Major influences for me as far as writing is concerned is Ray Bradbury, M.R. James, Richard Matheson and Jerome Bixby.

I would, as a teenager, stay up until 1 or 2 A.M. reading my fathers science fiction collection. Mike Hammer was always around too for some good nose smashing crime stories.

Vintage horror, for my taste, is far better than some of the modern 'slasher' horror. Alfred Hitchcock type suspence , in my opinion, draws the viewer/reader into the story as a partner in the storytelling process.