DAVID A. FLANARY, JR.

I was born as David Allen Flanary, Jr. in West-Germany, and spent most of my life living in a small village located near the border between Germany and France. At age eight, I came into contact with Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for the first time.  My fascination with that particular story awoke in me the urge to become a writer.

In 1999, I returned to the United States, the home country of my father.

Today, I am an early-twenties college graduate residing in the beautiful and historical state of Virginia.  I hold a Bachelor of Arts in History, and minored in Political Science.  During my college years, I was actively involved in theater and wrote for a college newspaper.

In addition to a number of part-time jobs, I am Project Coordinator for the comic book publisher Dark Elf Designs, and continue to write in a number of genres.

Started writing short stories at age eight.

Began writing for a German school newspaper in 1996. Continued writing articles for this school newspaper through 2000.

Wrote for a local newspaper in Germany from 1997 through 1999.

Published the poem Drachen in December of 1999 in the National Anthology of German Poetry, Vol. II.

Submitted first English short story, Last Kiss, inspired by the song of the same name, to the John Fox Jr. Short Story Competition. The story failed to place.

Won first prize in a high school speech writing competition. The speech was entitled What Price Freedom.

Briefly wrote for an American High School Newspaper in 2002.

Participated in a college production Bertholt Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children in 2003, playing the character Eiliff.

Began association with Dark Elf Designs, an independent Comic Book Publisher, in early 2003.

In 2003, named Lead Writer of The Gryphon, a comic book series to be published by Dark Elf Designs.

In 2004, received notice that my short story A Monument to Suffering would be published in a short story collection based on the The Sorrow concept created by J.S. Earls.  The collection was published at the end of 2004.

Participated in a college production of Caryl Churchill's Vinegar Tom in 2004, playing the character Packer.

In February 2005, was notified of interest in the follow-up story to A Monument to Suffering, entitled Paths of Revenge.  The story, along with the second volume of The Sorrow, is on hiatus.

Became Project Coordinator for Dark Elf Designs in February 2005.  Duties associated with that position resemble those of an Assistant Editor.

Was informed that my comic book short story Ruprecht is set to be published by Panday Studios.  No release date has been announced.

Named lead writer on the comic book project Smoke 'n' G.U.N.N., to be published by Dark Elf Designs.  The series is currently in development.

Became co-writer of J.S. Earls' comic book mini-series PistolFist: Revolutionary Warrior in late 2005.  Issue #1 was published by Alias Comics in October 2006.  The publisher decided to pass on the rest of the mini-series, which was then sold through ComiXpress.

The Gryphon, the very first comic book project I had the pleasure of writing, was published in May 2007 by Dark Elf Designs.  It is currently available at Indy Planet.

Bluewater Productions picked up the PistolFist: Revolutionary Warrior mini-series, which is set to return to comic book shops on July 23, 2008.