Erik Grove

@erikgrove.com

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Writer. Little dog owner. (Aspiring) Magnificent and Deeply Kind Weirdo. SFWA and HWA member. Viable Paradise 2022. Portlander. Represented by Joshua Bilmes/JABberwocky. He/Him.

Audio book formatted cover (square) for THE LONG RED TOMORROW. The cover has the title, author name, ERIK GROVE (that’s me!) and an audiobook narrator credit for VIKAS ADAM. Artwork featuring a man in a long jacket with his dog standing in red dust facing a futuristic city in the distance fills the rest of the image.
Cover of the sci fi noir novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW by Erik Grove (me!) from PODIUM PUBLISHING. The cover has a man in a long coat, alone in the Martian dust but for his loyal dog. They are facing an ominous cityscape in the distance.
An animated cover reveal for THE LONG RES TOMORROW by Erik Grove (me!) from Podium. The cover features a man in a long coat, alone in the Martian dust but for a dog. They are facing an ominous cityscape. In the video the dog’s tail swishes and his ears wiggle!
A dry erase board with a lot of illegible and crooked handwriting that I am unable to accurately transcribe which is my main point in sharing it. There are also magnets and stuff.
Screenshot of the audiobook cover for YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White from from the Libby app.
Screenshot from an email invitation that seems suspicious. It shows a company (“punchbowl”) and a subject of “Birthday Bash Invitation”) above a turquoise envelope that says “You’re Invited!” There is a green button to “Open invitation” below.
A screenshot from the Endeavour Writers Conference newsletter signup page. It features an event name and logo (a stylized sailing ship sailing on stars) along with the location Milwaukie, OR (a suburb of Portland) and date 10/10/2026
My dog, Roxy, a white and brindle pitty, sitting in her pink bed, photographed mid yawn in a way that looks fucking metal 🤘
Screenshot from Apple Podcasts app for an episode of Connect the Plots: Episode 13: John Wiswell - Hardcore Team Dragon. 1h 49m Description: Cylia and Erik are joined by John Wiswell, the award-winning author of SOMEONE TO BUILD A NEST IN, WEARING THE LION, and the upcoming THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS, for a conversation about the X-Men, love at wrong angles, and John's favorite dragons. Is Godzilla a dragon? Who's going to tell him he isn't?
A bookshelf absolutely bursting with Rifts and other Palladium games source books. There are dozens.
Photo of my dog, Roxy, an AmStaff sweetie tucked up close to me in bed. The only part of me visible is my arm.
Photo of me, delighted, holding a cone of vanilla soft serve wearing a little chocolate hat
Image of a sketched disembodied mouth open to show tongue and teeth. Red text over it reads “Murmurings from the Grove.”
Text message exchange Me: I am thinking... remove toilet to access the wall. Cut into dry wall to check those pipes. Replace drywall. New wax seal. Plumber friend: That is a good plan. Me: And also a terrible plan 😂 PF: You should be able to tell if the wax has been leaking once you pull the toilet PF: I mean fair... I wouldn't want to have to do it at my house. Me: Oof Me: Thanks buddy
A text message exchange. Two text messages from me - “I am confuse”, “How do I not busy” - and a reply “Don’t scare yourself. Be soft and cautious, like approaching a fawn on the edge of the forest”
A screen capture from the video episode of CONNECT THE PLOTS. The screen is split into thirds. In the left third is CL POLK, in the middle Cylia, and on the right ERIK GROVE. Everyone is smiling and having a grand time.
A graphic of an error screen that reads "Stay Tuned for ANOTHER very special episode of Connect the Plots where more things go wrong..." There are books beneath the text and a couple of red pins stuck into the words.
Screenshot of text from an article about Louis XIV’s butt scalpel: “The royal court which was privy to the smallest detail of the operation was delirious with joy. Fistulas were fashionable and something to be celebrated. The more devoted courtiers developed fake fistulas and took to wearing swathes of bandages around their buttocks, known as le royale, in homage to the king’s bandaged rear end. The even more fanatical royal devotees demanded the same operation from brave Monsieur Felix. Monsieur Felix did not pick up his famed royal scalpel again. He received money, lands and a title for his handiwork.”
