About Me

I’m a scrib­bler and pod­caster who loves pulp sto­ries, espe­cially sword & sor­cery tales. My favorites are the dark, edgy ones, along the lines of Karl Edward Wagner’s Kane nov­els. It’s hard to find such sto­ries, so I write them. I call my style Dag­gers & Dev­il­try. Because it sounds cool and appro­pri­ate.

I live in Birm­ing­ham, Alabama. My favorite sub­jects out­side of writ­ing are Dao­ism, Tai­ji­quan, pro­fes­sional foot­ball, Crim­son Tide foot­ball, ancient his­tory, diet, and fitness.

I enjoy play­ing and design­ing role-playing games. In fact, my love of pulp fan­tasy began in 1990 when a copy of the Storm­bringer role-playing game (4th edi­tion with a cover by Michael Whe­lan) caught my eye in a comic book shop just out­side of Eglin Air Force Base in Val­paraiso, Florida. Years of read­ing Michael Moor­cock, David Gem­mell, Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard, and oth­ers fol­lowed. Embrac­ing inter­ests aroused by the genre, I stud­ied his­tory, lit­er­a­ture, and reli­gion at the Uni­ver­sity of Alabama.

I don’t travel much, but I reli­giously attend Dragon*Con in Atlanta each year. If you’re going to be there, drop me an email. We’ll gather and chat a bit.


Best wishes,
David Alastair Hayden

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