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Tom Rimer is the author of THE GLOWING Trilogy, MALEVOLENT NEVERS, ODIOUS GHOULS, and BUOYGEIST. His work can also be found in a number of anthologies - including 13 Tales to Give You Night Terrors (2015), The Nightmare Never Ends (2023), Dreamcaught (2025), and Samhain Screams (2025). He is a member of the HWA.

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BUOYGEIST - now available

It's harpoonin' time! BUOYGEIST is here! My supernatural slasher, set in 1988 within the walls of a video rental store, is ready to send some October chills up your spine. Don't walk, RUN. He's coming for you.

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Published on October 03, 2024 11:20 • Tags: horror

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Average rating: 4.09 · 412 ratings · 165 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	13 Tales To Give You Night Terrors by Troy H. Gardner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erin Callahan (Goodreads Author), Tom Rimer (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 119 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malevolent Nevers 4.24 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buoygeist 4.30 avg rating — 66 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odious Ghouls 4.44 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glowing (The Glowing, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samhain Screams by Greg Chapman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cameron Trost (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matthew R. Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glowing: 2 (The Glowing, #2) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nightmare Never Ends: An Anthology of Horror by Jennifer Bernardini (Goodreads Author), Brian Bowyer, Elford Alley 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamcaught by Ashley Anglin (Goodreads Author), Mariah Norris (Goodreads Author), Erika McCorkle (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glowing: 3 (The Glowing, #3) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I've been out of the book reviewing game for a while now, mostly as I'm focusing on my own writing and other things, but sometimes you read a story that needs to be talked about. Wendig wrote one that sunk its trauma-fangs into my leg and refused to ...more
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Samhain Screams is the best Halloween anthology I have ever read. Full stop. I say this with some obvious bias, of course, as I do have a story in this collection. That said, as far as the rest of these tales, I went in blindly. Each one legitimately ...more
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“Kam hadn't spoken much to Heath in the past few years, but whenever she had, she found him to be barbed and ready to wound.”
― Tom Rimer, The Glowing

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