By Genre
**Currently or soon to be available on Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Amazonbooks. com, the Barnes & Noble website or at individual publishers’ websites. Comments welcome!
Fantasy/Dark Fantasy/Sword & Sorcery/Urban Fantasy
“Noodle You, Noodle Me” df novelette sold to Harper Collins hardcover anthology Horseman/Starman, February 1992.
“The Moon Song Goddess and Her Ultimate, Lonely Hearts Club Band” f short story, 4th Place Honorable Mention Award, 1991 N3F Writing Contest, judges Donald Franson and Jefferson Swycaffer, August 1992.
“Headrights” df novelette, Honorable Mention certificate awarded from the Dragoncon/Nasfic Authors’ Cooperative, Dark Dixie Writing Contest, December 30, 1995.
**“The Home Town Boy” uf short story published in Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, Nicola Griffin & Stephen Pagel, Eds., hardcover anthology by White Wolf, March 1997.
**“The Home Town Boy” reprinted in trade paperback by Overlook Press, entitled Bending the Landscape, Original Gay and Lesbian Writing, Fantasy, 2004.
“Noodle You, Noodle Me” df novelette published in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Gardner Dozois, Ed., December 1997.
“Noodle You, Noodle Me” Honorable Mention, Gardner Dozois, Ed., Year’s Best SF, 15th Edition, St. Martin’s Press, June 1998.
“Noodle You, Noodle Me” Preliminary Nebula ballot, SFWA, 1998.
“Noodle You, Noodle Me” sold to www.fictionwise.com. FYI: Fictionwise.com was an online e-book service later owned by Barnes & Noble from 2008—2012, who paid small royalties until the service was discontinued. Active downloads [approximately 25], paying market for me 2001-2003.
“The Lost Woman” s&s novelette sold to Weirdbook, Douglas Draa, Ed., July 21, 2019. Contract received 09-03-19, for print publication in Volume #49 by Wildside Press. Paid 03-03-20.
“Homeland,” epic df short story sold February 3, 2020 to the invitation-only anthology, The Spell Books, Vol 3, Nabu Carnevale fantasy edition, at Tell-Tale Press, Andrea Dawn, Ed. Same day acceptance with rewrite request completed 02-07-2020. Contract signed on 03-06-2020. Paid 03-26-2020. Tell Tale Press closed on June 1, 2020, and this title was withdrawn on June 5, 2020. MOBI file (ebook copy) sent to contributors only on June 7, 2020.
Previously short-listed by another anthology before this sale and withdrawal, this is the foundation story of the Necromancer of Infinite Power which includes the previously published horror double-drabble, “Again.”
**”Bones, Then Teeth, Then Wings” drabble sold to Eerie River Publishing’s Dark Magic: Dark Fantasy Drabbles of Magic and Lore anthology, Michelle River, Ed., August 13, 2020. Contract sent October 1, 2020. Galleys sent and returned in March, 2021. Trade Paperback published April 27, 2021 (Kindle version slightly earlier).
“The Giddy Flame” uf short story accepted for The Blue Light Special anthology, but the anthology failed to meet its story quota and won’t be published. September 17, 2020.
**”Bones, Then Horns, Then Udders” drabble sold to Eerie River Publishing’s Dark Magic: Dark Fantasy Drabbles of Magic and Lore anthology, Michelle River, Ed., on September 27, 2020. Contract sent October 1, 2020. Galleys sent and returned in March, 2021. Trade paperback published April 27, 2021 (Kindle version slightly earlier).
** “The Home Town Boy” uf short story reprint sale to Jayhenge Publications for Grandpa’s Deep Space Diner anthology on November 15, 2021, edited by Jessica Augustsson. Contract received April 5, 2022, signed and returned. Paid via PayPal April 6, 2022. Anthology published in trade paperback and hardcover April 23, 2022.
**“Bones, Then Teeth, Then Wings” df reprint drabble sold to WYRMS at Shacklebound Books, April 7, 2022, Eric Fomley, Editor. This is a drabble-only, dragon anthology. Contract received 04-07-22, signed and returned April 8, 2022. E-Contributor’s copy received June 21, 2022. Paid June 27, 2022. This anthology went live on Kindle and in trade paperback on July 1, 2022.
** “Charlie Blackhawk and the Blue Whale of Catoosa,” humorous, contemporary df short story sold December 7, 2022 to Jayhenge Publications for The Back Forty, Jessica Augustsson, Editor. Email contract received May 25, 2023. Returned next day with author bio and other requested info. Paid May 28, 2023. Published on Kindle, in trade paperback and hardcover June 6, 2023.
Upcoming Fantasy Publications
“The Lost Woman” s&s novelette (see above).
Horror
“Mister Dark” short story published in Terminal Fright Magazine, Ken Abner, Ed., Issue #3, Mar/Apr 1994.
“Original Child” short story published in Extremes: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth CD anthology, Brian A. Hopkins, Ed., Lone Wolf Publications, April 2000.
“Seepage” [co-author with Gary Jonas, Harold Chester and others] short story published in the Red, Red Robin CD anthology, Brian A. Hopkins, Ed., Lone Wolf Publications, May 2000.
