David Tocher

David Tocher (pronounced “talker”) is a multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed author of horror and dark fantasy. He is a two-time recipient of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, winning in 2025 for SPIDER SEEDS and again in 2026 for MOONLIGHT DESIRES: A CINDERELLA RETELLING. He is also the author of SHE WHO HUNTS and LETTERS FROM A DEAD WORLD, a chilling short story collection introduced by horror legend Nancy Kilpatrick.

His 2019 anthology CANADIAN DREADFUL was praised by FIRST BLOOD author David Morrell as “a harrowing tour of the northern landscape that will leave you both dazzled and terrified.” New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi (STEPHEN KING, AMERICAN MASTER) describes Tocher as “a Wizard of Words and a Master of Literary Mayhem.”

An accomplished editor, interior layout designer, fiction writer, and essayist, Tocher’s work has appeared alongside that of genre icons including Kelley Armstrong, Tanith Lee, Richard Chizmar, Robin Furth, Graham Masterton, and Bev Vincent.

He is also the author of three nonfiction essays featured in Bear Manor Media’s STEPHEN KING DOLLAR BABY SERIES by Anthony Northrup, and has been credited as an Associate Producer on several independent horror films, including SPIDER BABY OR THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD, BEYOND THE GATES OF HELL, and THE EDGE OF HER MIND, an anthology spotlighting women filmmakers and featuring Lance Henriksen (ALIENS, NEAR DARK).

Tocher resides in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, where he continues to write, edit, and champion the power of story. When he’s not crafting fiction or revisiting literary classics, he can often be found watching B-movie horror or cheering on a good baseball game.