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<\/u>Short<\/u><\/strong> Fiction<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
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  1. “No Small Change”<\/b> in After Hours<\/i>, winter, ’91.<\/li>\n
  2. “Waiting for the Nightingale”<\/b> in Lost Creek Letters<\/i>, autmun, ’91.<\/li>\n
  3. “Cat Death”<\/b> in The California Quarterly.<\/i>, ’92.<\/li>\n
  4. “Plant Life”<\/b> in Aberrations<\/i> #9, ’93. Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling’s Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, 7th<\/sup> Edition<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  5. “The Love of Children”<\/b> in The Indiana Review<\/i>, spring, ’92.<\/li>\n
  6. “Eight Words”<\/b> in Pulphouse<\/i> #19, ’95. Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling’s Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror<\/i>, 9th<\/sup> Edition<\/i>. Reprinted in Cemetery Sonata,<\/i> ’99. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  7. “Landscapes”<\/b> in The Fifth Di . . .<\/i>. Reprinted in the Star**Anthology<\/i> December\/January, 1998\/1999 issue. A Promart publication.<\/li>\n
  8. “Teaching”<\/b> in The Star Anthology #1.<\/i><\/li>\n
  9. “Nine Fingers on the Flute”<\/b> in Adventures in Sword and Sorcery<\/i>. This story received 6 recommendations for Nebula consideration before its eligibility ran out (10 required to make the preliminary ballot). In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  10. “The Big One”<\/b> in Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact<\/i>. Tied for 3rd place in the Anlab reader’s poll of best short story in Analog<\/i> for 1997. This story was translated and then reprinted in the Nov. ’97 Greek edition of Asimov’s<\/i>. The story was on the preliminary Nebula ballot for 1999.<\/li>\n
  11. “Miss Hathaway’s Spider”<\/b> in Talebones.<\/i><\/i> #11, Spring of ’98. This story is posted at their web site. Follow the links starting from http:\/\/www.fairwoodpress.com\/<\/a> The story received a Nebula recommendation. It also was honorably mentioned in the Best of the Rest II<\/i> anthology of small press fiction. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  12. “Happy Ending”<\/b> in <\/b>Realms of Fantasy, <\/i>August, 1998. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  13. “The Love of Falmoth”<\/b> in Odyssey. <\/i>Issue #5, 1998. Honorable Mention story in the 16th edition of The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  14. “Parallel Highways”<\/b> in the anthology After Shocks <\/i>, copyright 2000. Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling’s Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror<\/i>. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  15. “Home”<\/b> in Realms of Fantasy, <\/i>Oct. ’98. <\/i>In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  16. “O Tannenbaum”<\/b> in Weird Tales, <\/i>Fall ’98.<\/li>\n
  17. “The Death Dwarves”<\/b> in Talebones<\/i> #13, Fall ’98. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  18. “Nor a Lender Be”<\/b> in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact<\/i>, Feb. ’99. This story earned a 2nd place in Analog’s <\/i>AnLab reader poll for stories appearing in the magazine in ’99. This story made the preliminary Nebula ballot for ’00. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  19. “Voices”<\/b> Altair #3, <\/i>Feb. ’99. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  20. “The Gift”<\/b> in Adventures in Sword and Sorcery<\/i>, #6, ’99.<\/li>\n
  21. “The Hounds of Winter”<\/b> co-written with Stoker award winning author, Brian Hopkins, in Realms of Fantasy<\/i>. August, ’99. This story was voted as the best pro-story in the July-September quarter in the Blindside.Net Reader’s poll. This story received a recommendation for the ’99 Stoker Award.<\/li>\n
  22. “Shark Attack: a Love Story”<\/b> in Weird Tales<\/i>, Fall, ’99. This story received a recommendation for the ’99 Stoker Award and recommendations for Nebula consideration. It was included as an Honorable Mention in Datlow and Windling’s Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, 13th Edition<\/i>. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  23. “In the Days Still Left”<\/b> co-written with Stoker award winning author, Brian Hopkins, upcoming sometime in ’00 in Bending the Landscape: Horror<\/i> through Overlook.<\/li>\n