“Original Child” Preliminary Nebula Ballot, SFWA, 2001.
“Original Child” sold to www.fictionwise.com. See Fictionwise.com description above. FYI: There was continued academic interest in this short story set at Hiroshima, Japan, on the day of the atomic bombing. Active downloads [approx. 50] paying market for me, 2001– 2012.
[**]“The Twilight People,” short story sold October 23, 2018. Published on Amazon Kindle and on the market website in the Winter Holidays anthology, The Blood Tomes, Andrea Dawn, Ed., December 20, 2018. Tell-Tale Press closed on June 1, 2020; online links no longer available.
[**]“The Twilight People,” reprint sale on July 25, 2019, for the Winter Holidays trade paperback edition of The Blood Tomes, by Tell-Tale Press, Andrea Dawn, Ed. Published March 1, 2020. Tell-Tale Press closed on June 1, 2020; online links no longer available.
** “Again” double-drabble sold August 25, 2019, to the anthology Guilty Pleasures and Other Dark Delights by thingsinthewell.wordpress.com, Steven Dillon, Ed., for e-book (pdf) and POD trade paperback editions. Published October 5, 2019, on the website and on AmazonBooks.
“Parasites, A Tale of Route 66,” short story sold January 2, 2020 to the invitation-only anthology, The Blood Tomes, Vol 3, Nabu Carnevale horror edition, at Tell Tale Press, Andrea Dawn, Ed. Same-day acceptance. Contract signed on 01-08-2020 (via HelloSign). Paid 02-14-2020. Tell-Tale Press closed on June 1, 2020, and this story was withdrawn. MOBI file (ebook copy) sent to contributors only on June 7, 2020.
**”Parasites, A Tale of Route 66,” short story resold to the Nightmare Press anthology, Todd Sullivan Presents The Vampire Connoisseur, Todd Sullivan, Ed., and Jacob Floyd, Publisher, on August 27, 2020. Contract received 09-10-20, for online and book publication in 2020. The Kindle version of the anthology was published 12-12-20, and the trade paperback on 12-13-20 (available on Amazon). The story is 15 of 16 in the TOC. Paid 02-06-21 (the second time a publisher has paid for this story). Zoom interview and page reading with Editor Todd Sullivan on 12-06-20, link posted on the Nightmare Press FB page, my FB page and on YouTube at: http://my book.to/tsptvc.
** “Fledglings/Crones,” short story co-authored with Karen Thrower sold to Bodies Full of Burning: An Anthology of Menopause-Related Horror at Sliced-Up Press, Ben Walker, Publisher, and Nicole Wolverton, Editor, on February 28, 2021. Contract received same day. Paid on 03-01-21. Author-only copies of MOBI and PDF files sent in June, 2021. Anthology published on August 28, 2021, on Amazon Kindle, and in trade paperback.
** “The Red Peeler” humorous flash fiction story sold to Flash In A Flash, October 12, 2021, Stephanie Wright, Editor. Published online on the Flash in a Flash website, Episode 200, on October 15, 2021. Paid October 23, 2021.
** “Deer Woman” YA-ish, short story sold to Conspiracies & Cryptids,Vol. 1, Everything Is True on March 21, 2022 at Fantastic Books, a Gray Rabbit/Multiminded Imprint, Charles Barouch, Jerry Wang and Sylvia Goldin, Editors. Contract sent with acceptance email on March 21, 2022, signed and returned next day. Paid via PayPal April 5, 2022. Publication announcement on the Concellation (the con that never sleeps) Facebook Group on January 28, 2023 (my wedding anniversary), as an ebook from Fantastic Books, and on Amazon Kindle. Trade paperback available on Amazon, or the Barnes & Noble websites. “Deer Woman” is the first story in the TOC.
** “Wasted Treats” flash fiction piece sold to the Black Hare Press anthology Nom Nom, Halloween (dark drabbles), June 8, 2022, Ben Thomas, Editor. Contract sent with acceptance email; signed and returned same day. A first submission sale with payment. Published on Amazon Kindle, trade paperback and hardcover October 1, 2022.
**”Victorian” flash fiction piece sold to the Black Hare Press anthology Love Me, Love Me Not: Dark Tales of Love, Lust and Lunacy (dark drabbles), on January 6, 2023, Ben Thomas, Editor. Contract sent with acceptance email; signed and returned same day. A first submission sale with payment. Ebook published on Kindle and from Black Hare Press on January 29, 2023. Trade paperback and hardcover editions published February 4, 2023, available everywhere. The book debuted at #1 on Amazon in LGBTQ Horror Anthologies.
**“White Rabbit” flash fiction piece sold to the Black Hare Press anthology Run, Rabbit, Run (dark drabbles) on April 6, 2023, Dean Shawker, Editor. Contract sent with acceptance email; signed and returned same day. Edits received April 9, 2023, returned same day. This is a first submission sale. Paid on publication. Anthology published April 18, 2023.
