W. D. Gagliani
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W. D. Gagliani

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W.D. Gagliani is the author of the horror/thriller WOLF'S TRAP, a past Bram Stoker Award nominee, as well as the Nick Lupo series WOLF'S GAMBIT, WOLF'S BLUFF, WOLF'S EDGE, WOLF'S CUT, and WOLF'S BLIND, plus the novellas WOLF'S DEAL and WOLF'S CALL. Gagliani is also the author of the supernatural thriller THE JUDAS HIT and the hard-noir thriller SAVAGE NIGHTS, the collection SHADOWPLAYS, the pulp fantasy novella THE GREAT BELZONI AND THE GAIT OF ANUBIS (two versions), and various holiday-themed short stories such as "The Christmas Wolf," etc. His novella "Stranger Roads" will be published by Cemetery Dance Publications novella paperback and ebook line in January 2024. Gagliani has written numerous short stories published in many anthologies, such as FEARFUL FATHOMS, ROBERT BLOCH'S PSYCHOS, UNDEAD TALES, MORE MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS, THE MIDNIGHTERS CLUB, etc. Additionally, the creative team of W.D. Gagliani and David Benton published the novel KILLER LAKE (Deadite Press, 2019), which was nominated in 2020 for both the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novel and the Indie Horror Book Award (Splatterpunk novel). The team of Gagliani and Benton has also published fiction in SNAFU: DEAD OR ALIVE, A FISTFUL OF DEMONS, THE X-FILES: TRUST NO ONE, SPLATTERPUNK: FIGHTING BACK (also translated into Italian), SPLATTERPUNK: PAST INDISCRETIONS, SNAFU: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MILITARY HORROR, SNAFU: WOLVES AT THE DOOR, ZIPPERED FLESH 2, MASTERS OF UNREALITY, DARK PASSIONS: HOT BLOOD 13, and more, including webzines such THE HORROR ZINE and DEAD LINES. Gagliani has also written numerous book reviews, articles, and interviews that have been published in places such as THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, CHIZINE, CEMETERY DANCE, HORRORWORLD, PAPERBACK PARADE, CINEMA RETRO, HELLNOTES, FLESH & BLOOD, BOOKPAGE, BOOKLOVERS, THE SCREAM FACTORY, HORROR MAGAZINE, SF CHRONICLE, BARE BONES (first and second version), and others. His work was also published in the Writers Digest book ON WRITING HORROR, THEY BITE!, ZOMBIE WRITING!, and in the Edgar Award-nominated THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS. THE WRITER magazine published his article on writing werewolf epics in October 2011. His interests include old and new progressive rock, a pile of analog synthesizers and his Theremin, weapons, history (and alternate history, secret history, and steampunk), military history, movies, book reviewing, and plain old reading and writing. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the International Thriller Writers (ITW), and the Authors Guild. He lives and writes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.
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