"Rain Graves writes really nasty poetry. She is a mistress of creating images that stick, the kind that you cannot get out of your mind -- not even using steel wool and a small, extremely sharp knife." --Neil Gaiman, New York Times Bestselling Author, AMERICAN GODS, CORALINE
"Rain Graves' work is a delight to read. It easily runs the distance from softly dark to pleasingly perverse. I highly recommend The Gossamer Eye-and everything else she does." —Charlee Jacob, Author of Haunter, This Symbiotic Fascination
"Lush and bloody, Gothic in every sense, the poetry of Rain Graves has a murderously seductive voice." —Poppy Z. Brite, Author of LOST SOULS, DRAWING BLOOD, the BIOGRAPHY of COURTNEY LOVE, LIQOUR
"Rain Graves writes with power, darkness and grace. A strong, new voice in the field of horror fiction and poetry." --Richard Laymon, Author of ISLAND, ALL HALLOW'S EVE, BITE, TO WAKE THE DEAD, ENDLESS NIGHT and more…
"Rain Graves’ poetry is, by turns, surreal and very real, grand and romantic as the tango and nasty—even down right gross—as bugs crawling through your bed at night, burrowing through your sleeping bones. She can be funny and spooky and angry and tender and sometimes truly haunting, essaying life’s tragedies and joys and triumphs with equal vigor—here, a mouse finding sanctity and food supply in the flesh of wax church candles, there, an asp circling round and round a basket waiting to bite a Queen. She’s erotic and she’s wicked, and her story MARILYN is a sexual/political mind-bender. Did I mention she’s wicked? ‘Dream filler in my butter churner…’ Yes, indeed." --Jack Ketchum, Author of RED, THE LOST, SHE WAKES, PEACEABLE KINGDOM, The THE GIRL NEXT DOOR and more…
"The beauty of Rain Graves’ poetry is a guilty pleasure; both passionate and horrific in the same breath." –Barry Hoffman, Author (Leisure books) and Publisher, Gauntlet Press.
"I’ve seen Rain Graves’ short fiction before, but I never knew she was such an accomplished poet. The title poem alone is magnificent. Graves writes about death, matriarchs, and love." --Patrick Swenson, Publisher, Talebones, Summer 2003
"The Gossamer Eye is a unique venture invigorated by three talented writers who have plenty to say and their own individual way of saying it. It’s an odd duck of a book, which is part and parcel of its charm. Lovers of dark verse should hope for its commercial success-and should support it by buying a copy. Publisher Stephen Pagel of Meisha Merlin deserves credit for taking a risk on so unusual a book. I can only pray he will be rewarded for his courage by vigorous sales. The folks who buy a copy will have already received their reward." —Garrett Peck, Dark Fluidity
"[The Gossamer Eye] is a collection of mostly poetry, about equally divided among the three authors, with a few short stories sprinkled in. Most of the poems have a fantastic connection, primarily horror. I know many people have difficulty reading poetry, but that shouldn't be the case with these, which in virtually every case contain a discernible narrative. So try this for a collection of creepy, disturbing images wrapped in clever prose." -The [formerly Sci-fi] Chronicle
ABOUT ME:
I grew up below the Mason Dixon line, in two states with two different opinions on who should have won the war. You know, the war. In Virginia, it was safest to say the South. In Maryland, it depended upon who's house you were in and how close you were to Washington. My family still lives in that general direction, except my father, whose tarnished our fine old Virginia heritage by moving to Texas.
In 1995 I moved to California to become a rockstar. Instead, I became a writer. By 1997 I had sold my first story, and the rest is history. I remain, at best, a fringe and cult poet guilded with politically snarky sci-fi/horror fiction - emphasis on the horror. My best works have not yet come out, and as you are reading this, it's also likely I have still not been paid for them.
I am a supporter of the Horror Writer's Association, Persephone Writers Organization, WGA, and World Horror Organization - despite opposing views in all areas at any given time.
I am also a great supporter of local poetry community events, and have read as a feature at many of them. On the flip side, I also teach and perform Argentine Tango - wich is very different from the ballroom stuff and not to be closely compared. Argentine Tango is a full contact sport.
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