Loren Rhoads


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Loren Rhoads

author profile


born
October 22, 1963

gender
female

place of birth
Flint, Michigan, United States

website

genre
Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction

influences
Ray Bradbury, Brian Hodge


about this author

For ten years, Loren Rhoads was the editor of the cult nonfiction magazine Morbid Curiosity. Before that, she wrote about cemeteries for Gothic.Net. Her short fiction has appeared in Cemetery Dance, City Slab, Not One of Us, etc., and in the chapbooks Ashes & Rust and The Paramental Appreciation Society. She’s written erotica for Unzipped, Sex Toy Tales, and Noirotica 4, with varying degrees of honesty. She's now part of a four-woman anthology called Sins of the Sirens: Fourteen Tales of Dark Desire, alongside Christa Faust, Maria Alexander, and Mehitobel Wilson.




books by Loren Rhoads

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avg rating: 4.11 | 13 ratings | 2 distinct works
Sins of the Sirens Sins of the Sirens (Paperback)
by Maria Alexander, Christa Faust, Loren Rhoads
avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 2008
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Deaths Garden: Relationships W... Deaths Garden: Relationships With Cemeteries (Paperback)
by Loren Rhoads (Goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1995
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Loren's writing

Excerpt from Macabre Ink interview (Horror)
1 chapters   —   updated 02/17/2008 06:08AM
description: http://macabreink.com/interviews/loren-rhoads-interviewed-life-is-a-morbid-curiosity



Loren is currently reading

The American Resting... 10/20 Loren is currently reading:
The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds (Hardcover)
by Marilyn Yalom
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1984 01/12 Loren is currently reading:
1984 (Paperback)
by George Orwell
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Loren Loren said: "I'm trying to source the quote: "In a time of universal decay, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

Can you help?
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Carousel Animals: Ar... 10/19 Loren is currently reading:
Carousel Animals: Artistry in Motion (Hardcover)
by Tobin Fraley, Gary K. Wolf
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Loren's recent updates (rss)

November 10
Nophoto-u-50x66 Loren made a comment on Claudius's profile:
286958 Loren wrote: "Thanks for being my friend. "
October 28
Ghost story reading hosted by Instant City magazine Loren said "yes" to attending the event: Ghost story reading hosted by Instant City magazine.
date: October 29, 2008 07:00PM
location: Gypsy Honeymoon, 3599 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
description: You’ve always suspected your overpriced Victorian apartment is haunted. Every time you walk the ridge of Dolores Park you hear whispers that you’re sure ain’t the J Church. Is it true about the downtown businessman who, possessed by the ghost of a pirate captain, ordered maintenance to dig a hole in his building’s basement? What about the notorious masked man of the Western Addition who hides under women’s beds?

In celebration of San Francisco’s favorite holiday, Halloween, join I...more

October 20
The American Resting... Loren is currently reading:
The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds (Hardcover)
by Marilyn Yalom
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Shiela Crerar, Psych... Loren added:
Shiela Crerar, Psychic Investigator (hardcover)
by Ella Scrymsour
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read in September, 2008

Loren Loren said: "I have been -- very slowly -- making my way through the Ash-Tree Press Occult Detective books. A occult detective uses forensic methods to unravel hauntings. I've just finished reading 2006's Shiela Crerar, Psychic Investigator.

Almost all psychic...more
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Words Written Backwa... Loren gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Words Written Backwards (Chapbook)
by Gemma Files
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read in April, 2008

Loren Loren said: "I am a Gemma Files fan, since her days of selling chapbooks at the World Horror Convention in Chicago. This chapbook was published by Canada's Burning Effigy Press. While it is fascinating, I didn't think the story was entirely successful.

For a...more
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Valiant: A Modern Ta... Loren gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (Paperback)
by Holly Black
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read in September, 2008

Loren Loren said: "When a friend described this book's plot to me, I was underwhelmed. Only after I forgot what she'd said and found the book on my shelf again could I enjoy it as much as I have. This is my favorite of Holly Black's Faerie books (so far) because the ...more "
Bloodangel Loren gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Bloodangel (Paperback)
by Justine Musk (Goodreads author!)
bookshelves: to-be-sold
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read in October, 2008

Loren Loren said:
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
October 19
The Experiences of F... Loren gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Experiences of Flaxman Low (Hardcover)
by Kate Prichard, Hesketh Prichard
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Loren Loren said: "I love psychic detective stories and will be eternally grateful to Ash-Tree Press for collecting up all the original pulp stories.

Flaxman Low was one of the original detectives. His adventures were published in 1898-99. He's basically Sherlock Ho...more
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General Slocum's Gol... Loren gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
General Slocum's Gold (Softcover Chapbook)
by Nicholas Kaufmann
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Loren Loren said: "I gulped this chapbook down in one sitting. It's rare that a story sets my heart pounding, but Kaufmann's prose in this is so assured, its pace so headlong, that I couldn't put it down. Highly entertaining! "




Loren's groups (recent posts)

Groups_nophoto-25x33 NaNoWriMo — 45 members — last activity 05/25/2008 04:31PM
Any NaNoWriMo people out there? What are you reading in the off season? What are you reading to get ready for November?



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