Dustin Ekman is a writer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
This is not exactly his fault, but he did choose to move there from a small town that was even worse than Edmonton.
Dustin is a former record label owner, music critic, and metal promoter
(founder of Funeral Rain Records, Crown of Viserys, and Black Mourning Light Metal Festival).
He has been named Death Wish Poetry's Deranged Prince of Darkness and has had his work likened to Percey Shelley and Robert Frost.
Before the Crrown of Viserys website came down, Dustin had published several hundred music reviews and tens of interviews. This is part of the basis of the creation of Hermit Rites, to follow in the footsteps of Crown of Viserys, but also to be the home for Dustin's fiction and poetry as well.
He lives with his editor-in-chief Oscar, a raging addiction to caffeine, various works in progress, and an increasingly shaky mental stability. Interacting with him is easily and best done through Substack.
