As with most writers, people have asked Ran who his influences were. Ran has informed us that his list of contemporary influences is rather short. Most of the writers he enjoys and notes as influences on his own work are generally classic writers from "days gone by" (as he says). Some influences, contemporary and classic, include:

H P Lovecraft
Algernon Blackwood
M R James
Wilkie Collins
J N Williamson
Charles L Grant