I don’t have much wisdom and or insight to impart about where we are as a society in the winter of 2020 except for the usual observations: that we have to become better as a culture, that things have been hard and will probably get harder before it gets easier, and that art making in … More 2020 and Nightmare Logic
I know I have not been updating the site much these days. More important things going on in the world and my energy is going elsewhere. In the meantime here are some great things to read. https://nymag.com/strategist/article/anti-racist-reading-list.html
I’m very happy to announce that my story “I’m Here” has been awarded the Lawrence Prize by Prairie Schooner. “I’m Here” is the (kind of sort of) title story for my recent collection of short fiction about interior Alaska. For more information about the prize or about Prairie Schooner visit Prairie Schooner Lawrence Prize . … More I’m Here awarded Lawrence Prize for Short Fiction
I’m happy to report that my story “Angel of the Resurrection” will be appearing in a future issue of The Gettsyburg Review. http://www.gettysburgreview.com/selections/fiction/ An excerpt (the opening) appears below for your enjoyment. It’s a story about dating, death, and the angel Michael. This first time, the man she was meeting arrived forty-five minutes late, hands … More Angel of the Resurrection in The Gettsyburg Review
I haven’t posted a sample of a work in progress in a while. After all, the splintering cracks in our democracy have seemed more important. But here’s the opening of a story called “The Blurred Person” inspired by a recent conversation with Jonathan Dembling and Michael Parker. Don’t think of this as a reaction to … More “The Blurred Person”
I’m very happy to report that my story Stupid Kid has just been published in Newfound Magazine. The story will appear in paper form later on, but it is currently available online at https://newfound.org/current-issue/fiction-david-crouse/ Newfound is a wonderful young magazine with great editors and interesting new ideas. I’m very happy to work with them and … More Stupid Kid in Newfound
I’m very happy to announce that my new graphic novel, Boom!Squad, will be published in the May 2017. The book will be available through Amazon and bricks-and-mortar bookstores. I’ve been a lover of comic books since my childhood and Boom!Squad is an attempt to resurrect some of those simple joys of reading 25 cent comics … More Boom!Squad Graphic novel
A new story “Equipment” has been published in the Exhibits Anthology issued by Old 67 Press. For more about the anthology visit http://www.old67.com/. Equipment is about BDSM, aging, and illness. It began as an exercise: take a sex scene and try to turn that one scene into a fully realized story. Then, as with most … More Equipment
What would make a person lie about having cancer? Why would someone wish that on herself? Beautiful Dead Thing is about all that. It’s coming out in Witness this October or so and is featured in my new manuscript (one of two) with the working title “Stranger in the Dream House.” Here’s the opening. Beautiful Dead Thing … More Beautiful Dead Thing
A new story available to read in its entirety at Triquarterly. I’ve been a fan of this magazine for a long, long time and it makes me very happy to finally have a piece appearing in its pages. Enjoy at your leisure. Triquarterly Summer Issue
The Crouse House 