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Richard A. Kirk

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RICHARD A. KIRK - Author, Illustrator, & visual artist

Richard is the author of the novella THE LOST MACHINE (Radiolaria Studios, 2010), the novel NECESSARY MONSTERS (Resurrection House, Arche Press, 2017), and an illustrated short story collection MAGPIE’S LADDER (PS Publications, 2019). Richard’s new, illustrated novel, TAILOR OF ECHOES was published in 2021 by PS Publishing. Richard is currently working on a new novel.

He has illustrated works by Clive Barker, Christopher Golden, Frank Herbert, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Thomas Ligotti, China Mieville, the rock band Korn and others.

Richard's art work is drawn from an interest in the forms and processes of the natural world. He explores these themes through the creation of meticulous drawings in i ...more

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	Weaveworld by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author), Richard A. Kirk (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 34,239 ratings — published 1987 — 80 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
	Imajica by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author), Richard A. Kirk (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 24,481 ratings — published 1991 — 61 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 Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author), Richard A. Kirk (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), David Niall Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 3.75 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 2009 — 10 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
	Death Poems by Thomas Ligotti, Richard A. Kirk (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.54 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2004 — 9 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
	Tales Of Pain And Wonder by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Richard A. Kirk (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2000 — 10 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
	Houses Under the Sea by Caitlín R. Kiernan, S.T. Joshi (Introduction), Michael Cisco (Afterword) 4.12 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2019 — 8 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 Lost Machine by Richard A. Kirk (Goodreads Author), Mike Mignola (Foreword) 4.04 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2010 — 3 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
	Necessary Monsters 3.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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
	Magpie’s Ladder 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2019 — 3 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
	Tailor of Echoes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 started the Recognitions a couple of weeks ago. Not rushing this one. I read a few pages every morning with my coffee. It’s dense and often funny. By the time I reach the end of this book, I am sure I will have read it 4 times. My brain seems most receptive to it in the hours before the concerns of the day start flooding in. The first couple of chapters concern the artist Wyatt as a young boy gr

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“He rubbed his unshaven chin with the back of his hand. Beyond the gates lay a life he had been forbidden. He tightened his grip on the satchel and walked spindle-legged over the sodden ground, glancing at the numerous closed doors on either side of the passage, expecting one to open at any moment. The walls echoed as he splashed through puddles of oil and water. He reached the gates, allowed himself a deep breath, and squinted through the ironwork.”
― Richard A. Kirk, The Lost Machine

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