September 2008

"The Weight of Space and Metal," by Camille Alexa
other: http://www.zcbooks.ca/
400 days to Mars and back, sharing with three very dissimilar men the cramped interior of a tube of metal pushing through space, a woman must survive her shipmates, her journey, and herself.
Publication: A Mosque Among the Stars (anthology), Edited by Ahmed A. Khan, September, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"When the Ice Goes Out," by Jessica Reisman
other: http://www.noreen-doyle.com/fiction/TheAnthologist/antho/otherworldlymaine.html
"Otherworldly Maine unites modern stories with classics to present a picture you will find nowhere else.... I recommend this book wholeheartedly." --Gene Wolfe
Publication: Otherworldly Maine (Down East Books), Edited by Noreen Doyle, September, 2008
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short story

August 2008

"Alvaro's New LIfe," by Sue Burke
publication: www.spaceandtimemagazine.com
A worldwide plague means that Alvaro could have a better life, but only if he survives.
Publication: Space and Time, Edited by Gerard Houarner, August, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"Trafficking in Stolen Gods," by Sue Burke
story: http://atomjackmagazine.com/11/traffickinginstolengods.html
The world is at war, and religion is on the losing side. A history teacher decides to save whatever she can, however she can, and gets unexpected help.
Publication: AtomJack, Edited by Adicus Ryan Garton, August, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short Story

July 2008

"Comus of Central Park," by M.K. Hobson
publication: http://ttapress.com/474/interzone-217-out-now/
A satyr from Central Park is unleashed on a pair of New York socialites.
Publication: Interzone, Edited by Andy Cox, July, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"The Hand of the Devil on a String," by M.K. Hobson
publication: http://www.shimmerzine.com/
A manicurist receives an odd talisman of power -- the hand of the Devil on a string.
Publication: Shimmer Magazine, Edited by Beth Wodzinski, July, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Game Over," by KT Pinto
storyauthor: http://www.ktpinto.com
Nothing kills the mood at a LARP like an actual murder...
Publication: Hear Them Roar, Edited by CJ Henderson, Patrick Thomas, July 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Earth for Dummies," by Lettie Prell
publication: http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/
Helpful advice to the Naverian tourist visiting Earth. Watch out for the wasabi, and try not to eat the children.
Publication: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Edited by Simon Petrie, July, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

June 2008

"Skippy,, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
other: www.fortresspublishinginc.com
The annual funhouse is anything but, as Don's deepest horror stares back through a haunted-house mirror, reaching out to claim more than just his fear.
Publication: Trails of Indiscretion, Edited by Brian Koscienski and Chris Pisano, June, 2008
Genre: Horror / Category: short story

"The Beetle Eater's Dream," by Camille Alexa
publication: http://www.spaceandtimemagazine.com/html/index.asp
Camille Alexa's short story "The Beetle Eater's Dream" will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Space & Time Magazine.
Publication: Space & Time Magazine, Edited by Hildy Silverman, June, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"Veilsight," by Camille Alexa
publication: http://www.amazon.com/Ruins-Metropolis-Eric-T-Reynolds/dp/0978514890/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213947071&sr=1-1
A woman implanted with experimental nanotechnology uses artificially heightened extrasensory perception to view the past for purposes of anthropological research.
Publication: Ruins Metropolis (anthology), Edited by Eric Reynolds, June, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"Tall, Dark, and Deadly," by Margaret L. Carter
publication http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Treat-Elloras-Sally-Painter/dp/1416577238/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213555895&sr=1-1
Writer Eloise Kern persuades horror actor Claude Darvell to produce and star in her vampire movie script, not suspecting he's a real vampire. When she learns the truth, passion ignites, but Claude's old enemy plans to strike at him through Eloise. [note: actually paranormal romance rather than horror]
Publication: Midnight Treat (anthology), June, 2008
Genre: horror / Category: novella
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"In Lieu of a Thank You," by Gwynne Garfinkle
story http://www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20080616/in_lieu-f.shtml
Unlike you, Ernest was ill-versed in the ways of love, hearts and flowers and everything designed to trap a woman. I was trapped by Ernest, of course, but there was something honest about the arrangement.
Publication: Strange Horizons, June, 2008
Genre: fantasy Category: short story

