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David Wade

David Wade is a writer from Washington, PA, interested in rustbelt literature, hip hop, and speculative fiction. He is an MFA candidate in the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at University of Michigan, with previous fiction published in Kweli Journal. He can sometimes be found online @davidwadetv.

July/Aug 2019

Baptism

By David Wade

“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household.” —Acts 16:31 The dollars Daddy gave us for the gold plate were often crinkled: folded flowers […]