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 The Author "Yes, I do have a fish in my pocket. Why do you ask? "
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The story of a young handicapped tribal boy's quest for his own place in life.
His discovery of an alien power changes his—everyone's—world forever.
On Earth, her home world (or is it?), Myla Trogsen suffers from a rare
genetic defect (or is it?) and lives a lonely, isolated life, but on the
magical world of Weupp, she fits right in ... and there's a prince to rescue.
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All the space cloud wants to do is sleep—for eons, ages, eternity
—but a ship from Earth wakes it. The cloud just hates that!
In the far future mankind's genetically engineered descendants
are threatened with extinction unless one of them returns to
Earth for instructions to maneuver the Star Ark, Brigadoon.
The only 'volunteer' is the rebel son of a dead hero,
whose motives are dubious.
Doran was the first human born on Luna. Eri came to the moon only
to help her father get settled, then she's definitely getting out of there.
They're as different as their two respective planets. Until a lava tube
cave-in forces them to cooperate in finding their way back to L-City
through unknown, raw tubes -- and they don't know which direction is which.
Princess Alysia has planned her wedding down to the smallest detail,
including hiring a dragon to snatch her away at the alter.
But she didn't plan on being attracted to the beast!
Dawn has been very bad. She was also caught at it
and decided to take the only way out—or is it?
A virus has decimated Earth's population. But Dr. Quaid has the cure ... or has he?
Young Ali, who has just had to mercy-kill her long-suffering daughter, means to find out.
What's behind the latest "Let's Put Down the Earth" fad.
Skipper the dolphin and a dog named Jack are best friends,
but Skipper is under orders from her mate to eliminate Jack.
The fate of humankind balances on her decision.
A colony of young humans gets ready to orbit their new home,
when an alien star ship beats them to it.
Now it's down to one of us and one of them.
Who will survive?
Gunther and Candy have crashed into a satellite belonging to a member
planet of the Galactic Union and they must pay reparations ... but how?
Earth Money is just paper—even gold, platinum, and uranium are worthless.
A representative of the Exchange tries to find something of value the Earthers possess,
but it doesn't help matters at all that he looks just like the creature from "Aliens"
Resting in France, Holger Danske, third son of the Danish King, Gottrick
and first vassal knight of Charlemagne, receives a summons from his best friend
& worse enemy, the Saracen sorcerer, Carvel, (who is male in this saga) needs the
Viking prince to journey to the Saudi and exorcise a tormenting ghost.
On his eighteenth "Naming Day" Holger remembers every detail of his past,
but for the first time can no longer 'recall' his future. A French duke has
shown up, in Charlemagne's name, to claim him as hostage. But first the
young prince of Denmark must face the trickster god, Loki, who may have
other plans for him. All his life Holger has forseen this day as his last
—will Loki be the instrument of his death?
A mile and a half below sea level, a debt ridden scientist
plans to trash a seamount habitat for its gold.
But the denizens of the deep have other plans.
In the next millennium one man tries to do the unthinkable
... and succeeds.
An entertainer is hunted through the streets of Memphis by a strange
beast. He ends up in a place of null time where he must decide who is
to return to their life: himself ... or his greatest idol.
After J.D. Hooter, up-and-coming galactic hero, gets early retirement
from Star Flotilla, he turns to gambling in order to earn enough space
bucks to buy the star freighter of his dreams and be a star trucker just
like his old man. But his pa fleeces him and J.D. must follow him
"where no man has ever wanted to go before."
Jack Cutter is pursued across time by the murdering fiend, Elat.
He lands in Wyoming in 1888. The sheriff is suspicious, the saloon
girl ... tempting, and Jack is wondering how long he can stay
before his staunchest fan finds him this time.
On a remote colony planet, a young girl discovers Christmas. She makes
a wish for a present, but can Santa find her when Earth is 160 years away
by hibership, and her parents are dirt poor farmers with nothing to give?