"The Dragon and San Marino," by Kelly A Harmon
other forum.sfreader.com/default~f~52.html
An Italian-style tale of a city that no longer believes in the dragon at the heart of their annual festival. What happens when they cease to perform the proper rituals, especially if the dragon has a contract?
Publication: Black Dragon White Dragon, Edited by Robert Santa, ?, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Arachne," by Elissa Malcohn
publication http://www.banyancollege.org/scriblerus/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=38
Arachne, who has lived countless spider lives, must re-weave the universe before it tangles into chaos. But first she must survive the machinations of her rival, the goddess Athene.
Publication: Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory, Edited by Sean Miller and Shveta Verma, June, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story
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"Houston, We Are the Problem," by Elissa Malcohn
publication http://samsdotpublishing.com/contents.htm
A 100-word "drabble" written to the theme, "SETI received a broadcast, and this is what it said..."
Publication: The Drabbler #11, Edited by Terrie Leigh Relf, June, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"A Reptile at the Reunion," by Sandra M. Ulbrich
author www.sandraulbrich.com
A former student of the University of Magic returns for her ten-year reunion to find out why she lost her magic before she graduated.
Publication: Firestorm of Dragons, Edited by Michelle Ackley, June, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Houses of the Dead," by Martha Wells
publication www.blackgate.com
A Giliead and Ilias story, set before the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy.
Publication:
Black Gate, Edited by John O'Neill, June, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: novelette

May 2008

"Kisses for Wishes," by Camille Alexa
publication http://www.brimstonepress.com.au/blackbox.htm
Dark, surreal flash fiction from 80 of the hottest horror and fantasy authors. Australia's best alternative, goth opera, metal, and hiphop. Dark art. Proceeds benefit the Australian Horror Writers Association.
Publication: Black Box mulitmedia e-anthology, Edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, May, 2008
Genre: horror / Category: Short Story

"Visiting the Bone Merchant," by Camille Alexa
publication http://www.brimstonepress.com.au/blackbox.htm
Dark, surreal flash fiction from 80 of the hottest horror and fantasy authors. Australia's best alternative, goth opera, metal, and hiphop. Dark art. Proceeds benefit the Australian Horror Writers Association.
Publication: Black Box mulitmedia e-anthology, Edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, May, 2008
Genre: horror / Category: Short Story

"Crushing Butterflies," by M.K. Hobson
publication: http://www.tropismpress.com/flytrap.html
A lyrical time travel story about regrets and loss.
Publication: Flytrap 9, Edited by Tim Pratt, May, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"Gideon Caine and the Forgotten Inn," by K G McAbee
storyauthor www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks
Gideon Caine cannot escape his destiny...but can he save his friend's daughter from the creature who has imprisoned her?
Publication: Startling Stories #6, Edited by Ron Hanna, May, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story
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"Gliders of the Purple Stage," by K G McAbee
storyauthor www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks
Hugo Kronos has a problem: his time machine has stranded him in the past. Now he's Sheriff Kronos, of the small Western town called Utopia.
Publication: Weird Western Tales #1, Edited by Wayne Judge, May, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Novella

"Hermit Crabs," by Elissa Malcohn
publication http://www.electricvelocipede.com/
Mandy and Noah, two outcast kids, bond as none of their peers could. But they belong to two different species, and the pact they make could have lethal consequences.
Publication: Electric Velocipede #14, Edited by John Klima, May, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"In Demeter's Gardens," by Nancy Jane Moore
author http://home.earthlink.net/~nancyjane
Fight scenes and moral dilemmas in the Asteroid Belt. Publication: Front Lines, Edited by Denise Little, May, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"Party Crashers," by Trisha Wooldridge
Christy Tohara, Co-Author
other http://www.sidhenadaire.com/books/BAF2.htm
The San Diego Museum of Natural History is holding a gala event, but warring faeries crash the party. Those humans don't know what they're in for!
Publication: Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad, edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, May 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

April 2008

"Zinn Mensch,", by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
other: www.fortresspublishinginc.com
A stop-over on an obsolete outpost on the fringes of space gives Lieutenant Kitch of the space freighter Mortimer a new respect for the destructive power of inhumanity.
Publication: Trails of Indiscretion, Edited by Brian Koscienski and Chris Pisano, April, 2008
Genre: Science fiction / Category: short story

