
Welcome to Richard’s author website. Read about his horror, speculative, and literary poems, stories, and essays below. Announcements about upcoming publications and appearances are there, too. For his bio and complete bibliography, click the buttons below.

A curious new A.I. quickly supplants previous generation avatars.
Weird Fiction Quarterly: Artificial Intelligence
(Weird Fiction Quarterly | Announcement | TOC & Cover)
ISBN: 9798250668323
04 March 2026
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A poem about my great-grandmother, ghosts, gratefulness, and grief.
Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane
(Brigids Gate Press | Anthology Details | Instagram)
ISBN: 9781963355451
21 December 2025
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The 2026 Rhysling Anthology
(The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association [SFPA] | Rhysling Award | 2026 Nominated Poems & Finalists)
July 2026
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Lethal Chambers fill the sky with smoke and ash while war returns to American shores in this alternate reality snapshot of the world after “The Repairer of Reputations” by Robert W. Chambers.
Weird Fiction Quarterly: The King in Yellow
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ISBN: 9798298584685
23 August 2025
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A cryogenically frozen patient awakens in the future to existential dread.
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Forced to relocate, a newcomer takes stock of what it will take to make the new place her home.
A driver rests on the hood of his car while a monstrous storm approaches.
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Friends enter a café and order, but soon objects begin to simplify and people begin to disappear.
Larina’s Lit Lounge, Issue 7
22 November 2024
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Larina’s Lit Lounge, Issue 7

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Portland, OR
31 July 2026 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Join HWA Oregon at the Writer’s Fair, an annual event with programs and resources for writers hosted by Willamette Writers. It’s free and open to the pubic.
Richard will be there to help share what the Horror Writers Association and HWA Oregon offer horror and dark literature writers and publishing professionals.


Crowne Plaza Hotel, Portland, OR
31 July – 02 August 2026
Join writers, publishing professionals, and Willamette Writers members for “a life-changing weekend of writing.” Richard will be there to help out as a board member and volunteer, and as an attendee to learn a lot and meet other writers.

I do not use generative A.I./LLMs.
Writing helps me organize, complicate, and share my understanding of the world with readers. I lean into horror and speculative genres because there are revelations in darkness and the imagined. I have had the opportunity to work with many different editors, publishers, and other literary professionals. I’m on a mission to learn and practice craft to reach as many writing milestones as possible while helping others to do the same. As a reader, fan, friend, colleague, teacher, and volunteer, I support and celebrate other writers, artists, and literary professionals.
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