Wait! Who's that at the window?
He's just your everyday traveling salesman, but his crashed flying saucer is going to
destroy Earth. With the Air Force on his tail, a snot-nosed junior-college professor
as his mentor, and his best Earth girl by his side, Yorpsat races to discover Earth's
galactic coordinates, so the Saucer Klub can tow his saucer home and save the world.
An archaeologist strives to find the reason for his obsessive work ethic,
which even caused him to sacrifice his wife and son. In a wild, torturous
race around the globe he follows the Sphinx down the "Rivers of Time."
Genetically defective humans mine the very substance that can heal them, Bloodstones.
Riches beyond dreaming, the only ticket off planet, and the promise of a normal body
keep them writhing through "The Slit" into a brutal maze of sweltering, sulfurous caves.
The staid old museum must revamp itself to appeal to the city's youth.
But the child-hating director makes sure the project will fail.
The horrible fiends are coming ... closer and closer each night,
and Rueben's only hope of survival is in the hands of Kenny,
the pimply-faced kid down at the local nursery.
Larry Whitson has his troubles with women—especially Linda
—and he's the worst employee at the bank
... until his computer terminal wakes up and takes over.
The old man is spotted on the moon, then out on Mars.
How does he survive dressed only in an old tux?
And what's he searching for?
On the remote, peaceful planet of New Britain, someone has murdered a
beautiful iconoclast. The prime suspect is Old Hadley, a transplanted
California surfer dude and the church grounds keeper. Father Cullen, a migrant
Hong Kong priest, tries to solve the mystery as doctors resurrect the victim.
Lena and Claus wish for their mischievous elf to make it snow on a green Yuletide Eve.
They get their White Christmas, but Skiggans gets the last laugh.
Lena and Claus search for the elf's lost spoon.
If they find it he'll tell them his name
... giving them the power to make wishes.
Where I met a bunch of great writers, famous and on the way to fame.
The true story of how I rescued my old Cub Scout
Pack from a disastrous weekend camp-out
Being an expatriate (I like the term "remote citizen" better)
is not all it's cracked up to be ... it's better!
My viewpoint of the state of Scandinvian SF.
Environmental compromises are no easier in Fairy-Tale Kingdoms.
The trials and tribulations of writing for the
American marketplace when you live overseas.
- Blossoming Under Sable Skies - was published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (Australian) in issue #8, in August 2003.
- A Damsel In This Dress - published in Fantasy Readers Wanted - Apply Within; Silver Lake Publishing, October 2003.
- Friendly Weapon - published in issue #10 of Romance & Beyond, Summer 2000. (See AWARDS below.)
- Galactic Exchange - published in the official program of EuroCon99 held in May 1999 in Dortmund, Germany. (See AWARDS below.)
- Galactic Exchange - published in issue 15 of Science Fiction (the unofficial anthology of EuroCon 2007, September 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- King - published in the trade paperback anthology "More Monsters from Memphis," 1998 Zapizdat Publications. The anthology contains the winning 1999 Darrell Award story & several Honorable Mentions. 5 stories got HMs in Ellen Datlow's Best of Horror 1998. Order your copy today ($14.95+post) from Barnes & Noble. (See AWARDS below.)
- TALES OF WEUPP: Little People Must Surrender (ISBN: 0-9797903-1-X & 978-0-9797903-1-7) - published by Sam's Dot Publishing, August 2007. Trade paperback illustrated novelette.
- The Walking Man - published in Colonies, Issue #2, December 1999. Available by direct online ordering from Regent Books.
- The Walking Man - published in In the Outposts of Beyond November 2003.
- What's The Buzz? - published in issue #3 (July/August/September 2002) of Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine. Get your copy by direct, secure online ordering at the web site.
- Blessed Slumber - published in the July 2002 issue at SciFiDimensions.com and is still available in the archives. (See AWARDS below.)
