R.C. Davis - Tellin' Stories  

​​CALENDAR

Self Portrait: The Heart of Memoir
with 
Cecile Goding
​
Fri. 11/8
6:00 PM 
 11/9 & 10
9:30-3:30 PM

​Tuition Required
http://www.iowawritershouse.org/writing-workshops

Iowa Writers House
332 E.
Davenport St. 
Iowa City, IA​​
Making Poetry: An Informal, Introductory, & Generative Workshop
with 
Susan Aizenberg

 11/10
1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Tuition Required
http://www.iowawritershouse.org/writing-workshops

Iowa Writers House
332 E.
​Davenport St. 
Iowa City, IA​
JONATHAN BLUM
​
​November 13 7:00pm

Jonathan will read from his collection of short stories:
The Usual Uncertainties​


Prairie Lights Books
15 South Dubuque St.  Iowa City, IA
Writers of the Depths

11/14
6:00pm til 7:30pm

I will be reading my short story:

'Deepwater Metamorphosis'

from the anthology: Writers of the Depths
​
This reading will include: E. Casey, A. Kibbie, M.L. Williams and others.
​
Iowa Brewing Company
708 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 
THE RAINBOW ROOM

11/5 & 11/19
​
6:30pm
​
​An LGBT Writing Room
A Writers Rooms Program
​Iowa City
​ Public Library
Rm B
​123 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA
​​T​he Violet Realm

​11/12 & 11/26
​6:00pm

a Sci-Fi/Fantasy write-in
​A Writers Rooms Program 
​
Iowa City Public Library
Rm B
123 S Linn St
​Iowa City, IA​
The Parchment Lounge

Every Monday at 6:30pm til 8:30
​
A Writer's Room Program

​A write-in for whatever you are writing!

Sanctuary Pub
405 South Gilbert 
Iowa City, IA
NEW!

The Lightless Corridor

11/14
6:30-8:30pm

Horror Writing
A writer's Rooms Program

Critical Hit Games
115 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA 
The Golden Attic

​​10/3 & 10/17
6-8pm

Poetry write-in

A Writer's Rooms Program

North Liberty Comm. Library
520 W Cherry St, North Liberty, IA 
R. C. Davis
E. Casey
A. Penn
S. Chadalavada
M.L. Williams
A. Kibbie
R. Frost

 
           Just a few words...

   Hallo Everyone!
                                                                        
  I am R.C. Davis, Writer, Author and Poet, currently living in the
 UNESCO city of literature, Iowa City, Iowa. I moved here with the goal     of  immersing myself in community with some of the best writers in the state. How is that going, you may be asking? Just grand!
 So, I published my first novel:
​When Walls Fall Down-An Adventure In Romance. 
A tale I wrote as: C.F. McDaeid, about love, loss and prejudice. Set in Ireland and Berlin,Germany.
​ 'When Walls Fall Down' won't disappoint. You can find it at:
          https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-                       alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mcDaeid

You won't regret owning a copy!

   So, moving on, the purpose of this site is to update you on anything that was submitted for publication and accepted, to share a poem – or two - or maybe tell a story. Anything to interject some emotion, beauty, or reflection into your day. I will also blog on occasion - just a little something to let you inside my head or impart an opinion.
    Below, you will find a list of my publications, both Prose and Poetry. On the right, I will banner my latest story (offered exclusively to my website "friends") and the latest works of my colleagues. Please check out their websites and ask about them at your favorite bookstores.
We would be most appreciative.    
     On the left, you will find my calendar of events. Poetry and Prose    readings that will be taking place locally or within the great state of Iowa.
    That's all for now. Read, enjoy, and then read some more!
  Slainte!

R.C.

