Curbside Splendor and Dark House Press named “Best Indie Book Publisher” by Chicago Magazine
Posted on August 9, 2014 2 Comments
In case you missed it, Curbside Splendor (and Dark House Press, which I run) were just named Chicago Magazine’s, “Best Indie Book Publisher.” Great article in the magazine, and online. Our three titles for the year, THE NEW BLACK, which I edited, ECHO LAKE by Letitia Trent, and AFTER THE PEOPLE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OFF by Stephen Graham Jones, are pictured in the story. Honored.
Up in 2015 is EXIGENCIES, another neo-noir anthology I’m editing (all new stories), the first book in the Joshua City Trilogy, THE DOORS YOU MARK ARE YOUR OWN by Okla Eliott and Raul Clement, and Vile Men by Rebecca Jones-Howe. 2016 will give us Steve Himmer’s SCRATCH. More news to come.
The New Black (Dark House Press) releases TODAY!
Posted on May 13, 2014 2 Comments
Today is the official release date of THE NEW BLACK! This neo-noir anthology is the first I’ve ever edited and it’s also the first Dark House Press title. I’m honored that so many gifted authors were willing to be a part of this book. I can’t thank them enough for taking the time, and for supporting this title, and the press. It’s getting great reviews everywhere, too. If you’re thinking of picking up a copy, consider doing so today, so maybe we can push it up the charts. If this book does well, and Dark House Press succeeds, we can continue to publish the kind of neo-noir, speculative fiction that needs to be read and experienced. Foreword by Laird Barron, with stories by Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Craig Clevenger, Paul Tremblay, Lindsay Hunter, Roxane Gay, Kyle Minor, Benjamin Percy, Roy Kesey, Craig Davidson, Matt Bell, Richard Lange, Micaela Morrissette, Joe Meno, Vanessa Veselka, Nik Korpon, Antonia Crane, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Tara Laskowski, and Craig Wallwork. There are also 15 interior illustrations by Luke Spooner of Carrion House. Feel free to share this news, and to spread the word. THANK YOU!
I’ve signed with Random House Alibi for TWO BOOKS.
Posted on May 4, 2014 12 Comments
BIG NEWS! I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve signed with Random House Alibi for a two-book deal. The first book is DISINTEGRATION—the second is still TBD. This will only be available in eBook format, to start. For those that know me, you’ve been hearing about this book for many (six?) years—a neo-noir transgressive thriller that is a mix of Dexter and Falling Down, the story of a man who sees his family die in a car crash right in front of him, and falls apart. I think it’s some of my best work to date. Special thanks to my agent, Paula Munier for supporting me, and believing in my voice, and this novel. I’m really excited to work with Dana Isaacson, my editor at RHA, as well—he’s been at Random House for many years, and has done a lot of great work for them. There is a target release date of May 2015. Thank you all of my friends and peers that kept telling me this book would find a home. That day has come.
The first blurb for THE NEW BLACK is Jack Ketchum
Posted on February 23, 2014 Leave a Comment
The first blurb for THE NEW BLACK, a neo-noir anthology that I edited for Dark House Press, is now in. It’s from horror giant, Jack Ketchum:
“THE NEW BLACK ought to be the New High Standard for dark fiction anthologies. It’s loaded with intelligence and talent. Every one of the pieces in this extraordinary compilation is worthy of your full attention.”—Jack Ketchum
Thrilled to have this excellent blurb. This book will be out in May, with a foreword by Laird Barron. Stories by Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Craig Clevenger, Paul Tremblay, Lindsay Hunter, Roxane Gay, Kyle Minor, Benjamin Percy, Roy Kesey, Craig Davidson, Matt Bell, Richard Lange, Micaela Morrissette, Joe Meno, Vanessa Veselka, Nik Korpon, Antonia Crane, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Tara Laskowski, and Craig Wallwork. 15 interior illustrations by Luke Spooner of Carrion House. Cover design by Alban Fischer.
