David Barr Kirtley

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David Barr Kirtley

David Barr Kirtley at the KGB Bar in New York, December 2007
Born December 19, 1977 (1977-12-19) (age 32)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States United States
Occupation Writer
Genres Fantasy, Science fiction, Horror
Official website

David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) is an American short story writer. His short fiction appears in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales, in online magazines such as Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, and on podcasts such as Escape Pod and Pseudopod. In 2003, he was selected for the anthology New Voices in Science Fiction. In 2008, his story "Save Me Plz" was chosen for the anthology Fantasy: The Best of the Year. He was profiled in the 2008 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market as part of "Speculative Fiction: The Next Generation."

He grew up in Katonah, New York. From 1996-2000, he attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where he majored in Government, with a minor in Creative Writing. In 1997, he won the Dell Magazines Award for undergraduate science fiction (previously called the Asimov Award), sponsored by Asimov's magazine. In 1999, he attended the Clarion Workshop at Michigan State University. He is the son of physicist John R. Kirtley.

Contents

[edit] Partial bibliography

[edit] Magazines

  • "Red Road", Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Issue 9, July 2008
  • "Transformations", Realms of Fantasy, December 2007
  • "Save Me Plz", Realms of Fantasy, October 2007
  • "Blood of Virgins", Realms of Fantasy, October 2006
  • "The Disciple", Weird Tales, Summer 2002

[edit] Anthologies

  • "The Skull-Faced Boy", The Living Dead, Night Shade Books, September 2008
  • "Save Me Plz," Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition, Prime Books, July 2008
  • "The Black Bird," New Voices in Science Fiction, DAW Books, December 2003

[edit] External links

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