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About David Rider
David Rider is the author of "Tweakers, Crane Girl and the Semi-pocalypse" on Kindle. He has also written stories for Sinister Smile Press. We Are Van Helsing Books One and Two are his first novels.
He grew up in Calumet City, Illinois, where the smiley-face water towers never looked the same after a leering stranger in a green sedan invited young David for a ride. (He declined.)
He now lives with his wife and kids in a rural Midwestern town that has no smiling faces on the water towers…only the scowling faces of dark entities lurking within the surrounding cornfields.
He sometimes busts out a costume and Photoshop for pretentious author pictures.
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Titles By David Rider
Beware of the night, for it shows no mercy.
Anxieties run rampant as the last sprinklings of light twinkle out on the inky horizon. The shadows dance their choreography in the damp, dusky air. Night is taking over, and it knows how to keep a dark and deadly secret, for it allows no witnesses. And that screaming you hear nearby? Watch out, because you might be next.
The Sinister Supernatural Stories series brings you delicious horror that focuses on elements of the supernatural. Pull up a chair and dig in, but never after dark—everyone knows bad things always happen after dark.
Contains stories by Nick Roberts, Matthew R. Davis, Alexandr Bond, Scott Harper, R.E. Sargent, Richard Clive, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Warren Benedetto, Daniel O’Connor, Steven Pajak, Curtis A. Bass, David Rider, Gary Robbe, and Scotty Milder.
Foreword by William Malmborg.Don’t go in the water. It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s scary as hell.
There is no better keeper of secrets than the menacing, murky depths of the ocean. Unfathomable creatures, mysterious disappearances, abandoned ships, deadly pirates. Even experienced seamen are susceptible to the horrors that lay hidden far below the surface. It’s all a game of chance. Be in the wrong place at the wrong time and you’ll become something’s meal. The dark deep is ominous and unforgiving and it has no conscience. Do you dare tempt fate?
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by John S. Aissis, Marco Etheridge, Scott Harper, Andrew Hughes, Constantine E. Kiousis, Scotty Milder, S.R. Miller, G. Nicholas Miranda, Bridgett Nelson, David Rider, Steven Streeter, and Mike Sullivan.
Foreword by Splatterpunk Award Winning Author, Ronald Kelly.
Insanity has me by the throat. I wish it’d squeeze a little harder.
They call me crazy, but who are they to judge? I’m not crazy. They are. I’ve tried to reason with them, but they won’t listen. Yet. One day, they will hear me, and one day, they’ll be sorry.
This is no way to live, being locked up like an animal. And I’m surrounded by lunatics. The scary girl in the corner who hears voices, the burly bald guy who lashes out with violent tendencies, the quiet redhead who lights fires, or the Rob Zombie look-alike that is rumored to have murdered his entire family. Is this real or one sick and twisted nightmare I can’t wake up from?
Institutionalized is the latest anthology from the creators of The Better Off Dead series. This installment brings you stories of the mentally unbalanced, the damaged and disturbed, and the criminally insane. Some are locked up. Some are not. We recommend you sleep with one eye open.
With stories by Richard Chizmar, Ronald Kelly, R.E. Sargent, Steven Pajak, Rebecca Rowland, Mike Duke, Scott Harper, Jill Girardi, Richard Clive, Jeremy Megargee, Janine Pipe, LP Hernandez, Scotty Milder, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Brandon Scott, and David Rider.
This concludes the story started in Book One.
In the tradition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, We Are Van Helsing is an adventure-thriller told by multiple narrators. Set in a reality struggling to deal with an ongoing global pandemic, it tells a tale about love and legacy and finding your tribe. It’s also about curses, were-beasts, the Undead, artificial intelligence…and learning that sometimes there are worse things in life than monsters. This is the first novel from the Team Van Helsing Archives.
Book Two concludes this story.
Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work!
This amazing collection contains all stories from Volumes 4-6 of If I Die Before I Wake: The Better Off Dead Series. Enjoy stories of nightmare monsters, the otherworldly and undead, and the dark deep.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by John S. Aissis, David A. Anthony, Brian Asman, Frank Beghin, Barry Charman, Richard Clive, Matthew R. Davis, Marco Etheridge, Kevin M. Folliard, Elana Gomel, Scott Harper, LP Hernandez, Henry Herz, Andrew Hughes, Constantine E. Kiousis, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Red Lagoe, Jeremy Megargee, Scotty Milder, S.R. Miller, G. Nicholas Miranda, Bridgett Nelson, Hannah O’Doom, Steven Pajak, David Rider, R.E. Sargent, Sandra Stephens, Kristal Stittle, Steven Streeter, and Mike Sullivan.
The blade slashes then plunges deep into trembling flesh…then the bodies hit the floor.
They stalk their prey from deep in the menacing shadows, poised and ready to strike at the penultimate moment. Their victims unexpectant, unaware, until they wake in dark rooms, dank basements, or on chilly floors stained with the rotting blood of other hapless victims. The stench fills their nostrils and permeates their pores, the bile rising up in their burning throats. They scream and try to escape, but all attempts are futile. Fear dances like spiders down their spines as they hear ominous footsteps approaching—their eyes spread wide in horror as they realize the end is near.
Let the Bodies Hit the Floor is the latest series from Sinister Smile Press, the creators of The Better Off Dead series. These volumes bring you the very best in horror/slasher/stalker/serial killer crime fiction. The more vicious and bloodier, the better. So, put on your pee-pee pants, because you’re in for one hell of a dark, sinister journey.
A Pile of Bodies, A Pile of Heads – Let the Bodies Hit the Floor, Volume 1
Contains stories by Mike Marcus, David Rider, Brian Asman, Bridgett Nelson, Dev Jarrett, K. Mason, Sam Rebelein, Jonathan Rae Rivera, Nick Roberts, R.A. Clarke, Jen Ellwyn, and Ali Seay.
This short story is a prologue included in the novel We Are Van Helsing - Book One: The Hunted.
Luckily for those same townspeople, the two friends are fully aware of everything that happens in their community. So when they discover the grand opening of a sinister new business, and a dozen innocent citizens go missing, Abigail & Zack are the only ones standing between a scheming, greedy doctor and their small town’s future.
But they can handle it.
After all, it’s their job.