Book Covers: Work Edited and/or Published by Richard Thomas
Posted on January 31, 2014 Leave a Comment
I wanted to start a list of the beautiful book covers that I’ve either edited or published or both. I hope you enjoy the art and if you want more information, I’ve included links to Amazon, for those books that are already on the website. They are in reverse chronological order.
UPDATED: July, 2016
Scratch by Steve Himmer
Publisher: Dark House Press
Cover Art: Alban Fischer
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Paper Tigers by Damien Angelica Walters
Publisher: Dark House Press Cover
Cover Art: Alban Fischer
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Vile Men by Rebecca Jones-Howe
Publisher: Dark House Press
Cover Art: Alban Fischer
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Exigencies, edited by Richard Thomas (anthology)
Publisher: Dark House Press
Cover Art: Daniele Serra
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Stories by David James Keaton, Letitia Trent, Kevin Catalano, Usman Malik, Faith Gardner, Axel Taiari, Damien Angelica Walters, Kenneth Cain, Amanda Gowin, Jason Metz, Joshua Blair, Rebecca-Jones Howe, Brendan Detzner, Sarah Read, Bill Johnson, Barbara Duffey, Adam Peterson, Marytza Rubio, Nathan Beauchamp, Heather Foster, Alex Kane, and Mark Jaskowski.
The Doors You Mark Are Your Own by Okla Elliott and Raul Clement (novel, trilogy)
Publisher: Dark House Press
Cover Art: George C. Cotronis
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Release Date: April 28, 2015
The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers, edited by Richard Thomas (anthology)
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Cover Photo: Jennifer Moore
Foreword: Alissa Nutting
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Stories by Laura Benedict, Paula Bomer, Karen Brown, Shannon Cain, Kim Chinquee, Monica Drake, Kathy Fish, Amina Gautier, Tina May Hall, Nancy Hightower, Jessica Hollander, Holly Goddard Jones, Stacey Levine, Kelly Luce, Nina McConigley, Janet Mitchell, Ethel Rohan, Karin Tidbeck, Damien Angelica Walters, and Claire Vaye Watkins.
After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones (stories)
Publisher: Dark House Press
Introduction: Joe R. Lansdale
Cover Art: George C. Cotronis
Interior Illustrations: Luke Spooner
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Release Date: September 30, 2014
WINNER: Best Short Story Collection of the Year, This is Horror
NOMINATED: Best Short Story Collection of the Year, Bram Stoker Awards
NOMINATED: Best Short Story Collection of the Year, Shirley Jackson Awards
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US Version (Medallion)
UK Version (Titan)
Burnt Tongues, edited by Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas, and Dennis Widmyer (anthology)
US Publisher: Medallion Press / UK Publisher: Titan UK
Introduction: Chuck Palahniuk
Cover Design: US – Jay Shaw
Release Date: US August 12, 2014 / UK September 5, 2014
Stories by Neil Krolicki, Chris Lewis Carter, Gayle Towell, Tony Liebhard, Michael De Vito, Jr., Tyler Jones, Phil Jourdan, Richard Lemmer, Amanda Gowin, Matt Egan, Fred Venturini, Brandon Tietz, Adam Skorupskas, Bryan Howie, Brien Piechos, Jason M. Fylan, Terence James Eeles, Keith Buie, Gus Moreno, and Daniel W. Broallt.
WINNER: Best Anthology of the Year, This is Horror
GOD MEDAL WINNER: Best Anthology of the Year, INDIEFAB
NOMINATED: Best Anthology of the Year, Bram Stoker Awards
Echo Lake by Letitia Trent (novel)
Publisher: Dark House Press
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Photography: Helena Kvarnstrom
Release Date: July 22, 2014
The New Black, edited by Richard Thomas (anthology)
Foreword: Laird Barron
Publisher: Dark House Press
Design/Layout: Alban Fischer
Interior Illustrations: Luke Spooner
Date: May 13, 2014
Stories by: Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Craig Clevenger, Paul Tremblay, Lindsay Hunter, Roxane Gay, Kyle Minor, Benjamin Percy, Roy Kesey, Craig Davidson, Matt Bell, Richard Lange, Micaela Morrissette, Joe Meno, Vanessa Veselka, Nik Korpon, Antonia Crane, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Tara Laskowski, and Craig Wallwork.
