About
Speculative fiction author David Horn writes stories of cosmic horror, psychological suspense, and hard-edged realism inspired by his career as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, former military police officer, and law enforcement employee. His short fiction has been featured in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (forthcoming), The Pomona Valley Review, AntipodeanSF, ELA Literary Magazine, Rooted Literary Magazine, The Pomona Valley Review, and several anthologies. He is the author of The Glass Child, a literary science fiction novel set on an ice-bound planet in the far reaches of the galaxy.
David’s work is marked by slow-build tension, immersive world-building, and explorations of identity, morality, and survival. His background as a cybersecurity engineer lends authenticity to his technology-driven narratives and pulse-pounding thrillers.
Fun Fact: David won the National Council of Teachers of English Award for creative writing in 1975, a story written during high school, marking the beginning of a lifelong journey in storytelling.
Genres:
Science Fiction
Horror
Suspense/Thriller
Cosmic Horror
Notable Works:
The Glass Child (Novel)
Signals From the Edge (Anthology)
Ironwood Falls (Novel, forthcoming)
Red Eaters of Calico Bend (Novel, western horror, forthcoming)
Featured Work
The Glass Child
No one expected the planet to reply.
At the farthest edge of the solar system, the rogue planet Ymir has been captured into orbit—a world of impossible ice and deep secrets. It is not a planet. It is a memory.
Dr. Megan Reed and her crew are the first to set foot on Station QX-7, a sterile, automated outpost built to study Ymir's mysteries. Their mission is simple: observe, collect data, and return.
But from the moment they arrive, the planet and the station itself begin to react. The AI speaks of events that haven't happened yet. Frost on the viewport writes itself into an unreadable script that responds to their voices. Swarms of strange, winged creatures appear from the ice, mimicking their every move with chilling precision.
They are not just observers. They are being learned.
When a single drop of blood is spilled on the ice, a terrifying process begins: integration. Trapped millions of miles from home, the crew faces a struggle not for survival, but for their very identities. The ancient intelligence of Ymir doesn’t want to kill them. It wants to archive them.
On Ymir, the past is never dead. It’s not even past.
Other Works
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Signals from the Edge
2025
