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Bibliography
Short Fiction
- "No Small Change" in After Hours, winter,
'91.
- "Waiting for the Nightingale" in Lost Creek
Letters, autmun, '91.
- "Cat Death" in The California Quarterly.,
'92.
- "Plant Life" in Aberrations #9, '93.
Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling's Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror, 7th Edition.
- "The Love of Children" in The Indiana
Review, spring, '92.
- "Eight Words" in Pulphouse #19, '95.
Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling's Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror, 9th Edition.
Reprinted in Cemetery Sonata, '99. In Strangers and
Beggars.
- "Landscapes" in The Fifth Di . . ..
Reprinted in the Star**Anthology December/January,
1998/1999 issue. A Promart publication.
- "Teaching" in The Star Anthology #1.
- "Nine Fingers on the Flute" in Adventures in
Sword and Sorcery. This story received 6 recommendations
for Nebula consideration before its eligibility ran out (10
required to make the preliminary ballot). In Strangers and
Beggars.
- "The Big One" in Analog Science Fiction and
Science Fact. Tied for 3rd place in the Anlab reader's
poll of best short story in Analog for 1997. This story
was translated and then reprinted in the Nov. '97 Greek edition
of Asimov's. The story was on the preliminary Nebula
ballot for 1999.
- "Miss Hathaway's Spider" in
Talebones. #11, Spring of '98. This story is
posted at their web site. Follow the links starting from
http://www.fairwoodpress.com/
The story received a Nebula recommendation. It also was
honorably mentioned in the Best of the Rest II anthology
of small press fiction. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Happy Ending" in
Realms of Fantasy, August, 1998. In
Strangers and Beggars.
- "The Love of Falmoth" in Odyssey. Issue #5,
1998. Honorable Mention story in the 16th edition of The
Year's Best Science Fiction.
- "Parallel Highways" in the anthology
After Shocks , copyright 2000. Honorable
mention in Datlow and Windling's Year's Best Fantasy and
Horror. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Home" in Realms of Fantasy, Oct. '98.
In Strangers and Beggars.
- "O Tannenbaum" in Weird Tales, Fall '98.
- "The Death Dwarves" in Talebones #13, Fall
'98. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Nor a Lender Be" in Analog: Science Fiction and
Fact, Feb. '99. This story earned a 2nd place in
Analog's AnLab reader poll for stories appearing in the
magazine in '99. This story made the preliminary Nebula ballot
for '00. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Voices" Altair #3, Feb. '99. In Strangers
and Beggars.
- "The Gift" in Adventures in Sword and
Sorcery, #6, '99.
- "The Hounds of Winter" co-written with Stoker award
winning author, Brian Hopkins, in Realms of Fantasy.
August, '99. This story was voted as the best pro-story in the
July-September quarter in the Blindside.Net Reader's poll. This
story received a recommendation for the '99 Stoker Award.
- "Shark Attack: a Love Story" in Weird
Tales, Fall, '99. This story received a recommendation for
the '99 Stoker Award and recommendations for Nebula
consideration. It was included as an Honorable Mention in
Datlow and Windling's Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 13th
Edition. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "In the Days Still Left" co-written with Stoker
award winning author, Brian Hopkins, upcoming sometime in '00
in Bending the Landscape: Horror through Overlook.
- "Road Decoy" in Space & Time #91, '00.
Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling's Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror
- "The Diorama" in TransVersions #11. Winter
'99. This story was included as an Honorable Mention in Gardner
Dozois' The Year's Best Science Fiction, 17th edition.
In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Two in the Multiverse" in The Third
Alternative #20, Summer '99.
- "Flying in the Heart of the Lafayette Escadrille" in
Quantum, '99.
- "Ark Ascension" in the December, '99 Analog:
Science Fiction and Fact. This story earned a 3rd place in
Analog's AnLab reader poll for stories appearing in the
magazine in '99. It also received Nebula recommendations.
- "A Real Myth in an Imaginary Time" in On
Spec, '99.
- "The Comeback" in Analog: Science Fiction and
Fact, April, '00. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Catching Rays" in the upcoming Stardust
science/science fiction text book. Julie Czerneda, editor.
- "Christmas Stalking" in Weird Tales, Winter
'99.
- "Howl Above the Din" in Talebones #18, Winter
'00.
- "That He Might Yet Find the Unknown" upcoming in
Altair.
- "The Christmas Story" in Millennium Science
Fiction and Fantasy. Posted in their December '99
issue.
- "Friday, After the Game" in Analog: Science
Fiction and Fact, October, '00. Honorable Mention in
Gardner Dozois' The Year's Best Science Fiction.
- "One in a Thousand" in Altair's web page
collection.
- "The Safety of the Herd" in Asimov's, Jan.
'02.
- "Savannah is Six" in Dark Terrors 5, '00.