NOMINATED: Best Anthology of the Year, This is Horror (2nd Place)
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 Backwards have done a great job with this.
OUT SOON!
1. “TIGHT PARTNERS” by GENE O’NEILL
2. “THE CHUTE” by GARY McMAHON
3. “WELCOME HOME, ALL YOU UNINVITED” by ERIK T. JOHNSON
4. “INTERFERENCE” by ANDREW HOOK
5. “THE WORD” by RAMSEY CAMPBELL
6. “THE COUNSELOR” by MORT CASTLE
7. “ORANGE IS FOR ANGUISH, BLUE FOR INSANITY” by DAVID MORRELL
8. “THE RIGHT THING” by JACK KETCHUM
9. “FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE SEASON OF ATROPHY” by MAX BOOTH III
10. “ANOTHER MAN’S BONES” by MASON IAN BUNDSCHUH
11. ”WHITECHAPEL” by P. GARDNER GOLDSMITH
12. ”PLAYING WITH FIRE” by RICHARD THOMAS
13. ”A GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE AND COMPORTMENT FOR THE SISTERS OF HENLEY HOUSE” by EMILY CATANEO
14. ”EMPATHY” by JOHN SKIPP
15. ”MNEMONICIDE” by JAMES CHAMBERS
16. “PASSING AFFLICTION” by PATRICK O’NEILL
17. “PICTURE-IN-PICTURE” by DUSTIN LaVALLEY
18. ”WHEN I WAS” by THOMAS F. MONTELEONE
19. ”DEAR BOY” by JOHN BIGGS
20. ”SCAVENGING” by KEVIN LUCIA
21. ”THE GEMINIS” by JOHN PALISANO
22. “IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER” by ANN K. BOYER
23. “THE TENDED FIELD OF EIDO YAMATA” by JON MICHAEL EMORY
24. “INDIAN SUMMER” by PHILIP C. PERON
25. “APPROACHING LAVENDER” by LUCY A. SNYDER
26. “THE GREAT PITY” by GARY A. BRAUNBECK
27. “BLOOD WOMEN” by USMAN T. MALIK
28. “VERSIONS” by E.L. KEMPER
Complete List of Stories in Print
Posted on October 25, 2013 2 Comments
Here is a complete list of all of my stories that are in print, or digital-only format.
It’s in reverse chronological order. Enjoy!
UPDATED: December 19, 2024
And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel
“Naomi Ascends”
(PB Books)
The Earth Bleeds at Night
“Supplication”
(Eerie River Publishing)
The Off-Season
“Sunk”
(Dark Matter Ink)
Lightspeed
“The Darkness Between the Stars”
Three-Lobed Burning Eye
“Kuebiko”
Qualia Nous 2
“Choose Your Own Demise”
with Repo Kempt
(Written Backwards)
Deathrealm: Spirits
“Ripples in a Pond”
(Shortwave Publishing)
Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao
“An Unusual Pedigree”
(Journalstone)
The Fiends in the Furrows III: Final Harvest
“The Keeper of the Light”
(Nosetouch Books)
Pulp Literature #38
“The Caged Bird Sings in a Darkness of Its Own Creation” (reprint)
Cemetery Dance #78
“Battle Not With Monsters”
Alternative Holidays
“Chrysalis” (reprint)
(B Cubed Press)
Shallow Waters, Volume 9 (Halloween Edition)
“Shackled to the Shadows” (reprint)
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
Nightmare
“The H Word: Pacing in Horror”
(non-fiction)
Weird Horror Stories
“From Within” (reprint)
(Flame Tree Press)
Spontaneous Human Combustion
BRAM STOKER FINALIST
(Turner Publishing / Keylight Books)
The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors
“Peripheral Vision”
(Bad Hand Books)
WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY
Liminal Spaces
“Rotten to the Core”
(Cemetery Gate Media)
Prisms
“Saudade”
(PS Publishing)
Nightside Codex
“In His House”
(Silent Motorist Media)
Christmas Horror, Volume Three
“Chrysalis” (reprint)
(Dark Regions Press)
XVIII: Stories of Mischief, Stories of Mayhem
“How Not to Come Undone” (reprint)
(Underland Press)
Cossmass Infinities
“Little Red Wagon” (reprint)
