I’m a Chicago native who loves the Art’s.I thank the realm of FANTASY writers for inspiring me as a young man, as I grew older my taste had shifted to HORROR.I just want to thank the late, great RICHARD LAYMON for showing me how much fun horror can be. Without such great novels as, 'IN THE DARK,' 'ONE RAINY NIGHT,' and 'THE STAKE,' I may never have discovered how fascinatingly gruesome and utterly intriguing the horror genre could be.