Arthur Davis

Fiction Writer

New York, NY

Author's Bio

Arthur Davis is a Wall Street trained management consultant with an MBA in Corporate and Investment Finance. His practice specialty is corporate planning and reorganization. He has managed engagements in the United States and Europe. He has lectured at The New School University on leadership skills to CEO’s and entrepreneurs. He has given Chase bank sponsored Leadership Skills workshops to venture capital groups and entrepreneurs. He presented a Leadership Skills workshop for coop board presidents at the NYC Coop and Condo Council Annual conference for over twenty years.

He has been quoted in The New York Times and in Crain’s New York Business, taught at The New School University and was interviewed on New York TV News Channel 1. He has advised The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission on operational reform and the Department of Homeland Security National Protection and Programs Directorate Sector-Specific Agency, on developing a national preparedness program for Critical Manufacturing. He advised Senator John McCain's investigating committee on boxing reform, and testified as an expert witness before Senator Roy Goodman's New York State Commission on Corruption in Boxing.

Since 2010, over a hundred-thirty tales of original horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, mystery, crime, magical realism, epic adventure and slipstream as well as literary/mainstream fiction have been published in ninety journals. Over forty more have been published as reprints. He was featured in a single author anthology, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, received the 2018 Write Well Award for excellence in short fiction and, twice nominated, received Honorable Mention in The Best American Mystery Stories 2017. Nine novels are available and include tales of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance and mainstream fiction. He is looking to partner with cable/TV companies and playwrights to develop proprietary properties based on the novels and short stories in Tales of Our Time, where great storytelling is at the heart of great entertainment. More at www.talesofourtime.com and Amazon Author Central.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Storylandia Issue 33 (Wapshott Press, 2020)
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Fiction on the Web (Fiction on the Web, 2018)
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Write Well Award Anthology 2018 (Silver Pen Writers Association, 2018)
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 (Mariner Books, 2017)
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Storylandia, Issue 17 (Wapshott Press, 2015)
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Crack the Spine, Spring 2014 (Crack the Spine, 2014)
Books:
Dark Lane Books (Dark Lane Books, 2019)
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Forge Journal (Forge Books, 2018)
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Harold Higgins, In Memoriam (Dark Lane Books, 2016)
Journals:
Alien Dimensions
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allegory
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American Literary Review
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Amsterdam Quarterly
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ASU Canyon Voices
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Avalon Literary Review
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Bards and Sages Quarterly
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Bewildering Stories
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Bookends
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Bright Flash Literary Review
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Coffin Bell
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Connotation Press
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Copperfield Review
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Corvus Review
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Crimson Streets
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Danse Macabre
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Dark Horses
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Dark Moon Digest
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Defenestration
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Dime Show Review
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Eclectica
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eFiction Magazine
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Euphemism
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Fabula Argentea
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Fiction Fix
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Fiction on the Web
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Flash Fiction Magazine
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Flash Fiction Online
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Foliate Oak
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Fragmented Voices
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Front Porch Review
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Grim & Gilded
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J.J. Outré Review
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Liquid Imagination
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Literally Stories
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Literary Hatchet
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Longshot Island
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Marathon Literary Review
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Marrow Magazine
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Menacing Hedge
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MetaStellar
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Page & Spine
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Pennyshorts
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Per Contra
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Perspectives
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Pulp Modern
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Rind Literary Magazine
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Shoreline of Infinity
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Silver Blade
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SQ Mag
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Tales to Terrify
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The Avalon Literary Review
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The Bookends Review
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The Colored Lens
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The Foliate Oak Online Literary Magazine
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The Interpreter's House
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The Literary Hatchet
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The Literary Yard
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The Lost River Review
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The Magnolia Review
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The Rusty Nail
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The Wild Word
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The Write Room
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Uncharted Frontier EZine
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Prizes won: 

Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2016.

Nominated for The Best American Mystery Stories in 2017 and 2018, he received Honorable Mention in The Best American Mystery Stories 2017.

Received the 2018 Write Well Award for excellence in short fiction.

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Aug 20, 2023