david nikki crouse
the owl from the cover of Alaska Stories

David Nikki Crouse is an award-winning short story writer and teacher. Their stories have appeared in some of the country's most well regarded journals, including The Greensboro Review, Chelsea, Quarterly West, and The Beloit Fiction Journal. Their comic book writing has been anthologized in The Darkhorse Book of the Dead, published by Darkhorse Comics.

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