About Ridley Harker
Ridley Harker is an up-and-coming horror author who delights in all things gay and spooky. Influenced by Billy Martin (Poppy Z. Brite), Clive Barker, and Gemma Files, his favorite books are those with enemies to lovers, great villains, and queer main characters. Horror-romance is his favorite genre. He lives in the Middle of Nowhere with his two dogs, a grumpy old snake, and a host of pet tarantulas. Ridley is currently working on his MFA.
A Quick Chat with Ridley Harker
Have you written any other books that are not published?
In the past, I’ve written two novellas that I had self-published on Amazon. They weren’t very good, so I removed them before Parasite was published.
The first one was The God Killers, which was about a necromancer and a priest fighting a reincarnated messenger god who wanted to unleash the apocalypse. I liked the characters, but the plot was a little too Lovecraftian to be original.
The second was The Midnight Theatre, a story about a state-sponsored hunter who teams up with a redneck vampire. I meant it to be a series, but I never got around to it. Now I think I’ll heavily revise it, because while the main characters are worth saving, I wrote it before the Ferguson Protests and now I don’t think I could in good conscious have a protagonist that teams up with law enforcement.
Fun Fact About Ridley Harker
A fun fact about me is that I used to be a reptile, amphibians, and invertebrates keeper at a mid-sized AZA-accredited zoo. I’m professionally trained to handle venomous reptiles, large constrictors, and crocodilians. My favorite part was working with the Aldabra tortoises. They were so sweet.
What book do you think everyone should read?
I love the Johannes Cabal series by Jonathan L Howard. It’s about a disgruntled necromancer who wants to get his soul back from Satan. It’s just so amazing. I’ve got the whole series on hardback/paperback plus the audiobooks.
Do you believe in writer’s block?
I suffer from writer’s block at least once a week! It’s a real struggle because I’m pursuing my master’s degree in creative writing and I need to be more productive.
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About Parasite
Parasite by Ridley Harker
Genre: Horror, LGBTQ Romance
Synopsis
Some teenagers are a little more monstrous than others.
Seventeen-year-old Jack Ives is used to being unlucky. His only friend has just moved away to college, his parents are alcoholics, and he’s relentlessly bullied by the town psychopath. All that begins to change with the arrival of a handsome but quirky new student, Lucien, who wants to be more than friends.
Their newfound happiness doesn’t last, however, as a strange new illness strikes the island. Fishermen go missing, and the villagers left behind aren’t themselves anymore. When Lucien is suspected to be the cause of the outbreak, can Jack overcome his teenage hormones and save Eldrick Isle? Will he even want to?
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