My Current Life
Christian David Loeffler is a fiction writer and teacher with speciailized interests in ficiton writing and publishing. His own ficiton and nonfiction works have been featured in Jokes Journal by the Jokes Review, The Raven Review, and Burningword Literary Journal.
He is owner and editor of Curious Curls Publishing, a small literary press that publishes work from awesome authors. He earned his undergraduate degree in both biochemistry and English at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.​
Loeffler currently works as a full-time lecturer at Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus (Tri-C Metro). His teaching and writing are heavily influenced by interests ranging from science, literature, and philosophy to video games and anime.
My Past Life
Loeffler formerly served as an English adjunct instructor for Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Ursuline College, St. Charles Community College, and Notre Dame College. He also served as a teacher for the TRIO Upward Bound Program at Saint Francis University, where he taught everything from Science Fiction Literature & Dystopia to Video Game Design.
Loeffler worked as a senior staff writer for The Review, a newspaper publication at Saint Vincent College, and as an associate editor for The Fourth River literary magazine published through Chatham University.​​
My Lifeline
The following authors and works deserve a big shout-out for directly inspiring and influencing my writing:​
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J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
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Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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A.S. King's Reality Boy
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...and many of the contemporary authors that have managed to catch my eye. Zach Docter, Ashley Hutson, and Sean Lambert are just a few names that come to mind.
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