Richard Gollifer is a Canadian independent author specializing in horror, dark fiction, and pulp-style storytelling. Based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, his writing is characterized by heavy atmosphere, restraint, and direct prose influenced by classic film noir and mid-century pulp fiction.

 Drawing on a lifetime of experience in industrial trades, travel, and the Canadian wilderness, his stories often reflect the urban legends, remote jobsite folklore, campfire tales, and uncanny experiences encountered along the way. Gollifer brings a grounded, often gritty realism to stories that range from psychological horror and folklore to supernatural fiction.

 Readers have praised his economical writing style, describing his prose as having "no words wasted," while his stories weave elements of Canadian history into dark, atmospheric fiction. 

His published works include Rake, The Draft, and Beneath the Pines, a collection of short stories.