The Organ Takers has been selected as a finalist in Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards for 2014. What is Foreword Reviews? Foreword Reviews is both an online and print review journal that reviews independently published books. It is distributed quarterly to 7500 librarians and booksellers and is also available at most Barnes &… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Richard
Organ Takers Book Bubbles: Act I, The Complete Set
If you’ve read my previous blog posts or social media posts on the topic, then you already know what a Bublish book bubble is. If not, here’s a recap. Bublish is a unique book-discovery website that uses “book bubbles” to create an interface between authors and readers. The bubbles contain excerpts from… Continue Reading
Night of the Jaguar
I recently reviewed a novella titled The Immortal Game written by Mike Minor, a fellow alum from the Pine Manor College MFA program, and if this review sounds a lot like that one it is with good reason. In that review I praised Mike for the depth he brought to his characters and language. I mentioned how… Continue Reading
The Final Push Complete Collection
Listed below you will find the complete set of book bubbles for my short story The Final Push. What are book bubbles? Bublish is a unique book-discovery website that uses “book bubbles” to create an interface between authors and readers. The bubbles contain excerpts from the text alongside author insights, and the author can create… Continue Reading
The Me, Myself, and I Interview – Part 7
In Part 6 of the Me, Myself, and I interview, I describe how a crazed vigilante (Charles Bronson’s character in Death Wish) set my writing career in motion. In Part 7, I talk about how forced socialization amongst a group of writing students started me down the path to a Master’s degree in creative writing and… Continue Reading
The Immortal Game
If you found this book lying around somewhere with the covers torn off, and you started reading it, you might think it was a Dennis Lehane novel. It’s crime fiction set in Boston, and its primary characters are mobsters and a wounded cop, but more importantly, the characters and language have great depth. This… Continue Reading
The Organ Takers Launch Day
That’s right. The Organ Takers launches today and is now available in hardcover, paperback, and e-book formats from all of the major retailers. Go to the preview page to learn about the story and what inspired it. Go to the books page for links to retailers. View the latest book bubble here. Watch… Continue Reading
Trauma University – Part 4: Emergency Tracheostomy
Are you a doomsday survivalist preparing for Armageddon, and you are concerned that one of your compatriots may take a bullet or shrapnel to the face, or sustain a severe burn to the head, thus developing obstruction of the upper airway? Or perhaps you frequently dine in restaurants, and you fear that one of your… Continue Reading
More Book Bubbles
Since my last “Bublish” post, I’ve added five more book bubbles for my short story The Final Push. If you haven’t read my original post about Bublish, here’s a recap: Bublish is a unique book-discovery website that uses “book bubbles” to create an interface between authors and readers. The bubbles contain excerpts from the text alongside author… Continue Reading
Trauma University – Part 3: “Trauma is a Recurrent Disease.”
Trauma is a recurrent disease? What does that mean? This is one of the many truths I learned as a surgery resident at LSU. Most of the traumatic injuries we treated were associated with drugs, alcohol, firearms, stabbing implements, blunt objects, motor vehicles, or… Continue Reading