A still image of me from a podcast recording. My eyes are looking to one side, my jaw is strangely crooked to the other. I am a smily mustached weirdo.
Screenshot of currently playing and upcoming songs. Current: Wonders by VNV Nation. Next: Sober by Tool, Collide by VNV Nation, Pilgrimage by NIN, Cars Not Leaving by Gabriel Bruce, and Flight to LAPD from the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack
Word cloud visualization for 2026 showing your 50 most-used words, sized by frequency. Top 10: "book" (47×), "friends" (22×), "books" (21×), "congratulations" (20×), "write" (20×), "horror" (19×), "episode" (19×), "stories" (19×), "fuck" (18×), "hope" (18×)
A still frame from a podcast/vidcast recording with the screen split into thirds. In the left third is Erik Grove. In the middle is Cylia. Right third is John Wiswell. There is a logo for CONNECT THE PLOTS in the lower left hand corner.
Me. Black and white. Smiling.
A photo of me! I am wearing a black hoody. I am in a backyard with lights behind me. I look very serious.
Photo of me on the other side of flickering flames. I am in black and smiling, looking to the side.
Black and white photo that is almost entirely black until the upper left corner where a zipper is visible and then my neck, smiling mustached mouth, nose and cheeks are visible. The photo ends before the eyes.
A graphic with the old “color bars” that used to appear when a tv lost signal, a stack of books and the words “Stay Tuned for a bery special episode of Connect the Plots where things go wrong…”
Cover of the novel UNTIL DEATH by Mary Berman. The cover has a black background with pink text for the title and author name. The central image is a pink hand dripping blood and holding a bouquet.
A screen shot from Net Galley showing the cover of an uncorrect proof of THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS by John Wiswell.
A screenshot from the YouTube video of Connect the Plots episode 3. Wendy N. Wagner is in the left, Cylia is in the middle, Erik Grove is on the right. They are having a good time.
A tv screen with words on it: Haunted. Take care.
A hearty salad in a big red bowl with tongues and a spoon. Salad: kale dressed with a mustard hot honey vinaigrette, mixed grains (mostly couscous), roasted sweet potatoes, with quick pickled radish and crunchy garam masala garbanzo beans.
Photo of my hand holding a tall black and neon poison can of Monster Energy zero sugar
A short promotional video for the podcast CONNECT THE PLOTS WITH CYLIA & ERIK made from outtakes.
Photo of a plastic figurine on a wooden table. It is a white bear styled like a Care Bear with a red Maple leaf on their stomach. The bear’s arms are crossed and he has mad, red eyes.
Erik Grove’s Norwescon schedule graphic. The background color is a gradient blue and the text is black or hot pink. It says “Erik at Norwescon” at the top with a little photo of Erik in the left hand corner. At the bottom it says “Don’t Miss the Mustache!” and then THERE IS AN EASTER BUNNY WITH A MUSTACHE IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. The schedule appears between this: April 2 5PM: Literary Agents in the Modern Publishing Landscape April 3 9 AM: Action Scenes: Storytelling 302 April 3 1PM: Under the Boot: Explorations of Fascism April 4 9AM: Tone and Absence: Storytelling 302 April 5 9AM: Reading PLEASE CLAP April 5 12PM: Low Points and Failing Forward
Fade in video with music to the logo for “Connect the Plots with Cylia and Erik” with the subhead “A Book Nerd & A Writer Walk Into a Podcast” the voiceover (Cylia) says “Welcome to Connect the Plots with Cylia and Erik - a Podcast About the Stories that Connect Us”
Cover image for the novel UNTIL DEATH by MARY BERMAN. The central image is a neon pink hand holding a bouquet with a sparkling engagement right. The bouquet is electric blue and purple flowers with white “accents” that might be tiny eyes. Blood drips down from the hand, possibly coming from the bouquet or the hand. The title and author text is also neon pink and background is black with a floral border.
