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Rick Powell

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

Website

https://tenebraerick.com/

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Genre

Horror, Poetry

Influences

Thomas Ligotti, Poe, Arthur Machen, Ramsey Campbell

Member Since

December 2013

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Rick Powell lives in Oak Forest, Illinois. He is a lover of
horror and dark fiction and his poetry and stories have appeared in
numerous publications including Bon Appetit: Stories & Recipes
for Human Consumption, The Ladies & Gentlemen of Horror 2014
& 2017, and Infernal Ink Magazine. His poetry books consist of the
titles My Soul Stained My Seed Sour and More Regrets Than
Glories. He also has a collection of short stories titled A Vault of
Whispers and his first novella Teacher was published in 2018.
He could be found on Facebook at
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Average rating: 4.27 · 446 ratings · 43 reviews · 56 distinct works

	My Soul Stained, My Seed Sour: a collection of poems by Rick Powell (Goodreads Author), Hydra M. Star (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dave Lipscomb (Illustrator) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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
	Patient #151 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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 Grove really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Teacher by Rick Powell (Goodreads Author), Daniel Byrd (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Lily 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	More Regrets Than Glories by Rick Powell (Goodreads Author), Amanda Johnson-Parker (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	A Vault of Whispers: Six Tales of Horror & the Macabre 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	True Nature it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	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
	Bloodtype it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Friends Like These by Rick Powell (Goodreads Author), John Sowder (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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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A 4 star review on AmazonUK for my story, The Grove.
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More Tales to Tremble By

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