  24. “Road Decoy”<\/b> in Space & Time<\/i> #91, ’00. Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling’s Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror<\/i><\/li>\n
  25. “The Diorama”<\/b> in TransVersions<\/i> #11. Winter ’99. This story was included as an Honorable Mention in Gardner Dozois’ The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 17th edition. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  26. “Two in the Multiverse”<\/b> in The Third Alternative<\/i> #20, Summer ’99.<\/li>\n
  27. “Flying in the Heart of the Lafayette Escadrille”<\/b> in Quantum<\/i>, ’99.<\/li>\n
  28. “Ark Ascension”<\/b> in the December, ’99 Analog: Science Fiction and Fact<\/i>. This story earned a 3rd place in Analog’s <\/i>AnLab reader poll for stories appearing in the magazine in ’99. It also received Nebula recommendations.<\/li>\n
  29. “A Real Myth in an Imaginary Time”<\/b> in On Spec<\/i>, ’99.<\/li>\n
  30. “The Comeback”<\/b> in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact<\/i>, April, ’00. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  31. “Catching Rays”<\/b> in the upcoming Stardust<\/i> science\/science fiction text book. Julie Czerneda, editor.<\/li>\n
  32. “Christmas Stalking”<\/b> in Weird Tales<\/i>, Winter ’99.<\/li>\n
  33. “Howl Above the Din”<\/b> in Talebones<\/i> #18, Winter ’00.<\/li>\n
  34. “That He Might Yet Find the Unknown”<\/b> upcoming in Altair<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  35. “The Christmas Story”<\/b> in Millennium Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/i>. Posted in their December ’99 issue.<\/a><\/li>\n
  36. “Friday, After the Game”<\/b> in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact<\/i>, October, ’00. Honorable Mention in Gardner Dozois’ The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  37. “One in a Thousand”<\/b> in Altair<\/i>‘s web page collection.<\/li>\n
  38. “The Safety of the Herd”<\/b> in Asimov’s<\/i>, Jan. ’02.<\/li>\n
  39. “Savannah is Six”<\/b> in Dark Terrors 5<\/i>, ’00. Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling’s Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror<\/i><\/li>\n
  40. “Saturn Ring Blues” <\/b>in On Spec<\/a><\/i>, Spring, 2001. This story also earned honorable mention in the Best of the Soft SF Association’s 1999 short story contest. Reprinted in the anthology, Best of the Rest 3: The Best Unknown SF and Fantasy of 2001. <\/i>Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection.<\/li>\n
  41. “Resurrection”<\/b> in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact<\/i>, Jan. ’01. This story placed 3rd in the Anlab, Analog’s<\/i> readers’ poll for best short stories in the magazine in ’01. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  42. “Once They Were Monarchs” <\/b>in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, <\/i>Dec. ’00.<\/li>\n
  43. “The Saint From Abdijan”<\/b> in Extremes: Darkest Africa<\/a><\/i>, Feb. ’02. Honorably mentioned in the Datlow\/Windling The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #16.<\/i><\/li>\n
  44. “The Invisible Empire” <\/b>in The Children of Cthulu<\/a><\/i>, Del Rey Books, ’02. Honorably mentioned in the Datlow\/Windling The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #16.<\/i><\/li>\n
  45. “Origin of the Species”<\/b> in Weird Tales<\/i>, summer ’02. Reprinted in David Hartwell’s The Year’s Best Fantasy 3<\/i>. Honorably mentioned in the Datlow\/Windling The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #16.<\/i><\/li>\n
  46. “Night Sweats” <\/b>in Realms of Fantasy<\/i>, Feb. 2001. This story was included in the “Recommended Stories This Month” in the April, 2001 Locus<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  47. “What Weena Knew”<\/b> in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact<\/i>, April, ’01. This story placed 2nd in the Anlab, Analog’s<\/i> readers’ poll for best short stories in the magazine in ’01. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  48. “Working Pushout”<\/b> in The Third Alternative<\/i>, Autumn, ’01. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection.<\/li>\n