Honorable mention in Datlow and Windling's Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror
- "Saturn Ring Blues" in
On Spec,
Spring, 2001. This story also earned honorable mention in the
Best of the Soft SF Association's 1999 short story contest.
Reprinted in the anthology, Best of the Rest 3: The Best
Unknown SF and Fantasy of 2001. Honorable mention for best
stories in '01 in Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science
Fiction, 19th annual collection.
- "Resurrection" in Analog: Science Fiction and
Fact, Jan. '01. This story placed 3rd in the Anlab,
Analog's readers' poll for best short stories in the
magazine in '01. Honorable mention for best stories in '01 in
Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction, 19th
annual collection. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Once They Were Monarchs" in Alfred Hitchcock's
Mystery Magazine, Dec. '00.
- "The Saint From Abdijan" in
Extremes:
Darkest Africa, Feb. '02. Honorably mentioned in the
Datlow/Windling The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #16.
- "The Invisible Empire" in
The
Children of Cthulu, Del Rey Books, '02. Honorably
mentioned in the Datlow/Windling The Year's Best Fantasy and
Horror #16.
- "Origin of the Species" in Weird Tales,
summer '02. Reprinted in David Hartwell's The Year's Best
Fantasy 3. Honorably mentioned in the Datlow/Windling
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #16.
- "Night Sweats" in Realms of Fantasy, Feb.
2001. This story was included in the "Recommended Stories This
Month" in the April, 2001 Locus.
- "What Weena Knew" in Analog: Science Fiction and
Fact, April, '01. This story placed 2nd in the Anlab,
Analog's readers' poll for best short stories in the
magazine in '01. Honorable mention for best stories in '01 in
Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction, 19th
annual collection. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Working Pushout" in The Third Alternative,
Autumn, '01. Honorable mention for best stories in '01 in
Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction, 19th
annual collection.
- "Nothing is Normal" in On Spec spring, '02.
- "Father's Dragon" in On Spec, fall '01.
- "The Infodict" in Asimov's, Aug., '01. This
story also won second place in The Best of Soft SF, 2000
contest. Locus included this story in their Recommended
Reading List for stories published in 2001. It was also
nominated for a Theodore Sturgeon Award for best short fiction
of the year. The story placed 5th in the Asimov's reader
poll for best stories in the magazine in '01. Honorable mention
for best stories in '01 in Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best
Science Fiction, 19th annual collection. Honorably
mentioned for the '02 Hugo Award for short stories. In
Strangers and Beggars.
- "The Last Age Should Show Your Heart" in the SFF.NET
anthology, Bones of the World, Aug., '01. Honorable
mention for best stories in '01 in Gardner Dozois's The
Year's Best Science Fiction, 19th annual collection.
- "Perceptual Set" in Analog: Science Fiction and
Fact, Jan., '02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois's
The Year's Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.
- "The Stars Underfoot" in Realms of Fantasy,
August, '01. Honorable mention for best stories in '01 in
Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction, 19th
annual collection. Honorable mention for best stories in '01 in
Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's The Year's Best Fantasy
and Horror.
- "The Yard
God" in Talebones. Issue #22, fall, '01.
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize for 2001. Honorable mention in
the Best of Soft SF Contest for stories published in
'01. Honorable mention for best stories in '01 in Gardner
Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction, 19th annual
collection. Honorable mention for best stories in '01 in Ellen
Datlow and Terri Windling's The Year's Best Fantasy and
Horror. In Strangers and Beggars.
- "Deathlehem"
in Chiaroscuro,
issue #11: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words (ChiZine),
went live on January 1st, 2002 and will run until March 31st,
2002.
- "The Last of the O-Forms" in Asimov's,
September, '02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois's The
Year's Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition. This story
finished tied for third as the most popular short story in the
Asimov's readers' poll for 2002. Preliminary Nebula
ballot for '04. Finalist for the Nebula for '04. Reprinted in
The Nebula Award Showcase: 2005 anthology. To be
reprinted in the Wastelands anthology, edited by John
Joseph Adams.
- "The
Wreath" in the December, '01 issue of
Stillwaters
Journal. Issue #5. Click on the "archive" button to
find the story.
- "Its Hour Come Round" in
Talebones
#24, summer '02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois's The
Year's Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.
- "Far From the Emerald Isle" in Analog, Sept.
'02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best
Science Fiction, 20th Edition.
- "The Sound of One Foot Dancing" in Alfred
Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan. '03.
- "Like a Film Gone Twice" in
Future Orbits
#4, April, '02. Honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois's The
Year's Best Science Fiction, 20th Edition.
- "The Boy Behind the Gate" in Dark Terrors 6,
fall '02. Upcoming in The Mammoth Book of New Horror 16.
Honorably mentioned in the Datlow/Windling The Year's
Best Fantasy and Horror #16.
- "Small Town News" in Weird Tales, fall '02.
