bio

David Estringel is a reader/writer/poet/bibliophile and "Best of the Net" and "Over the Edge New Writer of the Year" nominee, whose work has been accepted by and/or appeared at Specter Magazine, Foliate Oak Magazine, Terror House Magazine, Expat Press, 50 Haikus, littledeathlit, Down in the Dirt, Route 7 Review, Setu Bilingual Journal, Paper Trains Journal, The Elixir Magazine, Soft Cartel, Harbinger Asylum, Briars Lit, Open Arts Forum, Cajun Mutt Press, Former People Journal, The Ugly Writers, Writ in Dust, Cephalopress, Twist in Time, Merak Magazine, Salt Water Soul, Cherry House Press, Subterranean Blue Poetry, Printed Words, Sunflower Sutras, Tulip Tree Publishing ("Story of the Week"), Salt Ink, PPP Ezine, Digging through the Fat, Haiku Journal, Foxhole Magazine, The Basil O'Flaherty, Three Line Poetry, Agony Opera, The Siren's Call Ezine, Alien Buddha Press, Alien Buddha Press Ezine, Synchronized Chaos, Pantheon of Poesy, The @baffled Haiku Daily, Blood Moon Rising Magazine, Grey Borders Press, The Blue Nib, Fishbowl Press, Horror Sleaze Trash, Poetizer, Rigorous Magazine, Corvus Review, Spillwords Press, Proletaria Journal, Cherry Magazine, Bleached Butterfly, Poetry Pea/Haiku Pea, TL;DR Press, Spit Poet Zine, Arthut, ICOE Press, Logos Literature, Ponder Savant, Outcast Magazine, Z Publishing, Impspired Magazine, Drunk Monkeys, Headline Poetry, Forever Endeavour, Queer As In Fuck You!, Clarendon House Publications, Poetry Festival, CultureCult Magazine, Ethos Literary Journal, Locust Magazine, fresh.ink, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Latin Anthology, Poetry NI, Fishbowl Press Poetry, Really Serious Literature (@rlysrslit), Infernal Ink, Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts, Synkroniciti Magazine, Writing Workshops Dallas, 45 Magazine, Bosphorus Review, Lahar Magazine, Wicked Gay Ways, Ez.P.Zine II (Pyre Publications), Pif Magazine, North Meridian Review, Resurrection Magazine, Azahares Literary Magazine, DREICH, Ethel, Harpy Hybrid Review, Fat Cat Magazine, Finishing Line Press, The Opiate, Fevers of the Mind, Sledgehammer Lit, Alabrijes Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Stratford Quarterly, The Milk House, Poetishes, Fugitives & Futurists, The Hallowzine, Hispanecdotes, Somos en escrito Magazine, Beyond the Veil Press, Beir Bua Journal, LatineLit, Coffee People Zine, Dumpster Fire Press, Sisyphus, Lemon Peel Press, Roi Faineant, Channillo, and The Good Men Project, where he was a Lead Editor and columnist (“Going Grey with David Estringel"). He was also a Fiction Editor at Red Fez, Poetry Co-Editor and Artist-in-Residence at The Elixir Magazine, Poetry Editor at Fishbowl Press, Fiction Reader at riverSedge: A Journal of Art & Literature, and Artist-in-Residence at Cajun Mutt Press.

David’s work has also been accepted for publication in 25 anthologies: Dreamscapes (Cherry House Press), Briar’s Lit Vol. II (Briars Lit), Alien Buddha’s House of Horrors (Alien Buddha Press), Psalms of the Alien Buddha (Alien Buddha Press), DADDY: A Cultural Anthology (Grey Border Books), Shades of Pride (TL;DR Press), One Last Poem Anthology (ICOE Press), Texas' Emerging Poets - 2019 (Z Publishing), The Inner Circle Writers' Group Poetry Anthology 2019 (Clarendon House Publications), Nocturne (CultureCult Magazine's poetry anthology), Land & Territory: An International Anthology (Latin Anthology), No Sin (Alien Buddha Press), MAELSTROM: The Inner Circle Writers’ Group Literary Anthology 2019 (Clarendon House Publications), Beneath Strange Stars: A SciFi & Fantasy Anthology (TL'DR Press), Bloodlet: Anthology of Violent Fictions (CultureCult Press), The Ink Pods "Gift" Audio Anthology - Issue II (The Blue Nib), Messages from the Dark Side (independent publisher Delilah Charmer), Puro ChicanX Writers of the 21st Century (Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts/The Black Earth Institute), and Impspired Magazine Volumes I, V, VII (Impspired Magazine), an upcoming anthology by Really Serious Literature and 30 West Publishing, Mental Health + the Supernatural (Beyond the Veil Press), Voices from the Fire - Volume #6 (Dumpster Fire Press). His first collection of poetry and prose, Indelible Fingerprints, was published in April 2019 by Alien Buddha Press. 

David has published his first collection of poetry chapbooks Blue, Civil Wars, Trois, and life in/verse (The Tripping Muse Press). His most recent chapbooks are punctures (Really Serious Literature as part of their @rlysrslit Disappearing Chapbook Series [Issue #104]), PeripherieS (winner of the “2019 Bitchin’ Kitsch Chapbook Contest), and the soon-to-be-published Eating Pears on the Rooftop (Finishing Line Press). His first feature-length collection of poetry and prose Indelible Fingerprints was accepted for publication at Alien Buddha Press March 2019 and published April 1, 2019. David is currently working on a second book--an illustrated collection of haiku--in partnership with Luca Bowles (a.k.a. Mambo) from the UK.

David has also been interviewed by South Florida Poetry Journal (USA), poetry mini interviews (Canada), authors interviews (UK), "Featured Poet of the Week" -Fishbowl Press (Germany), The Human Condition - RGV Titan Radio (USA), and The #TPQ5 - The Poetry Question (USA), “Emerging? We’ve Always Been Here” Writer Series - littledeathlit (USA). 

David's main goal for 2021 is the launch of The Argyle, a literary magazine that will feature poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews for folks who LOVE good writing that is more craft than crafty. The target date for the release will be late Fall 2021.

You can connect with David on Twitter @The_Booky_Man and on his personal Facebook page--dedicated to his writing--Indelible Fingerprints.