D.S. Burton
Writer of Horror and Weird Fiction
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Who Am I?
Who Am I?
D.S. Burton is a writer of horror and weird fiction studying creative writing and publishing at the University of New Brunswick. Burton is a 2024 Currie Scholar and 2024 ArtsNL Scholar. He works as an editor for The Brunswickan, co-fiction editor for The Drunken Lovely Bird, and a fiction reader for Okay Donkey.
Burton lives in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, Canada.
Latest News
February 4, 2026: I'm now the co-fiction editor of The Drunken Lovely Bird, UNB's undergraduate literary magazine.
February 3, 2026: I've joined Okay Donkey, a top 10 "Bold and Weird" literary magazine of 2025, as a fiction reader.
January 16, 2026: My weird fiction micro "Arachnophobia" was published in Night Shades.
January 10, 2026: My horror short story "Blood Rain" was published in Black Sheep Issue 32.
December 23, 2025: My short story "Deck Boards" was longlisted for Best Horror in the Uncharted Magazine Horror Challenge 2025.
October 23, 2025: My first short film, Faceless, won Best Lead Actor (Emmanuel Joseph), Best Supporting Actor (Ibrahim Al-Faki), and my script won Best Screenplay at the New Brunswick 48-Hour Film Competition 2025.
October 23, 2025: My novelette "The Whale Pavilion" won the Sir Charles G.D. Roberts Memorial Prize for best undergraduate short story at the University of New Brunswick, 2024-2025.
August 9, 2025: My short Akutagawa-inspired literary fiction "The Plunge of a Lily Pad" was published in Horseshoe Literary Magazine Issue III.i.
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