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David R. Bunch
1925–2000
Dark, inventive, and still startlingly fresh, this writer built one of science fiction’s strangest dystopias in the linked stories of Moderan. His work mixes satire, surreal imagery, and brutal wit to create fiction that feels both eerie and unforgettable.
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In the Jag-Whiffing Service
by David R. Bunch
About the author
Born in Lowry City, Missouri, on August 7, 1925, David R. Bunch was an American writer of short stories and poetry. He worked across science fiction, satire, surrealism, and literary fiction, and although other writers admired him, he remained relatively little known during his lifetime.
He is best remembered for Moderan, a cycle of linked stories about a violent mechanized future, first gathered in book form in 1971. The stories originally appeared in magazines, and readers have continued to value them for their strange language, bleak humor, and sharp attacks on war, technology, and human cruelty.
Bunch published dozens of short works and was praised by science fiction critics and fellow authors for his originality. He died on May 29, 2000, in north St. Louis County, Missouri, after a series of strokes.