David Byron Queen was raised in Ohio. He has an MFA from the University of Montana, where he was a Truman Capote Fellow. His work has appeared in VICE, Split Lip Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Hobart, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. He lives in New York and runs the publishing company word west.
BULL - The Stuntman (2021)
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo - A Chat With David Byron Queen (2021)
Micro - A Man in the House (2021)
UnContemporary - Thomas McGuane's Hazy Nightmare (2021)
No Contact - Heat (2021)
Schuylkill Valley Journal - The Barcelona Chair (2021) *
Fractured Literary - A Nice Blue Place (2021) **
Okay Donkey - Experts (2020)
New World Writing - Mercy (2020) ***
Vol. 1 Brooklyn - The Sunburned Cowboy (2020)
Split Lip Magazine - Fantastic (2020)
Barnhouse - This Series Is On Netflix? (2020)
Extra Crispy - The Breakfasts of Baskets (2018)
New South - A Man in the House (2018) ****
Jellyfish Review - Dry (2017)
Fiction Southeast - Review: Always Happy Hour (2017)
Whiskey Island - House Call (2017)
(b)oink zine - Bonesetters (2017)
Extra Crispy - Interview With T.C. Boyle (2017)
Cheap Pop - Slow Blood (2017)
Hobart - 3 Poems (2017)
Extra Crispy - Twin Peaks TV Breakfast (2017)
Pithead Chapel - The Bird Funeral (2017)*****
Atlas Obscura - Black Velvet Painting (2016)
Deep South Magazine - Review: Eveningland (2016)
The Rumpus - Interview w/ Danielle Trussoni (2016)
Paste Magazine - Washing Dishes on Reality TV (2016)
Maudlin House - Sometimes Birthday Cards (2016)
NANO Fiction - How I Write (2016)
Hobart - Trying (2016)
NANO Fiction - Yonex Buys a Bear Trap (2016)
The Rumpus - Interview w/ Jeremy Earl (2016)
The Rumpus - Review: The Girls (2016)
McSweeney's - The Joy of Cooking (2016)
Fiction Advocate - Review: Prodigals (2016)
Monkeybicycle - Vows (2015)
Fiction Advocate - Review: Upright Beasts (2015)
The Rumpus - Review: Cries For Help, Various (2015)
VICE - My Arrested Development (2015)
LUMINA - Three Plane Crashes (2015)
Everyday Genius - Thomas and Cora (2012)
* Nominated: Pushcart Prize 2021
** Nominated: Best of the Net 2021
*** Longform Fiction Pick of the Week
**** Finalist: Ryan R. Gibbs Award for Flash Fiction (2016)
***** 3rd Place: Larry Brown Short Story Award (2016)
