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Author Description Ray Russell was an American editor and writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Russell is best known for his horror fiction, although he also wrote mystery and science fiction stories.<br /><br />His most famous short fiction is "Sardonicus", which appeared in the January 1961 issue of <em>Playboy</em> 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".<br /><br />see <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Russell">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Russell</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-ray-russell-1083246.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ent...</a>

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