Stories

"North," Computing Times, Jan. 1991 (sf short story).

"Fence of Palms," Aboriginal SF, Nov. 1993 (sf short story). "Fence of Palms," Reprinted online by DNA Publications; February - May 2001.

"Mister Dark," Terminal Fright, Feb. 1994, (horror short story).

"The People of the Wind and Sand," Distant Journeys, James B. King, ed.; Starlance Publications, Dec. 1996 (sf short story).

From the back cover: An alarm shrilled . . . "Come on, Mama!" Brianna shouted. A rattling deluge of hissing sand erupted against the outside wall of the prefab. The floor of the cubicle tilted crazily and Brianna was thrown violently off her feet. Crumpled inertly in a corner beneath her thrashing mother, Brianna watched while the roof tore away with a wrenching screech. They clung to each other in mindless terror, praying for it to end. Then above her mother in the void where the ceiling had been, Brianna saw an immense vortex of green wind. It loomed overhead, bending like a sapling. A separate arm of whistling wind came down at them. Her mother was ripped cruelly from her grasp and flung away into the sinister belching dust. Within the howl of the primeval wind Brianna screamed. Then the arm of wind returned, and scooped her up, too... --From The People of the Wind and Sand

"The Home Town Boy," Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel, eds; White Wolf, March 1997 (fantasy short story).

"The Vulture-Watching Woman," Non-Stop Magazine, May 1997 (sf novelette).

	"Noodle You, Noodle Me" Asimov's Science Fiction, Dec. 1997 (dark fantasy novelette).
"Original Child," EXTREMES: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth ; Brian A. Hopkins, Ed.; Lone Wolf Publications April 2000 (horror short story). "Elixir of Life," Artemis Magazine , May 2000 (sf short story). "Seepage," The Red, Red Robin Project, Brian A. Hopkins, Ed., Lone Wolf Publications; May 2000 (horror short story).

Sales Oddities

"End of the Line," sf short story sold to Midnight Zoo, Oct. 1992. Withdrawn in April, 1993, when publisher Jon Herron decided he didn't have to honor fiction contracts he'd already issued; he'd still publish your work, but wouldn't pay for it. Since he was only paying me a whopping $12 and 2 contributor's copies for a 7000 word story, the added indignity of being paid nothing/nada/zip was too much. Midnight Zoo bit the dust soon afterwards. Came close a couple times but never have re-sold EotL. Anybody interested in space opera (brave alien and feisty female human cop trapped on space station w/monster from brave alien's home world)?

"Noodle You, Noodle Me" accepted (no contract, no payment) by Oklahoma Emmy-winning author/editor Russell Bates in Feb. 1992 for his Harper/Collins, Native American-themed antho Horseman, Starman. Something went wrong somewhere, and "Noodle" was withdrawn and sold to Asimov's.

Contest Stuff

"North," semi-finalist, 1990 N3F Contest.

"The Moon Song Goddess and Her Lonely Hearts Club Band," Honorable Mention, 4th Place, 1991 N3F Contest (fantasy short story).

"Fence of Palms," semi-finalist, 1991 N3F Contest.

"Hard Time," semi-finalist, 1991 N3F Contest (sf short story).

"Symbols of Regret," Honorable Mention (spiffy certificate), 1995 Dark Dixie Writing Contest (sf short story).

"Headrights," Honorable Mention (spiffy certificate w/bigger print!), 1995 Dark Dixie Writing Contest (dark fantasy novelette).

Related Nice Stuff

"Noodle You, Noodle Me," Honorable Mention, Gardner Dozois' 15th Edition of the Year's Best SF, St. Martin's.

"Noodle You, Noodle Me"
1998 Nebula Preliminary Ballot

"Noodle You, Noodle Me" will soon be available at fictionwise.com

Background by Windy

Updated Wednesday December 12 2001