Bestselling horror author
The film rights to Rick Hautala’s short story “Crying Wolf” have been acquired by Matt McCabe and Brendan Butler for a short film to be produced in the near future.
More info when we have it!
“Crying Wolf” was first published in the Summer 1990 issue of Cemetery Dance and was included in the 2001 Rick Hautala collection Bedbugs.
On March 31, 2012, Rick Hautala received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association (HWA). The HWA posted video of the Bram Stoker Awards ceremony that night. You can see Rick receive his award at the YouTube video below.
Anastasia Weigle wrote a wonderful article for the Sig Ep newsletter (Sigma Epsilon was Rick’s fraternity) about her friendship with Rick and processing his literary papers. Check it out!
Into the Darkness: Shining a Light on the Rick Hautala Papers
Should the link fail, you can also read the article here.
Dr. Anastasia S. Varnalis-Weigle has posted a video update on her progress archiving the Rick Hautala Papers at the University of Maine.
All of her video updates can be found on her Artful Archivist website.
On January 20, 2013, Rick Hautala was a guest on the BlogTalkRadio show “Francy & Friends,” hosted by Francy Weatherman. It was recorded just two months before Rick’s untimely death in March 2013.
Sometime in the intervening years, the episode went AWOL from the BlogTalkRadio site. The page is still there, but the audio is not.
Fortunately, I saved the file, and it’s now hosted here for your enjoyment.
Here’s the description of the episode:
Known for the past two decades as “that other horror writer from Maine,” Rick Hautala has more than thirty published books to his credit, including the million copy, international best-seller Nightstone, as well as Twilight Time, Little Brothers, Cold Whisper, Impulse, and The Wildman. He has also published four novels using the pseudonym A. J. Matthews. His more than sixty short stories have appeared in national and international anthologies and magazines. His short story collection Bedbugs was selected as one of the best horror books of the year in 2003, and in 2012 he accepted a Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. An inspiration to a multitude of writers and legions of fans, we are proud to have this literary horror icon as our guest! Co-hosted by Bay Area horror host Joe Flynn and featuring all your favorite Francy friends including our own Nicholas Grabowsky and actor John Link!
Rick’s segment begins at 00:23:54.
German publisher Buchheim-Verlag has launched Cemetery Dance Germany, a line of German translations of books originally published by Cemetery Dance. They’ve announced that book 3 of the line will be a German translation of Rick Hautala’s The Mountain King. No further details about that edition are available yet, but you can read more about the imprint here.
Here’s a new, free podcast presentation of Rick’s short story “The Nephews,” produced by Pocket Universe Productions and PromoteHorror via Twitter:
THE NEPHEWS by Rick Hautala
There’s a reason why people stay away from The Nephews Islands, and three fishermen are going to be reminded firsthand as to why!
https://promotehorror.com/2018/07/10/midnight-matinees/
Two of Rick’s novels previously released as ebooks by NECON Books are now available in new releases from Crossroad Press! Winter Wake and Dead Voices can be found wherever ebooks are sold.
Rick Hautala ebooks from Crossroad Press
Tony Tremblay posted some photos from Saturday’s get-together at the Portland Public Library to celebrate the life of Rick Hautala. You can see his photos on Facebook.
From Christopher Golden:
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Dear friends, I’m very much looking forward to seeing you at THE PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY in Portland, Maine, for A Celebration of Rick Hautala. The library portion of the event begins at 1pm. I’m encouraging you all to bring anyone you’d like. We want to keep Rick’s work and memory alive, and that means teaching new people to appreciate him.
Those interested will head over to Rosie’s in the Old Port afterward (provided they can accommodate our numbers). PLEASE go to the event page to tell me if you’d like to take part in that portion, so I can call the pub and see if they’re okay with our numbers.
