Richard Thomas

About Me

Richard Thomas lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. He was born in St. Louis, MO (Webster Groves) where he attended Webster Groves High School. He did his undergraduate studies at Bradley University, where he majored in Advertising/Communications, and minored in Psychology. He was a member of the theater department, the Bradley Chorale, and Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

He was the winner of the ChiZine Publications 2009 “Enter the World of Filaria” contest. His short story “Maker of Flight” was chosen by Filaria author Brent Hayward and Bram Stoker Award-Winning editor Brett Alexander Savory.

Publishing credits include Cemetery Dance (Shivers VI anthology, late 2009), 3:AM Magazine, Word Riot, Dogmatika, The Oddville Press, Colored Chalk, Cause and Effect, Gold Dust, Vain, Nefarious Muse and Opium.

He is currently pursuing a MFA at Murray State University in their low-residency program. In his spare time he moderates at The Cult writer’s workshop (http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net) where they are putting together an anthology that Chuck will publish in 2010. He has been an Editor for http://www.coloredchalk.com (Issue #6 – Waking Up Strange and Issue #9 – Heaven and Hell) and is Co-Editor and Designer at http://www.sideshowfables.com.

His debut novel, a neo-noir thriller entitled Transubstantiate will be out with Otherworld Publications in June of 2010.

Richard is a member of the Horror Writers Association.

Why do you write?

Life does, and those dysfunctional, broken down moments when we really see who we are. I write to entertain, to enlighten, and to make the world a little bit more passionate, interested, awake and maybe, better.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Palahniuk, BEE, Stephen King, Will Christopher Baer, Craig Clevenger, Stephen Graham Jones, Clive Barker, George Saunders.

Choke, Survivor, American Psycho, It, The Stand, Kiss Me Judas, The Contortionist's Handbook, All the Beautiful Sinners, Weaveworld.