![]() Then he saw the truck ahead, moving up a curving grade between two high green hills. For the past twenty minutes, he had not seen another vehicle going in either direction. He could feel the heat of it through his dark trousers as he drove along the two-lane highway. There was sunlight on his left arm and on part of his lap. ![]() He had his suitcoat off, his tie removed and shirt collar opened, his sleeve cuffs folded back. ![]() It was Thursday and unseasonably hot for April. He was heading west, en route to San Francisco. All rights reserved.:ĭUEL AT 11:32 A.M., MANN PASSED THE TRUCK. Matheson died in June, 2013, at the age of eighty-seven.Įxcerpt. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. He was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, and fought in the infantry in World War II. ![]() In addition to his novels Matheson wrote several screenplays for movies and TV, including “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” based on his short story, along with several other Twilight Zone episodes. ![]() In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. Richard Matheson was The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, Now You See It., and What Dreams May Come, among others. ![]()
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