Tony Richards (born 1956, just outside of London, England) began his career as a science fiction writer, before a series of his stories in the Pan and Fontana Books of Horror and The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories caught the public’s attention. He has since been a regular contributor to Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance magazine, The 3rd Alternative, Black Static, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and numerous anthologies and smaller magazines. His first supernatural novel, The Harvest Bride, was shortlisted for the HWA Bram Stoker Award, and he has since published some dozen others.
He has continued to work in other genres as well, contributing to Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine and – very regularly – to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. His first crime novel, The Desert Keeps Its Dead, appeared in 2014, and a second – The Tribe – is due out late in 2016. He has penned enough short fiction to fill seven collections, and his third – Going Back – made the shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards. Stories of his have seen inclusion in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Stephen Jones’ Great Ghost Stories (the best fiction from the Fontana Book), and The Best of Cemetery Dance.
He keeps on writing to this day in a wide variety of styles, and his Raine’s Landing supernatural adventure novels on Kindle have attracted a cult following. This book contains no less than 38 handpicked stories – horror, ghost, dark fantasy, mystery, crime, sf, fusion fiction, and even paranormal romance – representing the best of his work.
This collection is available exclusively on Amazon Kindle.
“An amazing voice” – James A. Moore, author.
“A master of the art,” – Black Static magazine.
“Richards is a master” – Romantic Times Book Review.
“A hell of a writer, one of today’s masters of dark fiction” – Horror World.
“An author at the height of his powers. He’s every bit as good as the best you’d care to mention” – Amazon reviews.
“Man, this guy can write” – Ed Gorman, author.
“A terrific author. A unique and eloquent voice” – John Pelan, publisher.
“Once again, Richards confirms his superb storytelling skill” – SF Site.
“Tony Richards understands the balance that must be upheld between fantasy and reality. He has immediately established himself as a favorite in my mind” – Matt Molgaard, reviewer.