David E. Gates has published several books and short stories and won prizes and awards for his work. His first book, Access Denied, is a true story. A deeply personal and heart-wrenching account of becoming a father and having to fight the mother and Family Courts to see his daughter and also battles against the incompetence and lies of the Child Support Agency who seem hell-bent on ruining him, emotionally and financially.. It has garnered 100% positive reviews. The Roots of Evil, his first horror novel, is a graphic, violent, intense and gore-laden horror story. It's sequel, The Deeper Roots of Evil, released on Friday the 13th of March 2020, has been getting rave reviews. The Wretched, is an original horror story set in and around Portsmouth. A short story, My Mother and the Medium, won The News (Portsmouth) Creepy Story Competition in December 2019. Motorcycle Man, is a joyous reminiscence of his motorcycling days. Next, he compiled a selection of stories, investigative reports and testimonies from witnesses and investigators from the wealth of material available, most notably that from recently retired or declassified records currently in the custody of the US National Archives and other sources, in his new book, UFO: The Edinburg Incident and Other UFO Stories. Mind Blood, his latest release, is a collection of macabre and spooky short stories, many of which have never been published previously.