Rick R. Reed
@rickrreed.bsky.social
#Author of more than 60 #ownvoices novels, spanning horror, suspense, and romance. Entertainment Weekly calls my work: "heartrending & sensitive." Lambda Literary Award Finalist. Multiple Rainbow Award winner. #LGBTQ #cyclist #rescuedog lover 🏳️🌈 💙
What's it like to be #LGBTQ in small-town #Appalachia? That's the question my novel, THE Q, answers. Read a poignant excerpt: rickrreedreality.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-ta... Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Q-Rick-R-Ree... (also available in paperback and audiobook). #ownvoices #WritingCommunity
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
What's it like to be #LGBTQ in small-town #Appalachia? That's the question my novel, THE Q, answers. Read a poignant excerpt: rickrreedreality.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-ta... Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Q-Rick-R-Ree... (also available in paperback and audiobook). #ownvoices #WritingCommunity
Today, I’m #grateful I can make stuffed (with Romano, breadcrumbs and garlic) artichokes almost as well as my #Sicilian #mother did. #sicilianfood
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Today, I’m #grateful I can make stuffed (with Romano, breadcrumbs and garlic) artichokes almost as well as my #Sicilian #mother did. #sicilianfood
Today, I'm #grateful for early #morning. I'm awake between 4 & 5 am, & sometimes grouse about it, blaming the dogs or getting older, but I love these quiet hours before the day officially starts and most of the world still slumbers—time to think, read, listen to music and just be. #Thanksgiving2025
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Today, I'm #grateful for early #morning. I'm awake between 4 & 5 am, & sometimes grouse about it, blaming the dogs or getting older, but I love these quiet hours before the day officially starts and most of the world still slumbers—time to think, read, listen to music and just be. #Thanksgiving2025
Today, I’m #grateful for the alchemical ability to conjure a picture up with mere words. This is from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, which I’m now reading. What are you reading?
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today, I’m #grateful for the alchemical ability to conjure a picture up with mere words. This is from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, which I’m now reading. What are you reading?
I got around to finishing MONSTER: The Ed Gein Story on #Netflix. I think it was one of the more brilliant #crime-based series I've ever seen. The final two episodes, in particular, managed to be thought-provoking, horrifying, and strangely poignant. See it? What did you think? #RyanMurphy #Monster
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I got around to finishing MONSTER: The Ed Gein Story on #Netflix. I think it was one of the more brilliant #crime-based series I've ever seen. The final two episodes, in particular, managed to be thought-provoking, horrifying, and strangely poignant. See it? What did you think? #RyanMurphy #Monster
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Late afternoon bike ride on the #CVLink. Nearly 17 miles in a little under 90 minutes. #Cycling #cyclinglife
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Late afternoon bike ride on the #CVLink. Nearly 17 miles in a little under 90 minutes. #Cycling #cyclinglife
Looking for a comfort food read this #food-centric holiday? Have DINNER AT HOME: www.amazon.com/Dinner-at-Ho... #ownvoices #WritingCommunity #ownvoices #foodporn #gayromance
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Looking for a comfort food read this #food-centric holiday? Have DINNER AT HOME: www.amazon.com/Dinner-at-Ho... #ownvoices #WritingCommunity #ownvoices #foodporn #gayromance
Joaquin knows how to make the most out of a chilly, drizzly #morning. #grateful #rescuedismyfavoritebreed
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Joaquin knows how to make the most out of a chilly, drizzly #morning. #grateful #rescuedismyfavoritebreed
Today, I'm #grateful for #tears. The older I get, the easier I shed them. I don't look at that as evidence of femininity or weakness, but simply as being more in touch with, and closer to, my emotions. They're part of what makes me human...and if that also means makes me a big sissy, then so be it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Today, I'm #grateful for having had a mom who made me believe, for the first 11 or so years of my life, that my name was not Ricky, but "little bastard," and that she loved me with all her heart.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today, I'm #grateful for having had a mom who made me believe, for the first 11 or so years of my life, that my name was not Ricky, but "little bastard," and that she loved me with all her heart.
