Stephen Mark Rainey

In a new agreement with Black Raven Books, the original publisher of my short fiction collection, Fugue Devil: Resurgence, I have reacquired the rights to it and created a brand-new edition of the book, both paperback and ebook. It's the same collection, with essentially the same packaging, apart from minor decorative changes and a slightly smaller font […]

A FREEBIE! Submitted for your approval: a sampling from my short story collection, Fugue Devil: Resurgence… a tale of eldritch horror titled “Masque of the Queen.” This one originally appeared in In the Court of the Yellow King (Celaeno Press, 2014), a volume of stories inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ “The King in Yellow” — […]

I'll be attending this year's Necronomicon Providence, August 13–15. The tentative panel schedule has been released, which I am posting below (the whole big monster; as you can see, the programming is extensive). The schedule may yet be subject to change, but I will be on two panels (In Mountains Older Than Bones: Appalachian Gothic, […]

Since my good friend and longtime geocaching partner, Scott (a.k.a. Diefenbaker) and his wife departed Asheboro, NC, for a new domicile on the NC coast a few months ago, day-long geocaching outings, particularly those involving trail hikes, have been few and far between. Still, from time to time, nice opportunities arise, and today, friend Tom […]