About the author

David E. Gates

<p>David E. Gates has published several books and short-stories.</p> <p></p> <p>His first book, Access Denied, is a true story.&nbsp; A deeply personal and heart-wrenching account of becoming a father and then finding out several years later that his daughter wasn&rsquo;t his. It has garnered 100% positive reviews.</p> <p></p> <p>The Roots of Evil, his first horror novel, is a graphic, violent, intense and gore-laden horror story.</p> <p></p> <p>His second fictional novel, The Wretched, is an original horror story set in and around Portsmouth.</p> <p></p> <p>David has made a documentary film about the battlefield memorials in Ypres, Belgium called Ypres &ndash; The Battlefield Tours and previously wrote film reviews for Starburst and Samhain magazines and interviewed the likes of Clive Barker, Terry Pratchett, James Herbert and many others.</p> <p></p> <p>He has also written many short stories and poems, a full-length motion picture screenplay, the screenplay to a short film and in his spare time hosts a rock radio show.</p>