Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of nine books. These include the novels Incarnate, Disintegration, Breaker, and Transubstantiate; the collections Spontaneous Human Combustion, Tribulations, Staring into the Abyss, and Herniated Roots; and a novella, collected in The Soul Standard. Thomas has been nominated for Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, ITW Thriller, and Audie awards. He has more than 175 stories in print.