  49. “Nothing is Normal”<\/b> in On Spec<\/i> spring, ’02.<\/li>\n
  50. “Father’s Dragon”<\/b> in On Spec<\/i>, fall ’01.<\/li>\n
  51. “The Infodict” <\/b>in Asimov’s<\/i>, Aug., ’01. This story also won second place in The Best of Soft SF, 2000<\/i> contest. Locus <\/i>included this story in their Recommended Reading List for stories published in 2001. It was also nominated for a Theodore Sturgeon Award for best short fiction of the year. The story placed 5th in the Asimov’s<\/i> reader poll for best stories in the magazine in ’01. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection. Honorably mentioned for the ’02 Hugo Award for short stories. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  52. “The Last Age Should Show Your Heart”<\/b> in the SFF.NET anthology, Bones of the World<\/i>, Aug., ’01. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection.<\/li>\n
  53. “Perceptual Set”<\/b> in Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, <\/i>Jan., ’02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.<\/i><\/li>\n
  54. “The Stars Underfoot”<\/b> in Realms of Fantasy<\/i>, August, ’01. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling’s The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  55. “The Yard God”<\/a><\/b> in Talebones<\/i>. Issue #22, fall, ’01. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize for 2001. Honorable mention in the Best of Soft SF Contest<\/i> for stories published in ’01. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 19th annual collection. Honorable mention for best stories in ’01 in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling’s The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror<\/i>. In Strangers and Beggars<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  56. “Deathlehem”<\/a> <\/b>in Chiaroscuro<\/a><\/i>, issue #11: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words (ChiZine), went live on January 1st, 2002 and will run until March 31st, 2002.<\/li>\n
  57. “The Last of the O-Forms”<\/b> in Asimov’s<\/i>, September, ’02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition. <\/i>This story finished tied for third as the most popular short story in the Asimov’s<\/i> readers’ poll for 2002. Preliminary Nebula ballot for ’04. Finalist for the Nebula for ’04. Reprinted in The Nebula Award Showcase: 2005<\/i> anthology. To be reprinted in the Wastelands<\/i> anthology, edited by John Joseph Adams. Reprinted in\u00a0Galaktika,\u00a0<\/em>the Hungarian science fiction\/fantasy magazine.<\/li>\n
  58. “The Wreath”<\/a><\/b> in the December, ’01 issue of Stillwaters Journal<\/a><\/i>. Issue #5. Click on the “archive” button to find the story.<\/li>\n
  59. “Its Hour Come Round”<\/b> in Talebones<\/a><\/i> #24, summer ’02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.<\/i><\/li>\n
  60. “Far From the Emerald Isle”<\/b> in Analog<\/i>, Sept. ’02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.<\/i><\/li>\n
  61. “The Sound of One Foot Dancing”<\/b> in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine<\/i>, Jan. ’03.<\/li>\n
  62. “Like a Film Gone Twice” <\/b>in Future Orbits<\/a><\/i> #4, April, ’02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.<\/i><\/li>\n
  63. “The Boy Behind the Gate”<\/b> in Dark Terrors 6<\/i>, fall ’02. Upcoming in The Mammoth Book of New Horror 16. <\/i>Honorably mentioned in the Datlow\/Windling The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #16.<\/i><\/li>\n
  64. “Small Town News”<\/b> in Weird Tales<\/i>, fall ’02.<\/li>\n
  65. “Do Good”<\/b> in Polyphony<\/i>, Aug. ’02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.<\/i><\/li>\n
  66. “Different Worlds”<\/b> In the SFWA sponsored anthology through DAW, New Faces in Science Fiction<\/i>, “03.<\/li>\n
  67. “Lashawnda at the End” <\/b>in Electric Story<\/i>, ‘Fairwood Press, ’03.<\/li>\n
  68. “High Stakes Test”<\/b> in Switch.Blade<\/i>, summer of ’02 on Fictionwise.com<\/li>\n
  69. “A Flock of Birds”<\/b> in SCIFI.COM<\/i>, Aug. 28, ’02. Reprinted in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  70. “Finding Orson”<\/b> in Strangers and Beggars.<\/i><\/li>\n
