Some tales, such as 'The Funeral' (1955) and 'The Doll that Does Everything' (1954) incorporate zany satirical humour at the expense of genre clichés, and are written in an hysterically overblown prose very different from Matheson's usual pared-down style. Several of his stories, like 'Third from the Sun' (1950), 'Deadline' (1959) and 'Button, Button' (1970) are simple sketches with twist endings others, like 'Trespass' (1953), 'Being' (1954) and 'Mute' (1962) explore their characters' dilemmas over twenty or thirty pages. Between 19, Matheson produced dozens of stories, frequently blending elements of the science fiction, horror and fantasy genres. The tale of a monstrous child chained in its parents' cellar, it was told in the first person as the creature's diary (in poignantly non-idiomatic English) and immediately made Matheson famous. His first short story, 'Born of Man and Woman,' appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. He married in 1952 and has four children, three of whom ( Chris, Richard Christian, and Ali Matheson) are writers of fiction and screenplays. In 1949 he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and moved to California in 1951. He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. Title, chapter and section pages are printed with an additional spot color, and all copies are signed by the artist.Born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. The text pages are set in ITC Veljovic with the Numbered and Lettered editions printed letterpress by Bradley Hutchinson on his Heidelberg Cylinder in Austin, Texas.

The editions measure 6” x 9” and feature six black & white illustrations by award winning artist Allen Williams. The limited edition of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson is presented in three states: Lettered, Numbered and Artist Gift editions. The novel and Richard Matheson are often credited for creating the zombie-vampire genre. In 2012, the Horror Writers Association gave I Am Legend the special Vampire Novel of the Century Award. Robert must hunt by day, hide by night, and most importantly, survive. I Am Legend is the story of Robert Neville, who appears to be the sole survivor of a pandemic that has turned the human race into a crossbreed of zombies and vampires. Originally published in 1954, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend ushered in a different kind of novel, defying and transcending genre to combine elements of horror and science fiction within a post-apocalyptic frame. This quote from mystery writer William Campbell Gault graced the first edition cover of what would become one of the most influential and adapted works of the 20th century. “ This may be the most terrifying novel you will ever read.”

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