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DanDeBono

Name Dan DeBono
Location Lake Placid, FL USA
Member Since Jul 22, 2012
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I'm glad I found this site (don't know how I missed it so long). I read all sorts of things, so I am looking forward to diving into MANY of these stories...

I also write. I recently had my second novel published, but most of my many years of writing have been in the non-fiction world. I have written a couple thousand (at least!) articles and features for newspapers, travel magazines, newsletters and even several comic books and a graphic novel.

FantasyReaders.com is a Website I set up in 2002:  http://www.FantasyReaders.com
FantasyReaders On Facebook:   http://www.facebook.com/pages/fantasyREADERScom/178311325576954

Everything on the site is free: fantasy, sci-fi and horror stories, and even illustrated and interactive game books!

An excerpt of my latest (fantasy) novel can be read on Amazon, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Goblin-Invasion-Book-Lands/dp/1554048893/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343042432&sr=1-3&keywords=the+goblin+invasion
(Available on iTunes and other Online retailers as well, of course!)


Recently Published Short Fiction (paperback):
Three short stories published in Zharmae's Ends Of Man contest as 2012 contest winners (entered three - was happily surprised they all were picked). There are quite a few very interesting stories in that one from writers all over the world ... check it out.   

(From Ends Of Man Anthology):

Daniel F. De Bono is a professional writer with more than twenty years experience and literally hundreds of publishing credits, both fiction and non-fiction. A versatile and eloquently imaginative writer, he has also published fiction under the name Gareth Blackmore. Born and educated in Michigan, he now resides in Florida with his wife, Melissa, and son, Zachary.

Works

A Book Of The Lands: The One Who Would Be King

A Book Of The Lands: The One Who Would Be King

19 parts / 98 pages, updated Aug 06, 2012GPicturesCompleted
The goblin horde has arrived! Djar’s parents have been murdered, his city is occupied and things look worse every day. But there is one small... read more
85,331 reads votes 358 comments 110
Factual Illusions (Graphic Novel Version)

Factual Illusions (Graphic Novel Version)

2 parts / 4 pages, updated Aug 06, 2012
NOTE: This is the previously published graphic version of the novel I am writing. A group of scientists at a company (Virtuallusion) working on t... read more
335 reads votes 6 comments 6
King Of The Realm a.k.a. Kings, Wizards ... Lasers?

King Of The Realm a.k.a. Kings, Wizards ... Lasers?

6 parts / 9 pages, updated Aug 06, 2012GCompleted
After crash landing on a distant planet, Wes finds himself in a medieval world - like something right out of a fairy tale. But there's more than meets the eye and the world is just too familiar ... (Note: In WATTYs so please vote!)
256 reads votes 14 comments 10
Factual Illusions (Novel)

Factual Illusions (Novel)

17 parts / 10 pages, updated Aug 05, 2012PGPictures
A group of scientists at an ultra-realistic gaming company - Virtuallusion - are working on their latest "Reality." They stumble upon a way to travel di... read more
3,252 reads votes 160 comments 102
Clone Drones And The Real Thing

Clone Drones And The Real Thing

5 pages, updated Jul 22, 2012GCompleted
A short story of love lost and re-gained - through the use of cloning. Published in Ends Of Man Anthology in 2011 and now free for Wattpad readers! Written by FantasyReaders.com writer/owner, Dan DeBono.
22 reads votes 3 comments 2
Agnatha Agnathema

Agnatha Agnathema

8 pages, updated Jul 22, 2012G
It's Jaws meets the Great Lakes when a couple decides to dive a deep, Lake Superior wreck only to encounter a larger and meaner school of lampreys. Recently published in... read more
116 reads votes 6 comments 9
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DanDeBono
DanDeBono

6 months ago
I'd like to know which fantasy books I missed!:

http://blog.wattpad.com/post/32820089090/my-seven-favorite-fantasy-novels-of-all-time
DanDeBono
DanDeBono

7 months ago
@FatherSonHolyGhost Looking forward to reading it - this weekend!
DanDeBono
DanDeBono

7 months ago
@JustMe8808 My pleasure!
JustMe8808
JustMe8808

7 months ago
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR POSTING MY STORY ON YOUR LIST!!!!!
FatherSonHolyGhost
FatherSonHolyGh...

7 months ago
Hey, finally done with House Of Aragon!
DanDeBono
DanDeBono

7 months ago
@jdbtate I was thinking about a novel. FYI: The story is true - up to the killer lampreys! We dove that wreck in a crappy little boat when we were young (34 degrees at depth with wet suits - brrrr). I came across a lamprey on a salmon near the hold of the ship - that's where the idea came from (this one sort of wrote itself ...).
jdbtate
jdbtate

7 months ago
Totally digging Agnatha! Very Peter Benchley/Syfy Saturday feel to it. Any chance on expanding it a bit more?
DanDeBono
DanDeBono

7 months ago
@dlmackenzie I'll have to see what is up with that link. I think it may be interesting to possibly do a Wattpad section with links to the stories ...
dlmackenzie
dlmackenzie

7 months ago
BTW, the Facebook link button in your profile doesn't work, although the link you provided in the text below does.  I don't write fantasy, but I'm curious on behalf of the fantasy writers here on Wattpad.  Can they submit to FantasyReaders with only a Wattpad link, or would they still need to provide you a PDF file?
dlmackenzie
dlmackenzie

7 months ago
@DanDeBono Thanks for fanning!  Be checking out your web page soon...