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Daniel Donche Jr.
Donche Jr. at the 2017 Denver Comic Con
Donche Jr. at the 2017 Denver Comic Con
Born (1979-10-25) October 25, 1979 (age 45)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Pen nameJanden Hale
Occupation
  • Writer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • artist
  • poet
  • musician
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationNatrona County High School
Alma materFull Sail University, CollegeAmerica
GenreSpeculative, post-apocalyptic, subversive
SubjectRevolution, liberation
Notable awardsPecto Awards 2012
Website
totaldanarchy.com

Daniel Donche Jr. (born October 25, 1979) is an American author, screenwriter, actor, artist, and game designer. He also publishes under the pseudonym Janden Hale. He has written two novels, numerous short stories, and a post-apocalyptic series called Everwind[1] and is co-founder of the Manarchy Magazine.[2][3] As an artist, Donche is mostly known for his award-nominated tarot deck, the Darkana Tarot and[4] Inappropriate Tarot Readings, a collection of satirical tarot posts that appear throughout several social media outlets. Following the launch of Inappropriate Tarot on Facebook, he designed and produced art for the Darkana tarot deck, which won two awards[4][5] and was voted as one of the "Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks" by a group of over 13,000 members.[6] He is also the creator of the HexCam[7] and Octavum[8] camouflage patterns.

Life

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Daniel Donche Jr. was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming[9] in 1998. He joined the US Air Force in 2002, where he became a member of a Tactical Air Control Party.[10]

Bibliography

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Published Novels and Novellas

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  • Snowleaf (Everwind Series, 2012)
  • Legion of Liberty (Everwind Series, 2012)
  • The Facility (Everwind Series, 2012)
  • Locker 6T3:A Punk Story[9] (2004)
  • Jester's Down[9] (2003)

Published Short Stories

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  • Smallerhouse - Slit Your Wrists!, November 2012[11]
  • Gift of the Rook - Solarcide, September 2012[12]
  • Terminal - Thunderdome Magazine, December 2011[13]
  • Sterling Road - Thunderdome Magazine, October 2011[14]
  • I, Jack - Nefarious Muse, September 2011[15]
  • Tampon - Red Fez, Issue 21[16]
  • Revision - Why Vandalism?, February 2007[17]
  • The Severence - Cherry Bleeds, Issue 123[18]
  • Blue - Thieves Jargon, February 2005[19]
  • Randy - Cherry Bleeds, Issue 122[20]
  • The Guy Who Ate His Sister - Swill Magazine, Issue 1[21]
  • The Search for the Haunted Skatepark - Automatic Magazine, Issue 36[22]

Other works

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Darkana Tarot

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The Darkana Tarot,[23] is a post-modern grunge tarot deck that was heavily influenced by the art of Banksy[24] which is known for its departure from the traditional tarot.[25][26] It was the subject of a collection of themed short stories on Thunderdome Magazine from June–July 2012.[27] It won the 2012 Pecto Award for Outstanding First Work of an Illustrator.[4] and won the Tarosophists Award for best self-published tarot deck of 2012.[5] The deck has been voted as one of the "Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks" by a group of over 13,000 people.[6]

Film

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He has been involved in a number of unfinished film projects as both a screenwriter and actor - Proxy Influence, Dark Matter, Legacy of One - and he also had a brief extra role as a Lieutenant Garcia in the veteran-made film Range 15.[citation needed]

Interviews

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  • Slit Your Wrists! eZine[11]
  • Books and Booze[28]
  • Solarcide[12]
  • Curiouser and Curiouser[29]
  • Personal Tarot Radio Episode #20[24]
  • Talking with Ed and Victoria[30]

External sources

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  • "JDH Amazon author bio". Amazon.

References

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  1. ^ Hale, Janden (2019-10-07). Everwind: Subchapters 1-3. Independently Published. ISBN 978-1-6983-6193-2.
  2. ^ "Manarchy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
  3. ^ Presenters: Robb Olson and Livius Nedin (July 24, 2012). "Three Authors". Booked Podcast. 1:10:47 minutes in. Booked Podcast. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30.
  4. ^ a b c unknown, 2012 Pecto Awards, archived from the original on 2012-11-03, retrieved November 1, 2012
  5. ^ a b Tarot Professionals. "The Tarosophists Awards (2012)". Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  6. ^ a b "Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks". 13 October 2014.
  7. ^ "HexCam Official".
  8. ^ "Octavum Camo".
  9. ^ a b c Unknown (January 1, 2003), "Young Storyteller Publishes Book", Casper Star Tribune, retrieved July 23, 2012
  10. ^ Tolson, Lapreda P. (2005), ""X" Marks the Spot", Airman Magazine, archived from the original on March 12, 2005, retrieved July 23, 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ a b Kitts, Laurance (November 30, 2012). "The Worlds of Janden Daniel Hale". Slit Your Wrists!. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  12. ^ a b Pettigrew, Nathan (September 18, 2012). "Ever So Dark". Solarcide.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Thunderdome Magazine, Dec 2011".
  14. ^ "Thunderdome Magazine, Oct 2011".
  15. ^ "Nefarious Muse, Sep 2011". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  16. ^ "Red Fez, Issue 21".
  17. ^ "Why Vandalism, Feb 2007". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26.
  18. ^ "Cherry Bleeds, Issue 123". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
  19. ^ "Thieves Jargon, Feb 2005". Archived from the original on 2008-02-07.
  20. ^ "Cherry Bleeds, Issue 122". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21.
  21. ^ "Swill Magazine, Issue 1".
  22. ^ "Automatic Magazine, Issue 36".
  23. ^ "Darkana Tarot with Janden Daniel Hale". 8 July 2012.
  24. ^ a b "Personal Tarot Radio". Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  25. ^ "Knight of Pentacles - Dan Donche - Darkana Tarot".
  26. ^ "The Darkana Tarot Deck". 15 February 2012.
  27. ^ Unknown (June 2012). "June 2012: The Tarot". Thunderdome Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  28. ^ Presenters: Sarah Taylor, Dakota Taylor, Renee Pickup (2012-09-27). "Books and Booze Ep 11". Books and Booze. 41:54 minutes in. Podbean.[permanent dead link]
  29. ^ Gowin, Amanda (July 9, 2012). "Dan Donche (Janden Daniel Hale)". Curiouser and Curiouser.
  30. ^ Presenters: Ed Peterson and Victoria Evangelina Belyavskaya (2010-11-27). "Talking with TAROT JUNKIE DAN DONCHE". Talking with Ed and Victoria. 90:37 minutes in. Blog Talk Radio.
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