Complete List of Blurbs for Incarnate is In!

Here is a complete list of blurbs for Incarnate, out on 9/10/24. Pre-orders are available now.

 “Thomas creates a detailed, transcendental world full of both beauty and brutality. There are too many monsters to count, and yet we still dare to hope. My favorite work of his to date.”—Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Mercedes M. Yardley 

A numinous slow burn blending foul and folklore from one of horror’s best, Richard Thomas’s Incarnate is a sumptuous and sinister exploration of human sin.”—Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories 

Incarnate is a stunningly creepy supernatural thriller set in the remote arctic. It captures the terror of being alone in the frozen darkness with something dreadful. Weird and thrilling!”—Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of The Sleepers War and NecroTek 

Thomas’s characters peer behind the thin veil between worlds, mapping a landscape that’s sinister but not hopeless. Incarnate will stick with you long after the last page.”—Angela “A.G.” Slatter, award-winning author of The Briar Book of the Dead 

“Thomas is one of the best when it comes to the art of visceral horror. Incarnate is as cold and immaculate as winter in the deep arctic.”—Laird Barron, author of Not a Speck of Light (Stories) 

“Richard Thomas is a major name in the horror genre, and his latest book, Incarnate, once again proves why. This is a strange, profound, and powerful tale about good and evil, and it’s one that will stick with you long after you’ve turned the final page.”—Gwendolyn Kiste, Lambda Literary and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Reluctant Immortals and The Haunting of Velkwood 

Incarnate is a harrowing look into the world of a sin-eater stationed at the end of the world. Richard Thomas manages to harness the northern lights into a brutal story about weathering the frozen tundra as well as the suffering of all mankind. Graceful, cosmic, and heartbreaking, Incarnate is a universe unto itself.”—Gus Moreno, author of This Thing Between Us 

“In Incarnate Richard Thomas shows himself to be a master alchemist who can spin elements of a survival tale, healing magick, cosmic horror, and true environmental dread into pure dark gold that’s enchanting, truly weird, and utterly frightening.”—Lisa Morton, six-time Bram Stoker-Award winner 

Richard Thomas’s Incarnate burns like cold ice. Forged from classic weird fiction, the feeling of isolation never lets up, even as the stakes rise to impossible heights. Incarnate offers a glimpse into a dark portal where nefarious things are all too anxious to cross over. This is Thomas at his best: dark, unforgiving, and painfully redemptive.”—John Palisano, Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of Requiem and Placerita 

“Reading Incarnate is a visceral experience—weird cosmic horror at its purest. Brutal and unforgiving, Thomas’s novel is epic in its scope and ideas. The creature horror is mind-blowing—endlessly unique and fascinating in its variety. In his skilled hands, even the wildest beast is human and capable of redemption. I truly don’t know how else to describe this meditative, monstrous, delicate, icicle-sharp novel. You’ll just have to taste it for yourself.”—Sam Rebelein, author of the Bram Stoker Award-Nominated novel Edenville 

Incarnate is a mournful meditation on the solitude of sin and the connective cosmic web that binds both man and monster together. Richard Thomas writes of our fall from grace with such transcendent eloquence, such astute empathy for the wicked and divine, it’s enough to rekindle a reader’s faith in the power of horror literature.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters 

July Issue of Gamut is Out!

Issue Seven Intro
July 2024
Richard Thomas

This month we have a special theme—fantasy and science fiction! We have four fantastic new stories in this issue: “The Clones That Make You” by Avra Margariti treads familiar ground while somehow still providing an ending that shocks and unsettles; “Between the Flickers” by M. S. Dean, an immersive story that finds humanity woven into the ghost in a machine; “The Colour of the Ninth Wave” by Katie McIvor an old Irish tale that haunts as much as it inspires hope; and “Dog’s Way” by Lindsey Goddard because he’s a good boy, and who can resist such a story? As for reprints, we have three more compelling tales: “The Mind of the Unbound Prometheus” by Nick Kolakowski, which telescopes and escalates and it loops towards a claustrophobic ending; “The Techwork Horse” by M. H. Ayinde, a brilliantly told tale of family, culture, and hope; as well as “Mycelium,” by Beth Goder, a touching story of friendship, nature, and ritual. Our original non-fiction essay this month is “The Six Most Genre-Breaking Fantasy Novels of All Time” by Joseph Sale—always informative, witty, and entertaining. And our reprint non-fiction is a timely essay by Todd Sullivan entitled, “The Practicalities of an Alien Invasion.” Our amazing cover art this month is by Daniele Serra, whose work I love (and have acquired many times over the years). Enjoy!

—Richard Thomas
Editor-in-Chief / Creative Director

June Issue of Gamut is Out!

