Editing David Ives (section)

==Narrative fiction==
Ives wrote ''The Phobia Clinic'', a full-length narrative verse-novel published in 2010. It is described as a philosophical horror novel written in verse. It is, according to the author, "grotesque, satirical, personal, sometimes funny, but mostly reflecting the mood of the title."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/david-ives-pens-philosophical-horror-novel-the-phobia-clinic-now-available-167905|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=David Ives Pens Philosophical Horror Novel, ''The Phobia Clinic''|magazine=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]]|date=April 24, 2010}}</ref> Inspired by [[Dante]], ''The Phobia Clinic'' employs the verse form of the ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', known as ''[[terza rima]]'', with the lines grouped in threes, and each group, or [[tercet]],  following the [[rhyme scheme]] ABA BCB CDC DED throughout Ives' 55 [[cantos]].<ref>Hufstader, Louisa. ''From K'naan to The Phobia Clinic, Public Theater Residency Soars''. ''Vinyard Gazette''. August 25, 2016</ref><ref>Ives, David. ''The Phobia Clinic''. The Coral Press. 2010.</ref>

Ives wrote a [[young adult fiction|young adult]] book, ''[[Monsieur Eek]]'', which was released in 2001. The book is set in 1609, and is a "fairy tale–like story full of absurd characters who make bizarre interpretations{{nbsp}}..."<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-029529-5 "Review. 'Monsieur Eek' "] publishersweekly.com, May 28, 2001</ref> His next book was ''Scrib'' (2005), set in the American West in 1863.<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-059841-9 "review. 'SCRIB' "] publishersweekly.com, March 28, 2005</ref><ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-ives/scrib/ "Book Reviews. 'Scrib'"] kirkusreviews.com, February 15, 2005</ref> His book ''Voss: How I Come to America and Am Hero, Mostly'', was released in 2008.<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-399-24722-4 "Review. Voss: How I Come to America and Am Hero, Mostly"] publishersweekly.com, October 20, 2008</ref>