"Five Good Things about Meghan Sheedy," by A. M. Dellamonica
story: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20080421/five_good_things-f.shtml
Dinah must examine her loyalties as Earth's ongoing civil war reaches Seattle.
Publication: Strange Horizons, Edited by Susan Marie Groppi, April, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"The Sorrow Fair," by A. M. Dellamonica
story http://www.helixsf.com/fiction/Q4_dellamonica_sorrowfair.htm
Gabriel's love for a dead girl leads him to Hell's anteroom.
Publication: Helix Speculative SF, Edited by William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans, April, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Novelette

"Three Views of the Maiden in Peril," by Catherine Lundoff
story: http://www.farragoswainscot.com/2008/6/three_views.html
Series of vignettes? Howl of rage? Metaphorical metafiction? You decide!
Publication: Farrago's Wainscot, Edited by Darin Bradley, April, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story

"Running the Road," by Nancy Jane Moore
publication Farrago's Wainscot
If there isn't the chance you're really gonna kill yourself, what's the fucking point?
Publication: Farrago's Wainscot, Edited by Darin Bradley, April, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story
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"Stalking the Virtual Mysteries," by Lettie Prell
story http://www.loreleisignal.com/StalkingtheVirtualMysteries.html
What if virtual reality were a means to penetrate that realm the mystics supposedly know? A young woman has a strange experience while playing a virtual reality game, that is key understanding herself and her world.
Publication: The Lorelei Signal, Edited by Carol Hightshoe, April, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: novelette

"Flowertongue," by Jessica Reisman
story http://www.farragoswainscot.com/2008/6/flowertongue.html
"...a richly textured tale with subtly fantastical undertones... Feeling completely authentic in its detail, it shows that a writer can be both disciplined and playful at the same time. ...should appear on the Year?s Best lists."--The Fix
Publication: Farrago's Wainscot, Edited by Darin Bradley, April, 2008
Genre: Fantasy / Category: short story

March 2008

"Flying Solo," by Camille Alexa
publication http://www.hadleyrillebooks.com/
Over 150,000 words of imaginative fiction set in or about desolate places. Camille Alexa's "Flying Solo" kicks off the collection.
Publication: Desolate Places anthology, Edited by Eric T. Reynolds, March, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"Winds of Change," by Linda A. B. Davis
publication: www.amazon.com/Something-Magic-This-Way-Comes/dp/075640472X
Martha Jane's life has always been beyond her control. Now, with everything at risk, can she be the one to command? Can she call the magic and bring the winds of change with it?
Publication: Something Magic This Way Comes, Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Sarah A. Hoyt, March, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Dryad," by Julie K. Rose
story http://www.magicalrealism.co.uk/view.php?story=56
She was a weary woman with more than her share of loss and pain, the world crawling under her skin, her heart bare and dry. The wise ones, and those who scribe their ancient lore, say it was so.
Publication: Serendipity, March, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

February 2008

"Flaming Marshmallow and Other Deaths," by Camille Alexa
story http://escapepod.org/2008/02/01/ep143-flaming-marshmallow-and-other-deaths/
Life begins when you get that little slip of paper on your sixteenth birthday. *AUDIO*
Publication: Escape Pod, Edited by S. F. Eley, February, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"The People's Republic of the Edelweiss Putt-Putt Golf Course," by M.K. Hobson
other: http://forums.rofmagazine.com/showthread.php?t=4367
"Gulliver's Travels meets The Communist Manifesto, with a bow to The Wealth of Nations." -- Janice Clark, "The Fix"
Publication: Realms of Fantasy, Edited by Shawna McCarthy, February, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Identity Theft," by Elissa Malcohn
publication http://samsdotpublishing.com/contents.htm
A 100-word "drabble" written to the theme, "Haunted Spaceports."
Publication: The Drabbler #10, Edited by Terrie Leigh Relf, February, 2008
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

January 2008

"Spell, Book and Candle," by Catherine Lundoff
publication fictionwriting.wordpress.com/current-issue/
Magic, mayhem and breaking up.
Publication: Khimairal Ink, Edited by Carrie Tierney, January, 2008
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Beneath the Sea of Sand," by K G McAbee
other www.amazon.com
Trapped in an underground river, with monsters above and below!
publication: Amazon Shorts, January, 2008 Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story