  71. “Notes From the Field”<\/b> in 3SF, <\/i>Dec. ’02.<\/i><\/li>\n
  72. “The Long Way Home”<\/b> in Asimov’s<\/i>, Sept. ’03. To be reprinted in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  73. “The Pair-a-Duce, Comet Casino, All-Sol Poker Championship”<\/b> in Talebones <\/i>#26, summer ’03. Nominated by the editor for the Fountain Award, sponsored by the Speculative Literature Foundation.<\/li>\n
  74. “Sacrifice”<\/b> in Paradox<\/i> #2, summer, ’03. Nominated by the editor for the Fountain Award, sponsored by the Speculative Literature Foundation. Honorably mentioned in Ellen Datlow’s Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  75. “The Ice Cream Man” <\/b>Asimov’s<\/i>, June ’05. Forth place in the\u00a0Asimov’s\u00a0<\/em>readers’ award.<\/li>\n
  76. “Echoing” <\/b>in Asimov’s<\/i>, Dec. ’04. Listed in Locus’s<\/i> Recommended Reading for ’04.<\/li>\n
  77. “The Miracle at Ramah,” <\/b>in Dragons, Knights and Angels: the Magazine of Christian Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/a><\/i>. Dec. ’03.<\/li>\n
  78. “One Day, in the Middle of the Night,”<\/b> in Talebones<\/i> #30, summer ’05.<\/li>\n
  79. “Where and When,” <\/b>in All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories<\/i>, fall ’04<\/li>\n
  80. “A Wow Finish,” <\/b>in Amazing Stories<\/i> #605, ’04<\/li>\n
  81. “Roller Derby Dan,” <\/b>in SDO Fantasy<\/i>, July, ’04. Reprinted in The Best of SDO Fantasy<\/i> print anthology.<\/li>\n
  82. “The Inn at Mount Either,”<\/b> in Analog<\/i>, May ’05. Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award for Best Short Story of the Year. Reprinted in the Richard Horton edited Year’s Best: Science Fiction<\/i>.\u00a0 Reprinted in\u00a0Galaktika,\u00a0<\/em>the Hungarian science fiction\/fantasy magazine.<\/li>\n
  83. “The Road’s End,”<\/b> in Realms of Fantasy<\/i>, Feb. ’06.<\/li>\n
  84. “The Small Astral Object Genius,” <\/b>in Asimov’s<\/i>, Oct\/Nov. ’06. To be reprinted in the Czech anthology, Trochu divne kusy 3.\u00a0<\/i>Third place in\u00a0Asimov’s <\/em>readers’ award.<\/li>\n
  85. “Tiny Voices,”<\/b> in Talebones<\/i>, September, ’06.<\/li>\n
  86. “How Music Begins,” <\/b>in Asimov’s<\/i>, Oct.\/Nov. ’07. Reprinted in David Hartwell’s Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 13th edition.<\/li>\n
  87. “Rock House,” <\/b>in Talebones<\/i> #36, Spring ’08.\u00a0 Honorably mentioned in the 26th Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/em>, edited by Gardner Dozois.<\/li>\n
  88. “Of Late I’ve Dreamt of Venus,”<\/b> in Visual Journeys<\/i>, ’07. Reprinted in Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/i>, 25th edition.<\/li>\n
  89. “The Light of a Thousand Suns,”<\/b> in Realms of Fantasy, <\/i>November, ’08.<\/li>\n
  90. “Just Before Recess,”<\/b> in Flash Fiction On Line<\/i>, ’08.<\/li>\n
  91. “Floaters”<\/b> in Talebones<\/i> #37, Winter ’08.\u00a0 Honorably mentioned in the 26th Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/em>, edited by Gardner Dozois.<\/li>\n
  92. “The Radio Magician”<\/b> upcoming in Realms of Fantasy<\/i>.\u00a0 Feb. 2009.<\/li>\n
  93. “Harvest”<\/b> in Almbelical, <\/i>Paper Golem Press, 2009<\/li>\n
  94. “Carrying the News for a Dead Paperboy”<\/b> in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, <\/i>Dec. 2008<\/li>\n
  95. “Who Do You Think You Are?” <\/b>in Cucurbital<\/i>, Paper Golem Press.\u00a0 2009<\/li>\n
  96. “Solace,”<\/b> in Analog<\/i>.\u00a0 June, 2009.\u00a0 Reprinted in Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best Science Fiction<\/em>. Reprinted in Clarkesworld<\/i> 2015.<\/li>\n
  97. “Working the Moon Circuit,”<\/strong> in Footprints<\/em> from Hadley-Rille Books.\u00a0 2009<\/li>\n
  98. “Late Homework,”<\/strong> <\/a>in Daily Science Fiction, <\/em>Jan. 13, 2011.<\/li>\n
  99. “Values, Vision and Mission,”<\/strong><\/a> in Daily Science Fiction<\/em>, May 6, 2011.<\/li>\n
  100. “The Hurt Club,”<\/a> <\/strong>April 7, 2011 in Every Day Fiction<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  101. “Classroom of the Living Dead”<\/b> in Daily Science Fiction<\/em>, July 2011<\/li>\n
  102. “This Gray Rock, Standing Tall,”<\/b> in The Journal of Unlikely Cartography, June 2014.<\/li>\n
