The Black Seas of Infinity

Visions of pulp era heroes fill his thoughts. He dreams big, but harsh reality digs in as he grows up, and he resigns himself to building surveillance drones for the military. After a brief probative period, he’s moved into the clandestine world of investigating crashed alien craft. Fascinated beyond anything he thought possible, it’s a dream come true.A strange find leads to obsession. Combined with his lack of social skills it eventually gets him fired. But he’s seen too much. A year later he returns and pulls off a bloody heist. Fleeing into the woods, the military in hot pursuit, he makes a mad scramble up the coast.

From the Inside Flap

The brightness of the room was overwhelming. My temples convulsed like some poorly running old motor, ready to seize at any moment. I have to put this out of my mind.It's a cliché: you never know what killing a man is like until you do it. But it's true. You plan for the extremes, you work it all out in your head, but none of that is real life. It's just you and a corpse that a minute ago was a living, breathing human. I reached forward, grabbed the lever, and opened the door.

From the Back Cover

Visions of pulp era heroes fill his thoughts. He dreams big, but harsh reality digs in as he grows up, and he resigns himself to building surveillance drones for the military. After a brief probative period, he's moved into the clandestine world of investigating crashed alien craft. Fascinated beyond anything he thought possible, it's a dream come true.A strange find leads to obsession. Combined with his lack of social skills it eventually gets him fired. But he's seen too much. A year later he returns and pulls off a bloody heist. Fleeing into the woods, the military in hot pursuit, he makes a mad scramble up the coast.

About the Author

Dan's early career included a year and a half stint drawing political cartoons for Madcap Magazine and illustrating underground projects such as Maximum Rock and Roll. In 1997, after struggling through a violent car crash and a knife fight with a crackhead that severed the tendon on his left thumb, he attended art school. Receiving some commercial and local gallery acclaim for his artwork, he moved to New York City in an attempt to kick start an art career. Heavily immersing himself in the local hardcore scene, he produced artwork for the bands Shai Hulud, Indecision, Koshari, Unsound, Coalesce, Most Precious Blood, Locked in a Vacancy, Beyond Reason, and Zombie Apocalypse, not to mention various local record labels and venues.His first novel, The Black Seas of Infinity, was published by Anarchy Books in 2011, and he started an illustrated calendar featuring a variety of artists. Deadite Press released the first book with a cover by Dan, a novel entitled "The Sopaths" by Piers Anthony.A limited edition chapbook "Christmas Is Cancelled" came out courtesy of Splatterpunk in 2013, and in 2014 he started columns for TAM, Tattoo Revue and Skin Art magazines.A reissue of his debut novel was released by Permuted Press in April 2015, as well as a collection of his short stories entitled "Down Highways In The Dark...By Demons Driven" in August of the same year.He continued his work for independent magazines, doing art for Red Door Magazine, a slew of books by the imprint Out Of Step, and every issue so far of the British horror zine Splatterpunk. The books "Not Dead", "Fighting Back", "Past Indiscretions", "Insatiable", "The Red Death" and "The Flood" all featured his work and his third book, "The End of the World" debuted in March of this year. He's currently writing short stories, the latest of which, "Fort Bragg", is available on Amazon.His heavily illustrated anthology featuring 14 authors and 16 stories just debuted across all platforms.

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