D. A. Barney

D. A. BARNEY was born and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and for as far back as he could remember, there was a voice constantly whispering strange things to him. Beautiful things; amazing things and sometimes, even scary things. As a child he thought everyone had a voice like this, rattling off nonsensical verbiage at all times of the day and night. Eventually he realized that not only did they NOT have a voice constantly whispering to them, but that sharing these ramblings, out loud and in public, would, at best, get him hushed, at worst, ridiculed, made fun of and sometimes even punished. He quickly learned to keep his ‘voice’ to himself. So, instead, he began to write the ‘voice’ down. It became his greatest source of entertainment. He had turned this ‘voice’ into what would become his favorite game. A game where he could escape to new worlds and fantastic places and do whatever he wanted to do. A place where the world was right and all that was required to get to these places was a pencil, a piece of paper and the ‘voice’ in his head. No one much cared about the scribblings of this weird kid with an imagination much too prolific, at times, for his own good, but he kept on writing. Not to prove anything to anyone, but simply because he enjoyed it. It was fun for him. Then at the age of 17, the high school senior crossed paths with an English teacher who did something amazing – HE CARED. The teacher took the time to read the scribblings and correct the grammar. He taught the kid how to construct a sentence and put them together to form a paragraph. This teacher gave a confused recluse the tools he needed to express himself and then he gave the kid something no other teacher ever did. He gave the kid praise and encouraged him to write more. That is the day a shy kid and his ‘voice’ became a writer. Today, that writer proudly introduces you to Book One of The Wiccan Chronicles Trilogy - The Bewitching Of Camille (April 15th 2025). The tragic love story sadly reveals a place where female oppression has become the way of life, and supernatural characters hide in plain sight to ensure that ‘way’ is maintained. July 2025 shines a light on the dark second installment of the series, The Midnight Man, and on Halloween the sun will set on this tragic trilogy with The Night Of The Lycan. Stay tuned…