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Sam Richard

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Born

in Minneapolis., The United States

Website

https://www.weirdpunkbooks.com

Twitter

SammyTotep

Genre

Weird Horror, Transgressive Literature, Splatterpunk

Influences

Georges Bataille, Kathe Koja, J.G. Ballard, Katherine Dunn.

Member Since

November 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/sammytotep

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Sam Richard is the author of several books including The Still Beating Heart of a Dead God and the award-winning To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows. He has edited ten anthologies, including the cult hits Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery and The New Flesh, and his short fiction has appeared in over forty publications. Widowed in 2017, he slowly rots in Minneapolis where he runs Weirdpunk Books. You can stalk him @SammyTotep across most socials or at weirdpunkbooks.com

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	Sabbath of the Fox-Devils 4.08 avg rating — 133 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 4.47 avg rating — 83 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) 3.86 avg rating — 91 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
	Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery by Sam Richard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles Austin Muir (Goodreads Author), Emma Alice Johnson 3.98 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2024 — 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), Katy Michelle Quinn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charles Austin Muir (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 49 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
	Beautiful/Grotesque 3.61 avg rating — 46 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
	Zombie Punks Fuck Off by Sam Richard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brendan Vidito (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Danger Slater (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2018 — 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) 4.08 avg rating — 38 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
	Grief Rituals 4.24 avg rating — 34 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
	Psycho Nightmare Freakout by Sam Richard (Goodreads Author), Xavier Garcia, Jon Steffens (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2024 — 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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Sam and 1 other person liked Ben Long's review of To Wallow in Ash, & Other Sorrows: "Review coming soon!"
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Sam liked Mother Suspiria's review of To Wallow in Ash, & Other Sorrows: "The brutal beauty of pure, undiluted pain- magnificent devastation laid bare and prism'd thru the lens of horror, refracted and reflected back with raw, intimate honesty- a void of grief and loss where the only catharsis is Art, TO WALLOW IN ASH by S" Read more of this review »
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Sam and 1 other person liked Teresa Ardrey's review of To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows: "To Wallow in Ash is heartbreakingly beautiful. Reading another's grief as it bleeds out on the page is a hard sell for some, and these stories will probably make you uncomfortable; but they should. Grief as horror teaches us about our humanity and ma" Read more of this review »
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Sam liked Brittney Kristina's review of To Wallow in Ash, & Other Sorrows: "Deeply disturbing and oftentimes difficult to read. I commend the author or trying his best to articulate the feeling of grief through weird horror, as being vulnerable is not an easy feat. I think some of the stories rushed too quickly and lacked gro" Read more of this review »
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“Her jagged pearl teeth dug into my shoulder. Their cold numbed the pain, as trickles of hot blood dripped into the crux of where our chests met, forming a lake that would flow over and onto the floor. I said nothing, but inside I begged her to bite me again, to keep this intimacy going to keep the greater intimacy at bay.”
― Sam Richard, Teenage Grave

tags: blood, horror, intimacy, love, pearl, teeth

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“My ear pressed against her spine as I caressed her unbeating heart with my hand.”
― Sam Richard, Teenage Grave

tags: blood, heart, horror, intimacy, love

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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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