He also published standalone novels The Five (2011), The Border (2015), and The Listener (2018). Final volumes The King of Shadows and Leviathan are forthcoming. That book began the Matthew Corbett series, which continues with The Queen of Bedlam (2007), Mister Slaughter (2010), The Providence Rider (2012), The River of Souls (2014), Freedom of the Mask (2016), and Cardinal Black (2019). McCammon then took a hiatus from writing for some years, returning with historical mystery Speaks the Nightbird in 2002, as Robert McCammon. His next book was psychological thriller Gone South (1992). McCammon began to move away from horror with Stoker and World Fantasy Award winner Boy’s Life (1992), a Bradburyesque coming-of-age novel with elements of mystery and fantasy. The Hunter from the Woods (2015) is a story suite set in the world of The Wolf’s Hour. Some of his short fiction was collected in World Fantasy Award finalist Blue World and Other Stories (1989) and Tales from Greystone Bay (2018). “Best Friends” (1987) was also a World Fantasy finalist, and “The Deep End” (1987) and “Eat Me” (1990) won Stoker Awards.

His story “Nightcrawlers” (1984) was a World Fantasy Award finalist and was adapted as an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1985.

He began publishing short fiction in 1981. His debut Baal appeared in 1979, followed by Bethany’s Sin (1980), The Night Boat (1980), They Thirst (1981), Mystery Walk (1983), Usher’s Passing (1984), Stoker Award winner and World Fantasy Award finalist Swan Song (1988), Stoker Award finalists Stinger (1988) and The Wolf’s Hour (1989), and Stoker Award winner Mine (1991). McCammon began his career as a horror writer, and wrote numerous acclaimed and bestselling novels as Robert R. He received a BA in journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974, and worked on the copy desk at a local paper before becoming a full-time writer. R obert Rick McCammon was born Jin Birmingham AL, where he has lived all his life.

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