– Not what we expected

Hell-bound for a summer of adventure in France, we didn’t care.

David Collins holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and taught English/Creative Writing for forty years.  His work has appeared in numerous journals, reviews, magazines, and newspapers. His first full-length book, Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas, won the Mayborn Award for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2016, published in 2017 by the University of North Texas Press.

David is the immediate-past president of Charlotte Writers Club and makes his home in Pineville, North Carolina with his wife, Jean, and their rambunctious Labrador retriever pup.