Shallow Waters: A Flash Fiction Anthology
“Maker of Flight” (reprint)
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
The Seven Deadliest
“Ring of Fire” novelette
(Cutting Block Books)
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eleven
“Golden Sun” novelette
with Kristi DeMeester, Damien Angelica Walters, and Michael Wehunt
(Prime Books)
Shallow Creek
“The Caged Bird Sings in a Darkness of Its Own Creation”
(STORGY)
Grease Paint and .45s
“Clown Face”
(Down and Out Books)
Nightmare
“The H Word: How The Witch and Get Out Helped Usher in the New Wave of Elevated Horror”
(non-fiction)
When the Clock Strikes 13
“Open Waters”
(In Your Face Books)
It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life
“The Many Faces of Horror: Craft Techniques” (non-fiction)
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations
“Golden Sun” novelette
with Kristi DeMeester, Damien Angelica Walters, and Michael Wehunt
(Written Backwards)
Mythos Magazine
“White Picket Fences”
Gorgon: Stories of Emergence
“Undone”
(Pantheon)
Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road
“Requital”
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre
“Storytelling Techniques” (non-fiction)
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
Tales from the Shadow Booth: Volume 1
“White Picket Fences”
Deciduous Tales (Debut Issue)
“Nodus Tollens”
Behold! Oddities Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders
“Hiraeth”
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
WINNER OF THE BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY
The Soul Standard
Golden Geese (novella)
(Dzanc Books)
Blue Monday Review, Vol. 3, No. 2
“How Not to Come Undone”
Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories
“Repent”
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
Tribulations
(Crystal Lake Publishing / Cemetery Dance)
Chiral Mad 3
“The Offering on the Hill”
(Written Backwards)
Blue Monday Review, Vol. 2, No. 3
“Twenty Reasons to Stay and One to Leave”
Gaia: Shadow & Breath Vol. 2
“Asking for Forgiveness”
(Pantheon)
Slave Stories
“From Within”
(Omnium Gatherum)
Cemetery Dance #72
“Chasing Ghosts”
XIII: Stories of Transformation
“Chrysalis”
(Resurrection House)
Litro UK #138
“Little Red Wagon”
Truth or Dare?
“Shackled to the Shadows”
(Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)
22 More Quick Shivers
“Homecoming”
(Daily Nightmare)
Dead Harvest
“Bringing in the Sheaves”
(Scarlett Galleon Publications)
Qualia Nous
“The Jenny Store”
(Written Backwards)
Pantheon Magazine
(Ares Issue)
“The God of War”
Penumbra Magazine
(Pain Issue)
“Balance Sheet”
Horror 101: This Way Forward
“The Journey of ‘Rudy Jenkins Buries His Fears” (non-fiction)
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
Shadows Over Main Street
“White Picket Fences”
(Hazardous Press / Cutting Block Books)
Gaia: Shadow and Breath
“Flowers for Jessica”
(Pantheon Magazine)
Vignettes from the End of the World
“This is How It Ends, My Love”
Pantheon Magazine
(Aphrodite Issue)
“Rapture”
Trouble in the Heartland
“Because the Night”
(Gutter Books)
Pantheon Magazine
(Dionysus Issue)
“Head Like a Hole”
Chiral Mad 2
“Playing With Fire”
(Written Backwards)
Fear the Reaper
“The Culling”
(Crystal Lake Publishing)
The Best of the Horror Society 2013
“Victimized”
Reloaded: Both Barrels, Volume 2
“Trinity”
