The Brothel: A Whoring Thread for Writers

Awesome! I hope you like his stuff.

My latest Storyville column is up, about how to balance your family and writing. Hope you enjoy it, and it helps.

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-balancing-life-and-writing

New STORYVILLE column is up at Lit Reactor. It's about promotion. Go figure.

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-promotion

Weekly Podcast.

Books and Booze. With Renee Pickup, Jessica Taylor, and myself.

Episode 2 featuring author Jonny Gibbings and music by Paris and The Hiltons. Also, a discussion about the Carrie reboot.

Facebook: facebook.com/booksnbooze

Twitter: @BooksBooze

Personal blog: dakotaltaylor.com/books-and-booze-2/

For a different take on the politics of pleasure, check out
what the "sponge crushers" are doing in Ministry of Morgasm.

www.amazon.com/Ministry-of-Morgasm-ebook/dp/B006AU7FU2

Thanks for supporting a Cult workshop writer.

A lot of good things have been going on with me lately.

My first and only werewolf story, “Cajun Coyote,” was accepted for publication through Bête Noire Magazine, which will appear in the April 2013 edition. I’ll of course be back to announce when that’s available on Amazon.

But in the meantime, this week sees my story, “Life and Death and Laughing and Stopping: The Full-Length Edition” appearing in Surreal Grotesque #4—the “Sex & Death” issue.

You can check that out here. My story appears on Page 119, and serves as a follow-up to my popular story, “Roland The Conqueror,” which appeared through DarkMedia Original Fiction and Poetry in May and was named by DarkMedia as one of their “most popular pieces of original horror fiction to date” on Twitter.

Both stories work as standalones, but “Roland The Conqueror” is still live here if you want to follow the journey so far in chronological order.

I do appreciate the support and interest. Thanks and congratulations to everyone else who's kicking ass.

http://americantypo.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/im-too-sexy-for-this-blog/

New post on the horror of taking author pictures. Enjoy, share, repost.

Through Friday, I'm offering free e-books of my novel Flashover. Details:

http://gordonhighland.com/2012/07/free-flashover-e-book

Chris Lewis Carter has released his New YA/Fantasy Series, Camp Myth, which is Now Available on Amazon through Kindle here.

Camp Myth #1: Phoenix Watching is only the first of more great stories to come from the Camp Myth Universe. My character appearing in the included story with #1, “Snakes and Campers,” is Natious The Cyclopean Sharpshooter!

Learn more about Camp Myth here, and more about the author here.

Camp Myth #1: Phoenix Watching will be available in both paperback and more e-book editions at Barnes&Noble, Amazon, and Smashwords in the very near future. Also be sure to check out "Kill Screen," a highly acclaimed short story from Chris Lewis Carter in the Nova Parade anthology from Solarcide. That's also Still FREE, by the way, right here.

My review of MY ONLY WIFE by Jac Jemc is now live at TNB. Haunting, touching and ultimately unsettling. Loved it.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/08/review-of-my-only-wif...

Hey, lookie, there's a free story up by me over at Solarcide called 'Burgatory. It's about a life insurance salesman facing his own mortality as planes of the multiverse collide. Dig, and share if you please. Thanks!

New STORYVILLE column is live, it's all about how to end your stories. Make it resonate!

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-endings-twisted-and-otherwise

Very excited to share this. I'm part of Flying House 2012 here in Chicago. I wrote a story "Letters Into the Void" paired with a painter, Christina Loraine and it has turned out great. You can check out a preview of the book here:

http://www.blurb.com/books/3469182

The event is coming up on Saturday, August 25th at the Maes Studio, 167 North Racine. Doors open at 6 pm, event starts at 8 pm. You can BUY this beautiful coffee table book for $36 (which gives you free admission) here (It's #3):

http://ourflyinghouse.com/contribute.html

I know it's expensive. But it's a beautiful book and a great cause. We got a Poets & Writers grant for the authors involved, my first! Spread the word.

Man, y'all are busy!

It's been kinda nuts lately, yeah. Speaking of, here's me slurring through an episode of Books and Booze as we talk about, um . . . books and booze. And unusual musical instruments and incestuous writing communities and all that good shit.

cool! yeah it's a fun book. her style is very hypnotic.

Books and Booze website is now live! Our recent guest, Gordon Highland stopped by to have a drink and chat with us. Pela Via next episode! Upcoming guests: Lidia Yuknavitch, Patrick Wensink, and Jack Ketchum!

http://www.books-booze.com/

My latest Storyville column is now live. It's all about editing. ENJOY!

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-the-horror-of-editing-and-revis...

My magical realism story, "Fireflies" is now live at Circa. A man, wolves, and a cliff. Enjoy.

http://circareview.com/?page_id=703

My review of Paul Tremblay's Swallowing a Donkey's Eye is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. A satirical, near future look at a dystopian world. Loved it.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/09/review-of-swallowing-...

My new Storyville column is now live over at Lit Reactor. It's all about writing sex scenes. ENJOY!

