Background
Thomas was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Webster Groves.
Thomas was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Webster Groves.
He earned a Bachelor of Science at Bradley University, in Peoria, Illinois, and in 2012 an Master of Fine Arts at Murray State University.
His focus is on neo-noir fiction, typically including elements of violence, mental instability, breaks in reality, and tragedies. His work is rich in setting and sensory details, and often has a sexual element to lieutenant lieutenant has also been called transgressive and grotesque.
He is also Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press.
He currently lives in Chicago. Thomas is Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press, an imprint of Curbside Splendor Publishing that launched in 2014 with The New Black.
In addition to his fiction he writes a Storyville column at LitReactor.com, book reviews for The Nervous Breakdown, and articles for BuzzFeed and Flavorwire. He has taught creative writing at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Story Studio Chicago, and LitReactor.com.
Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications, 2010) Herniated Roots: Stories (Snubnose Press) September 2012 Staring Into the Abyss: Stories (Kraken Press) April 2013 Disintegration (Random House Alibi) May 2015 Breaker (Random House Alibi) January 2016 The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books) with Caleb J. Ross, Nik Korpon, and Axel Taiari, June 2016 Tribulations: Stories (2016, to be announced).