- 'Tis done—I have reserved a vendor table in the ballroom at Scares That Care: AuthorCon VII, coming up March 5–7, 2027, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Williamsburg. I have attended all the Williamsburg Scares That Care events, so now, each one feels kind of like a homecoming. This past year's con was among my […]
- NecronomiCon Providence 2026 is coming — August 13–16 — and Ms. B. and I will be there to plague the existence of everyone there. The con is spread between the Omni Providence Hotel and the Graduate Hotel (formerly the Biltmore). The programming schedule has not been finalized yet, but I will be participating on two […]
- No, the title of this blog entry has nothing to do with the dish in the photo, really, other than the fact that the the shrimpies you see there served as a something of a little reward for taking said revenge. Last Tuesday, after dumping Brugger at the Greensboro airport for her parental maintenance visit […]
- Back in 1992, after having spent several years writing exclusively short fiction, I buckled down and wrote my first novel, Balak. My agent at the time very quickly found a mass-market publisher who was interested in the book, and for a while, it looked like its publication was in the bag. Unfortunately, before I even […]
Now Available from Crossroad Press!
The House at Black Tooth Pond
“Stephen Mark 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 in February 2025. In ebook, paperback, and audiobook.
COMING SOON: Broken Barriers: the compelling sequel to The House at Black Tooth Pond, due later this year from Macabre Ink!
COMING SOON: Broken Barriers: the compelling sequel to The House at Black Tooth Pond, due later this year from Macabre Ink!
