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The Roots of Evil wins BEST Horror Logline!

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The Roots of Evil, the first horror novel from award-winning author David E. Gates, has won the Festival of Horror Best HORROR Novel Logline for 2016!

Logline: Eric Barber works his way through the conditions of his father’s will, to secure a future fortune. But, in a remote village, the sins of lust, greed and envy of the inhabitants are disturbed by strange occurrences and disembodied evil that give way to shockingly graphic violence, intense horror and gore-laden revenge!

The Roots of Evil is available in all eBook formats and paperback from all good online bookstores. Available at Amazon.

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The Wretched – OUT NOW!

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The Wretched

OUT NOW!

The Wretched

The new horror novel from David E. Gates, the author of original horror stories: The Roots of Evil and The Ghost of Clothes is OUT NOW!

Set in and around Portsmouth, UK, The Wretched, available on Kindle, ePub, iBook, paperback and other formats, tells a creepy and horrifying story of a malevolent and evil force rising up to affect and change the lives of two teenage boys.

Local folklore and locations feature heavily in the sixth publication from David E. Gates, out now.the-wretched

A teenage boy explores the forbidden areas of his home town and gives life to a new evil that stalks him and his friends and family with vengeance in mind. Whilst grappling with the onset of puberty, he must battle the shape-changing menace which haunts his dreams and knows no bounds in its savagery whilst coming to terms with his own metamorphosis.

A unique horror story, drawing inspiration from local folklore, set in and around Portsmouth.

WINNER! The Ghost of Clothes wins SILVER!!

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silver_2016The Ghost of Clothes, has won the SILVER prize in the AuthorsDB 2016 Cover Contest!

You can read the story FREE from all good online bookstores or via my blog page here.

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The Wretched – Available for Pre-Order!

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The new horror novel from David E. Gates, The Wretched, is now available for pre-order in eBook form from all good online stores or via Smashwords.

Kindle and Paperback versions coming soon.

A teenage boy explores the forbidden areas of his home town and gives life to a new evil that stalks him and his friends and family with vengeance in mind. Whilst grappling with the onset of puberty, he must battle the shape-changing menace which haunts his dreams and knows no bounds in its savagery whilst coming to terms with his own metamorphosis.

A unique horror story, drawing inspiration from local folklore, set in and around Portsmouth.

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FINALIST!! The Ghost of Clothes makes the FINALS!

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The Ghost of Clothes, has made become a FINALIST of the AuthorsDB 2016 Cover Contest!

You can read the story FREE from all good online bookstores or via my blog page here.

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The Ghost of Clothes makes the Semi-Finals!

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My short-story, The Ghost of Clothes, has made it to the semi-finals of the AuthorsDB 2016 Cover Contest!

You can read the story FREE from all good online bookstores or via my blog page here.

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The Wretched – Coming Soon

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Coming Soon…

The Wretched

The new horror novel from David E. Gates, the author of original horror stories: The Roots of Evil and The Ghost of Clothes.

Set in and around Portsmouth, UK, The Wretched tells a creepy and horrifying story of a malevolent and evil force rising up to affect and change the lives of two teenage boys.

Local folklore and locations feature heavily in the sixth publication from David E. Gates, due late November 2016.

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*Artwork is yet to be confirmed/finalised.
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The Ghost of Clothes – #142 on Amazon!

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The Ghost of Clothes – an original Short Story by David E. Gates is #142 on Amazon in Kindle Store > Books > Literature & Fiction > Horror > Occult

Let’s get it in the top 100!

Download, Read & Review for FREE

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Vote for The Ghost of Clothes!

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The Ghost of Clothes, a short story available FREE at all good online bookstores, has been entered in the 2016 Authors DB Cover Contest. And I need your votes to help it win!

Please Vote Here

Thank you.

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First Words

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A unique collection of more than 40 previously unpublished short stories, scripts, poems and film reviews from the author of Access Denied, The Roots of Evil and Omonolidee.

Buy First Words – Kindle & Paperback

Available in all other formats at all good online bookstores.

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