Issue Six Intro
June 2024
Richard Thomas

As we start to head into warmer weather with summer right around the corner, there is plenty of exciting new writing to read here at Gamut. We have three new stories in this issue: “The Lack” by C. J. Goldberg is a looping, surreal story filled with tension and the uncanny, but also a dash of hope; “Bone Deep” by Wailana Kalama shows how far two people will go in order to express their love to each other; and “Otherwise Aliyahs” is a bit of science fiction flash that will leave you unsettled, and moved. And for reprints, we three more stories: “Dancing Sober in the Dust” by Steve Toase, a favorite of mine, that disturbs as it educates, the cutting edge theater and costumes of this tale taking us down a path of suffering and expression; “Coral, Again” by E. M. Linden is a haunting story that turns a restless spirit into something else entirely; and “The Things We Burned” by Jennifer Lesh Fleck, is a spirited story of youth and friendship, and what emerges when families are broken apart, fire and destruction always a great release. Our original non-fiction essay this month is “The Marginlisation of Shirley Jackson” by Harley Carnell, which pays respects to one of the first female authors of horror, an amazing writer we still read and talk about today. And our reprint non-fiction is a powerful essay by L. Marie Woods entitled, “African American Horror Authors and Their Craft: The Evolution of Horror Fiction from African Folklore.” Our stunning artwork this month is once again by Orion Zangara. Dig in and enjoy!

—Richard Thomas
Editor-in-Chief / Creative Director

Dust Jacket for Incarnate Finalized!

Dust jacket, with blurbs, has been finalized for Incarnate. Can’t wait for you all to read this. Out on 9/10/25. Pre-orders available everywhere.

May Issue of Gamut is Out!

As we get ready for May, with summer just around the corner, we have another exciting issue of Gamut to read. We have four amazing, original stories—“Red Snowdrop” by Diana Dima, which explores the disorienting loss of a loved one, and a garden with buried secrets; “The Unraveling” by Sheila Massie, where an alien message gets misunderstood, leading to surreal results; “To Hurt a Haunted House” by Stephanie M. Wytovich, a visceral tale that flips the usual haunted house story upside down; and “Be Glad, O Children” by Cormack Baldwin, a terrifying story of religion, belief, and creepy folk horror. Add to that two reprints—“Welcome to the Organ Extraction Emporium” by Alicia Hilton, a hilarious and unsettling story about body parts, fate, and desire as well as “Girl in Glass, Brightly” by Elou Carroll, an immersive dark period piece about longing and possession. I’m thrilled to announce a powerful new original essay by Poppy Z. Brite—“Redefining the Borders: My Experience of Queerness in Horror Fiction.” Such a moving essay by one of the masters of horror. We have two nonfiction reprints as well—Lindy Ryan’s fascinating article, “The Unapology of Baba Yaga,” as well as the thoroughly entertaining essay, “Alice in Wonderland is Horror, Actually” by Alex Woodroe. And finally, two intense, lyrical poems by Whittney Jones—“Wildcat Hills” and “The First Year of Marriage.” We also have amazing cover art by Orion Zangara. Something for everyone, right? I hope you enjoy this issue—tell your friends, and come back for more!

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ARCS of Incarnate Have Arrived!

Guys, I’m so excited. ARCS arrived today!!! You can pre-order now—ebooks are only $5.99 (not sure how long THAT will last) as well as paperbacks and audiobooks.

Here are the blurbs I’ve gotten so far—

“Thomas creates a detailed, transcendental world full of both beauty and brutality. There are too many monsters to count, and yet we still dare to hope. My favorite work of his to date.”—Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Mercedes M. Yardley

“A numinous slow burn blending foul and folklore from one of horror’s best, Richard Thomas’s Incarnate is a sumptuous and sinister exploration of human sin.”—Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories

Incarnate is a stunningly creepy supernatural thriller set in the remote arctic. It captures the terror of being alone in the frozen darkness with something dreadful. Weird and thrilling!”—Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of The Sleepers War and NecroTek

“Thomas’s characters peer behind the thin veil between worlds, mapping a landscape that’s sinister but not hopeless. Incarnate will stick with you long after the last page.”—Angela “A.G.” Slatter, award-winning author of The Briar Book of the Dead

“Thomas is one of the best when it comes to the art of visceral horror. Incarnate is as cold and immaculate as winter in the deep arctic.”—Laird Barron, author of Not a Speck of Light (Stories)

April Issue of Gamut is LIVE!

Thrilled to have the latest issue of Gamut live now. Click over, subscribe, and support us!

Original Fiction:“The Shift” by Miel MacRae; “The Skullhole Panic” by NM Whitley; “Naglfar” by Elin Olausson; “A Voice in Winter” by Derek Alan Jones. Reprint Fiction: “In This Dress, Stitched of Anger, I Thee Wed” by Lindsey Godfrey Eccles; “Coblynau” by Catherine McCarthy; “Cire Perdue” by Ariel Marken Jack. Original Non-Fiction: “Think You Know Horror? Dead Right Might Tell You Otherwise” by Lisa Morton. Reprint Non-Fiction: “The Rue Morgue: Evolution and the Horror of Being Human” by Joseph Sale. Original Poetry: “A Girl Walks Out of a Bar” and “The Boy in the Barn, 1929” by Jessica Walsh. Art by Orion Zangara.

And don’t forget the first three issue are out as well. So many excellent stories.

New Story, “Kuebiko,” in 3LBE.

Excited to announce my story, “Kuebiko,” is out now in 3LBE. Pick up your copy today. https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue41