Russell Davis (born 1970) is an American author born in

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. His publications include more than 20 novels and 30 short stories. Davis, who writes in many

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, was the president of the

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(SFWA) from 2008–2010, and a member of the

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(WWA). He has also worked as an editor and book packager. Davis has written for publication under the names David Cian, Garrett Dylan and Dylan Garrett, D.L. Lawson, Cliff Ryder, Jenna Solitaire and Christopher Tracy as well as his real name. Cliff Ryder is a house pseudonym shared by multiple writers.

Selected works

Novels

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* ''

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'' (2001) with John Helfers

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* ''Annihilation'' (2003) as David Cian * ''Fusion'' (2004) as David Cian

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* ''A Gathering of Shadows'' (2003)

Standalone novels

* ''Touchless'' (2002) * ''The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest for the Spear'' (2004) –

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novelization as by Christopher Tracy * ''Megawar'' (2005) as David Cian * ''Jersey'' (2013)

As by Cliff Ryder

Among the Room 59 spy novels published under the name Cliff Ryder, a house pseudonym shared by multiple writers, Davis takes credit for two for which he has been acknowledged under the pseudonym Garrett Dylan."Room 59"
Spy Guys and Gals. Retrieved 2015-07-20. * ''Out of Time'' (2008) * ''The Ties that Bind'' (2008)

Collections

* ''Waltzing with the Dead'' (2004) * ''The End of All Seasons'' (2013)

Anthologies edited

* ''Mardi Gras Madness: Tales of Terror and Mayhem in New Orleans'' (2000) with

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...

* ''Apprentice Fantastic'' (2002) with Greenberg * ''Transformers Legends'' (2004) as David Cian * ''Faerie Tales'' (2004) with Greenberg * ''Haunted Holidays'' (2004) with Greenberg * ''Millennium 3001'' (2006) with Greenberg * ''If I Were An Evil Overlord'' (2007) with Greenberg * ''Courts of the Fey'' (2011) with Greenberg

Short fiction

* "Dead Tired" (1998) * "One Tree Hill" (1998) * "The End of Winter" (1998) * "The Body Clock" (1999) * "The Death of Winston Foster" (1999) * "The End of Summer" (1999) * "Goliath" (1999) * "Fat Tuesday" (2000) * "Across Hickman's Bridge to Home" (2000) * "A Kiss at Midnight" (2001) * "King of Thorns" (2001) * "A Weapon of Flesh and Bone" (2001) with

Tim Waggoner Tim Waggoner is the author of numerous novels and short stories in the Fantasy, horror fiction, Horror, and Thriller (genre), Thriller genres. Education Waggoner graduated from Wright State University in 1989 with a Master of Arts in English ...

* "Omega Time" (2002) * "Countdown" (2004) * "The Last Day of the Rest of Her Life" (2004) * "The Hollywood Dilemma" (2005) * "The Things She Handed Down" (2005) * "Midnight at the Half-Life Café" (2005) * "The Angel Chamber" (2005) * "The End of Spring" (2006) * "When I Look to the Sky" (2007) * "Engines of Desire & Despair" (2007) * "Scars Enough" (2008) * "Houdini's Mirror" (2008) * "An Orchid for Valdis" (2008)