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David Barr Kirtley

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in Philadelphia, The United States

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http://www.davidbarrkirtley.com

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories

Influences

Roger Zelazny, Philip K. Dick, H.P. Lovecraft, Douglas Adams

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June 2009

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David Barr Kirtley is an American short story writer. His fiction appears in print magazines such as Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales, in online magazines such as Lightspeed and Intergalactic Medicine Show, on podcasts such as Escape Pod and Pseudopod, and in anthologies such as Fantasy: The Best of the Year, New Voices in Science Fiction, and The Living Dead. He is also the host of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast on Wired.com (geeksguideshow.com).

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So I had an unpleasant encounter at the movies this weekend. At a Saturday night screening of Noah the guy in the row ahead of me and a couple seats over was using his smart phone through the first ten minutes of the movie. The glare from it was as bright as the film itself and incredibly distracting. Finally I leaned over and hissed, “Could you turn off your phone please?” He didn’t hear me. I...

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	The Skull-Faced Boy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hvad Fluffy vidste by David Barr Kirtley (Goodreads Author), Sharon Lee (Goodreads Author) , Gene Wolfe 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Если № 5, май 2003 by David Barr Kirtley (Goodreads Author), Michael G. Coney , Марина и Сергей Дяченко it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Hill (Goodreads Author) , George R.R. Martin 3.84 avg rating — 8,618 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Dead 2 (The Living Dead, #2) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Kirkman , Steven Barnes (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,226 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird by Paula Guran (Editor), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor) , China Miéville (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 1,709 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Press Start to Play by Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.63 avg rating — 1,125 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Armored by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Barr Kirtley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , David D. Levine (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Other Worlds Than These by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Baxter , Vandana Singh 3.78 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lightspeed: Year One by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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