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Richard Korst

Rick is a husband, father of twins, brother to two sisters and a brother, and son of parents who emigrated to the United States from Austria after World War II. A graduate of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) with an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin, Rick spent over forty years in the corporate world, specializing in Human Resources.
Rick writes when a story hits him, and his work can be found in Spillwords, The Last Line, Books and Pieces, and Horrortree, along with a book titled “Clarence Earns His Wings Again.” His wife Kate, two dogs, Bailey and Sawyer, and sometimes their daughters (when not in school), Katie and Chloe, make their home in Illinois

Features

A Thimble-Sized Soul

This is What Happens When You Write Too Often

Grandma

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Angela Huskisson

Spotlight On Writers – Michael Danese

Spotlight On Writers – Kellasandra Ferrara

Lake Wazee

To Close the Mouth of a Wound

A Future Memory

I’m Like This

Christmas Joy

Echo…

Nobody 2018

A Bite Out Of Time

Krakow

The Joshua Tree

Spillwords Press Awards 2026

Anti-Competition Manifesto

Another Year Wasted

Grandma

A Thimble-Sized Soul

From My Balcony

Return to Nature

The Little Clock

Mellow Fades, Echoes Rise

A Call for Identity