Okay, I started out to create a site that was - basically - built to convince people to buy my collection, ENNUI & OTHER STATES OF MADNESS.  There is a page for each and every story in the book to explain why and sometimes when the stories were written.  There are notes about influences, those who published them first, and there are excerpts of all but a few stories to show you what you are getting in to. I hope if you've found your way here, you'll browse through it and get some entertainment / enjoyment from the process.  I also hope you'll buy the book, of course. The Trade paperback is less than $20 - 360 pages of fiction - signed by myself and available now. The Limited Edition is somewhere in the binding / production process.  The Contest is still open until those books arrive and start to ship, so you can still win the hand-bound edition of the book and the antique Bullseye lantern. I hope you're enjoying the site. David Niall Wilson

While I'm not a big a Lovecraft fan as many of my contemporaries and friends, the "style" of Lovecraft's horror - the idea of things just beyond our world that are so beyond our comprehension we can't even grasp their existence - appeals to me. I have written a number of "Lovecraftian" stories over the years, several of them appear in this volume - The Fall of the House of Escher is one, The Call of Farther Shores is another. This is one of my favorites. Since it was reprinted online by Apex Online - and it is still in their archive - I'm providing the link here for your reading pleasure.  It was first printed in THE GOSSAMER EYE - which I wrote 1/3 of - and which won the Bram Stoker Award for poetry.  Some of what we included was NOT poetry, as you will see. READ MORE

I've been slowly adding links ane small excerpts for each and every story in the collection to this page.  I thought I'd update the list here in a post to bring it to everyone's attention.   The next story up - "Darkness, and the Light," is very Lovecraftian, and since it was published on line at one point and is still archived, I'll provide the link...that makes at least two stories you can sample before picking up this collection. And I hope that you do pick it up.  I've poured myself through the end of a pen since the late 1980s in the hope of entertaining people.  I want this book to be that entertainment for as many of you as possible.  Welcome to my words, and my worlds. Ennui Death & His Brother Sleep          * From My Reflection, Darkly The Gentle Brush of Wings You Are Just Like Gods For These Things I Am Truly Thankful Pretty Boys in Blue & Long Hair Dangling      * In His Heart Live Dragons New Leather & Old Cognac   DNW

Tonight I posted a short history of this story, as well as an excerpt from the very beginning of the piece to give the "flavor" of the story. From My Reflection, Darkly, is the first story I sold to Deathrealm Magazine. Editor Mark Rainey, one of those I’m dedicating this book to, was a tough nut. I’d sent him very literally every story I’d ever written. None was quite right. When I sat down to write this story, I targeted that magazine, the dark Lovecraftian feel of it, and the fiction I loved that was published in those pages – like The Encyclopedia for Boys, by Jeff Osier and Smoothpicks, by Elizabeth Massie, just to name a couple. I wanted to join that club – to be one of the cool kids. Now Beth, Jeff, Wayne Allen Sallee, James Robert Smith, and all those who joined us there…this one is here for you. There are other Deathrealm stories in this book, but this was the first. It worked, by the way. When I sent this story to Mark at Deathrealm, he took it right off, and it started a long, entertaining, and close friendship that continues to this day. His collection, ...

Since this book is a "definitive" collection, and since it reprsents two decades of my life and work, I think having a place to talk about it - explain it - expand it - and share it is only right.  I want as wide an audience as possible, obviously.  Sometimes knowing more about a book up front is the best way to convince someone they need to read it. Today I created the website.  I have put up some descriptions of the first two stories, the introduction by Brian Hodge - a link about the contest for the one-of-a-kind edition of the book and the antique bullseye lantern that dates to the time of Jack the Ripper - and a few other surprises. For now, check out what's here - click on THE STORIES and learn about ENNUI - the title tale of this collection, and a brand new story, DEATH & HIS BROTHER SLEEP that appears in the collection for the first time.  There are short excerpts of each available. I hope, before I'm done, I'll catch your interest... -DNW

The trade paperback edition of this book (which is also signed) is already available.  You can order it by clicking one of the various links at the bottom of this post, and I would love to hear from you if you get and read it.  Feedback is such a rarity in this business... The Signled, Limited HC edition of the book, and the Deluxe Lettered Edition of the book, are still forthcoming, and there are still some copies left.  With that in mind, I've done what I can to make it interesting.  Because everyone loves something for free, I've created a contest.  To be entered, all ou have to do is to order a copy of the limited or lettered edition of the book before they are back from the printer and ready to ship.  Your name will be entered into a drawing, and one lucky reader will win. I created a tray case, of sorts, from a fancy old candy box - some felt - etc. It’s not great, and will probably not stand the test of time quite as well as the leather-bound, hand-sewn book (I made that too…) - but it makes a nice display. On the cover I ...

When Dark Regions publisher Joe Morey told me he wanted this to be "the definitive David Niall Wilson collection," I wasn't sure what to do. How do you choose? I've written and published over a hundred and fifty short stories over a couple of decades of writing. I have tried very hard over those years not to stereotype myself as that vampire guy, or that sex-in-horror guy, but instead to remain diverse and to keep things as fresh and new as possible. That has led to the compilation of a list of stories that almost defies logical organization. So what I did was simple. I tried to choose stories that have meaning to me. I looked for work that defined some moment in my career and pulled them from the pile to be dusted off and included. I tried NOT to include too much that appeared in my last collection – it only came out last year, after all. To make it interesting, I added in a few original tales. The intention of this website is to provide a comprehensive overview of the collection, to provide readers and collectors all the possible information they ...

This sight (soon) will be an exploration of my short story collection, "Ennui & Other States of Madness," just released from Dark Regions Press.  I will cover the book stage by stage, story by story, give glimpses into each piece, share some of the introduction by Brian Hodge and how I came to acquire the amazing wrap-around cover art...hopefully this will tip you over the edge and send you scurrying to buy and read the book... -David Niall Wilson