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David A. Riley

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in Accrington, The United Kingdom

May 09, 1951

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http://davidandrewriley.blogspot.co.uk/

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Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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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) 4.03 avg rating — 63 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
	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) 4.26 avg rating — 39 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
	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) 4.08 avg rating — 26 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
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	Lovecraftiana: Vol 5, Issue 1, Walpurgisnacht 2020 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author), C.M. Fields (Goodreads Author), C.P. Webster (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 22 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 6 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Pitts (Illustrator), Dev Agarwal 4.59 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
	Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 5 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author), Adrian Cole, Dev Agarwal 4.20 avg rating — 15 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 7 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Frame, Paul Batteiger 3.93 avg rating — 15 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 4 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dev Agarwal, Andrew Darlington 4.38 avg rating — 13 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

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"From the Ashes" to be published in Savage Realms Monthly #46 in August 2026

I am now awaiting the edits on my story "From the Ashes" which will appear in the next issue of Savage Realms Monthly.This will be my third story in this esteemed magazine.The first was "The Carpetmaker of Arana" in the May 2022 issueThe second was "The Dark Priestdom" in the March 2023 issue."From the Ashes" includes two of my ongoing characters, Ossani the Healer and Welgar, and follows imme Read more of this blog post »

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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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“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!”
― David A. Riley, Goblin Mire

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