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David Mecklenburg​​

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David Mecklenburg was born in Sacramento, CA, but at the age of 22 he moved home to the Pacific Northwest, where he received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. In short fiction, novellas, poetic essays and novels, he unveils worlds upon worlds in the fabulist tradition that reveal the multivalent condition we call being human. His short fiction has appeared in Silver Blade Magazine, Adelaide Literary Review, and The Dark Fiction Spotlight, among other anthologies. David works with Blue Forge Press.​​​​​​​

Ada's World

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Collecting Shadows book cover shows an illustration of a black-haired woman in a dark dress carrying a small bag as she walks along a stone-paved trail in a dark forest.
Deukollectrum book cover shows multiple hexagons in a honeycomb pattern, each one showing a unique illustration of a person, animal or object.
Hyperborea book cover shows the light of a full moon reflecting across the surface of a lake as viewed from a rocky coast.
The Nightingale's Stone book cover shows a monochrome illustration of a woman's bare feet walking up an aged wooden staircase.
Small Events book cover shows a dark-haired woman standing on the edge of a small lakeside house's yard, patches of the earth left barren to form a circular ripple pattern.

Anthologies

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Prompt Generation 1 Spring shows a tree on a grassy hill overlooking a forest in Spring, the tree's roots visible through the earth.
Prompt Generation 1 Summer shows a tree on a grassy hill overlooking a forest in Summer, the tree's roots visible through the earth.
Prompt Generation 1 Autumn shows a tree on a grassy hill overlooking a forest in Autumn, the tree's roots visible through the earth.
Prompt Generation 1 Winter shows a tree on a snowy hill overlooking a forest in Winter, the tree's roots visible through the earth.
Prompt Generation 1 Guidebook shows a tree on a grassy hill overlooking a forest, the tree's roots visible through the earth. The image is divided into fourths, each fourth taken depicting a different season.
Unnerving Descent book cover shows a humanoid figure in a plague doctor's mask and hat viewed from the side, the background splattered with shades of red. The title is scratchy white text with the subtitle: Twelve Unsettling Stories Plus One.
Unnerving Eclipse book cover shows a deep purple night sky and the branches of a tree, beneath which is a crow-headed humanoid in a suit staring directly at the camera. The title is scratchy white text with the subtitle: Twelve Unsettling Stories Plus One.
Unnerving Monstrosity book cover shows an abstract ink-blot style image of a hunkered bird-like entity with massive claws. The title is scratchy red text with the subtitle: Twelve Unsettling Stories Plus One.
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