My Works-Published

            'Cane Pole Logic'              'The Light In                  'Hodgepodge 

                 Amber Waves Of Grain -                      The Window'                     Style' 

              A short story anthology Vol. 3                  Wapsi Almanac #16                                    Poetry

           Shapato Publishing                  Route 3 Press                 Strangecage Press
              'I Fall'                                 'Cyclophiliac'                 'Under The Eaves'
                                                                                                                 &
                                                                                                         'Murdering
                 (poetry)                                                      (poetry)                              Boxelder'                         
             (on-line)                                                                          
           Jellyfish Whispers Anthology                       Backlit Barbell Anthology               A Poetry Anthology
         Kind of A Hurricane                    Kind of A Hurricane          Sackter House
         Press                                          Press                                Publications
              'Tread Mark On                 'I Can See~Fine'                    'Snowfall On 
               Airborne Cloud'                                                               Dead Leaves'

                        (poetry)                                               (poetry)                                        (Short Story/fiction)

               Poised In Flight Anthology                      Life is a Rollercoaster
                                                         Anthology
          Kind Of A Hurricane                 Kind of A Hurricane         The Daily Palette (on-line)
                  Press                                        Press                                       Iowa Writes

      
    'Losing My Muse'              'When Walls Fall              'Deepwater
​                                                      Down'                    Metamorphosis'
           Flash Fiction                                   An Adventure in Romance                                Short Story

             Wild Musette                               New Novel !                        Writer's of the Depths
​         Journal #1701                          R.C. Davis  writing as:                    A Community Anthology
​                                                         C.F. McDaeid                     brought to you by: The 
  Wild Musette-Publisher Of                                                             Writer's Rooms
​    Fine Books and Music                 Find @ Amazon.com              Available Nov. 5 
                                                                                    @ B&N-Nook   
Pinnacle 25
 
What is offered in a life stolen?
It is more about what we need.
You are bonded by age six
Ensnared by a carefully constructed scaffold,
of a solidly welded family unit.
Your time wasted by those with judicious intent
 
This will save you from:
Choking
Falling down the stairs
Getting hit by a car
Attacked by an animal
Poison…
 
Play on the sidewalk, not in the street
In the back yard, not in the alley
Not in a parking lot
Not in a canyon
or a dark wood.
 
You are old by age twelve,
reined in by sixteen
Your freedom arrives years later
You now have seven years to make up for lost time
A quarter of a century, the summit
In real life, no room for perfection.

​The Hopeless Romantic
 
I am sorry
 
I don’t love you
I don’t love your face
I don’t love your body
Or any part of it
 
I don’t love cars
I don’t love clothes
I don’t love money
Or anything of a material nature
 
I don’t love my methods
I don’t love my privilege
I don’t love my accolades
And surely, not my pride
 
Yet, if you must know…
 
I love the wind as it stirs the world
I love the trees who shade and shed
I love the dew laden grass upon the hill
And the sea, the stars, the gentle rain
 
I love the sun that lights my path 
I love the moon on my lonely nights
I love the pain that reminds me that I’m alive
And the sadness that unveils my frailty
 
I love the empathy I see in your deeds
I love the kindness I see in your faces
I love the warmth I feel in your hands
And your unconditional acceptance, when I fall
 
But most of all—I love LOVE
                                                   ~C.F. McDaeid

STORY​

 Free Monthly Story:

I Am a Hawk

Authors & Poets​​

​NEW RELEASE!
Now at Amazon.com:

When Walls Fall Down
An Adventure In Romance
by
R.C. Davis writing as
​C.F. McDaeid
We the Interwoven
Vol. 2

​introduces seven new voices—three fellows and four honorable mentions, all with stories that explore the theme of living between two worlds.
Presented to you from the Iowa Writer's House. Edited by
​Andrea Wilson

http://www.iowawritershouse.org/workshops/we-the-interwoven-volume-2
Erin Casey

From The Purple Door District comes book 2:
​
​Wolf Pit
Soon to be on a bookshelf near you!
https://www.erin
​casey.org/
 Alexandra Penn
brings you book #4 of
 
​The Letter Mage
​
Let Alexandra take you on a journey into space (you won't want to come home!)

https://www.alexandrapenn.com/
M.L. Williams

​ brings us, his humor in this delightful collection of short stories
​
​Ol' Doc's Cornfield Chronicles
​Featuring: Snowball-Pony from Hell
​
https://tinyurl.com/yc4fsm3j
From 
S. Chadalavada
​comes:
 
​How Blue Is My Sapphire
​
Find it in: 'Rorschachs Ink'
​
​@ Amazon.com
Joseph Goldman
​Collection

Voices from A Distant Place, A Dark Time
​​
Amazon.com
From Jack Fredrickson:
​https://www.good
reads.com/
book/show/
​30900527-hidden-graves​
Amelia Kibbie
​presents:
Legendary
Find Amelia at Kobo