Bio

Ray Succre is 33 and currently lives in Coos Bay, Oregon, a small, coastal town where art is sparse and, when it does exist, is of a general relation to driftwood, deer, dying romance, or various maritime subjects. He has tried to leave the town numerous times. He is married, has a four year-old son, and loves the south coast. He is a novelist and a writer of poetry, and his work can be found in hundreds of publications across two dozen countries. His poetical fugue theory has been published in several publications and his early work also appeared in The Book of Hopes and Dreams, a charity anthology edited by Dee Rimbaud, out of Scotland.

Ray has been nominated for the the Best of the Web Award, as well as the Pushcart on several occasions, and is also a winner of the Adroitly Placed Word Award, for spoken word.

Ray's novels Tatterdemalion (Cauliay Publishing 2008), and Amphisbaena (Cauliay Publishing 2009) are widely available and have been released to strong reviews. They is available through most bookstores and are easily found through any online outlets. More information on these books can be found here. His first complete book of poetry, Other Cruel Things (Differentia Press 2009), is available free online as an ebook, and can be found here.

For images or small talk, indecent propositions, query by email: raysuccre@hotmail.com

Also, you can read his online journal for various information about him that's not in the third person at: Ray Succre, Specific, and feel free to peruse his Interviews with the Dead.