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Tom Deady

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in Malden, MA, The United States

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Tom Deady's first novel, HAVEN, won the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. He has since published several novels and novellas. He has a Master's Degree in English and Creative Writing and is a member of both the Horror Writers Association and the New England Horror Writers Association. He resides in Arizona where he is working on his next novel.
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	The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Will Errickson (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 785 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Haven by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author), Gail Cross (Cover Art) 3.92 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Those Left Behind by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author), Kealan Patrick Burke (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 314 ratings — 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
	Weekend Getaway 3.96 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Of Men and Monsters 4.32 avg rating — 146 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
	Eternal Darkness by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author), Richard Chizmar (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 155 ratings — 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
	Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author), François Vaillancourt (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 72 ratings — 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
	The Clearing 3.86 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Rack II: More Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author), Joseph Lansdale, Poppy Brite 3.70 avg rating — 64 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
	Coleridge 3.80 avg rating — 61 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

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Day 15 of the 2026 Halloween Horror Movie Marathon

I seriously don't know why I do this to myself. They lured me in saying Jamie Lee Curtis was in it and it was the sequel to Halloween H20 (which was pretty good). But Laurie doesn't say a word and is clocks out ten minutes into the film. The rest is Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks (yes, you read that right) trying to carry the film and failing spectacularly. There are other people and a bunch of kills Read more of this blog post »

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“It’s a book! All books should be read, and you know, maybe this is the story I need to read today,” she’d point to her recently completed book. “That’s what books do; they offer us something we’re looking for.”
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“Isn’t a weeping woman the most wonderful kind?”
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“Michelle could have told her it wasn’t May who was disturbed. The girl simply found ways to cope in a hostile world that used her for political currency when it was convenient, and ignored her the rest of the time. The”
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