(One Eye Press)
Bleed
“Death Knell”
(Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)
Cipher Sisters
“Dance, Darling”
(Thunderdome Press)
Booked Anthology
“Surrender”
(Booked Podcast)
Staring into the Abyss
(Kraken Press)
Daddy Cool
“Bloodline”
(Artistically Declined Press)
Best of Surreal Grotesque
“Vision Quest”
Midwestern Gothic
“Garage Sales”
Arcadia Magazine
“Chrysalis”
“Transmogrify”
Sanitarium Magazine
“Bringing in the Sheaves”
Weird Fiction Review
“Flowers for Jessica”
Into the Darkness
“The Wastelands”
(Necro Publications)
Nova Parade
“On a Bent Nail Head”
(Solarcide)
Terror Scribes
“Transmogrify”
(Dog Horn Publishing)
One Buck Horror
“Wicker Park Pause”
Gargoyle Magazine
“Tinkering With the Moon”
(Paycock Press)
Curbside Splendor – “Divining”
Slices of Flesh
“Rudy Jenkins Buries His Fears”
(Dark Moon Books)
In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1,000 Words
“The Jenny Store”
(Thunderdome Press)
Dark Moon Digest Presents: Vampires!
“Transmogrify”
(Dark Moon Books)
Warmed and Bound
“Say Yes to Pleasure”
(Velvet Press)
Speedloader
“Herniated Roots”
(Snubnose Press)
“Victimized”
Shivers VI
“Stillness”
(Cemetery Dance)
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 her cheeks, as the rest of us sit at the table, the howling in the distance, my reassurances falling on deaf ears.”
Final TOC:
The Life of Death by Mark Sheldon
Stumps by Jeff Strand
Death Squared by Rena Mason
Rapid Eye Movement by Stephen Bacon
The Final Room by John Kenny
The Culling by Richard Thomas
Crow by Steve Lockley
Instructions on the Use of The M-57 Clacker by Lawrence Santoro
The Death Catcher by Robert S. Wilson
Cedo Looked like people by E.C. McMullen Jr.
Spectres by Taylor Grant
The Tubes by Jeremy C. Shipp
A Life in Five Objects by Ross Warren
Death Comes for us All by Eric S. Brown
The Last Resort by Sam Stone
At the ‘Pay Here, Please’ Table by Gary A. Braunbeck
Der Engel der Liebe by Dean M. Drinkel
The Frequency of Death by Marty Young
The Final Peace by Gary Fry
Do No Harm by Joe McKinney
Non-Returnable by Rick Hautala
Includes a poem by Adam Lowe and interior artwork by Will Jacques.
Introduction by: Gary McMahon
Cover artist: Ben Baldwin (www.benbaldwin.co.uk)
Editor: Joe Mynhardt
“Playing With Fire” accepted for Chiral Mad 2, out in December
Posted on September 14, 2013 2 Comments
Thrilled to join Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Mort Castle, Max Booth III, Gene O’Neill, Gary MacMahon, Erik T. Johnson, Andrew Hook, David Morrell, and many others in this anthology of psychological horror, edited by Michael Bailey for Written Backwards press, and out this December. Chiral Mad was nominated for a number of awards, and even won a few, so I have great expectations for this anthology.
In my story, “Playing With Fire,” expect wolves, fireflies, waking up in a field, a lost love, a hut on a hill—you know, the usual. Honored, humbled, and stoked.
Complete List of Online Interviews by Richard Thomas
Posted on July 9, 2013 Leave a Comment
This is a list of interviews that I’ve conducted over the
years, all in one place. More coming soon. Enjoy!
With Noir at the Bar (Jed Ayres) at Walrus Publishing 7/2013
With xTx at The Rumpus 7/2013
With Amelia Gray at The Nervous Breakdown 10/2010
With Kevin Guilfoile at What Does Not Kill Me 3/2009
- Richard Thomas - 