Dave Sterner

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First Name: 
Dave
Last Name: 
Sterner
Location: 
Brooklyn, NY
Gender: 
Male

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Bio/Mission

David Sterner was born in Derry, N. Ireland to an Irish mother and US Sailor. He spent his childhood moving between far flung Nuclear Submarine Supply Depots in Exmouth, Australia; Dunoon, Scotland; Charleston, SC; Pascagoula, MS; finally settling in Tidewater Virginia where he spent his high school years. Upon graduation, he worked at the NORSHIPCO docks in Norfolk, VA while he attended Old Dominion University. Then made his way up to Richmond, VA and Virginia Commonwealth University, where he earned his degree. After college, he worked for several years as a copywriter. He was there when the now defunct Circuit City started its death rattle. David then found himself in Iowa City, IA just in time for the Iowa Caucus Season and all the absurdities of small town life. David is a former Army Medic with the 691st Forward Surgical Team, and works as a nurse at the Bronx VA Hospital. He lives in Brooklyn, with his wife, a New York City planner, and their son. Dave hopes that his son won't have to hear so many bullshit stories about the military and war when he gets older.

Inspirations

I'm inspired by dogged endurance and people who do as much as they say, and never tell me too much about what they're going to do. In no particular order, and with glaring omissions, I enjoy the following writers: Sinclair Lewis, Bobbie Ann Mason, Amy Tan, Marguerite Duras, Hari Kunzru, William Trevor, Junot Diaz, Tobias Wolfe, Raymond Carver, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Victor LaValle, and Bill Tester--mostly because of the way he reads aloud.

Dave Sterner's Manuscripts

  1. VIABLE 6 weeks ago (Published)
  2. Port City Mermaid ((HyBrid)) 11 weeks ago (Published)

Dave Sterner's Last Word

Title Type Replies Last Postsort icon
Hybrid: Consolidated Preapplication for Public Assistance Chapter 3 22 hours 15 min ago
Hybrideastiary Conversation 31 23 hours 30 min ago
Hybrid Beasts: Memories of Cape Canaveral, 2179 Manuscript 2 2 days 17 hours ago
They Share the Dark Forest Chapter 9 3 days 8 min ago
the_true_death_of_agamemnon.rtf Manuscript 2 4 days 21 hours ago
Port City Mermaid Chapter 46 5 days 17 hours ago
1 Blog post 5 5 days 23 hours ago
Devil Got Me- short story/fairy tale Chapter 62 1 week 10 hours ago
Submission Request : Hybrid Beasts Blog post 3 1 week 1 day ago
Paper on Creativity and Technology Conversation 7 1 week 4 days ago