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Wade R. DeYoung

Bewildering Stories biography

Wade R. DeYoung was born and raised in Michigan. He has written numerous poems, short stories and one novel. He has published poems in 100subtexts, Fae Corps Inc Newsletter, Bewildering Stories, Diagonals Literary Review, and Children, Churches and Daddies (Scars Publications).

After 28 years, he retired from the U.S. Army as a captain and served as an aircraft armament mechanic, a recruiter, an environmental science officer, and an entomologist.

He has a B.A. in English (Creative Writing track) from the University of Central Florida (2025), an M.S. in Public Health (Medical Zoology track) from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (2015), and a B.S. in Zoology from Michigan State University (1991). He has two children, Ryan and Caitlin, who will be 29 in June.

Copyright © 2026 by Wade R. DeYoung

Bewildering Stories bibliography

Poetry
Facets of the Tongue

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