Ray Russell

Ray Russell (4 September 1924 – 15 March 1999) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. In 1991 he received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

His most famous short fiction is "Sardonicus", which appeared in the January 1961 issue of Playboy magazine, and was subsequently adapted by Russell into a screenplay for William Castle's film version, titled Mr. Sardonicus. American writer Stephen King called "Sardonicus" "perhaps the finest example of the modern gothic ever written". "Sardonicus" was part of a trio of stories with "Sanguinarius" and "Sagittarius".

Russell was also one of the screenwriters for Roger Corman's X (also known as X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes) and The Premature Burial (based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story).

Books

  • Sardonicus and Other Stories (1961)
  • The Case Against Satan (1963)
  • Unholy Trinity (1964)
  • The Little Lexicon of Love (1966)
  • The Colony (1969)
  • Sagittarius (Playboy Science Fiction/Fantasy, 1971)
  • Prince of Darkness (1971)
  • Ray Russell (musician)

    Raymond 'Ray' Russell (born 4 April 1947) is an English session musician who is primarily a guitarist. He is also renowned as a record producer and composer.

    In 1973 he was a member of the band Mouse, who released a progressive rock album entitled Lady Killer for the Sovereign record label.

    His TV compositions have included A Touch of Frost, Bergerac, Plain Jane, A Bit of a Do, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Dangerfield and Grafters, as well as many other British and American television programmes.

    He also played in the DVD "Simon Phillips Returns" with Simon Phillips and Anthony Jackson.

    Along with colleagues Mo Foster and Ralph Salmins, Russell gives musical seminars at UK educational establishments and occasionally other venues around the world.

    In 2008 Russell, in collaboration with drummer, Ralph Salmins, and sound engineer Rik Walton, created Made Up Music, a music library that has eschewed the usual methodology of distributing audio CDs to sound studios and production companies. It currently achieves its music distribution partially from its website and partially by distributing portable hard drives to music editors. The company features music written and performed by Russell and several other well-established session players, including Mo Foster, Steve Donnelly and Simon Eyre.

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