I’m David E. Kruegger, and I write Horror Fiction specializing in the Upper Midwest.

I’m based in Minneapolis, but I have connections to Madison, Milwaukee, central Wisconsin, and the UP. These places are full of history, meaning they’re also full of the ghosts of the restless dead, testaments to human cruelty, and more than a few unexplainable beasts.

I believe that the best scares come when a writer can fully invite you into a world. From Stephen King’s salt-washed, small-town Maine to Stephen Graham Jones’ wind-swept and expansive West, great Horror is rooted to a sense of place.

With my fiction, I’d like to invite you explore our misty lakes as big as seas, our dense forests, and our endless plains. I’d ask you to peer behind our polite smiles, the strained “Minnesota Nice.”

On your way out, take a few bars with ya.

To read some of my thoughts, reviews, and musings, check out my substack. You can also see where I’m published at the Publications page. Drop me a line if you have questions, comments, or just to say hi.