Dave Newton

Dave Newton was born in Hermosa Beach, California in 1959. Growing up in the 1960's and 70's, Dave was exposed to the turbulent era which shaped a generation. As a boy, he collected Silver Age comics and listened to a wide range of music. He began playing Dungeons & Dragons as a young adult, building worlds and heroes to populate them.

After moving to rural West Georgia in his twenties, Dave and his former wife Michele worked with E. Gary Gygax as co-author of the Mythus Fantasy Roleplaying game system. Later, he formed a company with his friends William Spencer-Hale and Michael Hill to publish Rapture: the Second Coming and create the first web page of any roleplaying game company.

During his years as an active game developer for companies like GDW and Quintessential Mercy Studio, Dave attended many fantasy and science-fiction conventions, promoting the various games he helped write and edit. In addition to game promotion, Dave participated in many panels at the conventions - and one of these was a panel called Twisted Bedtime Stories. Reading material from many talented authors of erotic horror, including his own, Dave developed a following over the years.

In the past few years, Dave and his wife Christi created the Quest! Roleplaying Game for Children. Illustrated by R.B. Cleary, this print-on-demand game is a hit with parents and teachers, and introduces kids to roleplaying concepts without promoting violence to solve problems.

Now settled in Aurora, Colorado, Dave works as a software developer and network administrator, and has found new inspiration to write and create new works of fiction and gaming. Due to the current pandemic, Dave runs his ongoing tabletop game over the internet. He is an avid music fan and hosts an internet radio show called Twisted Dave's Mile High Show on Sunday evenings. Check out abervon.com for more information.

Currently in the process of building a new publishing company, Dave and his partner Todd King have completed The Lightbringer's Sigil and The Anshadar Effect, the first two books in a series of science-fiction/fantasy novels called The EarthZero Evolution. They are currently publishing them, along with a number of current and prior novels, games, and supplements. For more information, visit anshadar.com