Welcome to the site. I'm a scribbler of horror and other dark fictions, and my novels and stories have been published in the UK and the US for the last fifteen years. I currently live in India, having been in Scotland for over a decade. For most of that time I've been writing one thing or another. Hopefully some of it has entertained you, or soon will. Let me know.
"In a genre where some of the most respected voices can't seem to get past vampires and serial killers, Wright doles out startlingly original ideas like he's throwing stones. More importantly, he's knocking us upside the head with them and making us think in a very enjoyable way." - Louis Maistros, Chiaroscuro
An original novella by Richard Wright.
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January 30th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Publisher’s Synopsis - When hack reporter Dexter Lomax investigates a series of mysterious craters forming across Northeast England, he fully expects to turn somebody’s well-planned hoax into international news for the weak-minded.
What he doesn’t expect is for suicidal beggars to thrust weirdly compelling video tapes into his hands, to be targeted by two opposing groups with deadly agendas, or to be in the centre of a drama that begins with the discovery of dozens of skinned corpses on the Town Moor.
Drawn on by his lethal curiosity, Dex is forced to journey further than even he had imagined possible, in pursuit of a story he might never dare write…
Come what may, the flesh remembers…
January 30th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Review - “When a tale has the momentum that this one does, you don’t want anything pulling you out of the story. If you’re a fan of good, old fashioned, creepy Lovecraftian horror (with just a tad of X-Files style sci-fi) you can’t go wrong with The Flesh Remembers.”
- The Reader Reviews, 2005
Full review here.
March 11th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Review – “A terrific, genuinely creepy novella… Lomax’s first-person narration builds perfectly to capture both Lomax’s terror and his pity as he doggedly uncovers the truth, rendering The Flesh Remembers worthwhile for any horror fan.”
- None May Say, 2007
Full review here.
March 11th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
[...] other news, I was pleasantly surprised to find reviews of both The Flesh Remembers and Dark Terrains waiting for me when I gt home. You can have a look at NoneMaySay.com, and then [...]
April 19th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I have a blog, Online Novels, http://online-novels.blogspot.com/, with the names, descriptions and web addresses of several hundred free novels available on the internet; please let me know if I may include your book, The Flesh Remembers.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Susan Crealock
April 19th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Hi Susan – of course, you’re more than welcome to include The Flesh Remembers in your directory.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Hello. My name is Elizabeth. I actually ran across your site by accident, but I was imediately intrigued by it. I am a college student living in Georgia. I also write horror and thriller stories. I have had no luck in finding an editor or a publisher yet. I sincerly hope that perhaps you can help me by telling me who I can get in contact with to help me or just which road i can take to put me on the right path. Thank you.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Hi Elizabeth. There are no short cuts or contacts that can help, I’m afraid. Write stories, edit them mercilessly, and find a good proofreader (preferably somebody who’ll be honest, rather than family, who will lie to make you happy).
Digest everything at http://www.ralan.com/wrthelp.htm, particularly the bits on manuscript format – you’d be amazed how many stories are rejected on these points alone.
Submit your stories to markets at http://www.ralan.com (ONLY when your story matches what the editors say they’re looking for, or you’re wasting everyone’s time), get rejected over and again, and eventually, if your stories are good, you’ll sell something. Repeat, ad infinitum. Your list of contacts will grow, but you have to earn them.
Good luck!