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David A. Riley

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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 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Steve Lines, Steve Dilks (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.10 avg rating — 59 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author), Jeff Shelnutt (欧宝娱乐 Author), B. Harlan Crawford (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.27 avg rating — 37 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 Volume 3 by David A. Riley (欧宝娱乐 Author), Adrian Cole, Lorenzo D. Lopez 4.08 avg rating — 24 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor), Mike Chinn (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor), Tais Teng (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 23 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author), C.M. Fields (欧宝娱乐 Author), C.P. Webster (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.05 avg rating — 20 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Jim Pitts (Illustrator), Dev Agarwal 4.73 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
	His Own Mad Demon 4.38 avg rating — 16 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author), Adrian Cole, Dev Agarwal 4.33 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
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	Lovecraftiana: Vol 7, Issue 3, Halloween 2022 by David A. Riley (欧宝娱乐 Author), Maxwell Gold, Matthew Wilson 4.89 avg rating — 9 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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Review of Welgar the Cursed in Crimson Quill Quarterly #6

I have been given permission by Crimson Quill Quarterly #6 to quote the full review published in this issue of my swords and sorcery collection from Tule Fog Press, Welgar the Cursed:

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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鈥�, he thought.”
― David A. Riley, Goblin Mire

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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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