David ChandlerAUTHOR

NOVELIST & SONGWRITER

David
Chandler.

Love. Loss. The things
we carry with us.

Fiction about ordinary lives at extraordinary turning points, from the open road to worlds beyond our own.

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An empty road winding through misty forested hills at dawn
PORTSMOUTH, OHIOFICTION WITH A HUMAN HEART

THE BOOKS

Lives on the edge
of change.

UPMARKET FICTION

Last Ride

A novel · 94,000 words

Five photograph albums.
One old Harley. A final ride west.

At seventy-four, Jack Turner has outlived his wife and all three of their children. With his house gone and a nursing-home placement waiting, he packs the family albums onto his motorcycle and leaves for an Oregon beach where they were once happy together.

As the road tests his failing body, memories and unexpected kindness challenge his determination to say goodbye. Last Ride explores grief, dignity, and the stubborn obligations of love.

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POST-APOCALYPTIC FICTION

ALONE

In the abandoned towns of Southern Ohio, survival has become a solitary routine. When Daniel Hale encounters another survivor, the possibility of companionship brings new hope—and exposes the dangerous boundary between caring for someone and controlling them.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR

The Silence of God

A devoted father begins to see something terrifying beneath the faces of the people he loves. As his visions become convictions, his family struggles to reach him before his desire to protect them becomes the greatest threat of all.

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EPIC FANTASY

The Andallan Chronicles

Coming soon

Beginning with Ogreson, this epic fantasy series follows Vatch, a half-ogre searching for a place in a world that fears him. Questions of identity, loyalty, and belonging unfold against the long shadow of a fallen empire.

THE MUSIC

Songs by
David Chandler.

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Notes From Mommy in Heaven

YouTube

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A life beyond
the page.

David Chandler at the United States Marine Corps War Memorial

David Chandler is a novelist and songwriter based in Portsmouth, Ohio.

A former U.S. Marine and retired maintenance technician, he writes across upmarket fiction, psychological horror, post-apocalyptic fiction, and epic fantasy.

His stories return to family, grief, belonging, and the choices people make when their lives are changed beyond recognition. His interests in motorcycles and music run alongside his work on the page.

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