Ray Garton is an America

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n author

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, well known for his work in horror fiction

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

. He has written over sixty books, and in 2006 was presented with the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award

World Horror Convention Grand Master Award

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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
  Novella
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   (1998)
• Sex and Violence in Hollywood (2001)
• Zombie Love (2003)
• Scissors (2004)
• The Loveliest Dead (2005)
• Serpent Girl (2008)
• The Arthur Darknell Double (2008, Lonely Road Books
  Lonely Road Books
  Lonely Road Books is a small press publishing company founded in 2007 by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar and based out of Forest Hill, Maryland. They are a publishing company that specializes in deluxe signed limited edition books...
  
  ) 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, Lonely Road Books) as Arthur Darknell (26 copy limited edition chapbook of a unique short story that came with the Lettered Edition of The Arthur Darknell Double)
• Death Hunt on Ervoon (formerly known as Vespix) (Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
  
  , 2010)

Blood and Lace series

Writing as Joseph Locke

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

Novelizations

Movie novelization

Novelization

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s by Ray Garton:

• Invaders from Mars
  Invaders from Mars (1986 film)
  Invaders from Mars is a 1986 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby. It is a remake of the 1953 science fiction film Invaders from Mars, and is a reworking of that film's screenplay by Richard Blake from an original story by John Tucker Battle...
  
   (1986)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
  A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
  A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American slasher film and the fourth film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was directed by Renny Harlin.-Plot:...
  
   (1989) as Joseph Locke
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
  A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
  A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 American slasher film and the fifth film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. It was directed by Stephen Hopkins. The film's general tone is much more gothic and dark than the films before, and used a blue filter lighting technique in most of...
  
   (1989) as Joseph Locke
• Warlock
  Warlock (1989 film)
  Warlock is a 1989 American cult horror film directed by Steve Miner, written by David Twohy and produced by Roger Corman. It was also produced by New World Pictures and distributed by Trimark Pictures. The cast includes Julian Sands, Lori Singer, and Richard E. Grant...
  
   (1989)
• Good Burger
  Good Burger
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   (1997) as Joseph Locke
• Can't Hardly Wait
  Can't Hardly Wait
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   (1998)

The Secret World of Alex Mack

Featuring characters from The Secret World of Alex Mack

The Secret World of Alex Mack

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 TV-series:

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

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

All featuring characters from the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

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 TV-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

Featuring characters from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV-series:

• Resurrecting Ravana
  Resurrecting Ravana
  Resurrecting Ravana is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Tagline: "A dark evil is rising".-Plot summary:...
  
   (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)

Non-fiction

• In a Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting (1992) Co-authored with Ed Warren
  Ed Warren
  Ed and Lorraine Warren are American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of hauntings.-Background:Edward Warren Miney was a noted demonologist, author, lecturer, World War II US Navy veteran, and former police officer...
  
  , 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
  Alcoholism
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   and drug addiction, could not keep their story straight, and I became very frustrated; it's hard writing a non-fiction
  Non-fiction
  Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
  
   book when all the people involved are telling you different stories."1

Garton appeared on MonsterTalk

MonsterTalk

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 episode "A Connecticut Haunting in a Keen Author's Court" released in August 2011 discussing the book / haunting, calling the book "the low point of [his] career" and refuting any claims that it is non-fiction.

External links

• Interview with Author Ray Garton
• Official Website of Novelist Ray Garton
• Ray Garton's official MySpace page
• The KBIM Paranormal Talk Radio Pat & Brian Show. Beyond Investigation Magazine
  Beyond Investigation Magazine
  Beyond Investigation Magazine is an American magazine that features Beyond Investigation, a group that investigates paranormal and conspiracy theory claims. Beyond Investigation was founded by Patrick Wheelock in 2004 to investigate claims of paranormal activity and to publish those investigations...
  
  . July 15, 2009. Ray Garton and Carmen Reed (Snedeker) interviewed on The Pat & Brian Show about the origins of the book "In a Dark Place", the story behind it, the continued debate between Garton and Snedeker regarding the fiction/non-fiction of the claimed experiences by the Snedekers.