Rick Hautala

Stories about Rick’s archives

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hollyHolly Newstein-Hautala offered Rick’s archives—manuscripts, letters, etc.—to the Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook, ME, where he lived and worked most of his adult life. A year after the offer was made, the library turned down the offer. Holly tweeted about the rejection, which caught the interest of a couple of reporters, and now The Portland Press Herald and American Journal have run front-page articles about the issue.

Before the articles even appeared, Southern Maine Community College expressed an interest in Rick’s papers. Holly will be visiting SMCC next month to see how they would care for Rick’s archives. Looks very promising, she said!

A Celebration of Rick Hautala

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rhPortland’s OurCityRadio.com has posted A Celebration of Rick Hautala, which includes comments from Holly. You can read the post here.

Southern Maine Community College will host  A Celebration of Rick Hautala Evening March 27, 2014. Friends, fans, students, and faculty will get together at the campus community center to read and reminisce about Rick, and discuss the many contributions he made to the community and to the horror genre.  The event starts at 7 p.m.

The student center is located at 2 Fort Rd, South Portland, ME 04106.

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A Celebration of Rick Hautala: March 27, 2014

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From Holly:

Southern Maine Community College will be hosting a Celebration of Rick Hautala on Thursday, March 27, at 7:00 pm. Rick taught there for many years. Friends, colleagues and students are invited to attend an evening of readings and reminiscences.

More details forthcoming, but mark your calendars!

Maine’s PressHerald reviews Rick’s autobiography

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Rick Hautala - The Horror - The HorrorThe Maine newspaper PressHerald.com has posted a fantastic review of The Horror…The Horror, Rick Hautala’s posthumously-published memoir. You can read it at the link below.

Book Review: Rick Hautala’s ‘Horror’ dishy and delightful

 

The book is available in ebook and trade paperback formats. It can be purchased from the Crossroad Press store, as well as from:

Updates related to Rick’s autobiography

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Rick Hautala - The Horror - The HorrorAfter Rick Hautala died unexpectedly on March 21, 2013, his wife Holly discovered an autobiography that he’d written in secret in 2009. She worked with Crossroad Press to publish the book, now titled The Horror…The Horror, and the book was published as an ebook in May 2013.

The ebook can be purchased from the Crossroad Press store, as well as from:

 

Books & Boos all-day benefit event on June 22, 2013!

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Update 2013-06-29: Books & Boos posted on their blog about the event after it was over: A Great Fundraiser for Holly Newstein Hautala

Bracken Macleod posted this on his blog:

Last last March one of the nicest guys I ever met, Rick Hautala, died unexpectedly. His loss has reverberated throughout the literary horror community and we are all saddened. He leaves behind a beautiful wife and sons who need our help. Like most writers, Rick was a man of modest means. That means his family could use our help. The proprietors of Books and Boos bookstore in Colchester, Connecticut are doing what they can and have organized an all day charity benefit for Rick’s family. If you’re in the area, head on down, bid on an auction item, get a book signed by an attending author (sorry, I can’t make it), have some free food, and help some really good people through a hard time. It’ll be worth it!

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Rick’s autobiography, The Horror… The Horror, is now available!

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Rick Hautala - The Horror - The HorrorRick Hautala’s autobiography, found by his wife Holly after his death in March, is now available in ebook formats from Crossroad Press. From their site:

Available for the first time, The Horror… The Horror provides a look into the life and mind of author Rick Hautala.  From his days as a child in Massachusetts, to his days in college at the University of Maine in Orono, to the early days of his writing career along with Stephen King’s involvement, and ultimately to where his life and career stood in 2009, his autobiography is a compelling read to be enjoyed by friends and fans alike.

The book can be purchased from the Crossroad Press store, as well as from:

Update: Crossroad Press will be publishing a trade paperback edition of this book as soon as they can manage it. We’ll keep you posted!