Daniel Donche Jr.

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. He was also one of the co-founders of Manarchy Magazine. As an artist, Donche is known mostly for his award-nominated tarot deck, the Darkana Tarot and 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 all the art for the Darkana tarot deck, which won two awards and was voted as one of the "Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks" by a group of over 13,000 members. He is also the creator of the HexCam and Octavum camouflage patterns.

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

Published Novels and Novellas

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

Published Short Stories

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

Other works

 * Paper Walls - illustrated poems and quotes

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

Film
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.

Interviews

 * Slit Your Wrists! eZine
 * Books and Booze
 * Solarcide
 * Curiouser and Curiouser
 * Personal Tarot Radio Episode #20
 * Talking with Ed and Victoria