Hi I'm Dave. I'm a writer and a normal person, but this is the site for my writing stuff, so I'll focus on that. I've written some books. The most recent one is Aliens Attack!, a novel-in-stories about a group of disparate characters and how they react to an alien invasion. Amber Sparks said “this book won’t just break your heart. It will burn it, blow it up, zap it like the titular aliens attacking. It happened to me - but I’ve also never been more grateful to an author for introducing me to characters—aliens, dads, clergymen, kids—who in the midst of crisis behave in such a poignantly, perfect human way that I’m still thinking about them, long after leaving them back on that burned out earth.” This is my tenth book and my fifth novel, and the other most recent books are the novel The Other Ones, and the flash collection Looney.

I've had work published in Booth, Hobart, Little Fiction, McSweeneys Internet Tendency, Mid-American Review, Wigleaf, and some other places. A somewhat complete list of publications is on the publications page. 

I'm one of the editors of Barrelhouse magazine, and one of the co-founders and the current primary organizer of the Conversations and Connections writer's conference. I also help to manage our retreat Writer Camp, which is held outside where I live in State College, with my wife Lori and son Ben. I'm the Director of User Experience and Insights for Penn State Online Education.