Check out My Profile in October's Lambda Literary Review

This month, LLR romance columnist and reviewer, Dick Smart, put some hard questions t o me and the result was an in-depth and revealing portrait. I hope you'll take the time to give it a read. If you do, you'll discover what connection I think exists between horror and romance, what my early-life head injuries have to do with my creativity, and, finally, the truth about whether my own writing scares me. Rick R. Reed: Master of Romance and Horrorby Dick Smart on October 26, 2011in Features, Interviews, Reviews, Romance

Post image for Rick R. Reed: Master of Romance and Horror     "When fiction is made according to its nature, it should reinforce our sense of the supernatural by grounding it in concrete, observable reality." -Flannery O'Connor Caregiver , the latest by the prolific Rick R. Reed, out now from Dreamspinner Press (cover art by Paul Richmond), is a straightforward traditional romance that may surprise his large horror romance fan base. But as Reed points out, "I am not one to stay within the lines when it comes to genre." Readers who are fans of his horror romances know that they can trust Reed to deliver solid stories and strong characters and that trust is rewarded in this powerfully, satisfying romance set in the midst of the AIDS crisis in the mid-90s...

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Published on October 29, 2011 08:51
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message 1: by Librarian (new)

Librarian Kate Awesome interview! Since it's Halloween Eve today, I thought I'd recommend your short story "Riding the El at Midnight"...that would make a terrific Halloween read-aloud!

I am not a fan of horror stories/movies, but I loved that one - the writing was sooo good!


message 2: by Rick (new)

Rick Thanks so much! That IS definitely one of my darker, more twisted tales.


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message 4: by Librarian (new)

Librarian Kate Rick wrote: "Thanks so much! That IS definitely one of my darker, more twisted tales."

So would you categorize that one as a HFN? I wasn't sure at all what would happen next...which made it even creepier!


message 5: by Rick (new)

Rick Librarian wrote: "Rick wrote: "Thanks so much! That IS definitely one of my darker, more twisted tales."

So would you categorize that one as a HFN? I wasn't sure at all what would happen next...which made it even..."


I think I'll leave the classifying up to you. With that one, I'm kind of at a loss.


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