Welcome, friend. I am Rayne Corvus Miller (they/them/theirs), a writer since the day I first held a pen. My stories and poems have often been dark and haunting, or else of lessons the shadows relay. My book Bone Dust is both, and based on the sacred yet twisted tales of Norse mythology.

I wrote about the wretched pain of losing one’s identity in Dark Corners of the Old Dominion. I sought vengeance on the Hollywood Buck’s murderer in No Tomb of His Own. I stepped into the mind of a serial killer in Parhelion Literary Magazine’s Halloween issue. I examined the heart of a priest-turned-vampire as he contemplated his next kill in The Spooklet.

We call these beings monsters. Sometimes they are. More often, they are nothing but othered, demonized and disparaged by society. Being labeled other myself as a nonbinary, pagan, queer, and neurodivergent person brings me perpetually back to this core theme.

You may have seen my work on the page or the stage over the years — perhaps when I read poetry at Baltimore’s Edgar Allan Poe Museum or discussed horror writing on a panel at Richmond’s Galaxy Con. I’m also a member of the Horror Writers Association, Chesterfield Poetry Collective, and Trans Journalists Association.

Going back to the bit about being pagan, you may know me from the pagan community where I provide spiritual support through committee participation, workshops, podcast appearances, and divination. I also had the honor of appearing on Mystical Musings and reading tarot at Richmond’s Best Fest in 2025.

Book me for a tarot reading (private or event)

Two final notes:

• You won’t find me on Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or Twitter. See the footer for links to my socials.
• You may have noticed that some of my publications mention me by another name, some variant of M.R. Badillo. It’s still me. I wasn’t having a stroke while I wrote up my Writing page. :)

Thank you for being here!

Frith to you and yours,
RCM
they/them/theirs