Monthly Archives: June 2011
My review of Zazen by Vanessa Veselka is now up at The Nervous Breakdown.
Posted on June 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
My review of Zazen by Vanessa Veselka (Red Lemonade) is now up at TNB. Great book, great new press. Funny, touching, sad, frightening, this book puts you through the emotional wringer. Well worth the ride.
Warmed and Bound Cover Art
Posted on June 28, 2011 1 Comment
Finally revealed, the cover and back of the Warmed and Bound (Velvet Press) anthology. Looks SO good. I’m honored to be in here. Great job, Pela. Also, just announced that Steve Erickson has written the foreword. WOW. Who ELSE is in here? Oh man, where to start? Amanda Gowin Anthony David Jacques Axel Taiari Blake […]
My review of Drinking Closer to Home by Jessica Anya Blau is live at The Nervous Breakdown.
Posted on June 22, 2011 2 Comments
My review of Jessica Anya Blau’s hilarious, touching and heartbreaking novel, Drinking Closer to Home, is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this book. It starts off with a ton of characters, and I kept thinking, oh man, this is going to be too soft, to […]
“Daybreak” is up live at Stepaway Magazine, Issue Two
Posted on June 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
My story “Daybreak” is up live at Stepaway Magazine. Some very kind words from editor Darren Richard Carlaw: “Thomas skilfully disturbs our perceptions of the walk, transforming it into a devastating act of catharsis, a manner of slipping from the emotional trappings of the urban carapace.”
Speedloader: The debut eBook from Snubnose Press (a Spinetingler imprint)
Posted on June 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
COMING SOON! Richard Thomas Nik Korpon Nigel Bird W.C. County Matthew Funk Jonathan Woods Cover Art: David Bodensteiner
I’m running a contest to give away a signed copy of Shivers VI!
Posted on June 9, 2011 1 Comment
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 […]
My flash story “After She Has Gone” is up at Shotgun Honey
Posted on June 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
My flash story “After She is Gone” is now live up at Shotgun Honey. When she takes it all, and you’re left with nothing but despair, what do you do? Suicide is an option—and as you wander the woods in search of a tomb, the darkness speaks to you the truth.
I’ve been awarded a residency at Writers in the Heartland for this October!
Posted on June 7, 2011 4 Comments
Exciting news. I just confirmed today that I’ll be one of a handful of authors that will be attending a residency at Writers in the Heartland this October. They only take ten authors a year. I’ll have a week in a house out in the middle of Illinois, three square meals a day and nothing […]
Seven Spanish Angels by Stephen Graham Jones and Dzanc Books – Special Offer
Posted on June 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
As you may have heard Dzanc Books signed Stephen Graham Jones to a three book deal, one of which is the long awaited Seven Spanish Angels. SYNOPSIS: Life isn’t easy in El Paso, Texas. Neither is death. Caught between them is crime-scene tech in-training Marta Villarreal, trying to work a case that may very well […]
My story “Gateway” is up at Dirty Noir
Posted on June 4, 2011 Leave a Comment
My story “Gateway” is up now at Dirty Noir, a new crime, neo-noir, dark fiction, sexy pants webzine. “Gateway” is a bit of hot St. Louis, something I thought of while I was just down there, memories of heading across the Mississippi river to the “East Side” to buy beer in high school (and other […]
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