Hautala, Rick (1949 - 2013)

Genre: General Fiction, Horror

Horror and suspense writer Hautala was born and raised in Rockport, Massachusetts. He graduated from University of Maine-Orono, with fellow classmate Stephen King, in 1970 and lived in Westbrook. Many of his stories have Maine settings. Rick Hautala died March 21, 2013 of a heart attack.

Selected Bibliography

  • Occasional Demons (2010), a short story collection
  • Untcigahunk: The Complete Little Brothers (- Throat Culture (2005; Body of Evidence)
  • Four Octobers (2003-06), a collection of nostalgic supernatural/suspense 'coming of age' novellas
  • Bedbugs (2000), a collection of 26 short stories, many set in Maine
  • Impulse (1996)
  • The Mountain King (1996/2001- Beyond the Shroud (1995)
  • Twilight Time (1994)
  • Ghost Light (1993)
  • Cold Whisper (1991), set at the University of Maine- Orono
  • Winter Wake (1989)
  • Night Stone (1986)
  • Moondeath(1980)

Body of Evidence series with Christopher Golden

  • Brain Trust (2001)
  • Burning Bones (2001)
  • Skin Deep (2000)

Hautala also wrote under a pseudonym, A.J. Matthews.

  • Unbroken (2007)
  • Follow (2005)
  • Looking Glass (2004)
  • The White Room (2001)