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Well, here is a listing of all my published work (nearly 70 short stories and articles, one novel and a few anthologies).

Many of the covers and entries have hypertext, which will lead visitors to the book or magazine or site.

I'm very proud of everything, as you can imagine. I own the rights to all my work except a few pieces on roleplaying.

 

NOVELS

Vintage, A Ghost Story - coming Spring of 2007 from Haworth Positronic Press

ANTHOLOGIES EDITED

Magic in the Mirrorstone - coming Winter of 2008 from Mirrorstone Books

 

So Fey

So Fey: Queer Faery Fictions - coming Winter of 2007 from Haworth Positronic Press

 

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006

Trysts: a Triskaidecollection of Queer & Weird Stories. Lethe Press. 2001

 

 

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PUBLISHED SHORT FICTION

8 Steps to Zombie Lovin'

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006

Always Listen to a Good Pair of Underwear

  • His Underwear. Harrington Park Press. 2006
  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006

The Anthvoke - Finalist for the 2002 Gaylactic Spectrum Award in Best Short Story

  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001
  • Strange Horizons (website). 2001

Attack of the Gay Wedding Cake Toppers

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006
  • Fresh Off the Vine newsletter, Torquere Press. June 2005
  • I Do / I Don't: Queers on Marriage. Suspect Thoughts Press. 2004

Beach2

  • Chance Encounters. Torquere Press. 2004
  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001

Caught by Skin

  • Distant Horizons. Haworth Positronic Press. 2007
  • Sex in the System. Thunder's Mouth Press. 2006

Cries Beneath the Plaster

  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001
  • Gothic.Net. 1998

Derelict

Derelict

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006

A Different Trick

  • Men of Mystery. Haworth Positronic Press, 2007
  • Velvet Mafia (website). 2003
  • X-Factor. Summer 2002 issues.

Eater of Elevation

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006
  • Velvet Mafia #13 (website). 2005

Elevator

Finn's Night

Of Grey Men & Lost Arcana

  • The Silver Web. Issue 7. 1991

Hair Like Fire, Blood Like Silk

  • Velvet Mafia (website). 2002
  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001

His Paper Doll

Inkman's Work

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006
  • Skin & Ink. Alyson Press. 2005

A Jester's Tale

  • Lighthouse Magazine. Issue 8.

Kiss - Finalist for the 2004 Gaylactic Spectrum Award in Best Short Story

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006
  • Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler. 2006
  • Monsters and Myths (CD-Rom/ebook). Torquere Press. 2004
  • X-Factor. October. 2003

Leaving His Ratwife

  • d8 Magazine. Issue 4. 1993

Left Alone

  • Morbid Outlook (website). 2002
  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001

Lonesome for October

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006
  • Hot Gay Erotica. Cleis Press, 2006
  • X-Factor. October. 2004

An Old Flame

  • Terror Time Again. Issue 3. 1998

Path of CorruptionAlleys and Doorways. 200?

  • Raging Horrormones. 2005
  • Suspect Thoughts (website). 2002
  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001
  • Queer Horror (website). 1998
  • Black Elf's Desires (website). 1998

Price of GlamourSecond Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006

  • The Faery Reel.(paperback edition) Viking Press. 2006
  • The Faery Reel. Viking Press. 2004

Resemblences

  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001
  • Oasis (website). 1998

The Resurrectionist

The Revenant

  • Shadowdance. Issues 5 & 6, 1991
  • Encounters Magazine. V.2, Issue 1, 1989

A Rotten Obligation

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006
  • The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories. Blue Moon Books, 2006.
  • The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories. Venus Book Club, 2004
  • The Best of the Best Meat Erotica. Suspect Thoughts Press, 2004.
  • X-Factor. May, 2002

Secrets of the Gwangi

  • Second Thoughts: More Tales Queer and Weird. Lethe Press, 2006
  • Cowboys. Cleis Press, 2006

Sentencing

  • Hot Cops. Cleis Press, 2007

A Sketchy Love

  • Blue Food (website), 2004
  • X-Factor. February, 2004

Stormed and Taken in Prague

  • Bi Guys . Haworth Press, 2006
  • Trysts. Lethe Press, 2001
  • Black Elf's Dark Desires (website). 1998

Tea Time with Corn Dolly

Tearjerker

  • Unnamed urban fantasy anthology. 2007

Vespers

  • Freakatotic. Issue 9. 2005
  • Trysts. Lethe Press. 2001

True Love, Says the Cartopedist

  • Sexiest Soles, Alyson Books. 2006

Wagers of Gold Mountain

  • The Coyote Road. Viking Press, 2007

 

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PUBLISHED ARTICLES & GAMING MATERIALS & INTERVIEWS

101 Little Mysteries

  • (featured under Dungeon Mastery column). Dragon Magazine. Issue 240, 1997

70's Magic

  • Disco dweomers! [under pseudonym of Big Daddy Cayne]. d8 Magazine. Issue 4, 1996

Allure in Art

  • Fantasy artwork review. d8 Magazine. Issue 1, 1995

And the Walls Came Down

  • Magical battering rams. Dragon Magazine. Issue 232, 1996

Beauty of the Slums

  • Aphasia (website). 1997
  • Why the slums are the perfect setting for adventure. Shadis Magazine. Issue 29 [mistakenly credited to another author], 1996

Beware Nimble Jack

  • Victorian urban legend. Familiar Magazine, issue 9, 1997

Blood Sea: The Crimson Abyss

  • Co-authored this collection of pirate material for the Scarred Lands roleplaying campaign world, 2004

Bronze Gods

  • Tips and taboos on safe tanning. Xodus Magazine. Issue 3, 2003

Callings

  • New kits for haunted heroes: dirgist (bard), lethean (priest), moribund (necromancer), and the keeper of the veil (paladin); with new priest & wizard spells. Dragon Magazine. Issue 252, 1999

Chasing the Dragon*Con

  • Convention report. Hellnotes, v.6, i33, 2002.