Erik Grove’s Norwescon schedule (a screenshot): April 2 5PM: Literary Agents in the Modern Publishing Landscape April 3 9 AM: Action Scenes: Storytelling 302 April 3 1PM: Under the Boot: Explorations of Fascism April 4 9AM: Tone and Absence: Storytelling 302 April 5 9AM: Reading PLEASE CLAP April 5 12PM: Low Points and Failing Forward
A photo of the banks of Lake Quinalt in the Olympic Peninsula. It’s a beautiful morning.
A graphic with a yellow and background and largely transparent web if connecting string, a red spool of thread, a small stack of books and headshots of Cylia and Erik. The title “Connect the Plots” in hollow red letters appears in the middle top followed by “With Cylia and Erik” in bold red. The tagline “A Book Nerd and a Writer Walk Into a Podcast” appears at the bottom and there are a couple of pushpins for accents.
Photo of my dog, Roxy, an American Staffordshire Terrier, sitting up on a blanket covered couch. She is brindle and white and very adorable. There is a plant and morning sunlight coming through a window behind her.
Screenshot of a text message exchange. Me: FYI, the crows were displeased and communicated this at me. Loudly. The Crow Master: Oh! They think any human walking Roxy will have treats for them? The Crow Master: I read they were supposed to be able to recognize people’s faces. Me: I don’t know how they knew but they knew Me: And they were mad Me: Nothing good can come of currying favor with the devil’s flock, dear
Screen cap of me on AM Northwest with the chyron reading “Erik Grove Editor, THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST”
Photo if me standing on the set of AM Northwest before our live segment this morning. There are cameras and the host behind me. Photographer: Remy Nakamura, my lifestyle tv partner in crime
Screen grab of me in blue plaid on the set of AM Northwest talking with my hands again
Selfie of me in blue plaid with Remy Nakamura wearing turquoise in the green room at KATU before our appearance on AM Northwest!
Selfie of me, mustache writer man, with white ear buds plugged in holding up a blue coffee mug and giving a half wink to the devil
Screenshot from a Merriam Webster social media post showing my “2026 Word” is “potato”
Photo of a white mug full of black coffee on a coffee shop table
Screenshot of the Merriam Webster bluesky post for “you 2026 word” frozen on “potato”
Photo of my dog, Roxy. She is a American Staffordshire terrier with a mostly white face and brindle ears. She is very cute and smooshed onto my blanket covered legs.
Selfie of me and my dog Roxy. She’s cute. I have a flannel fleece thing going in and Roxy appears to be tolerant of my shenanigans.
Close up of my dog, Roxy, a white and brindle AmStaff. She has one ear up and one ear down. In the blurry background is my fireplace and SO MANY dog toys she has no interest in.
Graphic showing 2025 Puschart Awards for THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST The Rituals of the Fremont Troll by Patrick Hurley Green Lake: the Game by Camden Rose Beached by Luciano Marano The Ghost of Lake Roosevelt by Wendy N. Wagner Parafernatorio by Daniel Dagris Dreams in the Witch’s Castle by Remy Nakamura
Text of a Publishers Marketplace announcement: Fiction: Debut Erik Grove's THE LONG RED TOMORROW, a science-fiction noir that follows an investigator searching for a missing person through the lowest bars to the highest penthouses in a dust-choked martian colony on the verge of revolution, to Julie Constantine at Podium Publishing, by Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky Literary Agency.
Promotional image for the anthology, THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST. There is a shield-shaped image in the center with a pen and ink goose with a li’l santa hat, the name of the anthology and a date - November 23, 2025. The background is black with snowflakes. There is a string of Christmas lights along the top and the words “Preorder Now/ Honk Later” at the bottom.
Photo of me in costume reading from a book at a lectern. The book is KOZY KRAMPUS. The costume is a black cloak and a rubberish devil mask covering my eyes and forehead with big horns coming out the top.
Me holding my copy of Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson. The cover has a vampire’s skull with a road going through the mouth. Excellent vintage horror vibes.
Exterior photo of the Oak Lodge Library