Dave Dykema

Dave Dykema’s favorite pop culture moments come from the '70s and '80s: "Star Trek" reruns, "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," the last couple years of "Dark Shadows," "Star Wars" and its sequels. He has fond memories of spinning comic racks, back when they sold for 20¢ at local moms and pops and drug stores. The above instilled in him a sense of storytelling and love of reading, a passion he still shares with his wife and kids. Now, he has taken pen to paper, or, more accurately, fingers to keyboard.

Works he has produced include four novels available for the Amazon Kindle: "Stalker," its sequel "Phobia," "Wrong Number," and the newest "April 16." The first three are thrillers that have a taste of horror beneath the initial flavor, although "Wrong Number" is a bit more straightforward. "April 16" is a departure--a more literary love story, written as a fictional memoir. "Stalker" reached a high point on Kindle’s sales chart at #260 out of all books and #9 on the Horror chart. Through his brief stint at writing reviews for comicsbulletin.com, the editor of "American Comic Book Chronicles" contacted him to help contribute chapters to the phenomenal project covering decades of comic history, year by year. His work can be found in both the ’70s volume and the ’80s tome. Dave’s written freelance for the "Toledo Free Press" and also has a story in "Stories and Poems? We're All Forum: The Best of the Northwest Ohio Writers’ Forum," an anthology title published in 2006.

He’s the father of three children. He lives with his wife, Caris, and family in Oregon, Ohio. He tries to write when he’s not running around putting out little fires at home.