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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: ''Resurrection Dreams'', ''The Woods Are Dark'', ''The Traveling Vampire Show'']]

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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: ''Resurrection Dreams'', ''The Woods Are Dark'', ''The Traveling Vampire Show'']]Show'']].
** [[spoiler: ''One Rainy Night'' is an interesting variation in that the one who caused the black rain, the voodoo priest, is disposed off with ease but the final boss of the novel turns out to be Buddy who causes some trouble before being taken down for good.]]
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* BestKnownfortheFanservice: There's always at least one sex scene per story and plenty of narration revolving around women's anatomy.

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* BestKnownfortheFanservice: BestKnownForTheFanservice: There's always at least one sex scene per story and plenty of narration revolving around women's anatomy.
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* JerkassWoobie: The stray dog from ''The Travelling Vampire Show''. It's vicious as hell, but you can't help but feel bad [[spoiler: as it was prodded with spears until it died.]]
* MagnumOpus: Many fans consider ''The Travelling Vampire Show'' to be this for Laymon.

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* JerkassWoobie: The stray dog from ''The Travelling Vampire Show''. It's vicious as hell, but you can't help but feel bad [[spoiler: as it was prodded with spears until it died.]]
* MagnumOpus: Many fans consider ''The Travelling Vampire Show'' to be this for Laymon.
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* AntiSue: Any character who is either an antagonist or love rival is written to be as repulsive as possible. Unless they're FemmeFatales or [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization the protagonist is attracted to them]].



* MagnumOpus: Many fans consider ''The Travelling Vampire Show'' to be this for Laymon.
* RelationshipSue: A lot of the male love interests come across as this, being handsome, successful, brave and well-built.

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* MagnumOpus: Many fans consider ''The Travelling Vampire Show'' to be this for Laymon.
* RelationshipSue: A lot of the male love interests come across as this, being handsome, successful, brave and well-built.
Laymon.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: ''Resurrection Dreams'', ''The Woods Are Dark'']]
* AntiSue: Any character who is either an antagonist or love rival is written to be as repulsive as possible.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: ''Resurrection Dreams'', ''The Woods Are Dark'']]
Dark'', ''The Traveling Vampire Show'']]
* AntiSue: Any character who is either an antagonist or love rival is written to be as repulsive as possible. Unless they're FemmeFatales or [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization the protagonist is attracted to them]].
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* FridgeHorror: The existence of vampires is debatable in Laymon's works, but even if they don't exist, there's still a lot of biting and blood-sucking. Considering how the average person's mouth is less sanitary than a dog's, that means the risk of disease is quite high.
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* JerkassWoobie: The stray dog from ''The Travelling Vampire Show''. It's vicious as hell, but you can't help but feel bad [[spoiler: as it was prodded with spears until it died.]]
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* BestKnownfortheFanservice: There's always at least one sex scene per story and plenty of narration revolving around women's anatomy.

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* FashionVictimVillain: ''Resurrection Dreams''

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* FashionVictimVillain: ''Resurrection Dreams''Dreams'' has a villain who likes wearing loud colours. The villains in ''The Glory Bus'' dress like the stereotypical bad-boy and bad-girl you'd expect to see in a high-school drama.
* IronWoobie: Considering the number of female protagonists who get raped or narrowly avoid rape, it's pretty amazing that so many of them have the emotional strength to fight back.
* MagnumOpus: Many fans consider ''The Travelling Vampire Show'' to be this for Laymon.
* RelationshipSue: A lot of the male love interests come across as this, being handsome, successful, brave and well-built.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: ''Resurrection Dreams'', ''The Woods Are Dark'']]
* AntiSue: Any character who is either an antagonist or love rival is written to be as repulsive as possible.
* AssPull: [[spoiler: ''After Midnight'' has one when the protagonist is backed into a corner. She reveals that she's been secreting a knife this whole time.]]
* ClicheStorm: Laymon tends to write the same archetypes for every story.
* DesignatedHero: The female lead in ''Flesh'' faces this criticism, as she spends the majority of her scenes obsessing about men and sex, her actions only work to the antagonist's advantage, she learns nothing and ends up sleeping with the real hero of the story.
* FashionVictimVillain: ''Resurrection Dreams''

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