Rick R. Reed WRITER

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All About Rick

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). Finally, Dark Scribe magazine said: "Reed is an established brand, perhaps the most reliable contemporary author for thrillers that cross over between the gay fiction market and speculative fiction."

His most recent novels include Mute Witness, the harrowing tale of a young boy's abduction and how small town minds turn to the boy's gay father as the culprit; Bashed, about a horrific hate crime and its aftermath, Dead End Street, a young adult horror novel; Orientation, an EPPIE award-winning 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. Rick also has two collections: M4M, which pairs up his gay romance novellas, VGL Male Seeks Same and NEG UB2. His horror short story collection, Twisted: Tales of Obsession and Terror, was published in 2006.

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.

A four-author horror collection featuring three of Reed's stories, Like a Chinese Tattoo, was also published in 2008 (and short-listed for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award). His story "Sublet" was featured in the horror anthology Unspeakable Horror, which won the Bram Stoker award in 2008 for Best Horror Anthology. See the anthology page for other books in which Rick's short fiction appears. 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 and their Boston Terrier, Lily. In his spare time, Rick reads a lot (check out his book review column at Dark Scribe magazine), sees tons of movies and plays, and enjoys exploring the outdoors.