- "Do Good" in Polyphony, Aug. '02. Honorably
mentioned in Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science
Fiction, 20th Edition.
- "Different Worlds" In the SFWA sponsored anthology
through DAW, New Faces in Science Fiction, "03.
- "Lashawnda at the End" in Electric Story,
'Fairwood Press, '03.
- "High Stakes Test" in Switch.Blade, summer of
'02 on Fictionwise.com
- "A Flock of Birds" in SCIFI.COM, Aug. 28,
'02. Reprinted in Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science
Fiction.
- "Finding Orson" in Strangers and Beggars.
- "Notes From the Field" in 3SF, Dec.
'02.
- "The Long Way Home" in Asimov's, Sept. '03.
To be reprinted in Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science
Fiction.
- "The Pair-a-Duce, Comet Casino, All-Sol Poker
Championship" in Talebones #26, summer '03.
Nominated by the editor for the Fountain Award, sponsored by
the Speculative Literature Foundation.
- "Sacrifice" in Paradox #2, summer, '03.
Nominated by the editor for the Fountain Award, sponsored by
the Speculative Literature Foundation. Honorably mentioned in
Ellen Datlow's Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
- "The Ice Cream Man" Asimov's, June '05.
- "Echoing" in Asimov's, Dec. '04. Listed in
Locus's Recommended Reading for '04.
- "The Miracle at Ramah," in
Dragons, Knights and
Angels: the Magazine of Christian Fantasy and Science
Fiction. Dec. '03.
- "One Day, in the Middle of the Night," in
Talebones #30, summer '05.
- "Where and When," in All-Star Zeppelin Adventure
Stories, fall '04
- "A Wow Finish," in Amazing Stories #605, '04
- "Roller Derby Dan," in SDO Fantasy, July,
'04. Reprinted in The Best of SDO Fantasy print
anthology.
- "The Inn at Mount Either," in Analog, May
'05. Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award for Best Short
Story of the Year. Reprinted in the Richard Horton edited
Year's Best: Science Fiction.
- "The Road's End," in Realms of Fantasy, Feb.
'06.
- "The Small Astral Object Genius," in
Asimov's, Oct/Nov. '06. To be reprinted in the Czech
anthology, Trochu divne kusy 3
- "Tiny Voices," in Talebones, September, '06.
- "How Music Begins," in Asimov's, Oct./Nov.
'07. Reprinted in David Hartwell's Year's Best Science
Fiction, 13th edition.
- "Rock House," in Talebones #36, Spring '08.
- "Of Late I've Dreamt of Venus," in Visual
Journeys, '07. Reprinted in Gardner Dozois's Year's Best
Science Fiction, 25th edition.
- "The Light of a Thousand Suns," upcoming in
Realms of Fantasy.
- "Just Before Recess," upcoming in Flash Fiction
On Line.
- "Floaters" upcoming in Talebones.
- "The Radio Magician" upcoming in Realms of
Fantasy.
- "Carrying the News for a Dead Paperboy" upcoming in
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
- "Harvest," a novella, upcoming in Almbelical.
- "Who Do You Think You Are," upcoming from Paper
Golem Press
- "Solace," upcoming in Analog.
Books
- Strangers and
Beggars, a short story collection in trade
paperback from Fairwood Press, July 02. Names as a "Best Book
for Young Adults" by the American Library Association. Finalist
for the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award.
- The Last of
the O-Forms and Other Stories August, '05 from
Fairwood Press. The collection made Locus Magazine's
recommended reading list for the year. Finalist for the
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award.
- The Radio Magician and Other Stories,
upcoming from Fairwood Press. Summer of '09.
- Summer of the Apolcalypse, a novel, Oct. '06
from Fairwood Press.
The novel made Locus Magazine's recommended reading list for
the year. Finalist for the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult
Book Award.


Poetry
- "Across Time" in Star*Line, the publication
of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Nominated for a
Rhysling Award.
- "From Slumgullion Pass to the Blue Mesa" in
Stick.
- "I Consider Myself as Prey" upcoming in
Stick.
- "Trailhead: the Suddeness of Epiphanies" upcoming in
Stick.
- "The Demise of Dr. Avirim" in The Star Anthology
#1.
- Writ in Stone, a chap book by Soda/Dutch
Publications
Non-Fiction
- "Will SFWA on Your Letterhead Improve Your Manuscript's
Chances" in the writing section of the SFWA site at
http://www.sfwa.org/writing/sfwa.htm
- "Perseverance, Publishing and the Urge to Write" in
the writing section of the SFWA site at
http://www.sfwa.org/writing/jamesvanpelt1.htm
- Short fiction reviews for Tangent and
Tangent On
Line.
- "How Many Times Do You Have to be Told No?"
in
Speculations
#40.
- "Anthology Opportunities" in
Preditors
and Editors at
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubop025.htm
- "The Day Job," a continuing column in the British
short fiction review magazine,
The Fix.
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