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David James Schow was born in Marburg, Germany and was adopted by American parents then living in Middlesex, England. After publishing non-fiction book and film criticism in newspapers and magazines, his first professionally published fiction was a novelette in Galileo Magazine in 1978. He spent the next decade honing his skills in the short fiction form. He won a Dimension Award from Twilight Zone Magazine in his own films as well as those of friends.
Coined the term "Splatterpunk" to describe the style of explicit horror fiction which he writes.
Frequently wears black leather pants, a black leather trench coat and/or a black leather motorcycle jacket over a black shirt and vest. He made a self-referential joke by titling one of his books of short stories Black Leather Required. It is also the name of his official website.
One of the many screenwriters to submit a draft for the film Freddy vs. Jason .
Vampires have become the Star Trek of horror.
The Internet has become karaoke for would-be writers.
The short story is still the first, earliest, most basic, most,challenging and best means of purveying fiction.
