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Richard Parks' stories have have appeared in Asimov's SF, Realms of Fantasy, Fantasy Magazine, Weird Tales, and numerous anthologies, including several Year's Bests. His first story collection, THE OGRE'S WIFE, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. He is the author of the Yamada Monogatari series from Prime Books.

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Just in time for Halloween, I’m releasing ebook versions of The Blood Red Scarf. This is me writing from my Dark Side, and it’s got it all–ghosts, demon dogs, living nightmares, personal deaths, and a creature at the heart of it all who is far, far worse than any of them. And the only thing between these creatures and the living world is one often befuddled folklorist named Tom Anders who could have the means to stop them. Maybe.

The full description is available at either site. I need to do something special in honor of the launch. I’ll have to think about that.

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Have You Seen Me?

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You don’t know me. That’s not a complaint, just a statement of probability. I’m a fantasy writer who has been traditionally published for more than seventeen years, mostly short stories, novellas, and collections of those stories plus one novel. (Asimov’s SF, Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales, Tor.com, and such). My first short story collection (The Ogre’s Wife) was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. My work’s been more than favorably reviewed in places like Publisher’s Weekly, BookList, Locus, and Library Journal, among others.

Bragging much? Well, no, it’s more of an explanation. See, even with all of the above going for me, I understand that it means bupkis. Any reader who stumbles across my paper books or Kindle/Nook titles isn’t going to know who I am or have any immediate reason to care. In terms of name recognition, I’m no different than any random beginner. So this is my chance to say hello, nice to meet you. Let’s get acquainted.