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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

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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 · 438 ratings · 42 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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FantasticLand

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A quick insightful read. This volume is a good introduction into the enigmatic figure of Baphomet. From its introductory days in the fourteenth century up to its influence into the modern culture of today, Heather Lynn does a good job of describing h ...more
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I can see the attraction this has to the Surrealists of our time, but to me, some of this was a struggle to get through. Picture if Edgar Allan Poe wrote American Psycho by way of William S. Burroughs and you will get an idea of what this is like. Hi ...more
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As far as his books go, they are good for the most part, but this one really dragged for me. More of a thriller than horror. It was hard to care about the characters and the ending felt rushed.
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This was a fine collection of stories based on the King in Yellow and that cosmic horror domain of Carcosa. Each one has its own take on everything that encompasses Chambers’ creation, and you will be farfetched to find any author that equals their o ...more
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