Fantasy and Science Fiction Author Julia H. West
Bibliography

"Gathering Shards," Oceans of the Mind, Summer 2004, "Spiritual Science Fiction" issue.

Science Fiction. Lasai's sole purpose in life was to heal the ghosts of the Ebchians, who had died thousands of years before. He did not foresee what would happen when archaeologists began excavating the ancient Ebchian cities.

"Scavenger Hunt," Oceans of the Mind, Spring 2004, "Colonies" issue.

Science Fiction. The underwater domes of Chai complex are breaking down, and Modlene and her family will have to leave if Mod can't fix the water purifier. Can she and her brother Simon find the parts they need in an abandoned dome?
"Power Sources", Realms of Fantasy, February 2004. Finalist for 2004 Utah Speculative Short Story Award.
Science fantasy. Hallelujah Tuckett wanted nothing more than to get off the dreary world of Midway--until she discovered the Boon witch doctor could really do magic.
"Granpa is Missing on the Mars Tranship," Spider, November 1997.
Reprinted in Nelson Language Supplementary Readings, Grade 6, ITP Nelson, June 1998.
Reprinted in Junior Reading Assessment 5, The Toronto District School Board, Nelson Thomsen Learning, August 2002.
Children's science fiction. What happens when a little boy, off to Mars with his scientist parents, loses his stuffed bunny on the spaceship? Will he and his brother be sent back to Earth to stay with their grandparents, and miss Mars?
Granpa is Missing on the Mars Tranship
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"An Old-Fashioned Christmas Tree," Dragons, Knights, and Angels Magazine, December 2001.
Science fiction. Life on the new colony world is good now. So why isn't Grandma Camille happy this Christmas? Why do memories of death and deprivation haunt her?

Illustration by Kelly Marcoson
Extreme Orient Emblemes 6 "The Peachwood Flute," (with Brook West), The Shimmering Door, edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, August 1996. British paperback edition, Sorceries, Voyager, February 1997. British hardcover edition Sorceries, HarperCollins, September 1999.
Reprinted (in French translation) in Extrême-Orient, Emblèmes 6, Editions de L'Oxymore, July 2002.
Fantasy set in medieval Japan. Noriaki is a ronin--a masterless samurai--and his flute-playing days are behind him. But when he and his companions wander into a cursed village, his forgotten skills may be the only thing that can save them.
The Shimmering Door
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Sorceries
"Weeds," (with Brook West), Enchanted Forests, edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, December 1995.
Contemporary fantasy. Members of a college botany field trip start disappearing, and strange things are happening in the forest. Angela is the teacher's aide, responsible for the students' well-being. What will Angela and her husband do now?
Enchanted Forests
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Sea of Chaos
Read the story at Fictionwise (small fee is charged)
"Sea of Chaos," L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Vol. XI,, Bridge Publications, June 1995. First Place winner, 1st Quarter 1994; Grand Prize winner, 1994, Writers of the Future contest.
Science fiction. Ancient navigators' art from Micronesia is used to navigate starships through overspace. Can Winin get the starship through the Maelstrom using only his knowledge and reflexes after the computer goes down?
Writers of the Future Vol. XI
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"The Best Babysitter," The Friend, September 1989.
Children's fiction. Baby Andrew knows and likes Sarah. Why can't Sarah take over Juanita's babysitting job when her best friend gets sick?

Forthcoming:

"Tyler's Garden," The Friend.

Children's fiction. Larry and Tyler did everything together--until Tyler's family moved away. But the woman who moved into Tyler's old house doesn't seem to care about the garden the boys worked so hard on.

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