  103. “Mrs. Hatcher’s Evaluation,”<\/b> in Asimov’s<\/i>, March, 2012.<\/li>\n
  104. “The Family Rocket,”<\/b> in Asimov’s<\/i>, Nov. 2012. Third place in the\u00a0Asimov’s\u00a0<\/em>readers’ awards for short story.<\/li>\n
  105. “The Time Travel Device,”<\/b> in Daily Science Fiction<\/i>, Feb. 2013<\/li>\n
  106. “Turkey Raptor,” <\/b>in Asimov’s<\/i>, June, 2014.<\/li>\n
  107. “The Hareton K-12 County School and Adult Extension”<\/b> in Interzone #248, 2013<\/i><\/li>\n
  108. “My Father and the Moon Maids from Mars” <\/b>appeared in Interzone, <\/i>July 2014.<\/li>\n
  109. “Aubrey Comes to Yellow High” <\/b>appeared in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show<\/i>, July 2014.<\/li>\n
  110. “This Story Will Win a Hugo”<\/b> appeared in Daily Science Fiction, <\/i>2014. Reprinted in Far Orbit – Apogee, <\/i>2015.<\/li>\n
  111. “Everything’s Unlikely” <\/b>appeared in Daily Science Fiction, <\/i>2015.<\/li>\n
  112. “On the Road with the American Dead” <\/b>appeared in Black Static<\/i>, July 2015.<\/li>\n
  113. “The Experience Arcade” <\/b>appeared in Daily Science Fiction<\/i>. \u00a0Summer 2015.<\/li>\n
  114. “Three Paintings” <\/b>in Asimov’s\u00a0<\/i>April\/May 2016.<\/li>\n
  115. “Ghost Ship” <\/b>to appear in Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror<\/i><\/li>\n
  116. “<\/i>In Memoriam” <\/b>to appear in Abyss and Apex<\/i>. 2015.<\/li>\n
  117. “Neoteric Urban Archaeology” <\/b>in The Fifth D. <\/i>2015.<\/i><\/li>\n
  118. “The Lies” <\/b>in Daily Science Fiction<\/i>.” 2016.<\/li>\n
  119. “The Heated Door” <\/b>in the Silent Screams <\/i>anthology. 2016.<\/li>\n
  120. “Death of a Starship Poet” <\/b>to appear in Analog Science Fiction and Fantasy.\u00a0<\/i>Finalist for the 2016 Anlab Award.<\/li>\n
  121. “Falling Out of Downey” <\/b>to Grand Valley Magazine<\/i>. 2016.<\/li>\n
  122. “We Have Always Lived in the Hamlet” <\/b>to Wolfsinger Press for the: Light: Sabers, Ships, Science and Sorcery<\/i> anthology. 2016.<\/li>\n
  123. “Writing Advice”<\/b> to Daily Science Fiction<\/i>. 2016.<\/li>\n
  124. “The Continuing Saga of Tom Corbett: Space Cadet” <\/b>to Analog Science Fiction.\u00a0<\/i>Finalist for the 2016 Anlab Award.<\/li>\n
  125. “<\/i>The Children’s Collection” <\/b>in Tales of the Miskatonic Library<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  126. “Titan Descansos” <\/b>to Alien Artifacts<\/em>, 2016.<\/li>\n
  127. “The Lawn Fairy War” <\/b>to Metaphysical Circus: Love and War in the Slipstream<\/i>. \u00a02016<\/li>\n
  128. “No One is So Fierce” <\/b>to Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror<\/i> volume 2. 2016.<\/li>\n
  129. “The Silk Silvered Skulls of Millen Mir” <\/b>to theTriangulation: Beneath the Surface<\/i> anthology to appear in 2016.<\/li>\n
  130. “Mars, Aphids and Your Cheating Heart”\u00a0<\/strong>to appear in\u00a0Interzone\u00a0<\/em>in 2016.<\/li>\n
  131. \u00a0“Housekeeping”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Enter the Apocalypse<\/em> anthology in Dec. 2016.<\/li>\n
  132. \u00a0“Zoo Hack”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Perihelion<\/em>. 2016.<\/li>\n
  133. \u00a0“Maybe if One Person Less”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Daily Science Fiction<\/em>. 2016.<\/li>\n
  134. \u00a0“Orphaned”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine<\/em> Show, issue #52. Sept. 2016.<\/li>\n
  135. \u00a0“Roller Coaster”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Strange California.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  136. \u00a0“Witch in the Woods”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Spirit’s Tincture. <\/em>Aug. 2016.<\/li>\n
  137. \u00a0“Mother Azalea’s Sad Home for Forgotten Adults” <\/strong>to\u00a0The Sum of \u00a0Us\u00a0<\/em>anthology.\u00a0 2017.<\/li>\n
  138. \u00a0“Coyote Moon”<\/strong> to\u00a0Analog<\/em>. August 2017.<\/li>\n
  139. \u00a0“The Golden Daffodils”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Abyss & Apex<\/em>. March 2017.<\/li>\n
  140. \u00a0“Pirate Readers”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Deep Magic.\u00a0<\/em>Feb. 2017. Reprinted in\u00a0The Best of Deep Magic.<\/em><\/li>\n
