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Joyfully Reviewed Does A DEMON INSIDE

I just wanted to share with you a great new review of my haunted/possessed house story, A Demon Inside at Joyfully Reviewed. The reviewer says, in part:

" A Demon Inside shows why Rick R. Reed is so well-regarded in horror circles.  I'll tell you right now, this book is creepy... horror fans can rejoice—it's not often that the elements of gay romance and horror are combined without sacrificing the suspense.  "

Read the full review here.

Buy A Demon Inside.

Five Tombstones for THE BLUE MOON CAFE!

Paranormal review site Bitten by Books gives THE BLUE MOON CAFE five tombstones and calls it a "luscious dark chiller" and "a deliciously horrifying adventure."

Read the whole review here.

Synopsis

Someone—or something—is killing Seattle's gay men.

A creature moves through the darkest night, lit only by the full moon, taking them, one by one, from the rainy city's gay gathering areas.

Someone—or something—is falling in love with Thad Matthews.

Against a backdrop of horror and fear, young Thad fin...

A Garage Sale Find

Recently, I heard from a reader in Wisconsin, who had found my very first novel at a garage sale (the original is now out-of-print, so it was a good find). Anyway, the note touched me and I thought I'd share it with you here:

I always look at the books first. Today was no different. A paperback caught my eye and, soon, made me smile. The previous owner hand penciled Excellent + ! on the first page of the front matter -- the blurb page. A ringing endorsement, obviously, but from whom, I had no ...

20 Gay Literature Classics: How Many Have You Read?

The LA Times have named the following books gay classics. Maybe one day, I'll make the list (hey! I can dream, can't I?).

Anyway, a lot of these books mean so much to me, as I read them on my long and arduous journey out of the closet. I have read 13 of them and have placed asterisks next to those. The others I need to get to soon.

How many have you read? What books are missing?

*"Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin -- a man discovers his sexual identity in Paris
"Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes -...

FREE on Kindle: MANIA

[image error] From time to time, I will post on here books that have cropped up for FREE on Kindle. Be sure to check back frequently, because these books often don't stay free for long. Today's book is Mania by Craig Larsen.

Synopsis:
A City Gripped By Fear. . .
Seattle newspaper photographer Nick Wilder has snapped his fair share of gruesome homicide scenes. But when a serial killer dubbed the Street Butcher takes his sick crimes to new depths of depravity, Nick finds the case suddenly getting to him i...

A Tale of Two Covers

Sometimes, our best intentions go awry. Recently, I wrote a blog revealing the cover for my upcoming gay romance novel, Tricks , from MLR Press (look for it in late September/early October). Well, the cover below, which I thought was wonderful (designed by the talented Alex Beecroft), was fated to live a short and uneventful life:

See, that cover, after everything was all laid out and put together, was almost identical to the cover used by another publisher, Dreamspinner Press, for their anthol...

FREE on Kindle: A Little Death in Dixie

From time to time, I will post on here books that have cropped up for FREE on Kindle. Be sure to check back frequently, because these books often don't stay free for long. Today's book is A Little Death in Dixie.

Synopsis:
The Blues were born out of need, anger and pride. Murder comes from those same dark places. Memphis has both. One of Memphis' most seductive and notorious socialites has vanished. Either she's off on another drunken escapade or the disappearance is something much more...

A DEMON INSIDE Called A "Keeper" and Rated 5+ by Bookwenches

I am thrilled with the new review that just appeared today on the Bookwenches site. Reviewer Bobby D. Whitney says:


In his novel A Demon Inside , Rick R. Reed ventures beyond the realm of the psychological thriller and into a world of pure horror. Before you pick up this book, you may wish to prepare yourself, turn on a light or two or perhaps every lamp in the house. And then don't expect to sleep undisturbed that night, because this, my friends, is where nightmares come from. A Demon Inside d...

A Great Day for Marriage Equality

While this is only one significant step and many battles remain to be fought on the road to marriage equality, Judge Vaughn R. Walker's striking down of Proposition 8 yesterday is an encouraging victory for common sense and equal rights for all Americans.

I can't say it better than he did. This passage from his ruling is level-headed, logical, and respectful of all human beings:

"An initiative measure adopted by the voters deserves great respect. The considered views and opinions of even the...

Gay Pride Float Torched in Alaska

Just ran across this news item in the Opposing Views online newsletter and thought I'd share it with you. I'm not really surprised that someone would deliberately set a Gay Pride float aflame in Sarah Palin's home state, but I did find one thing to feel glad (or should that be "glaad"?) about in the story:

"The LGBT community of Anchorage immediately rallied and, with donations and support, built a new float in less than 48 hours that included burned pieces salvaged from the original. They nam...