W. D. Gagliani
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W.D. Gagliani of Oak Creek (Milwaukee), WI, is an American author of Italian descent. His work has spanned the horror, thriller, noir crime, mystery and adventure fields in fiction, and he has written numerous book reviews, articles, and interviews in nonfiction.
His fiction has won the 1999 Darrell Award of the Memphis Science Fiction Association ("Until Hell Calls Our Names"), several 2nd and 3rd Place prizes in the Science Fiction Writers Of Earth annual contests, and garnered six Honorable Mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror annual collections. In addition, his novel Wolf's Trap (Yard Dog Press) was a Finalist for the 2004 Bram Stoker Award
(for outstanding achievement in a first novel).
Gagliani is the author of numerous book reviews, articles, interviews, and short stories that have appeared in publications, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cemetery Dance, Chizine/Chiaroscuro, HorrorWorld, Hellnotes, Flesh & Blood, Crimespree, BookPage, Booklovers, Scream Factory, Bare Bones, and Horror Magazine. Collaborative short stories (with author David Benton) have appeared in the anthologies Dark Passions: Hot Blood 13, Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror, and Masters of Unreality (Germany). His solo fiction has been included in anthologies such as Robert Bloch
's Psychos, More Monsters from Memphis, Wicked Karnival Halloween Horror, The Asylum Volume 2: The Violent Ward, The Black Spiral: Twisted Tales of Terror, Small Bites, The Midnighters Club, Extremes 3: Terror on the High Seas, Extremes 4: Darkest Africa, and others. He is also the author of Shadowplays (originally published as an e-book story collection, with the revised Shadowplays 2 released as a Kindle e-book in late 2009). His story "The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis" is available as an Amazon Short story download at Amazon.com.
Gagliani is an active member of the Horror Writers Association
(HWA), the Authors Guild, and the International Thriller Writers
(ITW). Some of his work has been translated into Italian and Japanese (editions of the anthology Robert Bloch
's Psychos) and German ("Do You Want to Be the Song?" aka "A Solid Time of Change") in the anthology Masters of Unreality).
His fiction has won the 1999 Darrell Award of the Memphis Science Fiction Association ("Until Hell Calls Our Names"), several 2nd and 3rd Place prizes in the Science Fiction Writers Of Earth annual contests, and garnered six Honorable Mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror annual collections. In addition, his novel Wolf's Trap (Yard Dog Press) was a Finalist for the 2004 Bram Stoker Award
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
(for outstanding achievement in a first novel).
Gagliani is the author of numerous book reviews, articles, interviews, and short stories that have appeared in publications, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cemetery Dance, Chizine/Chiaroscuro, HorrorWorld, Hellnotes, Flesh & Blood, Crimespree, BookPage, Booklovers, Scream Factory, Bare Bones, and Horror Magazine. Collaborative short stories (with author David Benton) have appeared in the anthologies Dark Passions: Hot Blood 13, Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror, and Masters of Unreality (Germany). His solo fiction has been included in anthologies such as Robert Bloch
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...
's Psychos, More Monsters from Memphis, Wicked Karnival Halloween Horror, The Asylum Volume 2: The Violent Ward, The Black Spiral: Twisted Tales of Terror, Small Bites, The Midnighters Club, Extremes 3: Terror on the High Seas, Extremes 4: Darkest Africa, and others. He is also the author of Shadowplays (originally published as an e-book story collection, with the revised Shadowplays 2 released as a Kindle e-book in late 2009). His story "The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis" is available as an Amazon Short story download at Amazon.com.
Gagliani is an active member of the Horror Writers Association
Horror Writers Association
The Horror Writers Association is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of Horror and Dark Fantasy writers. It was formed in the 1980s with the help of many of the field's greats, including Joe Lansdale, Robert...
(HWA), the Authors Guild, and the International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers, Inc., was founded October 9, 2004, at a meeting at Bouchercon World Mystery and Suspense Conference in Toronto, Canada. Six months later, some 150 authors with more than one billion books sold worldwide had joined the organization as founding members.Co-founders...
(ITW). Some of his work has been translated into Italian and Japanese (editions of the anthology Robert Bloch
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...
's Psychos) and German ("Do You Want to Be the Song?" aka "A Solid Time of Change") in the anthology Masters of Unreality).
Novels
- Wolf's Trap (2003, 2006)
- Wolf's Gambit (2009)
- Wolf's Bluff (2010)
- Savage Nights (2010)
- Wolf's Edge (2011)
Short Story Collection
- Shadowplays (e-book, 2000) and as Shadowplays (new version) as Kindle/Nook/Sony/Smashwords/etc e-book, 2010
- Mysteries & Mayhem (first ed) as Kindle/Nook/Sony/Smashwords/etc e-book, 2011 (with David Benton)
Amazon short story e-book (previously as Amazon Short)
- "The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis" (2006, 2010) as Kindle/Nook/Sony/Smashwords/etc e-book
- "Mood Elevator" (2011, from Mysteries & Mayhem) as Kindle/Nook/Sony/Smashwords/etc e-book
Anthology Appearances
- Robert Bloch's Psychos - "Icewall"
- Extremes 3: Terror on the High Seas - "Port of Call"
- Extremes 4: Darkest Africa - "We Were Like Lions"
- More Monsters From Memphis - "Until Hell Calls Our Names"
- The Midnighters Club - "Starbird"
- Bubbas of the Apocalypse - "Kiss a Bubba Good Mornin'"
- More Stories That Won't... - "A Knight of Swords"
- The Black Spiral: Twisted Tales of Terror - "The Serpent Said"
- The Asylum Volume 2: The Violent Ward - "Dark Places, Underground"
- Small Bites - "The Great Belzoni and the Monster of Goa", "Of a Feather", and "Stand By Your Zombie"
- Wicked Karnival Halloween Horror - "Carried on the Wind"
- Masters of Unreality (Germany) - ""A Solid Time of Change" (also: "Do You Want to Be the Song?" (with David Benton)
- Dark Passions: Hot Blood 13 - "Mood Elevator" (with David Benton)
- Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror - "All the Gifts of Life" (with David Benton)
- DEAD LINES e-zine, Issue 3, 2010 - "At the Back of the Blue Bus" (with David Benton)
External links
- W.D. Gagliani homepage: http://www.williamdgagliani.com
- W.D. Gagliani homepage (Authors Guild): http://www.wdgagliani.com
- Interview for International Thriller Writers: http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2009/08/wolfs-gambit-by-wd-gagliani.html
- Interview for International Thriller Writers: http://www.thebigthrill.org/2010/07/wolfs-bluff-by-w-d-gagliani/