His novels What Dreams May Come, A Stir of Echoes, Bid Time Return, and Hell House were filmed. Other novels from his early years as a writer include The Shrinking Man (1956, filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man) and I Am Legend ( 1954, filmed several times). Mathesons first novel, Someone Is Bleeding, in 1953 was published by Lion Books. For Star Trek, he wrote the script for the episode ' The Enemy Within '.

Between 19 he edited the stories of Edgar Allan Poe to scripts for Roger Corman 's Poe series, including House of Usher (1960 ), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 ) and The Raven (1963 ). He also wrote many of the opening and closing dialogues host Rod Serling.

Among the best known hear 'Steel', 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' and ' Little Girl Lost '. Besides books Matheson wrote the script for 14 episodes of The Twilight Zone, often based on his own stories. Others, like ' Trespass ' (1953 ), ' Being' (1954 ) and ' Mute' (1962 ), pay close attention to the development dilemmas of the main characters. Some of his stories, such as 'Third from the Sun ' (1950 ), 'Deadline' (1959 ) and ' Button, Button ' (1970 ), are actually sketches with an unexpected twist at the end. Nolan, Ray Bradbury, Jerry Sohl, George Clayton Johnson and part of it. It was during the 50s and 60s, a member of the Southern California School of Writers, where Charles Beaumont, William F. Between 19, Matheson published numerous short stories, which he often mixed elements of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Later that year, he wrote stories for the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction. Mathesons first publication was the short story 'Born of Man and Woman ', which was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. On 1st July 1952 he married Ruth Ann Woodson, with whom he had four children. In 1949 he received his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. During World War II he served as an infantry soldier in the U.S. He grew up in Brooklyn, where he studied at the Brooklyn Technical High School. How long can one man survive in a world of vampires? This recording also includes a sampling of other horror stories by Richard Matheson, some comic, all scary: 'Buried Talents,' 'The Near Departed,' 'Prey,' 'Witch War,' 'Dance of the Dead,' 'Dress of White Silk,' 'Mad House,' 'The Funeral,' 'From Shadowed Places,' and 'Person to Person.Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, the son Fanny and Bertolf Matheson, both of Norwegian immigrants. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization.

Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, hungry for Neville's blood. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. In Matheson's vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and transformed the unfortunate survivors into bloodthirsty creatures of the night.

Richard matheson's novel i am legend