David A. Riley's first professionally published story was in the 11th Pan Book of Horror in 1970. Since then he has been published in numerous anthologies from ROC Books, DAW Books, Robinson Books, Corgi Books, Doubleday, Playboy Paperbacks, and Sphere. Two recent notable anthologies in which he has appeared are The Century's Best Horror Fiction from Cemetery Dance, and Otto Pensler's Zombies Zombies Zombies from Vintage Books. In 1995, David and his wife Linden edited and published Beyond, a fantasy/SF magazine. His stories have been published in magazines such as Aboriginal Science Fiction, Dark Discoveries, Fear, Fantasy Tales and World of Horror. His Own Mad Demons contains his stories "Lock-In," "The Worst of All Possible Places," "The Fragile Mask on His Face," "Their Own Mad Demons," and "The True Spirit."