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David Schembri is an author, artist and genre poet from Australia. He is the author of the horror collections, Unearthly Fables (in collaboration with The Writing Show, 2013) and the Australian Shadows Awards-nominated collection, Beneath The Ferny Tree (Close-Up Books, 2018). His first and forthcoming novella Hell Night, will be released in 2023 by Odyssey Books.
David’s short fiction has been published by Chaosium Inc, Horror World Press, Things in the Well and Midnight Echo.
His poetry has appeared in several issues of the Hippocampus Press Magazine, Spectral Realms, edited by S.T. Joshi. Poetry appearances are also noted within the Anno KlarkAsh-Ton Anthology by Rainfall Books, issue 13 of Midnight Echo and Issue 55 of Silver Blade Magaz ...more

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	809 Jacob Street by Marty Young (Goodreads Author), David Schembri (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.51 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Eulogies II: Tales From the Cellar by Christopher Jones (Editor), Nanci Kalanta (Editor), Tony Tremblay (Editor) 4.04 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	Hell's Bells: Stories of Festive Fear by members of the Australian Horror Writers Association by Martin Livings (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Keith Williams (Contributor), Deborah Sheldon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Spectral Realms No. 1 by S.T. Joshi (editor), Wade German, Leigh Blackmore (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014	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
	Undead & Unbound: Unexpected Tales From Beyond the Grave by Brian M. Sammons (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Conyers (Goodreads Author) (editor), Cody Goodfellow (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	Beneath the Ferny Tree 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018 — 3 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
	Spectral Realms No. 2 by S.T. Joshi (Editor), Donald Sidney-Fryer (Contributor), Ann K. Schwader (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.70 avg rating — 10 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
	Unearthly Fables: A short story collection by David Schembri by David Schembri (Goodreads Author), Robert Hood (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Black Box Anthology by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Camille Alexa (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Steven Cavanagh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	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
	Splitting Sides: Tales of Humorous Horror 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 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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David Schembri rated a book really liked it A Hint of Hitchcock: Stories Inspired by the Master of Suspense by Cameron Trost (Goodreads Author)	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
A wonderful collection of mystery tales. Surprise twists and unexpected outcomes lurk around each corner. A joy to read. Highly recommended.
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David Schembri made a comment on Stefan Taylor’s review of Splitting Sides: Tales of Humorous Horror " Thank you so much for that, Stefan! You can rest assured that there will be a sequel! :) "
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David Schembri liked Stefan Taylor's review of Splitting Sides: Tales of Humorous Horror: "A wonderfully crafted comic! Splitting Sides is funny, gory and even a tad disturbing. Schembri creates bold and colourful art that give his short stories a smooth flow, and solid sense of place. There is a further sense of heightened realism to his w" Read more of this review »
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David Schembri made a comment on Andrew Evans’s review of Splitting Sides: Tales of Humorous Horror " Thank you very much for this amazing review. I am honoured you liked it so much. Best wishes! "
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