David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson (born 1959 in Clay County, Illinois) is an American writer primarily known for his works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction.^[1]

Background[]

USA TODAY Bestselling author David Niall Wilson has been writing and publishing horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction since the mid-eighties. An ordained minister, once President of the Horror Writer's Association and multiple recipient of the Bram Stoker Award, David is CEO and founder of Crossroad Press, a cutting edge digital publishing company specializing in electronic novels, collections, and non-fiction, as well as unabridged audiobooks and print titles.

The Academic Study of Wilson's Novels[]

Scholars such as A. Asbjørn Jøn, at the University of Canterbury, have positively received Wilson's The Grails Covenant Trilogy (1997–1998) - even noting the way that it fits within a continuum of shifting popular culture portrayals of vampires.^[2]

Bibliography[]

Novels[]

• The Path of the Meteor (limited release - Re-released as Darkness Falling by Crossroad Press in 2010 - paperback edition 2016)
• Star Trek: Voyager #12: (1997, ISBN 0-671-00150-7)
• The Grails Covenant Trilogy (1997–1998)
  • To Sift Through the Bitter Ashes (1997, ISBN 1-56504-995-0)
  • To Speak in Lifeless Tongues (1998, ISBN 1-56504-996-9)
  • To Dream of Dreamers Lost (1998, ISBN 1-56504-997-7)
• This is My Blood (1999, ISBN 0-9658135-3-3)
• Roll Them Bones (Cemetery Dance Publications' Novella #12, 2003, ISBN 1-58767-068-2)
• Dark Ages: Lasombra (2003, ISBN 1-58846-820-8)
• Deep Blue (2004, ISBN 1-59414-142-8, hardcover; 2005, ISBN 1-4104-0228-2, paperback)
• The Temptation of Blood (2004, ISBN 1-930997-69-8)
• Exalted: Relic of the Dawn (2004, ISBN 1-58846-860-7)
• The Mote in Andrea's Eye (2005, Thompson-Gale / Fives Star - 2013 Crossroad Press)
• Ancient Eyes (2007, Bloodletting Press Signed Limited HC)
• The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs & the Currently Accepted Habits of Nature (2009 limited edition HC from Bad Moon Books)
• The Orffyreus Wheel (Crossroad Press, 2010)
• Sins of the Flash (2010 digital release from Crossroad Press)
• Killer Green (2013 Crossroad Press)
• The Second Veil (2013 from Crossroad Press - Tales of the Scattered Earth Series)
• The Crazy Crazy Case of Foreman James - A Cletus J. Diggs Mystery - (2013 from Crossroad Press)
• Block 10 (With Stacy Childs - 2014 Crossroad Press)
• The Blackguards (With Richard Murphy - 2014 Crossroad Press)
• Remember Bowling Green - The Adventures of Frederick Douglass - Time Traveler (With Patricia Lee Macomber - 2017 from Crossroad Press)
• Gideon's Curse (2017 from Crossroad Press)
• The DeChance Chronicles (2009–present)
  • Heart of a Dragon (2011 from Crossroad Press)
  • Vintage Soul (2009 Thompson-Gale Five Star & Limited HC from Bad Moon Books)
  • My Soul to Keep (2012 from Crossroad Press)
  • Kali's Tale (2012 from Crossroad Press)
  • Nevermore (2013 from Crossroad Press)
  • A Midnight Dreary (2019 from Crossroad Press)
• Novels of the O.C.L.T.
  • The Parting (2011 from Crossroad Press)
  • The Temple of Camazotz (Novella 2011 from Crossroad Press)
  • Crockatiel (2016 Crossroad Press)

Collections[]

• Spinning Webs and Telling Lies (Limited Trade Paperback 2002 - eBook / Audio from Crossroad Press 2009)
• The Subtle Ties That Bind (2002, Lone Wolf Publications CD Rom)
• Defining Moments (2007, Sarob Press Signed limited HC digital and audio 2009 from Crossroad Press)
• Ennui & Other States of Madness (2008 from Dark Regions Press)
• The Fall of the House of Escher & Other Illusions (1996 limited trade paperback - 2010 digital from Crossroad Press)
• The Taste of Blood & Roses (2010 Crossroad Press digital)
• The Whirling Man & Other Tales of Pain, Blood and Madness (2010 by Crossroad Press)
• The Call of Distant Shores (2011 from Crossroad Press)
• Etched Deep & Other Dark Impressions (2012 From Crossroad Press)
• Intermusings (Formerly Joined at the Muse - with various collaborators - 2012 from Crossroad Press eBook and Audible)
• An Unkindness of Ravens (With Patricia Lee Macomber 2013 from Crossroad Press)

Children's Books[]

• Mars Needs Pumpkins (Illustrator - with Katie Mary Wilson 2011 from Crossroad Press)
• Perilous Pink PcGee (With Katie Mary Wilson 2012 from Crossroad Press)
• The Kingdom of Clowns (2013 from Crossroad Press)
• Bob Goes to Mars (Illustrator - with Katie Mary Wilson 2013 from Crossroad Press)
• The Skeleton Inside Me (2014 from Crossroad Press)
• The Halloween House & Others (2016 from Crossroad Press)

FILM[]

• GODHEAD - The Movie (2008 With Rosanna Jeran & Blurgirl Productions)

Stories and Poetry[]

• Poet Cabal: (one poem)
• The Essential World of Darkness: "Except You Go Through Shadow--Wraith"
• 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories: "Just Another Saturday Night"
• Robert Bloch's Psychos: "Blameless (1998, ISBN 0-671-88598-7)
• The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume I: "The Mole" (2000, ISBN 0-451-45804-4)
• Horrors! 365 Scary Stories: (seven short stories) (2001, ISBN 1-58663-240-X)
• The Gossamer Eye (2002, ISBN 1-892065-64-9, with Mark McLaughlin and Rain Graves) (winner of the 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in the Poetry Collection category)
• All Hell Breaking Loose: "Burning Bridges" (2005, ISBN 0-7564-0289-1)
• Shadows over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror: "Death Did Not Become Him" (2005, ISBN 0-345-45273-9, with )
• Cthulhu's Heirs: New Cthulhu Mythos Fiction: "Of Dark Things and Midnight Planes" (1994, ISBN 1-56882-013-5)

His short stories have appeared in more than thirty anthologies, in magazines, and on websites.

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External links[]

• Author's Official website
• Crossroads Press
• David Niall Wilson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database