Douglas Texter | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist, Short Story Author, Essayist, Editor, Teacher |
| Nationality | United States (Italian-American)(German-American) |
| Genre | Science Fiction, Satire |
Douglas Texter (born December 06, 1967) is an American author of satirical and fiction novels, short stories, and essays. His most recent short story, "Primetime", was published in The Writers of the Future Anthology volume 23 in September 2007.
Biography
Douglas Texter was born December 06, 1967 in Erie, Pennsylvania to Walter, a principal and Marianne, a teacher.
Education
After attending Cathedral Preparatory School for Boys in Erie, PA, Texter graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English in 1992. Texter then worked as a production editor at W.B. Saunders Company in Philadelphia. In 1997, Texter earned his MA in English from Villanova University. Then Texter attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course in Cambridge, MA. and worked as a college textbook editor at Houghton Mifflin in Boston, MA. Texter is currently finishing his Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota.
Writing career
Texter began writing fiction, satire and essays in 2000. After his first short story was accepted for publication in The Urban Bizarre (edited by Nick Mamatas), Texter attended the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop in 2003, the Viable Paradise Writers Workhop in 2005, and the Robert McKee Story Seminar 2007. In 2006, Texter won the Writers of the Future Contest.
Themes
Much of Texter’s work deals with social, political, and economic themes. Both his fiction and his scholarly work explore the ramifications of reality television. He does not own a television set.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Essays
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Dystopia: The Culture Industry’s Neutralization of Stephen King’s The Running Man, Utopian Studies (2007).
Reviews & Short Essays
- "The End of Homework", ForeWord Magazine, (August 2000).
- Randall Jarrell’s ‘The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,’ Companion to Twentieth Century American Poetry. New York: Facts on File, (2005).
- "Of Utopia, More or Less," Review of Russell Jacoby’s Picture Imperfect, H-Net Utopia, (2007)
Short Fiction
- "A Dangerous Day", The Urban Bizarre, Ed. Nick Mamatas.Prime Books, (2003).
- "Tragedy at the Ford and Taylor Saloon", AlienSkin Magazine, (2003).
- "Works and Faith", The Swamp, (December 2003). **Story nominated for Million Writers’ Award, January 2005.
- "Bowl of Cherries", AlienSkin Magazine,(February 2004).
- "Hostile Takeover", The Swamp, (April 2004).
- "Be Your Own Man", AlienSkin Magazine, (January/February 2006).
- "Is that All You Do?", Fictitious Force 4 (2007):
Satire
- "Jim Jones’s Last To-Do List", Amityville House of Pancakes, (2002).
- "The Legend of Vlad the Caresser", Amityville House of Pancakes, (2003).
- "UN Clergy Inspections", The Door Magazine, 16 (2003)
- "Saving Private Ryan’s Credit Rating", Amityville House of Pancakes, (2003).
Novels
- You’re Not Very Important: Twelve Steps Away from Self-Esteem and Toward a Better World. Creative Guy Publishing, (2005).
Anthologies
- "A Dangerous Day", The Urban Bizarre (2004)
- "Primetime", Writers of the Future Anthology, XXIII. (September 2007).
Interviews
Forthcoming
Essays
- "Institutional Crisis: Scholar and State in Hermann Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game and Walter Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz ". Extrapolation, (2008).