**”Black Rabbit” flash fiction piece sold to the Black Hare Press anthology Run, Rabbit, Run (dark drabbles) on April 6, 2023, Dean Shawker, Editor. Contract sent with acceptance email; signed and returned same day. Edits received April 9, 2023, returned same day. This is a first submission sale. Paid on publication. Anthology published April 18, 2023.
**”Red Rabbit” flash fiction piece sold to the Black Hare Press anthology Run, Rabbit, Run (dark drabbles) on April 6, 2023, Dean Shawker, Editor. Contract sent with acceptance email; signed and returned same day. Edits received April 9, 2023. Second edits received April 12, 2023, approved and returned same day. This is a first submission sale. Paid on publication. Anthology published April 18, 2023.
**“Gold Rabbit” flash fiction piece sold to the Black Hare Press anthology Run, Rabbit, Run (dark drabbles) on April 6, 2023, Dean Shawker, Editor. Contract sent with acceptance email; signed and returned same day. Edits received April 9, 2023, returned same day. This is a first submission sale. Paid on publication. Anthology published April 18, 2023.
Upcoming Horror Publications
None currently.
Science Fiction
“North” short story published in Computing Times, Oklahoma/Kansas periodical, K.D. Wentworth, Fiction Ed., Vol.— II, Number – VII, January 1991.
“North” short story, Semi-Finalist 1990 N3F Writing Contest, judges Donald Franson and Jefferson Swycaffer, May 1991.
“Hard Time” short story, Semi-Finalist 1991 N3F Writing Contest, judges Donald Franson and Jefferson Swycaffer, August 1992.
“Fence of Palms” short story, Semi-Finalist 1991 N3F Writing Contest, judges Donald Franson and Jefferson Swycaffer, August 1992.
“End of the Line” long short story sold to Midnight Zoo, October 1992.
“Fence of Palms” short story published in Aboriginal SF Magazine, Charles C. Ryan, Ed., November 1993.
“Fence of Palms” short story reprinted on the DNA Publications website, Warren Lapine, Ed., February thru May, 2001.
“Symbols of Regret” short story, Honorable Mention certificate awarded by the Dragoncon/Nasfic Authors’ Cooperative, Dark Dixie Writing Contest, December 30, 1995.
“The People of the Wind and Sand,” novelette, published in Distant Journeys, An Illustrated Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction trade paperback, James B. King, Ed., Starlance Publications, December 1996.
“Vulture-Watching Woman,” novelette, Non-Stop Science Fiction Magazine trade paperback (Ultra Dystopias of Future & Fantasy Utopias [!]), KJ Cypret Publisher, Luis Ortiz, Editor & Art Director; Vol. 1, No. 3, (spring) 1997.
“Elixir of Life,” short story, Artemis Magazine, Ian Randal Strock, Ed., Issue #2, Summer (May) 2000.
**”Manifest Destiny and the Iceland Girl,” short story, sold to The Were-Traveler women-writers-only issue, Women Destroy Retro Sci-Fi, M. X. (Maria) Kelly, Ed./Publisher, December 26, 2020. Published February 15, 2021 on The Were Traveler website at: https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/current-issue/issue-22-women-destroy-retro-sci-fi . Paid 02-16-21. “Manifest Destiny and the Iceland Girl” was the first story in the TOC.
**”Graveyard,” sf/horror drabble sold to Dark Drabbles #666 at Black Hare Press, D. Kershaw, Editor, on June 16, 2021. Contract included in the acceptance email (signed and returned same day), along with links to the publisher’s Facebook page and website. Anthology published August, 2021 on Amazon Kindle and in trade paperback. No information on the hardcover publication. Black Hare Press is an Australian indie publisher.
**”The Change,” hard sf flash fiction piece sold to Four Part Punk – Drabbles at Black Hare Press, October 9, 2021. Included in the acceptance email were contract and pre-order links, and graphics for my public announcement on Facebook, same day. Contract signed and returned next day. Black Hare posted my name graphic on their Facebook page, also next day. A first submission sale. Edited version sent 03-20-22, resubmitted 03-21-22. 50 word Author Bio submitted 03-22-22. PUNK was published March 29, 2022.
**”Fence of Palms,” short story reprint sale to Jayhenge Publications for Professor Feiff’s Compleat Pocket Guide to Xenobiology for the Galactic Traveller on the Move anthology on October 13, 2021, Jessica Augustsson, Editor. Contract and title change received August 2, 2022. Paid August 4, 2022. Kindle edition published August 10, 2022. Trade paperback also available.
**”Bones, Then Teeth” dark sf flash fiction story (1500 words) was a finalist for Crystal Lake Publishing’s July Flash Fiction Contest (unthemed). Notified August 8, 2022 by Founder/CEO Joe Mynhardt. “Bones, Then Teeth” was posted on their Patreon page August 19, 2022. Only Patreon members could read and vote on all 21 posted stories. The results were in September 2, 2022. “Bones, Then Teeth” came in 14th Place, ineligible for sale or publication at this market, but is definitely a notable notice added to my Bibliographies.
Upcoming SF Publications
None currently.
Non-Fiction Article of Essay
“1984” essay published in Personal Demons CD anthology, Brian A. Hopkins, Ed., Lone Wolf Publications, 2001.