The Brothel: A Whoring Thread for Writers

Fuck. 100 Bullets is the shiz.

for sure.

Did you see those nice hardcovers they came out with?

Here's book one:
http://www.amazon.com/100-Bullets-Deluxe-Book-One/dp/1401232019

100 Bullets is my 2nd favorite comic series next to The Invisibles.

no i didn't, but that's pretty sweet.

Yo, Noir at the Bar Vol. 2 is out now. A killer anthology of short fiction including myself, Fred Venturini, Frank Bill, Jed Ayres, Caleb J Ross, David James Keaton, Duane Swierczynski, Benjamin Whitmer, John Rector, Matthew C. Funk, and 20 others. Booked podcast reviews it today in Episode 109.

Seriously, pick up a copy. I just got two. Here's the full list, so much talent:

Contributors include: Jedidiah Ayres, Frank Bill, Jane Bradley, Sonia L. Coney, Hilary Davidson, Les Edgerton, Nate Flexer, Matthew C. Funk, Jesus Angel Garcia, Glenn Gray, Kevin Lynn Helmick, Gordon Highland, John Hornor Jacobs, David James Keaton, Tim Lane, Erik Lundy, Jason Makansi, Matthew McBride, Jon McGoran, Cortright McMeel, Aaron Michael Morales, Scott Phillips, Robert J. Randisi & Christine Matthews, John Rector, Caleb J. Ross, Duane Swierczynski, Mark W. Tiedemann, Fred Venturini, Benjamin Whitmer and Nic Young

Nik Korpon reviews my collection, Herniated Roots over at his blog: http://wp.me/pprz1-99

And I review his over at my blog. Check them out! http://whatdoesnotkillme.com/2012/10...rscars_korpon/

I dissect my contest winning story "Maker of Flight" in my latest Storyville column at Lit Reactor.

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-story-dissection-maker-of-fligh...

My review of May We Shed These Human Bodies by Amber Sparks is now live at The Nervous Breakdown

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/10/review-of-may-we-shed...

Powerful collection, surreal and touching.

ManArchy Magazine is featuring a new story of mine, called “My Dinner With Daniel Coletti.”

This one's more comedy than anything, and it’s live right here, courtesy of ManArchy.

Also check out the rest of the magazine for some great content. One of the tightest ships around for sure—everything about them is cool and I’m proud to be a part of it.

And of course there are lots of good things happening at Solarcide as well.

Hey i'm doing this contest thing so when you guys have a second, can you go rate my story because i think i have a chance of at least making the finals. You can read it if you want and do a proper review but it's cool if you just rate it. It's a five star story, don't worry.

http://www.ebookmall.com/author/stephen-conley

Um...you forgot to put gloves on your girl. Lmao.

I honestly thought about writing that in.

Put that in the comments as your review, that would be funny.

Really though it only takes like 5 minutes. Only one person has reviewed it and HE DOESN'T EVEN READ BOOKS. Jeez.

My review of Amina Gautier's AT-RISK is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. Powerful collection of stories.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/10/review-of-at-risk-by-...

I'm not sure why nobody's voting or rating. Someone named Jessica did and it's either my ex girlfriend or the one who posts here. It's not at all difficult to vote and it really does only take a second. Do you guys dislike me that much? Am i just being annoying? I dropped from number 65 to number 89. Read the guy who's at number 42. Here are some quotes from his story:

Another day in school just what I need. I ran away from the teacher who was yelling at me for not having the “proper” uniform on. I don’t see why its not “proper” the guys get to where so why can’t I.

“And here is the gym come on lets get changed don’t want to be late coach get a little crazy” I let Ash dragged me to the girl’s lockers, which he went into as well he pulled me to the back and grabbed me a pair of shorts and a shirt.

I sighed thinking I mean she might not be avoiding me, but then again when she saw me coming down the hall, she turned the opposite direction away from me, but she may have not seen me, but then again she looked straight at me. Well I think she did, ugh this is frustrating. I was so distracted by my thoughts that I didn’t notice a guy running straight towards me I didn’t have enough time to move so I ended up sprawled out on the floor, I heard a whistle blow.

And he (or she) is rated above me! I don't even want to bother anymore! There's only so many times i can post this on Facebook so everyone can just ignore it! They're all busy posting "funny" pictures or updates on a space shuttle or something. Thanks for NOTHING.

That lesbian story is awesome. I just gave it five stars.

I haven't had time to read it I'll see if I have time tonight.