  141. \u00a0“The Sword Imperial”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Sword and Sorcery Magazine. <\/em>Feb. 2017.<\/li>\n
  142. “proLong”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Perihelion<\/em>. 2017.<\/li>\n
  143. \u00a0“Big Thompson”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Analog Science Fiction and Fact.\u00a0<\/em>Feb. 2018.<\/li>\n
  144. \u00a0“High Sulfur Hot Springs and Camping Park”\u00a0<\/strong>to the Submerged <\/em>anthology form Zombies Need Brains. Aug. 2017.<\/li>\n
  145. \u00a0“They Don’t Feed the Garden”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.<\/em><\/li>\n
  146. \u00a0“Apprentice”<\/strong> to\u00a0Fantasy Scroll Magazine. <\/em>2016.<\/li>\n
  147. \u00a0“Weaponized Ghosts of the 96th Infantry”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Daily Science Fiction.\u00a0 <\/em>2016. Reprinted in Science Fiction for the Throne: One-Sitting Reads. <\/em>2017.<\/li>\n
  148. \u00a0“Fine Dining in the Apocalypse”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Daily Science Fiction, 2017.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  149. “Queen of the River: Harbor Hope”<\/strong> to\u00a0Asimov’s Science Fiction and Fantasy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>March\/April 2018.<\/li>\n
  150. \u00a0“Amos Adams Stops a Lynching”<\/strong> to\u00a0On Spec<\/em>.\u00a0 2018.<\/li>\n
  151. \u00a0“The Elevator Illimitable”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Mythic Delirium<\/em>.\u00a0 Oct. 2017.<\/li>\n
  152. \u00a0“The High Throne”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Swords and Sorcery Magazine<\/em>. July 2017.<\/li>\n
  153. \u00a0“Graduation in the Time of Yog Sothoth”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Diabolical Plots<\/em>.\u00a0 2018.<\/li>\n
  154. \u00a0“Second Quarter and Counting”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Analog.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>March\/April 2019.<\/li>\n
  155. \u00a0“Mambo no. M51”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Stonecoast Review.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>2018.<\/li>\n
  156. \u00a0“A Simple Pine Box”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Straight Out of Dodge<\/em> anthology.<\/li>\n
  157. \u00a0“Skinny Dipping with the Old Ones”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0The Mountains of Madness Revealed\u00a0<\/em>anthology.<\/li>\n
  158. \u00a0“Norwegian Wood”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Daily Science Fiction, <\/em>2019.<\/li>\n
  159. \u00a0“SeeApp”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Asimov’s.\u00a0<\/em>Third place in the\u00a0Asimov’s<\/em> readers’ award.<\/li>\n
  160. \u00a0“In the Blue Buzz”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Daily Science Fiction.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  161. \u00a0“Gun Safe”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Daily Science Fiction<\/em><\/li>\n
  162. \u00a0“After the War”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0On Spec<\/em><\/li>\n
  163. \u00a0“The Play Date”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Coppice and Brake<\/em> Jan. 2020<\/li>\n
  164. \u00a0“Up From the Valley, Down to a Valley, and the Pass Between”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0New Myths<\/em>, Feb. 2020.<\/li>\n
  165. \u00a0“I Have Loved the Stars too Fondly”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Science Fiction Analog,\u00a0<\/em>2020.<\/li>\n
  166. \u00a0“Minerva Girls”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Science Fiction Analog<\/em>, 2020. Winner of the Anlab Readers’ Award for best novelette in\u00a0Analog\u00a0<\/em>in 2020. To be reprinted in Rich Horton’s\u00a0Year’s Best Science Fiction.<\/em><\/li>\n
  167. \u00a0“Anthroentomology”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Deep Magic<\/em> 2020.<\/li>\n
  168. \u00a0“The Bahnhof Drive-in”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Asimov’s<\/em> 2020.<\/li>\n
  169. \u00a0“Like Castles in the Air”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Binge Watching Cure: Science Fiction\u00a0<\/em>2020.<\/li>\n
