Swords Against Boredom

Here’s a list of stories I’ve had published, in order of publication. Some are archived online; just follow the links if you want to read them.

To learn about stories pending publication, click the “Coming Up” tag above. Convenient, huh?

PUBLISHED WORKS

1. The Hungry Bottle (in The Goblin Market, from Eggplant Productions, 1998, and now reprinted online in Sword’s Edge, Issue 23, Summer 2006. Here’s a direct link to the story.)

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2. Gram’s Gift (a Faceless Sons story, in Amazing Journeys Magazine, Issue # 9, September 2005. You can purchase it at Clarkesworld Books.) Here’s some background on The Faceless Sons.

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3. The Redemption of Calthus (which you can read online in Flashing Swords Issue 4, October 2005) And here’s a brief biography of Calthus …

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4. Zeerembuk (in Clash of Steel III: Demon, from Carnifex Press, Spring 2006. It was reprinted in issue 9 of Flashing Swords ezine. Here’s a direct link to the story.)

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5. Snake Eyes (in Freehold: Southern Storm, from Carnifex Press, Spring 2006.)
   

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6. The Grey Mother (the second tale of Calthus, which you can read online in Flashing Swords Issue 6, April 2006)

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7. Venom For Their Dreams (originally in Heroic Fantasy Online, no longer available online.)

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8. The Bloated Curse (a Spider John story, in the Flashing Swords Annual e-anthology. It will be reprinted in Flashing Swords ezine.

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9. The Gods-Forsaken World, (the third tale of Calthus, in GrendelSong, Spring 2007 … and now available free online in Issue 8 of Flashing Swords ezine. You can read it here.)

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10. The Fourth Knight’s Quest in the debut issue of “Staffs & Starships” magazine from Sheer Speculation Press. Available as downloadable file or print magazine.

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11. Shedding Skin (in Freehold: Protector, from Carnifex Press.)

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12. The Bloofer Lady (A horror story that you can read free online in the September 2007 issue of Down in the Cellar. Here’s a direct link to the story.)

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13. The First Casualty (a short fantasy in Electric Spec, premiering Sept. 30, 2007. You can read it here.)

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14. Two Kings in Zalzalla (A fantasy of battle and politics in All Possible Worlds, Fall 2007.)

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15. Tell’s Choice (A ghostly take on the William Tell legend in Every Day Fiction. Oct. 14, 2007. You can read it here.)
    

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16. Monochrome (A religiously-themed “what if” flash story in Every Day Fiction. Published Dec. 7, 2007. You can read it here.)
    

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17. The Bigger They Are (A superheroic adventure in A Thousand Faces: The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction. January 2008. Here’s a direct link to the story.)
    

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18. Invincible, a sword-and-sorcery flash story, in Every Day Fiction Feb. 21, 2008.
    

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19. Bloodshrikes, a sword-and-sorcery adventure of Calthus, the resurrected warlord, in Issue 2 of “Staffs & Starships” magazine from Sheer Speculation Press. published February 2008.
    

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20. The Mask Oath (A Faceless Sons story in Flashing Swords Presents The Return of the Sword: An Anthology of Heroic Adventure from Flashing Swords ezine. Available now. You can buy it here.
    

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21. Vainglorious, a poem, in the special summer issue of Flashing Swords ezine. Available as print or pdf.
    

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22. Otrossius in the Nest of Fire published May 2008 in Big Pulp, a new online fiction source.
    

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23. The Blood of Thousands, a horror story, in the Summer 2008 in Down in the Cellar.