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Patrick Tumblety

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Born

in Hamilton Square, NJ

January 05, 1984

Website

http://speakerpatrick.wix.com/patricktumblety

Genre

Paranormal, Psychology, Thriller

Influences

Joss Whedon, Mark Z. Danielewski, Ray Bradbury, Greg Egan ...more

Member Since

June 2013

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Patrick Tumblety's writing explores psychological horror and its ongoing battle against the human spirit. His work has been described as being able to deliver both "genuine fear and genuine hope." (Amy H. Sturgis - Award Winning Author)

Mr. Tumblety's first published release was 2012's Dark Passages, a collection of original thrillers. He also received an honorable mention award for short-format horror fiction from Writer's Digest, and was featured in Infinity's Kitchen, an experimental narrative magazine. In 2013, Mr. Tumblety was featured in Tales of Jack The Ripper from Word Horde Press, and Miseria's Chorale, an anthology of horror tales. His other work that year included Dark Moon Digest issue 12 and Siren's Call issue 10, both featurin ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 393 ratings · 89 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Tales of Jack the Ripper by Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ann K. Schwader (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alan M. Clark (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.85 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Science Fiction Short Stories by Laura Bulbeck (Editor), Edward Ahern (Goodreads Author), Stewart C. Baker (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 80 ratings — 6 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
	Miseria's Chorale by David Nell (Editor), Christopher Nadeau, Patrick Lacey (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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 Dead Inside by Laurel Hightower (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sandra Ruttan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donyae Coles (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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
	Dark Light Four by Sarah Jayne Carr (Goodreads Author) (Editor ), Mariana Thorn (Goodreads Author), Shannon Eckrich (Goodreads Author) 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Death Love Lust by Olivia Harper (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Libby Bishop, Michael Cross 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	Fossil Lake, An Anthology of the Aberrant by Christine Morgan (Editor), Ramsey Campbell, Michael Shimek (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Weirdbook #35 by Douglas Draa (Editor), Adrian Cole (Contributor), Chris Riley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2017 — 2 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
	Dark Moon Digest 12 by Lori Michelle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Patrick Tumblety (Goodreads Author), Stan Swanson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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
	Dark Passages it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 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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October 1st will be the premier of my new audio series, The October Children. Scary stories, seasonal poetry, and macabre memories will release every Thursday in October leading up to All Hallows Eve! If you're a child of October, check out the preview and sign up for the newsletter to keep up with the mischief! Come play in the leaves! TheOctoberChildren.squarespace.co Read more of this blog post »

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One Rainy Day in May (The Familiar, #1)

by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author)

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Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell

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Fortunately, the Milk

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Creepy! A wicked seasonal tale (for Halloween AND Christmas!) recommended for fans of horror and bite-sized tales. Will always read more of her work!
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Patrick’s Quotes

“They seem to be in a conspiracy to persecute you,” she said. “What does it mean?”

“Only the protest of the world, Miss Verinder — on a very small scale — against anything that is new.”
― Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone

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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: distance, life, loneliness, qotd, sense-of-wonder, universe

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“It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

tags: books, home, library

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“When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.”
― Elizabeth Kostovia, The Historian

tags: books

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“As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

tags: danger, history, survival

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