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Sam Richard

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in Minneapolis., The United States

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https://www.weirdpunkbooks.com

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SammyTotep

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Weird Horror, Transgressive Literature, Splatterpunk

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Georges Bataille, Kathe Koja, J.G. Ballard, Katherine Dunn, William S. ...more

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November 2011

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Sam Richard is the author of Grief Rituals, Sabbath of the Fox-Devils and the Wonderland Award-Winning Collection To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows. The owner of Weirdpunk Books, he has edited and co-edited several anthologies, including the Splatterpunk Award-Nominated The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Stories of the Eye, and Cinema Viscera. Widowed in 2017, he slowly rots in Minneapolis. You can stalk him @SammyTotep on twitter.

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	Sabbath of the Fox-Devils 4.15 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Wallow in Ash, & Other Sorrows 4.60 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg by Sam Richard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brendan Vidito (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kathe Koja (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.85 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zombie Punks Fuck Off by Sam Richard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brendan Vidito (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Danger Slater (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.45 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful/Grotesque 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinema Viscera: An Anthology of Movie Theater Horror by Sam Richard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katy Michelle Quinn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charles Austin Muir (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grief Rituals 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories of the Eye by Sam Richard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Koch (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roland Blackburn (Contributor) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A couple of new releases just came out through Weirdpunk Books. The first is Jo Quenell’s debut novella, The Mud Ballad, a mud-soaked, whiskey-burn tale of loneliness and revenge in a dying railroad town. This book is amazing and once I read it, I knew it would be the book to launch the press into publishing novellas. Early reviews have been amazing and I think people are going to lov

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Sam liked Michael Tichy's review of Grief Rituals: "A solid collection all the way through. Sam’s heartfelt and searing prose will remind you that blood runs both ways in an open heart but the reward for keeping the wound open is to know such beauty and truth. We Have Always Lived in the Jiffy Lube is" Read more of this review »
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Sam and 3 other people liked Sharron Joy's review of Stories of the Eye: "Short story anthology delving into the animalistic connection between art and artist, this brilliantly portrays creative madness and the darkness of the soul. This book is not for the faint hearted but if you like your horror on the more extreme side" Read more of this review »
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Sam and 1 other person liked Mae Murray's review of Grief Rituals: "Just finished Sam Richard’s collection GRIEF RITUALS. A writer’s evolution processing grief through fiction, a story for all who’ve known loss. Sad, humorous, bizarre. Stand-out stories: THE FRUIT OF A BARREN TREE, WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE JIFFY-L" Read more of this review »
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Sam and 2 other people liked Sharron Joy's review of Grief Rituals: "Short stories of horror, of the weird, of bereavement and loss, how to deal with grief and also how not to. These were haunting and I thoroughly enjoyed them "
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“What is death, but a final and sudden erosion of our identities into nothingness?”
― Sam Richard, The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute To David Cronenberg

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