David Riser

  • Graduate Student, PhD Literature

Dave V. Riser (he/him) is a gender ghoul pursuing his PhD in English Literature. His research interests include horror fiction, queer and transgender studies, disability studies, and affect studies. Or, altogether, radical bodies studies, with a particular interest in transgender horror. This year, he is working in the Horror Archives at University of Pittsburgh’s Archives & Special Collections.

He has a variety of short fiction, including “EACH-UISGE” in The Off Season: A Coastal Horror Anthology. His story “Triage,” published in The Arkansas International, was a finalist for the 2024 Best of the Net anthology.