Rick R. Reed WRITER

Rick R. Reed has been described as "the Stephen King of gay horror" (Unzipped magazine, October 2006) and his dark, suspenseful fiction has been called, "a harrowing ride through cutting-edge psychological horror" (Douglas Clegg, author of The Attraction) and having a "knack for presenting the gruesome lower depths of a soul" (New City).

His most recent novels include Orientation, a novel about lost love, reincarnation, and sexual orientation; a sexy thriller called High Risk about a bored housewife who chooses a very handsome--and very psychotic--stranger to come on to; Deadly Vision, a paranormal page-turner about a psychic reluctantly caught up in the murders of two teenage girls in her small western Pennsylvania town; In the Blood, a tragic vampire love story, and IM, a thriller about a serial killer preying on gay men using online gay hookup sites.

Past writing credits include A Face Without a Heart, a modern-day, Chicago-set version of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; Penance; and Obsessed. Both  Penance and Obsessed were published in Dell's lauded horror line, Abyss and, together sold more than 80,000 copies. Both books were reissued in 2006. His horror short story collection, Twisted: Tales of Obsession and Terror, was published in 2006.

Upcoming projects include Dead End Street, a young adult horror novel, which will be released in October 2008. A four-author horror collection featuring three of Reed's stories, Like a Chinese Tattoo, was also published in 2008. His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies. He is a member of the Authors Guild, the Horror Writers Association, and the International Order of Horror Professionals.

He lives in Seattle, WA with his partner.

Christmas, 1983: A young man, Robert, tends to his soul mate, Keith, who is dying from AIDS. Robert tries valiantly to make this a special Christmas for his lover, but loses the fight late Christmas night.

Christmas, 2007: Robert ventures out late Christmas night and finds a young girl about to fling herself into the unforgiving waters of Lake Michigan. He rescues her, and the two form a bond forged from an odd feeling they share of familiarity, and even love. Neither understands it, since Jess is a lesbian and Robert has never been attracted to women. But there's more...Jess begins having strange dreams, reliving key moments she couldn't know about in Keith and Robert's life and courtship. Robert and Jess begin to wonder if their inexplicable feelings might be rooted in something much more mystical than a savior/victim relationship.

As the two move toward and pull away from each other, Ethan, Robert's younger lover, plots the unthinkable. His crystal meth-addled mind becomes convinced there's only one way to save himself, and that is through Robert's destruction. Christmas 2007 spirals downward to a shattering climax in which both love and lives hang in the balance.

There's a murder attempt...salvation...redemption...

And a new love is born.

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A secret sex life...

A handsome, twisted stranger...

And a journey into a nightmare.

Beth Walsh seemed like such a demure housewife. But while her attorney husband was away at work, she engaged in countless encounters with strangers...until she met the one stranger who would change everything--for the worst. Abbott Lowery was every woman's dream; but the monster lurking inside his handsome, chiseled exterior was terrifying. And Beth's behavior is about to unleash the rage and madness inside.

High Risk is a story of secrets, tainted histories, murder, and kidnapping--with an ending so searing and brutal, readers will be left breathless.

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Deadly Vision is the story of a small-town single mother who becomes a reluctant psychic after a head injury and begins having gruesome insight into the fates of some teenage girls who have fallen into the hands of some cult-like serial killers. NY Times bestselling true-crime author Gregg Olsen called the book both "smart and twisted," the kind of book that makes readers want to "double check the locks and windows." Victor J. Banis, author of Longhorns, said, "Reed moves to the head of the graveyard with this bone-chilling story of a reluctant psychic, a pair of maniacal killers, and the slaughter of innocence. Be warned: it will have you listening for footsteps on the stairs. Fiendishly good!"

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In the Blood is a tragic vampire love story about three very urbane, art-loving vampires whose love for visual art nearly surpasses their lust for blood. When their paths cross with Elise, a Chicago streetwalker by night and twisted, but gifted, artist by day, an explosive love triangle is set in motion. The book has been praised as "dark and eerily romantic"; "masterfully written"; and a "gripping, brutal vampire tale."

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IM is the chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines story of a serial killing using preying on gay men using internet hookup sites. Reviewers have called the book "a fast-paced page-turner"; "a story any fan of mystery or crime fiction will enjoy"; a "deliciously nasty psychological thriller" and "ripe with genuine suspense and an escalating momentum that doesn't let up." IM has topped Amazon's gay men's mystery and thriller bestseller list several times and has been optioned for film by Panic Productions in Hollywood.

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