About

About Ched Chichester

From Introverted Beginnings

My journey started in the bustling streets of Queens, New York, before my family moved down south to Powder Springs, Georgia—a suburb of Atlanta. The transition across the country was difficult for my childhood self, and afterward I found myself drawn to books as a futile attempt to escape the need to make new friends. My love for books eventually birthed a love for writing, and by the time I was in middle school, I was aspiring to one day become a fantasy author. Fast forward twenty-plus years, and I'm still a book lover—though now my taste leans much darker than it used to—and in 2025, I finally took the plunge into starting my author career. 

I've written three novels: a grimdark fantasy, a middle-grade horror, and a dark thriller. I'm currently submitting these novels to publishers in the hopes of getting them out to the world in the near future (wish me luck!). As you can likely tell from that list, my love for dark fiction has spread into my writing, and it has served as the impetus for the creation of my blog, where I cover any and all dark topics from books, movies, and folklore.

From the top of Cloud's Rest in Yosemite, California

My Professional Side

By night, I'm binging the latest dark fiction book or movie. But in the daytime, I lean away from the macabre and into the analytical. I’m currently a PhD student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. My PhD dissertation research focuses on biomedical modeling and mathematical biology; I'm still trying to figure out how to work these concepts into a dark sci-fi novel.

Probably twenty feet away from a wild African elephant!

Behind the Scenes

When I’m not deep in research or drafting my next grim tale, I’m usually trying to experience the world in any way I can. You can find me taking photos of wildlife, hiking through silent woods, or traveling the world to places I'd love to include in one of my future stories.