Rick R. Reed WRITER
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Welcome to the Virtual Home of Horror Writer Rick R. Reed
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 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. IM has been optioned for film by Panic Productions in Hollywood.
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 Orientation, a novel about lost love, reincarnation, and sexual orientation and Dead End Street, a young adult horror novel. Both will be released in 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 Miami with his partner.
Released February 2008: High Risk
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.
Read an excerpt here.
View the trailer here.
Released in January 2008: Deadly Vision
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!"
Read an excerpt here
View the trailer here
Released in September 2007: In the Blood
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."
Read an excerpt here
View the trailer here
Read reviews here
Released in May 2007: IM
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.
Read an excerpt here
View the trailer here
Read reviews here
Read interviews with Rick about IM here
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