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David Niall Wilson
Bram Stoker Award Winning author and poet, CEO Crossroad Press

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Elizabeth City Haunted Tour Book Signing

Oct.21.2008

Elizabeth City Haunted Tour Book Signing

During the annual HAUNTED WALK in Elizabeth City, NC I'll be signing copies of my new collection, Ennui & Other States of Madness, as well as several of my other books on the Porch of the Still Waters Salon between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM on the 24th and 25th. Come one down, if you are in the area.

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PUBLISHED: Jan.14.2013

Nevermore - A Novel of Love, Loss & Edgar Allan Poe

On the banks of Lake Drummond, on the edge of The Great Dismal Swamp, there is a tree in the shape of a woman. One dark, moonlit night, two artists met at The Lake Drummond Hotel, built directly on the borderline of North Carolina and Virginia. One was a young woman with the ability to see spirits trapped in trees and stone, anchored to the earth beyond their years. Her gift was to...

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PUBLISHED: May.14.2012

American Pies

There was a time when pie was more important. Fat, fruit-stuffed confections lined the booths at state and county fairs, cooled in the windows of kitchens across the world, sprouted blackbirds in nursery rhymes and rose to iconic glory as a symbol of goodness and patriotism. That was then. Pies, as so many other things, have been in a slump for quite a while. This book - American...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.05.2009

Vintage Soul

In Vintage Soul, a beautiful 300 year old vampire is stolen from beneath her lover’s nose, despite arcane security. There is no demand for ransom, and there are no clues. When Donovan agrees to look into the matter, he finds that he’s up against a lot more than a single kidnapping – and it will take all the arcane knowledge at his disposal to prevent a very ancient ritual...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.02.2006

The Mote In Andrea's Eye

This book is very different from most of my other work. Written during my first year of participation in Nanowrimo, it was completed in 31 days and sold in less than 60 days from the initial word being typed. It covers experiences my family had during Hurricane Isabel, a lot of experience from my time in the US Navy, and is based on a chance comment by Trish: “I wonder why a...

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PUBLISHED: May.13.2004

DEEP BLUE

The novel Deep Blue finds its origin in the novelette by the same name published in an anthology titled Strange Attraction. In Strange Attraction, all the stories were inspired by the “Kinetic” Art of Lisa Snelling, each author choosing one of the characters on an intricately detailed Ferris wheel sculpture. I was honored to be among authors such as Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe in...

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Ennui & Other States of Madness

When Dark Regions publisher Joe Morey told me he wanted this to be “the definitive David Niall Wilson collection,” I wasn’t sure what to do. How do you choose? I’ve written and published over a hundred and fifty short stories over a couple of decades of writing. I have tried very hard over those years not to stereotype myself as that vampire guy, or that sex-in-horror guy, but...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.23.2013

Heart of a Dragon - Book 1 of The DeChance Chronicles

Donovan DeChance is a collector of ancient manuscripts and books, a practicing mage, and a private investigator. Over the span of a long life, he has gathered and archived the largest occult library in the world. When a local houngan begins meddling with powers she may not be able to control, a turf war breaks out between a motorcycle club known as The Dragons and a Latin street...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.30.2012

Sins of the Flash - A Tommy Doyle Mystery

Christian Greve was a man on a collision course with destiny. He spent his days taking graduation pictures, glamour shots, and baby pictures, and dreaming of the day when the world would praise him for his talent. Christian was an artist, but there was one problem: All of the models he's ever photographed have worked against him. They changed his careful poses. They tilted their...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.30.2012

The Parting - A Novel of The O.C.L.T.

There are incidents and emergencies in the world that defy logical explanation, events that could be defined as supernatural, extraterrestrial, or simply otherworldly. Standard laws do not allow for such instances, nor are most officials or authorities trained to handle them. In recognition of these facts, one organization has been created that can. Assembled by a loose...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.14.2008

Ancient Eyes

There are communities in America that have been closeted away since the earliest European explorers arrived. They brought their families and they brought their possessions and their beliefs, both open and secret. In the mountains overlooking San Valencez, California, one such community exists. In the midst of that community there is a broken-down wooden church. Above the...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.21.1999

This is My Blood

From Publishers Weekly Religious ecstasy and vampiric bloodlust blend to potent effect in this horror-oriented alternate history of early Christianity. Debut novelist Wilson casts Mary Magdelene as a spirit created by the Devil to tempt Christ. When Mary refuses the mission, Satan rebukes Jesus and curses her to become a vampire: "She will hunger for that which You fight to...

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May.22.2013 - 11:51 am

Words - and Mountains

When I started writing seriously, I attacked the challenge of the short story. The first few times out the gate I remember how difficult it was to hit what I considered the...

May.20.2013 - 6:11 am

Writing What Hurts - Stylistic Writing

Style is a word you see tossed about a lot in literary circles. There have been epic battles fought over stylistic writing vs. plot-driven writing vs. character...

May.19.2013 - 5:23 pm

Writing What Hurts - Perspective & POV Matter

There are two things you’ll hear a lot when people start giving out advice on writing. - Write what you know - POV matters I’m not much for cut-and-dried rules...

May.16.2013 - 6:17 pm

You Are Not Everyone Else, Quit Acting Like You Are

The new face of publishing has really set the Internet on its ear. Pundits abound. Lists are everywhere. I’m not going to tell you I’m an expert. I’m going to...

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Aug.28.2012 - 12:50 pm

In response to: Fortune-Cookie Tips for Writers, #227

Also

If your children are on Facebook...don't buy them a camera phone.

Aug.28.2012 - 11:33 am

In response to: Ten Simple Things for Becoming Rich-Rich-Rich in Self Publishing

Oh yes, I realize it

I've been writing professionally for a nearly three decades, and publishing now for a couple of years. For the...

Aug.28.2012 - 10:45 am

In response to: Ten Simple Things for Becoming Rich-Rich-Rich in Self Publishing

"This post is LOL funny" - DNW

I nearly spit coffee. At first I thought just MAYBE you were serious...and then I read on. As a publisher,...

Jan.06.2010 - 12:06 pm

In response to: Writers Unite, or Why I'm Tired of Worrying about Waterstones

New Paradigms

Everything is always shifting. Publishing and books are no exception, but they have proven more stubborn than most...

Nov.16.2009 - 7:49 am

In response to: Morbid blog tour: M. Parfitt

Technology advances

You know...even if you keep a journal on paper with an old fashioned ink pen, you can SCAN it and have a blog :) Just...

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Short Story: The Milk of Paradise

Short Story: Flash Fiction - Based on Emoticons - Lots of it

Poem: The Acropolis

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Audio: Etched Deep

Audio: Glimpses Into an Overactive Mind Podcast #3

Audio: Glimpses Into an Overactive Mind Podcast #2

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About David

David Niall Wilson has been writing and publishing horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction since the mid-eighties. An ordained minister, once President of the Horror Writer's Association and recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for poetry and short fiction,...

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, On the Road, The Dark Tower Series, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Haunting of Hill House, The Works of...

David Niall WilsonBram Stoker Award Winning author and poet, CEO Crossroad Press

Latest News & Events

Elizabeth City Haunted Tour Book Signing

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David Niall Wilson
Bram Stoker Award Winning author and poet, CEO Crossroad Press