David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) is an

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short story writer and the host of the ''

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'' podcast.

Writing

His short fiction appears in magazines such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', in online magazines such as Orson Scott Card's ''

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'' and '' Lightspeed'', and on podcasts such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''The Drabblecast''. 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."

Early life

He is the son of physicist

John R. Kirtley John Robert Kirtley (born August 27, 1949) is an American condensed matter physicist and a Consulting Professor at the Center for Probing the Nanoscale in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He shared the 1998 Oliver E. Buckl ...

and grew up in

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Education

From 1996-2000, he attended

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, where he majored in government, with a minor in

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. In 1997, he won the Dell Magazines Award for undergraduate science fiction. In 1999 he attended the

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at Michigan State University. In 2009 he received an MFA in fiction and screenwriting from the

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Podcasting

Kirtley co-hosted the

podcast along with fantasy & science fiction editor

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. Kirtley is now the sole host, though John Joseph Adams makes guest appearances.

Partial bibliography

Magazines

* "Beauty," ''Lightspeed'', March 2012 * "The Ontological Factor," ''Cicada'', September/October 2011 * "Cats in Victory," ''Lightspeed'', June 2010 * "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 Trial of Thomas Jefferson," ''Cicada'', July/August 2003 * "Seeds-for-Brains," ''Realms of Fantasy'', June 2003 * "Seven Brothers, Cruel," ''Realms of Fantasy'', December 2002 * "The Disciple," ''Weird Tales'', Summer 2002 * "The Second Rat," ''On Spec'', Spring 2002

Anthologies

* "Power Armor: A Love Story," ''Armored'', Baen Books, March 2012 * "Three Deaths," ''Under the Moons of Mars'', Simon & Schuster, February 2012 * "The Disciple," ''New Cthulhu'', Prime Books, November 2011 * "Family Tree," ''The Way of the Wizard'', Prime Books, November 2010 * "The Skull-Faced City," ''The Living Dead 2'', Night Shade Books, September 2010 * "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," ''The Dragon Done It'', Baen Books, March 2008 * "Veil of Ignorance," ''All the Rage This Year'', Phobos Books, September 2004 * "The Black Bird," ''New Voices in Science Fiction'', DAW Books, December 2003 * "The Prize," ''Empires of Dreams and Miracles'', Phobos Books, September 2002 * "They Go Bump," ''Empire of Dreams and Miracles'', Phobos Books, September 2002

References

External links

David Barr Kirtley: Official Author Site
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