Dave Housley

Dave Housley is a short fiction writer and founding editor of Barrelhouse Magazine. He also co-founded the Conversations and Connections writers' conference. His work has appeared in Hobart, Mid-American Review, and Nerve. His fourth collection, Massive Cleansing Fire, is a set of linked stories, each ending in fire, published by Outpost19 in 2017. Reviewers have praised his blend of wit, empathy, and pop-culture references.