The writing blog of Daniel Davis. Yes, THAT Daniel Davis--the one you've never heard of.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Crows Dance While the Baby Cries
This sci-fi piece was inspired by my love of Philip K. Dick's short stories. You can find it here in Fusion Fragment #19.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Songs Sung Blue
This is a piece that combines two of my loves: good science fiction, and Waylon Jennings. Well, I may have borrowed the title from a classic Waylon song, at least. You can find it in Silver Blade.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Peephole and Trial
These two poems have been around with me for a long time; "Trail" actually started out as a junior-level creative writing exercise. John Kilma of Electric Velocipede took them a while ago, and held onto them while the journal went through some rocky waters. Thankfully, Klima hung on, and you can find these two odd little diddies in Electric Velocipede #25.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Ghost Town
This horror story goes back a few years; I wrote the original version when I was in high school (if not before). A more polished, less crappy version appears in Dark Fire Fiction.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
G.V.M.
This short little allegorical oddity was originally rejected; then I received an email a few hours later saying the editor had changed his mind. So that's always good. Anyways, it's appeared in the perfect journal for it: Jersey Devil Press.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Pacing Room
This story, which was inspired by something that happened when I was 12 (the raccoon, not the meth), appears in Pithead Chapel Vol. 1 Issue 4.
Death of the Ladybugs
This story, inspired by something that happened each fall at my old apartment, appears in the Linden Avenue Literary Journal.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Celebrity Baby Names; or, Angelina's Adopting Again
Bored at work one day, I read an article about some star's child--specifically, that child's name. This poem was born. You can read it at Ginger Piglet.
Friday, October 5, 2012
For Sale
This story originally appeared in Pink Eye Lemonade. It was inspired by my love of Bentley Little and his off-brand macabre horror. It's not quite a horror story...but it kind of is just the same, much in the way the economy is horrifying these days. And if exposition isn't your thing, then just read the damn story here in the Piker Press.
The Girl From Boston
This story combines two things from my life: my college experience, and my love for the Boston accent. It's been published here in Intellectual Refuge.
Friday, September 21, 2012
San Cerie
This poem originally appeared online in Vine Leaves Literary Journal, and now it appears in their Best of 2012 print issue.
A Natural Swimmer
This story appears in The Hellroaring Review. Thanks to Executive Editor Michael Mattson for convincing me to change the title. The original was a bit of a non-sequitur (that's short for "it really sucked").
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
War Stories
This little piece originally appeared in The Fear of Monkeys, and has been republished by PressBoardPress.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
The Woman in Calico
Friday, August 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Doctor's Things
This story appears in Ink Monkey Magazine #4. You can order it off their site, or from Amazon.
Your Vitroworm and You
This "story" is an experimental piece, originally started in a workshop, and finished a couple years later. It's nice to know there are places like Paragraph Line that'll publish off-kilter, admittedly dark and absurdist stuff like this.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Foul, Strange, and Unnatural
This piece has been reprinted in the August 2012 issue of The Rusty Nail.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Kristofferson
This story, inspired by my dual admiration for the work of Kris Kristofferson and post-apocalyptic fiction in general has been published in Kalkion.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Summer Shark
This story was inspired by my childhood fear of freshwater sharks (bull sharks have been known to swim up the Mississippi as far north as Illinois...). The piece appears in Pear Noir! #8.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Dreaming on the River Ur
This poem, inspired by a dream I had a few years ago, appears in the Ann Arbor Review.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Foul, Strange, and Unnatural
This story, title borrowed from Hamlet, has been republished in The Rusty Nail.
Monday, April 30, 2012
West Texas Tears
This story has been republished as an audio recording by The Drum. It is narrated by yours truly...so listen at your own risk. (But check out the other pieces on the site, at least.)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Coyote Moon
This is the first story I ever submitted; I wrote it my junior year of college, and it remains one of my favorites to this day. It appears in vol. 48 of Ellipsis: Literature & Art, the literary journal of Westminster College.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
The Prompt, inaugural issue
It's here! The Prompt Literary Magazine's inaugural issue, featuring some great prompt-inspired pieces, and a cover photo by yours truly. Check. It. Out.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Writing: Part 2 - "Quality" Writing Group
My writing group compatriot Jeff Kohmstedt has written this article about our bi-monthly meetings. You can check it out here. And a not-so-gentle reminder: you can check out his novel on Amazon.com.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Confessions of an Exploding Parakeet
This quirky little story--an homage to a grad school paper I wrote about Dickens and spontaneous combustion, and my loathing of the one and love of the other--appears in HipsterFight! Magazine.
West Texas Tears
This Horace and Wilcox story appears in the Torrid Literature Journal Volume II: The Bare Naked Truth.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
At Least It's Quiet Now
This quasi-sci fi story has been published in Xenith, accompanied by some awesome photos.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Shipwreck Sadie
This story was a bit of an experiment for me. The fine editors over at Eastown Fiction (who gave me my first publishing credit back in 2009) thought it fine enough to publish. You can check it out here.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Grandma's House
This flash fiction piece, which initially started as a writing prompt in one of my grad courses, appears in the inaugural issue of "What the Fiction."
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Prompt Literary Magazine
Here's a new journal, on which I am an editor/reader/fan, that you should check out: The Prompt Literary Magazine. As its name suggestions, it's a prompt-based journal: your own prompts, or the ones provided on the site. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, hybrid materials, stuff you can't even categorize--if you followed a specific prompt while writing it, submit it!
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Fifth Kraut
The Fifth Kraut
Here's a great Y.A. novel by a great Y.A. writer. Sound like I'm rubbing it in? I am. But there's a reason, dammit!
(I'm currently reading his next novel-in-progress. Be jealous. Be very, very jealous.)
Here's a great Y.A. novel by a great Y.A. writer. Sound like I'm rubbing it in? I am. But there's a reason, dammit!
(I'm currently reading his next novel-in-progress. Be jealous. Be very, very jealous.)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Designated Areas
This short piece appears in Blinking Cursor, Issue 8. You can download it (free!) here.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Miles and Miles and More
This story appears in the November 2011 issue of Midwestern Literary Magazine.
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