Ray Dillon

Cormac Mcarthy - No Country for Old Men, The Road

Joe Hill - (Stephen King's Son) 20th Century Ghosts, Heart-Shaped Box, Locke and Key

Stephen King - definitely one of my biggest influences. Love his Dark Tower series. Love the face he puts on evil. Love the characters he brings to life and the way he expresses nostalgia.

Alan Moore - Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, and pretty much anything by Alan Moore) is definitely one of the best books I've read. Figured it would be a good "comic book," ya know? But it turned out to be fantastic literature.

The Chronicles of Narnia - by C. S. Lewis. Childhood favorite. HUGE influence on me.

The Spiderwick Chronicles - by Holly Black & Tony Diterlizzi.

The Lord of the Rings - by JRR Tolkein. Classic. Read the series in high school and loved it. Read 'em again before the movies. And I'm doin' the sketch cards. ;o)

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes - 22-years old (or so) and already 7 quality novels published. Works in the realm of vampire and fantasy lore. Unique.

Fahrenheit 451 - by Ray Bradbury. High school favorite. Loved the symbolism and vision behind it.

The Catcher in the Rye - by J. D. Salinger. The quality of book I'm aspiring for.

Metamorphosis - by Franz Kafka. Horror in disguise.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - by Douglas Adams

Neil Gaiman - Curently reading "Neverwhere." Just getting into his prose work, but I'm likin' it.

The Voice of the Night - By Dean Koontz. Compelling and intense.

R. L. Stine - Inspiring and scaring kids for generations.

Mark Twain - His stories have always been favorites of mine and, now that I'm older, I'm appreciating them more and more.

Digital Webbing Presents - THE best anthology in comics right now.

Noble Causes - I wouldn't still be working on this if it wasn't great.

Nightmare World - Yay! It's now in print! Get the collections!

Capote in Kansas - by Ande Park. Available on Amazon.

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