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Rena Mason

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Born

Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Website

http://www.RenaMason.ink/

Twitter

renamason88

Genre

Horror, Dark Science Fiction & Fantasy, Dark Historical Fiction, Mystery

Influences

Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King|3389], Ray Bradbury, [a ...more

Member Since

January 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/renamason

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Rena Mason is the Bram Stoker Award® winning author of The Evolutionist and East End Girls. A longtime fan of horror, sci-fi, science, history, historical fiction, mysteries, and thrillers, she began writing to mash up those genres in stories revolving around everyday life.

She is a member of the Horror Writer's Association, Pacific Northwest Writer's Association, and International Thriller Writers. She writes a column for the HWA Monthly Newsletter, "Recently Born of Horrific Minds" and writes occasional articles. She also does volunteer work for the Horror Writer's Association.

An avid SCUBA diver since 1988, she has traveled the world and enjoys incorporating the experiences into her stories.

Currently, she resides in Las Vegas, Nevada w ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 3,283 ratings · 786 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Other Terrors: A Horror Anthology – Terrifying Short Stories by Tananarive Due and BIPOC Writers by Vince A. Liaguno (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rena Mason (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 1,292 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Classic Monsters Unleashed (Unleashed, #1) by James Aquilone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), F. Paul Wilson (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Horror 101: The Way Forward by Joe Mynhardt (Editor), Jack Ketchum, Graham Masterton (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Shadows Over Main Street by Doug Murano (Goodreads Author) (Editor), D. Alexander Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ramsey Campbell (Foreword) 3.68 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women by Lee Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Geneve Flynn (Editor), Nadia Bulkin (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2020 — 5 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 Library of the Dead by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erinn L. Kemper, Gary A. Braunbeck 3.75 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Evolutionist 3.80 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	East End Girls 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 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
	Strange Tales of the Macabre: Haunted Journeys by Rena Mason (Goodreads Author), Kate Jonez (Goodreads Author), Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Another Dimension Magazine 00 did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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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“It’s priceless just to have him listen and constantly assure me that I’m not psychotic.”
― Rena Mason, The Evolutionist

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November 2017 - Horror

Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, 472p

7 votes, 26.9%

Kraken by China Miéville, 504p

6 votes, 23.1%

The Troop by Nick Cutter, 358p

5 votes, 19.2%

Fellside by M.R. Carey, 496p

5 votes, 19.2%

The Evolutionist by Rena Mason, 266p

3 votes, 11.5%

26 total votes

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