Not only do you have to get your friends to vote, once the contest has picked their first weekly finalist, the ranking starts allll over again and you have to get your friends to vote allll over again. For like 6 weeks. That contest is flawed for so many reasons.

I forgot to mention this recent interview with yours truly over at the newly-relaunched OW III (formerly Outsider Writers). Discussing my books with the lovely Pela Via, I wax about evangelical terrorism, assholic TSA screeners, and my description of a sexual encounter with Minka Kelly (total cochlea tease).

“Music to Def Ears”: An Interview with Flashover Author Gordon Highland

And another thing! They deleted two of my reviews that were only one line but they were actual reviews, not fake ones. I emailed them and bitched about it and their contest and they emailed back and said they only delete reviews if there's profanity or the reviews had nothing to do with the story. Okay then assholes, where are my two reviews?? I have enough trouble getting people to review the damn thing as it is and they're off deleting the few reviews i do get. They did tell me though that longer reviews will give you a higher rating so i'll be spending as much time as i can writing reviews from my "friends". This contest sucks.

Any writing competition that's decided by public votes is a dealbreaker for me, because it's about popularity rather than writing quality, and I often think they're just publicity campaigns for the host site to up their pageviews or gain new members. I'd rather have a panel of experts decide if I'm any good or not, and not hassle my friends, cry wolf, etc.

The judges will pick four "wild card" nominees for the finals but even then, it's only four writers out of 200 or so who entered. That's the only reason i'm sticking it out. That and it's free to enter.

That "contest" sounds rigged to me, or at least very skewed.

Sorry, I haven't gotten around to reading it and I hate being one of those people that just goes and votes because I was asked to (the popularity thing).

I'm using this to my advantage. To quote Johnny Depp from the hit Robert Rodriguez film "Once Upon a Time in Mexico":

Bullfights. Bull hockey. Do you like this? The bull is stabbed, prodded, beaten. The bull is wounded. The bull is tired before the matador ever steps into the ring. Now, is that victory? Of course it is. Wanna know the secret to winning? Creative sportsmanship. In other words, one has to rig the game.

A generous and thoughtful review of Herniated Roots, my debut neo-noir collection of short stories, is now live over at ManArchy Magazine.

http://manarchymag.com/core/2012/10/id-sell-my-soul-just-to-shove-her-pr...

ManArchy Magazine is running a series of flash fiction horror stories from now until Halloween. My story "Gandaberunda" kicks it off.

http://manarchymag.com/core/2012/10/gandaberunda/author-richardthomas

To keep that same flash-frights party going, today features my story, "Shivaree."

Cool News, Everyone. Nova Parade is Now Available On Kindle! The Amazon Sale Price is Only 3 Dollars and features 25 Stories.

Here's the official lineup in addition to new stories from myself and Martin Garrity:

Richard Thomas
Bryan Howie
Bradley Sands
Tony Rauch
Rebecca Jones-Howe
Andrez Bergen
Jessica Taylor
Paul D. Brazill
Chris Lewis Carter
Amanda Gowin
Michael Paul Gonzalez
Fritz Wolfe
Jay Slayton-Joslin
Chester Pane
Joshua D. Moyes
Nikki Guerlain
Caleb J. Ross
Phil Jourdan
Laurance Kitts
Clint Rhodes
Dakota Taylor
Jeremy Robert Johnson
W. P. Johnson

Not to mention it's available through Amazon U.K. as well. Also check out a great review of the anthology from the folks at Booked. here.

Books and Booze Podcast interviewed Nikki Guerlain, Patrick Wensink, Bradley Sands, Andrez Bergen, Jack Ketchum, the list goes on. Tonight we're talking to Jeremy Robert Johnson. Enjoy.

www.books-booze.com

You guys are doing great Dakota. Keep it up!

(except your link doesn't work)

Fixed.

Pete looks foolish now

I never look foolish.

Not even with that 'stache you're growing. It's not fair.

Martin Garrity and I are proud to announce Flash Fiction Week at Solarcide—dedicated exclusively to the work of Len Kuntz.

Mr. Kuntz is a multiple Pushcart Prize Nominee and widely acclaimed with hundreds of stories published. He’s appeared in Juked, Elimae, PANK, and Word Riot among many, many other great places.

He appears this week at Solarcide with 3 New Stories—the 1st being “Accessories,” while 2 more stories will appear tomorrow and Friday—Check out “Accessories” in the meantime here: http://solarcide.com/special-guest-content/guest-stories/guest-stories-2...

