- When Ms. Brugger was in Michigan on her most recent parent-maintenance visit, they lost internet at their house for several days, so she began going to Live Oak Coffeehouse (which we both frequent when we're there) to do her work. Then, kind of on a lark, she decided it might be "fun" to take her […]
- I've put up a new freebie on my website — "Epiphany: A Flying Tiger's Story," a tale of cosmic horror set in the Pacific during WWII. This one originally appeared in the Dark Tales anthology Dead But Dreaming in 2001. (There are also several other stories on the site you may check out if you […]
- During the forty-some years I've been writing and publishing fiction, I have developed what amounts to a unique mythos, largely consistent with (if not necessarily part of) H.P. Lovecraft's so-called "Cthulhu Mythos." Like many writers from my generation—not to mention generations before and after—I came up as a fan of Lovecraft's works and many of […]
- A short while back, I did a little scheming with our frequent travel partners, Terry & Beth, because Ms. B. has been going through a lot of stress, mainly from dealing with her parents' declining health, and we felt it was high time we helped her unwind with a wining, dining, and sightseeing trip together. We […]
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!
