About
UPDATED: October 21, 2024
Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of nine books: four novels—Incarnate (Podium), Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), and Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); four short story collections—Spontaneous Human Combustion (Turner Publishing—Bram Stoker finalist), Tribulations (Cemetery Dance), Staring Into the Abyss (Kraken Press), and Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press); as well as one novella of The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books).
His over 175 stories in print include The Best Horror of the Year (Volume Eleven), Cemetery Dance (twice), Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders (Bram Stoker Award winner), The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors (Shirley Jackson Award winner), Lightspeed, PANK, storySouth, Gargoyle, Weird Fiction Review, Midwestern Gothic, Shallow Creek, The Seven Deadliest, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Qualia Nous (#1&2), Chiral Mad (#2-4), PRISMS, Pantheon, and Shivers VI. He has won contests at ChiZine and One Buck Horror, has received five Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been long-listed for Best Horror of the Year seven times.
He has also edited five anthologies: The Best of Gamut (House of Gamut), The New Black and Exigencies (Dark House Press), The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers (Black Lawrence Press) and Burnt Tongues (Medallion Press) with Chuck Palahniuk.
He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker (twice), Shirley Jackson, Thriller, and Audie awards. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Gamut and previously held the same title at Dark House Press.
In his spare time he teaches at various places including Writer’s Digest online and the Gilliam Writers Group, as well as his own classes at Storyville).
He lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. He was born in St. Louis, MO (Webster Groves) where he attended Webster Groves High School. He did his undergraduate studies at Bradley University, where he majored in Advertising and Communications, and minored in Psychology. He received his MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Murray State University in 2012.
His agent is Paula Munier at Talcott Notch. For more information visit www.whatdoesnotkillme.com. He may be reached at richardgthomasiii@gmail.com.
- Richard Thomas - 
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Dang!!! All That experience 🙂
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It is lovely to see you here. Your crippled fan, Becky, aka Hobbler on WP.
likewise!
Apparently I met your brother on the Amtrak train. He sat next to me while I was working on a novel. I never caught his name, but he said you’ve got about ten years on him. I just bought a book of yours because of him. SPONTANEOUS HIMAN COMBUSTION sounds right up my alley, as my 2nd novel was about Spontaneous human teleportation.
Oh wow, small world. I hope you enjoy the collection! Turns out I was already following you on Twitter and we have seven mutual friens on Facebook. LOL. Good luck with the book.
I am glad to have discovered this blog. I have been away from writing for awhile due to illness and moving from the suburbs back into Chicago, this time to the Portage Park area.
Looking forward to learning from all of you and updating my WordPress blogs.
Thanks! How has your writing gone in the last year?
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Where do you teach on-line?
https://storyvilleonline.com/ here you go
Mr. Thomas, Your workshop on WDU was excellent. I am the one who asked about the dead birds. I can afford the $25.00 sessions. I just want to make certain you are the person reading our work. I am a music teacher so I have a tight budget. Respectfully, Maryanne J. Kane
Drop me a note at richardgthomasiii@gmail.com and we can talk more about this. I’d love to work with you.