  170. \u00a0“Small Worlds in Black and White”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Daily Science Fiction,\u00a0<\/em>2021.<\/li>\n
  171. \u00a0“John Emerson’s Toy”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Martian: the Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles, <\/em>2021.<\/li>\n
  172. \u00a0“Grandma’s Shadowbox”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Martian: the Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles, <\/em>2021.<\/li>\n
  173. \u00a0“The Thing Underneath”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Alternative Deathiness,\u00a0<\/em>2021.<\/li>\n
  174. \u00a0“The Waylost Cafe”<\/strong> to\u00a0Asimov’s<\/em>, 2021.<\/li>\n
  175. \u00a0“NPC”\u00a0<\/strong>to appear in\u00a0Daily Science Fiction<\/em> 2021.<\/li>\n
  176. \u00a0“Party On” <\/strong>bought by Analog<\/em> 2021.<\/li>\n
  177. \u00a0“Milcolm the Mole”\u00a0<\/strong>to appear in\u00a0Night Terror Publishing\u00a0<\/em>2022.<\/li>\n
  178. \u201cCoffins Beach Past Anissquam Lighthouse Open Water Swim\u201d<\/strong> to Cosmic Horror Monthly Micro Madness <\/em>2022.<\/li>\n
  179. \u00a0“ReplAcemenT”\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0Martian: the Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles<\/em> Aug. 1, 2022.<\/li>\n
  180. \u00a0“The United Systems Goodwill Concert Series and the Greatest Performance of All Time”<\/strong> in\u00a0Lightspeed<\/em> 2022.<\/li>\n
  181. \u00a0“Have You Seen Bitsy?”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Asimov’s<\/em> 2022.<\/li>\n
  182. \u00a0“On the Metal Rain”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Martian: the Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles<\/em>, Aug. 21, 2022.<\/li>\n
  183. \u00a0“TenderPulse.com”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0The Drabble: Shortness of Breadth<\/em> 9\/19\/22.<\/li>\n
  184. \u00a0“BWDOC”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Shaper or Worlds<\/em> anthology (if it funds) 11\/2022<\/li>\n
  185. \u00a0“Dunes of Possibility”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Pressfuls\u00a0<\/em>12\/19\/22.<\/li>\n
  186. \u00a0“Secret Identity”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Electric Spec<\/em> 4\/30\/23.<\/li>\n
  187. \u00a0“The Inside Straight”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Martian: the Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles<\/em> 5\/14\/23.<\/li>\n
  188. \u00a0“Midnight Movie”<\/strong> to\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine<\/em> 6\/30\/23.<\/li>\n
  189. \u00a0“Vigil”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Analog\u00a0<\/em>8\/24\/23.<\/li>\n
  190. \u00a0“The Long Mural”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Clarkesworld\u00a0<\/em>9\/3\/23.<\/li>\n
  191. \u00a0“This Good Lesson Keep”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Asimov’s<\/em> 10\/20\/23. Finalist for the\u00a0Asimov’s\u00a0<\/em>Readers’ Award. Reprinted in The Year\u2019s Best Science Fiction on Earth 3<\/em> .<\/li>\n
  192. \u00a0“Circumambulation”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Analog <\/em>11\/2\/23. Reprinted in\u00a0Forever Magazine<\/em>, edited by Neil Clarke.<\/li>\n
  193. \u00a0“Watch, Decide, Act”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Abyss & Apex\u00a0<\/em>11\/2\/23<\/li>\n
  194. \u00a0“End of the Season on Lesser Klattercup Island”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0New Myths\u00a0<\/em>2\/28\/24<\/li>\n
  195. \u00a0“Piccolos Rise on the Wind”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Creep Podcast\u00a0<\/em>3\/10\/24<\/li>\n
  196. \u00a0“A Strange Incident on a Train” <\/strong>to\u00a0Roads Less Travelled\u00a0<\/em>4\/3\/24<\/li>\n
  197. \u00a0“On the Existence of Ghosts, As If”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0The Deadlands<\/em> 4\/11\/24<\/li>\n
  198. \u00a0“A Homemade Grimoire”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Baubles from Bones\u00a0<\/em>10\/15\/24<\/li>\n
  199. \u00a0“That Which I See Before Me” <\/strong>to\u00a0Sci-Fi Shorts<\/em> 11\/15\/24<\/li>\n
  200. \u00a0“Earth’s Last Library”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Analog<\/em>, 3\/6\/25<\/li>\n
