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Third Storyville Column at Lit Reactor: The Journey of “Rudy Jenkins”

My third column went up at Lit Reactor last month (December 2011) and I totally forgot to come back here and post up about it. This column talks about the journey of one of my problem children, “Rudy Jenkins Buries His Fears” and shows you what you have to go through sometimes in order to get published. Don’t worry, the story ends well.

I’m running a contest to give away a signed copy of Shivers VI!

Here’s the deal. If you have any questions just post them up here or wherever you see the contest rules:

Win a Richard Thomas SIGNED copy of Shivers VI by promoting my Facebook Fan Page (FBFP)!

6/10-6/18/11 you get entries for promoting my neo-noir fiction:

Join (5 entries), Tweet (1 per day max), “Share” (1 per day max). 

1. Join my FBFP and post the comment “I’m in.”
2. “Share” my FBFP on your FB Wall (tag @richardthomas).
3. Follow me and tweet my FBFP at your Twitter (tag @wickerkat).

Shivers VI gets a starred review at Publisher’s Weekly

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FROM PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY:
Shivers VI
Edited by Richard Chizmar.
Cemetery Dance
(www.cemeterydance.com),
$20 (410p) ISBN 978-1-58767-224-8
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“This sixth more or less annual mix of reprint and original stories celebrates some of the best and brightest talents who contribute regularly to Chizmar’s genre-leading magazine Cemetery Dance. Stephen King tops the list with “The Crate,” a darkly funny monster-on-the rampage tale rarely reprinted since its first publication in 1979. Lisa Tuttle’s “Bits and Pieces” is a deft and disturbing fantasia on the battle of the sexes, and Peter Straub’s novella “A Special Place: The Heart of a Dark Matter” is a grim tale whose stand-alone incarnation was named one of 2010′s best books by PW. The other 18 stories, which include work by Glen Hirshberg, Melanie Tem, Brian Hodge, and David B. Silva, run the gamut from supernatural terror to psychological suspense, and from subtle dark fantasy to violence and gore. The uniformly high quality of writing makes this volume a must for any horror fan. (May)”

That line there “…other 18 stories” oh yeah, that’s right, that’s me. My story “Stillness”. HA. Hard to stand out amongst these giants, but nice to see the press anyway. Congrats Cemetery Dance.