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-writing-about-sex

I have a story, "Something's Broken," in the latest issue of Flywheel Magazine. Lots of talent in here, Mel Bosworth, Chris Deal, and my MSU MFA pal, Heather Foster has three gripping poems. Check it out.

http://www.flywheelmag.com/category/archives/issue-three/

I have a story, "Ten Steps" up at The Dying Goose. It originally ran as part of the ChiZine relaunch for Chiaroscuro.

http://thedyinggoose.com/short-stories/ten-steps-by-richard-thomas/

I can't keep up with Richard. I hope some day he anthologizes all his shorts and Kindleizes them.

lol...funny you say that, i have a collection coming out next week, Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press)

Not everything, only 16:

Table of Contents
Unzipped
Your Enemies Will Devour You
A Bird in the Hand
Released
Herniated Roots
Seeing Red
Gateway
Say Yes to Pleasure
Terrapin Station
Daybreak
Three Mistakes
Descent
The Jenny Store
Tinkering With the Moon
Kiss Off
Dyer

W00t.

lol...it would be cool to put EVERYTHING all together. maybe i'll do that at some point. The Complete Richard Thomas: The First Five Years or something. i have written and published over sixty stories in the last five years. that would be a big book, but Kindle, very cool. thanks for the continued support! means a lot.

And that next novel is due when?

ah, that may be awhile still. my agent and i have only been shopping Disintegration about two months. gotten REALLY close on a few big presses, but no offer yet. so, even if i got an offer tomorrow it'd be at least a year out. it's Falling Down meets Dexter.

i am rewriting Transubstantiate as a 3rd-person YA. that should be interesting. could sell even faster, according to Paula.

also, doing a four novella project with Nik Korpon, Axel Taiari, and Caleb J. Ross, which she's repping that as well, and i'm really excited about Four Corners. kind of a Sin City vibe.

horror collection, Staring Into the Abyss, fell through with Kraken Press, contract expires in December, will be shopping that early in 2013.

and...i may do a non-fiction collection of essays and annotations.

next up is my story "Flowers for Jessica" in Weird Fiction Review in October. that's at Centipede Press and they do beautiful work, get a lot of nominations and attention with their work.

My debut collection of short stories, Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press) is now out on the Kindle. There are sixteen stories in this book, several that aren't available anywhere else, a few that are only in print, and it includes two stories that were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Only $3! Enjoy. And thanks for your continued
support.

http://www.amazon.com/Herniated-Roots-ebook/dp/B009AHRWXC

DESCRIPTION:

A tremor of desperation runs through Herniated Roots, the debut story collection from acclaimed short story writer Richard Thomas. Herniated Roots is filled with desperate characters that could be someone you know in these hard times: sexy pool hustlers, husband and wife teams, spurned lovers. In these stories you'll read about a payoff with counterfeit bills and things that may or may not be happening. Thomas' fiction will grab you hard and leave you wanting more.

PRAISE:

“Richard Thomas’s stories are filled with a kind of dark magic shot through with danger. These are beautiful roses loaded with thorns. Take hold of them at your own risk and reward—be prepared for the most exquisite, ecstatic kind of pain.”
—Amber Sparks, MAY WE SHED THESE HUMAN BODIES

“Richard Thomas writes from the inglorious depths of human experience. Each sentence, blooming like a bruise, articulates the unspeakable truth of our own disappointment. In Herniated Roots, an aggressive collection of modern fables and cautionary tales, Thomas delivers the kind of prose that leaves you bloody on the inside. This is the kind of book that demands a second reading long before your ribs begin to heal.”
—Daniel Casebeer, PEAR NOIR

“Richard Thomas writes seductively mordant prose. His powerful short stories are noir fables for the twenty-first century—gracefully controlled yet executed with a lethal precision. Precious few writers can provide a vital anatomy of the inner self. Thomas does so masterfully, presenting the darkest slices of the human soul.”
—Darren Richard Carlaw, STEPAWAY MAGAZINE

“Richard Thomas can make his readers feel what he wants them to feel. He distills life into the moments that charge us, and he works them into honest and gripping prose, with visuals that invariably leave a mark.”
—Pela Via, WARMED AND BOUND

“An outstanding short story writer who consistently nails the bull’s-eye.”
—David Cranmer, BEAT TO A PULP

“Herniated Roots by Richard Thomas demonstrates a masterly use of tension. Real page-turning fiction that never resorts to cliché or stereotype.”
—Doug Johnstone, HIT AND RUN

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unzipped
Your Enemies Will Devour You
A Bird in the Hand
Released
Herniated Roots
Seeing Red
Gateway
Say Yes to Pleasure
Terrapin Station
Daybreak
Three Mistakes
Descent
The Jenny Store
Tinkering With the Moon
Kiss Off
Dyer

http://www.amazon.com/Herniated-Roots-ebook/dp/B009AHRWXC

I'm all over that.

Fantastic. Spread the word!

New Storyville column is now up, all about writing narrative hooks. Hope it helps!

