Other Voices Category
The Avain Gospels by Adam Novy
Posted on November 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
My book review for The Avian Gospels by Adam Novy is now LIVE at The Nervous Breakdown. This was a wild ride, a surreal, dystopian book, issued in two beautiful volumes by Short Flight / Long Drive Books. I don’t know if you’d call this a division or an arm of Hobart, but whatever you […]
Kevin Lucia writes Hiram Grange and the Chosen One, supernatural detective
Posted on October 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
I thought I posted up about this last June, but guess I didn’t! WHOOPS, my apologies, Kevin. Hiram Grange and the Chosen One by Kevin Lucia is the sixth book in the Hiram Grange series, and it was a real hoot. My review gets into all of the details over at Outsider Writer’s Colletive, but […]
Interview with Amelia Gray at The Nervous Breakdown
Posted on October 16, 2010 Leave a Comment
In addition to doing book reviews at The Nervous Breakdown, I’ll also be doing interviews. My first is with one of my favorite authors, Amelia Gray. I hate to even limit her by calling her a small press darling (in the vein of Parker Posey, indie film darling) as she is a voice to be […]
OWP Reading Saturday October 16th at 7 pm at Quimby’s, Chicago
Posted on October 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
I’ll be reading Saturday at my favorite bookstore, Quimby’s in the hip and happening Bucktown / Wicker Park area with several other OWP authors – Laura, Nik, and David at 7pm. COME ON OUT! Blocks from the Damen/North/Milwaukee el stop and right on the North Avenue bus line. Saw Chuck Palahniuk read here years ago.
The Nervous Breakdown – Book Reviews by Richard Thomas
Posted on October 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Hey guys! I’m going to be doing some book reviews for The Nervous Breakdown, and I’m really stoked about that. I’m going to be focusing on small presses and the genre/lit benders. I’m also thrilled to be working with Shya Scanlon, a really talented author I first heard of with his online serial Forecast 42, […]
New Velvet Podcast – Sex and Violence in Fiction
Posted on September 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Episode 008: Don’t Pull My Hair Unless You Mean It I join writers Nik Korpon (Stay God), Pela Via and Nic Young to grind out the topic of sex and violence in fiction and their complex relationship to sadistic bedfellows, love and shock. VELVET PODCAST 008 This was a lot of fun, some great thoughts, […]
Shivers VI Announced – Stephen King, Peter Straub and ME!
Posted on August 26, 2010 2 Comments
Wow, got the announcement tonight, and Shivers VI, which I knew was coming (produced by Cemetery Dance) will have a novella by Stephen King and Peter Straub in it. WOW. My story “Stillness” will be in such great company, I mean, these are the guys I grew up reading, my idols. I’m floored. It’s a […]
Denver AWP 2010
Posted on March 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
RICHARD’S TAKE ON THE DENVER AWP Here’s what looks good to me. * = where I’ll most likely be during that time period. WEDNESDAY April 7 12-7 Register THURSDAY April 8 9:00-10:15 R106. Reading, Writing, and Teaching the Literary Fantastic. * (Sarah Stone, Joan Silber, Melissa Pritchard, Doug Dorst, Sylvia Brownrigg) We’ll explore how fabulous […]
Cienfuegos by Chris Deal
Posted on March 25, 2010 2 Comments
One of the most talented emerging authors I know is Chris Deal. He and I have published together many times, and I’ve also published his work, as well. This collection of short fiction is really fantastic. I was lucky enough to run a fun little contest over at The Velvet, where we had a 100 […]
Caleb Ross – Charactered Pieces Tour
Posted on December 22, 2009 5 Comments
What a talented guy. Caleb has been an inspiration to me, and he has opened my eyes to the world of fiction, the landscape of journals and presses. I would not have had any success without talented, giving people like Caleb in my corner. I owe him a lot. His chapbook, Charactered Pieces, is wonderful. […]
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