Coming Out 101 Final Exam

  • Personal nostalgia for New Orleans. Love, Bourbon Street. Alyson Books. 2006.

Corrupted by the Dark

  • Elements of corruption for Call of Cthulhu. White Wolf Magazine. Issue 48, 1994

Creature Collection III

  • Authored new monster and template for this roleplaying collection of beasts. Sword & Sorcery Studio, 2003

Destriers of the Planes

  • Extraplanar steeds. Dragon Magazine. Issue 243, 1998

Dilemmas in Horror Roleplaying

  • Elsewhere Magazine (UK). Issue 4, 1996

Four-Footed Felons: Familiars for Scoundrels

  • Allowing rogues the use of familiars. Shadis Magazine. Issue 28, 1996

Gay Techies

  • Tech obsession infiltrates the gay community, Xodus Magazine. Issue 5, 2004

Great Excavations

  • Archaeological-themed character kits. Dragon Magazine. Issue 241, 1997

Guiltless Time Travel

  • Reincarnation and such in gaming. d8 Magazine. Issue 5, 1996

The Hallowed In-Hand

  • Clerical magical items. Dimensions (website). 1997

Interview: Ellen Kushner

  • Reprinted in The Best of Strange Horizons: Year Two, Lethe Press, 2004
  • A nice chat with the acclaimed author of Swordspoint. Strange Horizons, 11/11/2002

The Jersey Devil

  • (featured under Creatures of the Night column). Pyramid Magazine. Issue 20, 1996

Knot-Wards & Wood Songs

  • Unique wood elven magic. Dragon Magazine. Issue 251, 1998

Limbo Draughts

  • Strange new potions. Not since Alice obeyed the drink-me bottle have you found potables like this. Dragon Magazine. Issue 266, 1999

Little Rascals

  • Dwarven character kits. Dragon Magazine. Issue 245, 1998

Miracles of Flight

  • Arcane items involving wind and sky. (featured under Bazaar of the Bizarre column, shared with James Wyatt). Dragon Magazine. Issue 244, 1998

A Monster in the Classical Tradition

  • The Greek mythological echidna in the Cthulhu Mythos. Dragon Magazine. Issue 210, 1994

Natural Endowments

  • Druidic & nature-themed magical items (featured under Bazaar of the Bizarre column). Dragon Magazine. Issue 224, 1995

A New Breed of Familiar

  • Urban fantastical familiars. d8 Magazine. Issue 4, 1996

One Plus One Equals Two

  • Gay friends and family in a boy's life. Xodus Magazine, Issue 6, 2004

Review: Blood & Iron by Elizabeth Bear

  • Strange Horizons, 2006

Review: The Ordinary by Jim Grimsley

The Rhabdomancer

  • New diviner kit for dwarves and miners. Dragon Magazine. Issue 229, 1996

Shi Happens

  • Reminiscing about foo dogs and gay friendship. Paws and Reflect. Alyson Books. 2006

Spells of the Scaled

  • Reptilian spells for creatures. Dragon Magazine, issue 235, 1996

Stroke of 13: Introducting the Famous & Infamous to your Game

  • Journal of the Dark. Issue 10, 1998

Sunken Treasures

  • Underwater archaeology in gaming, saltwater effects on treasures, plus the Salvager's Guild and its spells. Dragon Magazine. Issue 250, 1998

To Walk Alongside the Night: Vampire Companions

  • Eternal Thirst (website). 1996
  • Impaler. Issue 1, 1996
  • Elsewhere Magazine (UK). Issue 2, 1996
  • d8 Magazine. Issue 1, 1995

Tying the Knot

  • Interviews with young gay married couples. Xodus Magazine. Issue 7, 2004

Under Wraps

  • Special abilities for mummies in World of Darkness. Elsewhere Magazine (UK). Issue 3, 1996

Wicked Wicks

  • A discussion on candle magic in gaming. Nox (website). 1997
  • d8 Magazine. Issue 2, 1995

Wild at Heart

  • Wilderness-related character kits. Dragon Magazine. Issue 237, 1997

 

DEFUNCT COLUMNS

Bones of the Children - 'A Most Dangerous Game'. Roleplaying industry column 1996 "For Boils and Ghouls". issue 1

d8 magazine - as 'Mr. October'. Roleplaying with an evil disposition. 1996 "Mutiny can be Bountiful" issue 5, 1996 "Sticks and Stones" issue 4, 1996 "Hello, I'm from the IRS..." issue 3, 1995 "How to Keep a Good Man Down" issue 2, 1995 "A Necessary Evil". issue 1.

     
   



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