David Estringel is a Xicanx, Pushcart/BotN-nominated writer with words in The Opiate, Cephalopress, Dreich, The Milk House, Harpy Hybrid Review, Terror House Magazine, Expat Press, Literary Heist, Cowboy Jamboree, Sledgehammer Lit, Punk Noir Magazine, Beir Bua Journal, The Blue Nib, Drunk Monkeys, Red Fez, and more. David is a Professor of English in Central Texas, teaching Composition and Literature, as well as EIC at The Argyle Literary Magazine and Blood+Honey.

He has published five poetry collections: Indelible Fingerprints (Alien Buddha Press); Blood Honey, Cold Comfort House, and Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink (Anxiety Press), and little punctures (Really Serious Literature). David has also published six poetry chapbooks: Punctures (Really Serious Literature); Peripheries (The Bitchin’ Kitsch); Eating Pears on the Rooftop (Finishing Line Press); Golden Calves and Blue (Back Room Poetry), Sour Grapes (Two Key Customs), and has his seventh (Brujeria) and eighth (Down the Bermuda Highway) scheduled for publication with Alien Buddha Press. David co-authored his first novel, Escaping Emily, in 2024, published by Thirty West Publishing.

Connect with David on X @The_Booky_Man, Instagram @david_estringel, Bluesky @davidestringel.bsky.social, and his website www.davidaestringel.com.