Author Archives: Robert J. Relyea

I wrote a story. Then I put it to music. Then I took away the words.It’s an epic fantasy told through instruments. Proclamation The Eight Trials of the Gods The Choosing Ceremony Immortal Conflict Into the Abyss Fight For One Last Sunrise Heartbeats For Future Generations Epilogue

So what you want to do is take your blender, add some ice, some cheap vodka, then toss in some toxic relationship trauma, a pinch of family dysfunction, a handful of self-destructive tendencies, and add some manic depression and subtle alcoholism to taste. Then hit puree. Diary of a Drunken Saint almost never happened. ItContinue reading “Diary of a Drunken Saint”

Marlow happened from a collection of different ideas meeting together at the train depot. And by meet, I meet crash at full speed. The first seed of an idea came around the Casey Anthony trial. And it really came to fruition when George Zimmerman went on trial. These big national trials have a way ofContinue reading “Marlow”

So, what’s YOUR favorite scary story? I dipped my toe into the horror genre when I started writing Burnt Hill Road. It was a pretty adventurous turn for me considering while growing up I didn’t have much interest in the genre. I thought horror movies and books were just about ambiguous monsters, jump scares, andContinue reading “Burnt Hill Road”

You never forget your first. First car, first kiss, first time stealing a shopping cart and rolling down the biggest hill in town (Just me? Anyway.) The Deathbringer was the first story I ever published. I think you’ll find that most fiction writers have a story about wanting to be a writer all their lives.Continue reading “The Deathbringer”