Short Stories – Print Category
Release Day for Chiral Mad 3
Posted on April 5, 2016 Leave a Comment
So, wow, this has been a long time coming. I’m a big fan of the work that Michael Bailey has been doing at Written Backwards (now a Dark Regions Press imprint). I was in Chiral Mad 2, and Qualia Nous, and if I can keep up with him, I hope to publish more stories with […]
“Repent” accepted for Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories anthology
Posted on October 14, 2015 3 Comments
(Cover art by Caitlin Hackett ) Thrilled to announce my 6,000-word story, “Repent” has just been accepted for Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, alongside Neil Gaiman! Did you read that there—Neil Gaiman! Wow. I mean, I’ve published alongside Stephen King four times now (Shivers VI, Cemetery Dance #72, and Chiral Mad 2 & 3) but this […]
Chiral Mad 2 Table of Contents Set
Posted on December 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
Love the cover art, and this TOC is so amazing. Honored to have my story “Playing With Fire” in here. It’s got more wolves, fireflies, a hut on a hill, a man alone trying to fix his broken heart, and a giant tree branch that may be his undoing. Looks like Michael Bailey and Written […]
Fear the Reaper is OUT NOW. Includes my story, “The Culling.”
Posted on October 24, 2013 Leave a Comment
Fear the Reaper (Crystal Lake Publishing) is now out (print and ebook). My story “The Culling” is in here. Thrilled to share a spine with so many talented authors. Just in time for Halloween! Here’s the opening line from my story: “Danielle stands at the long mirror brushing her dirty blonde hair, tears running down […]
New stories in Daddy Cool (edited by Ben Tanzer) and Arcadia Magazine #6
Posted on May 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
I have two new stories hitting the streets today. First is my parallel father/son story “Bloodline” which features rabbits having the same problems that us humans do. It’s kind of my contemporary take on Watership Down. That story is in Daddy Cool, edited by the talented Ben Tanzer, and published by Artistically Declined Press. Second, […]
Midwestern Gothic #9 is out, with my story “Garage Sales”
Posted on April 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Midwestern Gothic #9 is NOW OUT, and it includes my story “Garage Sales.” I wrote this story as part of my thesis at Murray State University. At one point, I took a paragraph from the middle of the story, and pulled it to the front, and that’s where this story came from. The FIRST version, […]
My story “The Wastelands” is out in the anthology, Into the Darkness (Necro Publications)
Posted on January 20, 2013 Leave a Comment
I’m thrilled to announce that my story “The Wastelands” is now out in the Necro Publications anthology, Into the Darkness. My story is about a man who loses his family, a golem he befriends, and the lengths he goes to in order to get his wife and children back. Sure, there’s a succubus in it, […]
“Flowers for Jessica” out now in Weird Fiction Review #3 (Centipede Press)
Posted on November 28, 2012 Leave a Comment
I’m really excited that my dark, strange story “Flowers for Jessica” is finally out in Weird Fiction Review #3 from Centipede Press. They do such amazing work over there. SIXTEEN pages of art! I love the cover, the play on Mad Magazine and Cthulhu. Edited by S. T. Joshi, this journal has so much […]
Curbside Splendor #3 is available for order now, out soon, with my story “Divining”!
Posted on April 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Look, I made the cover! Looks like Chicago’s own Curbside Splendor #3 is now up for ordering. My story “Divining” is in here. It involves tarot cards and bad women. I’ve been trying to get more involved with local artists, and this is one place I wanted to publish. Thanks, Victor David Giron for the […]
Terror Scribes (Dog Horn Publishing) is out, with my story “Transmogrify” inside.
Posted on April 11, 2012 Leave a Comment
My story “Transmogrify” is in Terror Scribes, a collection of stories from Dog Horn Publishing. Love that cover art. And if you’ve read any of their previous collections, novels, or magazines, you know that DHP does great work.
- Richard Thomas - 