Antonio Simon, Jr.
​Head of Business Development & General Counsel

Awards & Accolades

• ​Top 5 Amazon Bestseller
• Royal Palm Literary Award (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Indie Book of the Day (2014)
• 5-Star Seal, Reader’s Favorite (2014)
• Pacific Book Award Winner (2015)
• Finalist, International Book Awards (2016)
• President’s Book Award, FAPA (2016)
• 1st Place, International Book Awards (2017)
• FL Writers Assn. Boardmember, (2018, 2019)
• Duke of Sealand (2020)

Biography
​Mr. Simon is an author, entrepreneur, attorney, and seasoned multidisciplinary professional. He has over ten years of legal and business experience, and fifteen years in sales and customer relations. He is one of the founders of Darkwater Syndicate, a Miami-based publisher, and oversaw the company’s operations from its inception in 2008 to its closure in 2020. He now serves Darkwater Media Group as its Head of Business Development and General Counsel.
During his time at Darkwater Syndicate, Mr. Simon secured A-list international literary and voice talent for the company's publications. Among them are film and TV actor Matt Weight (FX’s Rescue Me) and stage and TV actor Christopher Walsh (ABC’s Chicago Fire and NBC’s Betrayal). He is also an accomplished multi-genre author, with his work featured alongside master of horror Stephen King and UK bestseller Guy N. Smith. 
Within Darkwater Media Group, he is known as the Duke, although whether he is in fact royalty of any place real or imaginary remains anyone's guess.

​Publications

• ​The Gullwing Odyssey: Book 1 of the Gullwing series (2013)
• Transit Dreams: An Anthology (2014)
• Forgotten Spaces: Poetry for a Pensive Mood (2014)
• R.A.G.E.: Roleplay Adventure Gaming Engine (2014)
• Miami Is Missing: Miami’s Abandoned, Forgotten, and Little-Known Historic Places (2014)
• The Prometheus Saga: A Science Fiction Anthology (2015); "Lilith" and "Fifteen Dollars’ Guilt"
• Shadows & Teeth, vol. 1: Ten Terrifying Tales of Horror & Suspense (2016); "Water, Ice, & Vice"
• Shadows & Teeth, vol. 2: Ten Terrifying Tales of Horror & Suspense (2017); "Toll Road"
• Shadows & Teeth, vol. 3: Ten Terrifying Tales of Horror & Suspense (2017); "No Thanks"
• Super Sick: Tales of Twisted Superheroes (2017); "No Thanks"
• F*ck The Rules (2017); "No Thanks"
• Tarot of Hate, vol. 1: Eight Stories of Murder and Revenge (2017)
• Postcards from the Void (2018); "Stratosphere Heights, New Jersey"
• Tarot of Hate, vol. 2: Eight Stories of Madness, Terror, and Death (2019)
• Lost and Found: Tales of Things Gone Missing (2019); "It Happened at Stratosphere Heights"
• Deranged (2019); "Dogfaced Eve"
• Deep Fried Horror Father’s Day Edition (2019); "La Dauphine"
• It Came from the Garage!: An Anthology of Automotive Horror (2019); "M.A.D. Mobile"
• Applied Esoterics: A Field Guide to Angels, Demons, Magic and the Unseen World (2021)
• Hidalgo's House Of Horrors: An Interactive Horror Adventure Novel (2021)
• R.A.G.E. 2.0: Roleplay Adventure Gaming Engine (2021)