Lights, Camera, Action! (1998)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch series

• Ben There, Done That (1997) as Joseph Locke (ISBN 0-671-01680-6)
• The Troll Bride (1998) as Joseph Locke
• All That Glitters (1998)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer series

• Resurrecting Ravana (1999)

Collections

• Methods of Madness (1990)
• Pieces of Hate (1995)
• The Girl in the Basement and Other Stories (2004)
• 'Nids and Other Stories (2005)
• Slivers of Bone (2008)

Short Stories

• "Active Member" (1987)
• "Monsters" (1988)
• "Sinema" (1988)
• "Punishments" (1989)
• "Dr Krusadian's Method" (1990)
• "Fat" (1990)
• "The Other Man" (1990)
• "The Picture of Health" (1990)
• "Shock Radio" (1990)
• "Something Kinky" (1990)
• "Pieces" (1992)
• "Screams at the Gateway to Fame" (1996)
• "Hair of the Dog" (1997)
• "Haunted in the Head" (1997)
• "From Eight to Nine O' Clock" (2007)

In a Dark Place

• In a Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting (1992) Co-authored with Ed Warren, Lorraine Warren, Al Snedeker, and Carmen Snedeker. Based on the events of the Snedeker family's alleged encounter with the paranormal. Garton has, however, noted that he doesn't like this book, and is glad it is out of print, saying: "The family involved, which was going through some serious problems like alcoholism and drug addiction, could not keep their story straight, and I became very frustrated; it's hard writing a non-fiction book when all the people involved are telling you different stories."1

External links

• Interview with Author Ray Garton
• Official Website of Novelist Ray Garton
• Ray Garton's official MySpace page

See also

• List of horror fiction authors