- Erica Wetzel Fields and the Old Dude at AuthorCon. I look happy. I blame Erica. At AuthorCon last week, I was over the moon to see book collector Erica Wetzel-Fields making her rounds, as she is the consummate AuthorCon fixture. I think Erica has done more to support all of us authors than anyone I've ever […]
- Scott shining his flashlight into a chimney where,just maybe, that geocache is hiding Last night, friend and regular geocaching partner, Scott (a.k.a. Diefenbaker), drove up from Asheboro, NC, so we could make a geocaching trip to Roanoke today. Scott and his wife, Jane, will be moving to the coast soon, so it's about to become […]
- Thursday, February 26, 2026Obviously, these pics aren't from AuthorCon, but they were taken at a cool geocaching stop between Martinsville and Williamsburg—a cache called "Rock Out #2" (GCAA7W3), to be precise—along the Chickahominy River. It was a somewhat dreary drive, with a good bit of rain and fog, but I didn't let that interfere with […]
- Friend and fellow author, Richard Dansky, from Durham, NC, has a new novel release (Ghosts of Smoke and Flame), so last evening, he had a book release party at Bond Brothers Beer Co. in Cary, NC. Brugger and I decided to attend the event, and since Cary's a good couple of hours from here, we made a […]
Now Available from Crossroad Press!
The House at Black Tooth Pond
“Rainey brings Lovecraftian horror to rural Virginia in this chilling tale...the grounded and believable characterization of his protagonists makes suspending disbelief easy. This is cosmic horror done right.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
My newest novel, The House at Black Tooth Pond, is now available from Macabre Ink (the horror imprint of Crossroad Press), released on February 11, 2025. In ebook, paperback, and audiobook.
