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in Accrington, The United Kingdom

May 09, 1951

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David A. Riley writes horror, fantasy and SF stories. In 1995, along with his wife, Linden, he edited and published a fantasy/SF magazine, Beyond. His first professionally published story was in the 11th Pan Book of Horror in 1970. This was reprinted in 2012 in The Century's Best Horror Fiction edited by John Pelan for Cemetery Dance. He has had numerous stories published by Doubleday, DAW, Corgi, Sphere, Roc, Playboy Paperbacks, Robinsons, etc., and in magazines such as Aboriginal Science Fiction, Dark Discoveries, Fear, Fantasy Tales. His first collection of stories (4 long stories and a novelette) was published by Hazardous Press in 2012, His Own Mad Demons. A Lovecraftian novel, The Return, was published by Blood Bound Books in the Stat ...more

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	Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Lines, Steve Dilks (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Vol 2 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mike Chinn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tais Teng (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lovecraftiana: Vol 5, Issue 1, Walpurgisnacht 2020 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author), C.M. Fields (Goodreads Author), C.P. Webster (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 3 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author), Adrian Cole, Lorenzo D. Lopez 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Own Mad Demon 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savage Realms Monthly: March 2023: A collection of dark fantasy sword and sorcery short adventure stories (Savage Realms Monthly Dark Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventure Magazine Book 19) by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author), Jeff Shelnutt (Goodreads Author), B. Harlan Crawford (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lovecraftiana: Vol 7, Issue 3, Halloween 2022 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author), Maxwell Gold, Matthew Wilson 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 5 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author), Adrian Cole, Dev Agarwal 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitchen Sink Gothic by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Bacon, Franklin Marsh 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Received a great double delivery today: My contributor's copies of Swords & Heroes edited by Lyndon Perry, containing my story Welgar the Cursed, plus the proof copy of Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6.

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Surprisingly varied for an anthology dedicated to circus clowns. Excellently chosen.
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Surprisingly varied for an anthology dedicated to circus clowns. Excellently chosen.
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“no beasts of darkness, no demons from beyond the realms of death will hold us back. If we have to tarnish our swords with the blood of a thousand goblins, we go on!”
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“A Goblin Empire, free from elven arrogance and greed, where goblins could reign over the known world, now that was a dream worth havin’, he thought.”
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