  201. \u00a0“Dark Hole in a Dark Sky”\u00a0<\/strong>To Shacklebound Books Drabble Anthology 3\/19\/25<\/li>\n
  202. \u00a0“Slow Dance at the High School”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Amazing Stories\u00a0<\/em>5\/9\/25. Will be included in\u00a0The Best from Amazing: 2025<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  203. \u201cTrapped behind the Purkenji Cells on Owl Creek Bridge\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0MicroSCRIBES <\/em>6\/6\/25.<\/li>\n
  204. \u00a0“Her Fierce Need”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Asimov’s<\/em> 7\/2\/25.<\/li>\n
  205. \u00a0“Where They Were at the End,”\u00a0<\/strong>Abyss & Apex<\/em> 7\/31\/25<\/li>\n
  206. \u00a0“A Bit of a Glitch”<\/strong> to\u00a0The Big Book of Quantum Fiction<\/em> 8\/8\/25<\/li>\n
  207. \u00a0“What’s a Douglas Fir”<\/strong> to\u00a0Analog<\/em> 9\/3\/25<\/li>\n
  208. \u00a0“Megafauna”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Black Cat Weekly<\/em> 12\/6\/25<\/li>\n
  209. \u00a0“Re-edit”\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Asimov’s\u00a0<\/em>4\/2\/26.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Books<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Strangers and Beggars<\/a><\/i><\/b>, a short story collection in trade paperback from Fairwood Press, July 02. Named as a “Best Book for Young Adults” by the American Library Association. Finalist for the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award.<\/li>\n
    2. The Last of the O-Forms and Other Stories<\/a><\/i><\/b> August, ’05 from Fairwood Press. The collection made Locus Magazine’s recommended reading list for the year. Finalist for the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award.<\/li>\n
    3. Summer of the Apolcalypse<\/a><\/i><\/b>, a novel, Oct. ’06 from Fairwood Press<\/a>. The novel made Locus Magazine’s recommended reading list for the year. Finalist for the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award.<\/li>\n
    4. The Radio Magician and Other Stories<\/a><\/b><\/i>, a short story collection.\u00a0\u00a0Fall of \u00a0’09 from Fairwood Press<\/a>.\u00a0 Winner of the Colorado Book Award, July 2010.<\/li>\n
    5. Flying in the Heart of the Lafayette Escadrille<\/a><\/i><\/b>, a short story collection.\u00a0 Fall of ’12 from Fairwood Press<\/a>Fairwood Press.<\/li>\n
    6. Pandora’s Gun<\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>a novel,\u00a0August, 2015 from Fairwood Press.<\/li>\n
    7. \u00a0The Experience Arcade and Other Stories<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, a short story collection from Fairwood Press, November 2017.<\/em><\/li>\n
    8. \u00a0The Best of James Van Pelt<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>including 62 reprinted short stories, 11 previously uncollected stories. Almost 700 pages. Hardbound, signed and numbered limited edition. November 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Poetry<\/u><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. \n
        “Across Time” <\/b>in Star*Line<\/i>, the publication of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Nominated for a Rhysling Award<\/i>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      2. \n
        “From Slumgullion Pass to the Blue Mesa”<\/b> in Stick<\/i>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      3. \n
        “I Consider Myself as Prey” <\/b>upcoming in Stick<\/i>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      4. \n
        “Trailhead: the Suddeness of Epiphanies” <\/b>upcoming in Stick<\/i>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      5. \n
        “The Demise of Dr. Avirim”<\/b> in The Star Anthology #1<\/i>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      6. \n
        Writ in Stone<\/i><\/b>, a chap book by Soda\/Dutch Publications<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Non-Fiction<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. \n
        2. \n
        3. \n
        4. \n
        5. \n
        6. \n
        7. \u00a0“Stories That Work,”\u00a0<\/strong>a continuing column at Blackgate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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