Before I start talking about dave ring you should know that the lower case ‘d’ and lower case ‘r’ in his name are intentional. That’s how he spells his name. If the choice strikes you as understated, or even humble, then it is an appropriate introduction. to the person.
dave ring is the chair of the OutWrite LGBT Book Festival. For someone who has contributed so much, he is indeed humble, and, more importantly an individual who constantly centers and uplifts a wide variety of authors. While I may have founded the festival years ago, it is volunteers like Dan Vera, Julie Enszer, and currently dave ring who have been the heart and soul of this event, which has become the biggest and most diverse celebration of queer literature on the East Coast.
dave has stories featured or forthcoming in a number of publications, including Speculative City, GlitterShip, and A Punk Rock Future. He is the publisher and managing editor of Neon Hemlock Press, as well as the editor of Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales of a City That Never Was from Mason Jar Press.
His most recent project is an anthology of post-apocalyptic short stories entitled “Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die”. dave writes ” Our aim is to feature speculative stories that explore ramifications of the apocalypse through queer narratives. We want queer stories and we want trans stories and we want indefinable stories. We will welcome a broad interpretation of the post-apocalyptic genre; we’ll want to finds scraps of hope in every ruined future.”
This project is being funded on Kickstarter. I hope you will join me in supporting this project by ordering an advance copy of the book online today.
Click here to visit the Kickstarter Page for Glitter + Ashes
Find out more about my friend Dave Ring at www.dave-ring.com