Today, I'm #grateful for youthful magic moments when I was crazy & vain enough to pose naked for the cover of a magazine. Yes, that's me circa 2002 behind the gas mask.
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today, I'm #grateful for youthful magic moments when I was crazy & vain enough to pose naked for the cover of a magazine. Yes, that's me circa 2002 behind the gas mask.
It’s cold here in the desert this morning—53 degrees, so I made one of my favorite #breakfasts: savory steel cut #oatmeal with scallions, soy sauce and poached #eggs. Topped with a drizzle of #sciracha. What did you have? And how cold of a morning was it where you are?
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s cold here in the desert this morning—53 degrees, so I made one of my favorite #breakfasts: savory steel cut #oatmeal with scallions, soy sauce and poached #eggs. Topped with a drizzle of #sciracha. What did you have? And how cold of a morning was it where you are?
Today, I’m #grateful for my grandmother, Grace. She passed away when I was in my early 30s, but her influence on me has never diminished—she lived an example of unfailing #kindness and #compassion. #tbt (pic from July 1982, Deerfield, IL).
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today, I’m #grateful for my grandmother, Grace. She passed away when I was in my early 30s, but her influence on me has never diminished—she lived an example of unfailing #kindness and #compassion. #tbt (pic from July 1982, Deerfield, IL).
"Letting go involves being aware of a feeling, letting it come up, staying with it, and letting it run its course without wanting to make it different or do anything about it. It means simply to let the feeling be there and to focus on letting out the energy behind it."
(David Hawkins)
(David Hawkins)
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Letting go involves being aware of a feeling, letting it come up, staying with it, and letting it run its course without wanting to make it different or do anything about it. It means simply to let the feeling be there and to focus on letting out the energy behind it."
(David Hawkins)
(David Hawkins)
17 miles this morning. #cyclinglife
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
17 miles this morning. #cyclinglife
MUTE WITNESS is one of my darkest, yet most poignant, reads. #ownvoices #LGBTQ #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... #ownvoices #amwriting
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
MUTE WITNESS is one of my darkest, yet most poignant, reads. #ownvoices #LGBTQ #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... #ownvoices #amwriting
It's a moment that never gets old. Since my 1st novel OBSESSED was released from Dell in 1991, receiving a #book with my name on the cover has never been less than a giant thrill.
It's a dream made real.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Jealous-Clou... #amwriting #thriller #suspense #LGBTQ
It's a dream made real.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Jealous-Clou... #amwriting #thriller #suspense #LGBTQ
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It's a moment that never gets old. Since my 1st novel OBSESSED was released from Dell in 1991, receiving a #book with my name on the cover has never been less than a giant thrill.
It's a dream made real.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Jealous-Clou... #amwriting #thriller #suspense #LGBTQ
It's a dream made real.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Jealous-Clou... #amwriting #thriller #suspense #LGBTQ
Today, I'm #grateful for the voice social media gives us and ask for wisdom in knowing when and when NOT to use that voice. "Make me a channel of Thy peace, that where there is hatred, let me sow love, or at least not fertilize the hate with my dainty bullshit." (Anne LaMott)
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today, I'm #grateful for the voice social media gives us and ask for wisdom in knowing when and when NOT to use that voice. "Make me a channel of Thy peace, that where there is hatred, let me sow love, or at least not fertilize the hate with my dainty bullshit." (Anne LaMott)
Reader reviews, like this one for my latest novel, JEALOUS OF THE CLOUDS, make it all worthwhile. Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Jealous-Clou... #amwriting #thriller #suspense #Goodreads
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Reader reviews, like this one for my latest novel, JEALOUS OF THE CLOUDS, make it all worthwhile. Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Jealous-Clou... #amwriting #thriller #suspense #Goodreads
Almost every morning, I sit on my couch, listen to music, sip coffee and enjoy this #view from my dining room window. The camera can’t really do it justice. #desertlife #Grateful
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Almost every morning, I sit on my couch, listen to music, sip coffee and enjoy this #view from my dining room window. The camera can’t really do it justice. #desertlife #Grateful