Also, speaking of all things short—I have some micro fiction up at American Epitaphs, which was launched by poet and author Joe Nazare with Macabre Republic. You can check that out here: http://www.macabre-republic.com/search/label/American%20Epitaphs

Another New One from Len Kuntz is Live at Solarcide—“Carnies” is the second of three new stories from the author appearing for our Flash Fiction Week.

Check out “Carnies” here.

And Flash Fiction Week at Solarcide with Len Kuntz concludes today. Read the New Story "Life Is Beautiful," along with "Carnies" and "Accessories" here.

Scary Beach Monkey!!!

New Storyville column up at Lit Reactor—happy, not sappy. What do you think? Chime in, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-happy-not-sappy

My story “Wakey Wake” appears in the newest issue of Thuglit—Thuglit Issue Three—which is On Sale Now at Amazon for Only 99 cents.

Thuglit Issue 3 was also listed as part of Amazon’s Hot New Releases, and features 7 other kick-ass crime tales —8 altogether with mine closing out the issue.

Plus a Sneak Peak into the new novel from Thuglit editor and Dirty Words author Todd Robinson, titled The Hard Bounce.

Check it out here.

Cool Side Note: I wrote “Wakey Wake” in a writing intensive that I took here at the Cult with Mark Vanderpool, called Art of The Short Story. Those classes have since moved to LitReactor. Definitely take one if you’re serious about honing your craft. You won't regret it.

And Thank You to my readers and peers for your continued support.

I've always wanted to send him a story, he seems so cool.

I will have a short story collection coming out with Kraken Press this year, entitled STARING INTO THE ABYSS. It includes a few contest winners, and a Pushcart nominee. Dark stuff, as usual.

http://krakenpress.com/?p=98

Table of Contents

Maker of Flight • Page 2
Steel-Toed Boots • Page 3
Freedom • Page 5
Committed • Page 9
Splintered • Page 10
Fallible • Page 13
Stillness • Page 14
Fringe • Page 16
Underground Wonder Bound • Page 18
Amazement • Page 21
Victimized • Page 22
Twenty-Dollar Bill • Page 34
Interview • Page 36
Paying Up • Page 41
Ten Steps • Page 42
Honor • Page 46
Stephen King Ate My Brain • Page 49
Twenty Reasons to Stay and One to Leave • Page 51
Transmogrify • Page 52
Rudy Jenkins Buries His Fears • Page 58

I'm teaching a class over at LitReactor on editing your fiction. Should be fun.

http://litreactor.com/classes/trim-the-fat-with-richard-thomas

"In this two-week workshop, Richard Thomas will teach you how to edit your work like a surgeon—to kill your darlings, trim the fat, and leave only the best bits of the story behind."

And a few recent stories that have gone live:

"Flowers for Jessica" in Weird Fiction Review #3 (Centipede Press)
http://www.centipedepress.com/anthologies/wfreview3.html

"The Wastelands" in Into the Darkness (Necro Publications)
http://www.necropublications.com/into-the-darkness.html

"Fireflies" online at Circa Review
http://circareview.com/?page_id=703

"Kiss Off" online at Parable Press
http://parablepressmag.com/2013/02/01/kiss-off-by-thomas/

"Fix-It Man" at Black Heart Magazine
http://blackheartmagazine.com/2013/02/15/the-fix-it-man-by-richard-thoma...

ENJOY! New collection out 3/28, with a free eSingle out soon. I'll post up when these are all available. But peep the new art for "Transmogrify"!

Sanitarium 7 is now out. My Southern Gothic horror story, "Bringing In the Sheaves" is in this issue. This was a WAR1 story, that originally ran at Beat the Dust.

http://sanitariummagazine.com/sanitarium-issue-007-is-now-out/

All looks Fantastic, Richard. I've read a lot of those stories over time, so it's great to get them all available together through some great publishers. Love the artwork.

Got some things going on, myself. My New Story “The Urge’s Eternal Victory” is featured in the latest issue of Dark Eclipse (#21) from Dark Moon Books.

An action-packed tale of terror set in the bayous of the Deep South, “The Urge’s Eternal Victory” follows a pyromaniac on his quest to avenge his sexually abused wife.

Dark Eclipse #21 is On Sale Now for Only $1.99 through Barnes & Noble on Nook here, and Amazon on Kindle here.

And Thank You Everyone for the continued support. More news to come soon…

^^that looks great, congrats.