Rain Graves is an award winning author of horror, fantasy, science fiction and poetry.

She is best known for the 2002 Bram Stoker Award

Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...

 winner for Best Poetry Collection

Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection

The Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for a poetry collection.-Winners and nominees:Nominees are listed below the winner for each year....

, The Gossamer Eye (along with Mark McLaughlin and David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson is an American writer primarily known for his works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction.-Background:...

). Her first published story, "Thoughts of Anna," (Transylvanian Society of Dracula, 1997) won 2nd place for the creative writing contest at the convention Dracula 97. Rain currently lives in San Francisco and tours the country doing spoken word events. Critics have often had trouble categorizing her poetry as genre or non-genre; Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly

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 described her work on January 19, 2009, as "Bukowski meets Lovecraft..."

Books

• Barfodder: Poetry Written in Dark Bars and Questionable Cafes (Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
  
   - 2009) 2nd Printing, (Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
  
   - 2011)
• The Gossamer Eye (with David N. Wilson and Mark McLaughlin) (Meisha Merlin - 2002)

Anthologies

Her short fiction appears in numerous anthologies

• In Laymon's Terms: A Tribute To Richard Laymon edited by Kelly Laymon, Steve Gerlach, Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
  
  , 2011) - Featuring "Wild Card"
• Dark Faith edited by Maurice Broaddus (Apex Books, 2010) - Featuring "Lilith"
• The Dead Cat Poet Cabal edited by Gerard Houarner (Bedlam Press, 2005) - Featuring "Stalking Dead Cat"
• Once Upon a Slime: Gruesome Tales by Mark McLaughlin, with Special Guests: Michael Arnzen, Rain Graves, & Michael McCarty (Catalyst Press, 2003) - Featuring "Old Lady Cat Trash"
• Bad News edited by Richard Laymon
  Richard Laymon
  Richard Carl Laymon was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived as a child in California...
  
   (Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications
  Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...
  
  , 2001) - Featuring "Lila Came A Walkin"
• The Book of Hope: International Poetry in a collective voice of Hope edited by Birgitta Jonsdottir, Michael Lohr (Beyond Borders, 2002)
• The World Healing Book edited by Birgitta Jonsdottir, Michael Lohr (Beyond Borders, 2002)
• The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror vol. 14 edited by Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling (St. Martin's Griffin, 2001) - Honorable Mention "The Drunkard's Coin"
• Excitable Boys (Nightshade Books),
• Decadence (Prime)
• Daughter of Dangerous Dames edited by Tina Jens, (TwilightTales, 2000) - Featuring "The Drunkard's Coin"
• Freaks, Geeks, & Sideshow Floozies edited by Tina Jens & John Weagly (Twilight Tales, 2002) - Featuring "The Magician's Assistant"
• Darkness Rising (Cosmo Books),
• Hours of Darkness (Scorpius Digital),
• Personal Demons (LoneWolf),
• The Gauntlet Sampler (Gauntlet Press)
• Blood of a Black Bird - chapbook

Magazine appearances

• ChiZine.Com Mega Issue #47, Weeks #1 (Poem, "The Surrender") and #5 (Short Fiction, "The Spider House Rules")
• Morbid Curiosity Magazine, #7 (Non-Fiction, "My Ra")
• Defunkt Magazine, #2, #3, & #4
• The Urbanite #11 - Featured Poet
• Gauntlet Magazine #18 and #20
• Visionary Tongue #1 and #2
• Nasty Piece of Work (UK) #14 (Short Fiction, "Coal Black Water")
• No Dead Trees #2 (Short Fiction, "The Sufferers")
• The Yellow Bat Review #2

Links and references

• Rain Graves official website
• Horror Writer's Association Website with Bram Stoker Award Winners
• Rain Graves' Livejournal blog, archival
• Rain Graves' Official Facebook Page, Announcements
• Rain Graves' Official Twitter Page, Announcements
• Publishers Weekly review of BARFODDER
• 877-DRK-POEM - Barfodder release free information hotline.