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Fiction, Horror, Suspense

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David Surface lives in the Hudson Highlands in a 160-year-old brick house that he shares with his wife, the author Julia Rust.

David is the author of These Things That Walk Behind Me, a Shirley Jackson Award-nominated collection of short stories published by Lethe Press, Terrible Things, a collection published by Black Shuck Books, and two paranormal YA mystery novels co-written with Julia Rust; Saving Thornwood and Angel Falls. His stories have appeared in Best Horror of the Year, Shadows & Tall Trees, Supernatural Tales, Nightscript, Twisted Book of Shadows, Uncertainties III, Nightmare Abbey, and other publications. He is also author of the Substack newsletter STRANGE LITTLE STORIES.

David enjoys writing, old movies, obscure bookstores, g ...more

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	Literally Dead: Tales of Halloween Hauntings by Gaby Triana (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maureen Mancini Amaturo (Contributor), Catherine Cavendish (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.99 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2022 — 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 Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author), Jeffrey Ford (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2024	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
	Nightscript Volume 1 by C.M. Muller (Editor), Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author), Gregory L. Norris 4.03 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Shadows & Tall Trees, Issue 6, Spring 2014 by Michael Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Shearman, Kaaron Warren (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Twisted Book Of Shadows by Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James A. Moore (Editor), Linda D. Addison (Introduction) 3.77 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Terrible Things 4.40 avg rating — 25 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
	These Things That Walk Behind Me by David Surface (Goodreads Author), John Langan (introduction) 4.62 avg rating — 21 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
	Supernatural Tales 41: Autumn 2019 by David Surface (Goodreads Author), Stephen Cashmore, Peter Kenny 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings	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
	Saving Thornwood by David Surface (Goodreads Author), Julia Rust (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 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
	Afterwords Stories We Tell, Veterans Writing Workshop, Fordham Lincoln Center Campus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 rated a book it was amazing Now It's Dark by Lynda E. Rucker (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
In the ten stories collected in 'Now It’s Dark', author Lynda Rucker uses the tools of dark imaginative fiction to explore the secret corners of what it means to be human. Without resorting to the usual tropes of supernatural/horror stories––no ghost ...more
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“When I write an story, I start with one true thing
– a memory, an image, a sensation – then I try
to say one more true thing, then another, and
another. By the time I reach the end – hopefully
– I've told the truth all the way through. It's
harder than it sounds, harder than it ought to
be. But still worth trying.”
― David Surface

tags: inspirational, thruth, writing

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“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
― Tom Waits

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