Ministry, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Meat Beat Manifesto, Frontline Assembly, Marilyn Manson, VNV Nation, Combichrist, Informatik, Delerium, Aphex Twin, The Misfits, Wednesday 13, Rob Zombie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Johnny Cash
Movies
Audition, Bride of Frankenstein, Halloween, In My Skin, Se7en, Zombie, The Howling, House of Wax, Cannibal Holocaust, Videodrome, Deliverance, Jaws, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Being John Malkovich, Lost Highway, Touch of Evil, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers
Books
Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, William S. Burroughs, Jim Thompson, Bret Easton Ellis, Andrew Vachss, Jonathan Lethem, John Shirley, Neil Gaimen, Caitlin Kiernan, Kathe Koja, Tim Lebbon, Tom Piccirilli, Bentley Little, Hertzan Chimera, Carlton Mellick III, Simon Logan
I'm a dark fiction author from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose stories range from hard-boiled realism to dream-landscaped surrealism. Much of my work combines elements of horror with a twisted sense of humor, such as my story "Bags," which was published in the anthology DEATHGRIP: EXIT LAUGHING (Hellbound Books) and received an Honorable Mention in the 2007 edition of THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR (St. Martins Press).
Other anthologies featuring my stories include BOOK OF SHADOWS VOLUME 1, CTHULHU UNBOUND VOLUME 2, CHIMERAWORLD 4, BLACK BOX, SHADOW BOX, and PEEP SHOW VOLUME 1. I've also sold my work to numerous magazines (CTHULHU SEX, BARE BONE, REDSINE) and webzines (SHADOWED REALMS, CHERRY BLEEDS, SUSPECT THOUGHTS).
Who I'd like to meet: Fellow dark fiction authors, editors, and publishers, as well as fans of dark/horror-related movies, books, artwork, comics, you name it.
It was great to meet you on Friday. I took a peek at your story in UNTIL SOMEBODY LOSES AN EYE...nicely done! You should come down to Chicago and read at Twilight Tales sometime. Hope to see you again soon.
Hey Mark! Thanks for adding me! It sounds like we have a lot in common. I look forward to finding out more about you and your work. Hope you have a twisted day. Click here to check out Twisted: Tales of Obsession and Terror.Or visit me at www.rickrreed.com