- Child of Luna, Child of Earth - published in Oceans of the Mind Summer 2002, 'Industrial Solar System' issue.
- Dawn to Dusk - featured in the second issue, June 2000, of The Worlds of Fantasy; which has evolved into SpecFicWorld.com.
- Death and Toil - featured in the May 2001 issue of SciFiDimensions.com and is still available in the archives. (See AWARDS below.)
- Friendly Weapon - published in Romance and Beyond, special Sapphire Awards online issue.
- Fruits of Multiplication - published in Ed McFadden's Cosmic SF Vol. 2, Iss. 5 - Winter 2006
- Galactic Exchange - published July 1999 - February 2000 at Amazon.de. (See AWARDS below.)
- The Gift of Immortality - appeared at SpecFicWorld.com in March 2001. (See AWARDS below.).
- A Healthy Breath of Morn - published at Blood Rose September 2005
- King - picked as 'Foreign Author of the Month' in May 2001 at Twilight Tales. (See AWARDS below.)
- The Lynching of Jack Cutter - first publication at Dark Annie (sadly closed now), Issue #2, December 1998. (See AWARDS below.)
- The Lynching of Jack Cutter - second publication at Eternity Online (now closed), June 1999. (See AWARDS below.)
- The Lynching of Jack Cutter - thrid publication at New Voices Magazine, June 2008. (See AWARDS below.)
- Nothing Succeeds Like Suks-X published on the Success By Design web site on 18 September 2002.
- Nothing Succeeds Like Suks-X was chosen by the readers to be published in Success By Design's first e-book and CD-ROM anthology, "Stories of Myth, Legend and Future," edited by Dr. Howard W. Penrose, Ph.D., in late January 2003.
- Running the Slash was published in issue #37, 15 December 2007 of Hub.
- Tunnels was published at Horrorfind.com on 24 January 2003.
- The Con Experience - published in Andromeda #143/144 magazine (Germany) in December 1999.
- SF Elsewhere - published in the #7 issue of Hobson's Choice magazine in February 1996 (collaboration with Susannah C. West).
- Writing Abroad - published in Byline magazine in November 1995.
- Blessed Slumber - 3rd place winner in SciFiDimensions.com's Original Fiction Contest for 2002.
- Death and Toil - won first place in in SciFiDimensions.com's Original Fiction Contest 2001. Contest judge: Robert J. Sawyer.
- Friendly Weapon - made the final ballot for the 2000 Sapphire Award.
- Galactic Exchange - won First Place in Metropolis Short Story Contest, EuroCon99 in Dortmund, Germany.
- The Gift of Immortality - first place winner of SpecFicWorld.com's High Fantasy Contest 2000.
- The Gift of Life - Honorable Mention in SpecFicWorld.com's High Fantasy Contest 2001.
- King - won an Honorable Mention in the 1999 Darrell Award for Best Midsouth Short Story.
- The Lynching of Jack Cutter - won 4th place in Preditors & Editors' 1998 'Best of the Web' Reader's Poll, & 4th place in Pulp Eternity's 1998 'Best of the Web' Story Contest/Poll. The only story to place in the Top 10 in both that year.
- Miracle on Thyrttee Phoyrfstryt - won Writer of Merit Award in The Frustrated Writer's Society's Christmas Miracle Story Competition, December 1999.
A man "dies" and finds himself on Romsteri, the Center of the Universe. Everyone believes he's some kind of magician, but he can't do magic—and his murderous criminal past haunts him. At the same time the ruling sorcerer is waging a no-win war while off-planet wizards secretly plot against him; and a prisoner named Gesus rots in a tower—is he the Christ of countless worlds? Meanwhile, two children—one a budding sorceress, the other an über-warrior in training—must escape the dreaded Iilbrm, trek across dangerous territory, and free Gesus—all the while making it appear that the criminal (remember him?) actually has magic that rivals the ruling sorcerer's.