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-narrative-hooks

Richard's Herniated Roots is also available for nook.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/herniated-roots-richard-thomas/111292710...

hey, hey! thanks pete. didn't realize that (or, forgot about that)

Well, I have a nook - so I always run and check when you guys post stuff. I'll be buying that as soon as I get home Richard.

fantastic. if you post up a review at amazon/b&n/goodreads i'll send you a signed/limited edition of Transubstantiate. email me your mailing address to wickerkat@aol.com - cool? and thanks. i appreciate the support. not every story in that collection is a home run, but there's a few in there i really like.

Kindle Price: $5.74 includes VAT* & free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet

That's what I get for living in the middle of nowhere. Still bought it, though.

jeez, sorry about that. but thanks! hope you enjoy it. cool avatar, btw.

Thanks, it's by Stuntkid. He's into some pretty cool stuff.

Do this, PLEEEEEEEEEASE!

wickerkat wrote:

My debut collection of short stories, Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press) is now out on the Kindle. There are sixteen stories in this book, several that aren't available anywhere else, a few that are only in print, and it includes two stories that were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Only $3! Enjoy. And thanks for your continued
support.

http://www.amazon.com/Herniated-Roots-ebook/dp/B009AHRWXC

DESCRIPTION:

A tremor of desperation runs through Herniated Roots, the debut story collection from acclaimed short story writer Richard Thomas. Herniated Roots is filled with desperate characters that could be someone you know in these hard times: sexy pool hustlers, husband and wife teams, spurned lovers. In these stories you'll read about a payoff with counterfeit bills and things that may or may not be happening. Thomas' fiction will grab you hard and leave you wanting more.

PRAISE:

“Richard Thomas’s stories are filled with a kind of dark magic shot through with danger. These are beautiful roses loaded with thorns. Take hold of them at your own risk and reward—be prepared for the most exquisite, ecstatic kind of pain.”
—Amber Sparks, MAY WE SHED THESE HUMAN BODIES

“Richard Thomas writes from the inglorious depths of human experience. Each sentence, blooming like a bruise, articulates the unspeakable truth of our own disappointment. In Herniated Roots, an aggressive collection of modern fables and cautionary tales, Thomas delivers the kind of prose that leaves you bloody on the inside. This is the kind of book that demands a second reading long before your ribs begin to heal.”
—Daniel Casebeer, PEAR NOIR

“Richard Thomas writes seductively mordant prose. His powerful short stories are noir fables for the twenty-first century—gracefully controlled yet executed with a lethal precision. Precious few writers can provide a vital anatomy of the inner self. Thomas does so masterfully, presenting the darkest slices of the human soul.”
—Darren Richard Carlaw, STEPAWAY MAGAZINE

“Richard Thomas can make his readers feel what he wants them to feel. He distills life into the moments that charge us, and he works them into honest and gripping prose, with visuals that invariably leave a mark.”
—Pela Via, WARMED AND BOUND

“An outstanding short story writer who consistently nails the bull’s-eye.”
—David Cranmer, BEAT TO A PULP

“Herniated Roots by Richard Thomas demonstrates a masterly use of tension. Real page-turning fiction that never resorts to cliché or stereotype.”
—Doug Johnstone, HIT AND RUN

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unzipped
Your Enemies Will Devour You
A Bird in the Hand
Released
Herniated Roots
Seeing Red
Gateway
Say Yes to Pleasure
Terrapin Station
Daybreak
Three Mistakes
Descent
The Jenny Store
Tinkering With the Moon
Kiss Off
Dyer

http://www.amazon.com/Herniated-Roots-ebook/dp/B009AHRWXC

I just bought this. Thanks for the good stories, Richard!

^thanks for the support! i appreciate it, Alecia. yeah, maybe i will do something with all of the stores in it. i have a collection with Kraken out later this year, but had a press interested in publishing with me as well, might be up for the complete thing!

We’re featuring an Exclusive/New Story at Solarcide from Dark Sci-Fi author JANDEN HALE—creator of the acclaimed Everwind Series and founder of ManArchy Magazine. "Gift of the Rook" is live here.

We’re also featuring an interview with the Everwind author—the interview’s doing great for us, too, bringing in a lot of traffic and feedback—You can check that out right here.

And be sure to head over to Facebook to enter our Book Giveaway to win Signed Copies of Flashover by Gordon Highland, and Transubstantiate by Richard Thomas.

All you have to do to enter is “Like” Solarcide on Facebook here if you haven’t already.

Otherwise, enjoy the new Everwind story and interview from author Janden Hale!!

My review of Paula Bomer's NINE MONTHS is now live at The Nervous Breakdown.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/09/review-of-nine-months...

Powerful, emotional story. Loved it.

I honestly don't know that I could enjoy that book.

it's tough, alecia. but i hear you. i'm not a mother, so i can only speak from my side of it all. i thought it was something totally unexpected, and kind of fascinating. definitely irresponsible, the character, but haven't we all wanted to run away from it all at some point? i started out unsure of how i would get through the book, but she grew on me. we're all complicated people. i enjoyed the book, but kept reminding myself, it's fiction. definitely not for everyone.

New column. THE WORD. 100 Bullets, Libraries, Aeon Flux, Ramen Noodles, and Daughters. Check it out.

http://manarchymag.com/core/2012/09/the-word-100-bullets-libraries-aeon-...