David SklarDavid Sklar writes in the space between the impossible magic of legend, the inscrutable magic of dreams, and the breathtaking everyday magic of the world in which we live. His first novella, Shadow of the Antlered Bird, is now available from Drollerie Press. His publications range from parting shots in Knights of the Dinner Table to poetry in Wormwood Review. They also include works in Blue Light Red Light, Space & Time, Paterson Literary Review, and several upcoming Drollerie Press anthologies, as well as satire in The Cynic, The Wittenburg Door, and The FarceHaven Tribune.

The early advice that a writer needs something to fall back on led David through an odyssey of different colleges and jobs before he ultimately did fall back on the skills he learned as a writer. This eclectic educational history includes the study of writing at the Naropa Institute and the study of folklore at Indiana University Bloomington. After working as an office temp, a library page, a dishwasher, an SAT tutor, and a surprisingly lucrative run delivering pizza, he chanced into a full-time position as a medical editor, which led into a long freelance career that gave him time to finally complete a book-length work. Blessed with a loving family, David went full-time in 2005 to prepare for the birth of his son. He now writes interactive media for health care professionals, and he struggles to find scraps of time to write a sequel and other fiction.

David lives in Carlstadt, NJ, with his wife Rachel, their soon-to-be 3-year-old son Andrew, and Sabrina—a retired housecat from Cleveland, who seems relieved that Andrew has learned not to chase her, but apparently does not realize that a second child is coming in December of 2008.

To learn more about David, visit his website.

Shadow of the Antlered Bird

It’s not too hard to flee the nest and learn how to spread your wings… unless your mother is made of magic…and she dies giving birth to your shadow…who wants to kill you and take your place.

In Shadow of the Antlered Bird, Tam discovers that it’s not as easy to run away from his past as he might think, and sometimes when you make a mistake, the consequences are beyond your imagination.

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