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Winner of the 1993 John W. Campbell Award
(best new science ficiont/fantasy writer),
Laura is the author of dozens
of short stories. Many of these
stories are now available electronically!
Click here to read "Capo of Darkness" on this
site, a short story which first appeared in
Vengeance Fantastic (2002) and was
reprinted in This Is My Funniest (2006).
Click to read Laura's short story, "Creation: The Launch!" about the origins of the universe and/or interior design, in the online magazine Baen's Universe! |
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Freebie! Click to read "The Purple Rose of Romance," Laura's first-ever and probably last-ever "literary smut" piece, written a few years back Stage-readings of this piece were subsequently performed in several book conference venues. |
Freebie! Read the introduction
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And don't miss Chapter Six, which Laura wrote, of Your Title Here, an original Round-Robin Novel edited by Mike Resnick and e-published by Fictionwise.com in 2005! (Chapter Six may or may not make more sense if you read Chapters 1-5 first...) |
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Freebie! Read "Homicidal Honeymoon," |
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Better Off Undead Laura's story: |
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Witch High Laura's story: |
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Enchantment Place (August 2008) ISBN: 0756405106 ed. Denise Little Laura's story: |
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Front Lines Laura's story: |
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The Dragon Done It Laura's story: |
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Something Magic This Way Comes Laura's Story |
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More Short Fiction |
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Hags, Sirens, and Other Laura's Story |
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Mystery Date Laura's Story |
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This Is My Funniest Laura's story |
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Fate Fantastic Laura's Story |
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"The Abominable Snowman" |
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| "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" | Sherlock Holmes In Orbit (DAW, 1995) |
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| "Amandla!" | Alternate Tyrants (Tor, 1997) |
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| "Avant Vanguard" | The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood (NAL, 1991) |
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| "The Capo of Darkness" | Vengeance Fantastic (DAW, 2002) |
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| "Confessional" | Deals With the Devil (DAW, 1994) |
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| "Curren's Song" | Dinosaur Fantastic (DAW, 1993) |
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| "Diary of A Galactic Emigré" | I, Alien (DAW, 2005) | ||
| "Doppelgangster" | Murder By Magic (Warner, 2004) |
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| "Enter the Night" | Orphans of the Night (Walker, 1995) |
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| "Ever Since Eden" | South From Midnight (SFP, 1994) |
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| "First Familiars" | Familiars (DAW, 2002) |
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| "A Fleeting Wisp of Glory" | Alternate Kennedys (Tor, 1992) |
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| "Fluff the Tragic Dragon" | Dragon Fantastic (DAW, 1992) |
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| "The Fortunes of Temperance" | Lamps On the Brow (JCP, 1998) |
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| "Freddy Nearby" | Silicon Dreams (DAW, 2001) |
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| "Full Earth Tonight" | VB Tech Magazine, 1995 |
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| "Galatea" a paranormal-romance novella
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| "Greek To Me" | Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls of Fantasy (DAW, 2006) |
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| "Grievous Wounds" | Out of Avalon (DAW, 2001) |
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| "Heaven's Only Daughter" | Whatdunnits (DAW, 1992) |
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| "Highway to Heaven" | Highwaymen, Robbers, and Rogues |
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"Homicidal Honeymoon" Freebie! |
Murder Most Romantic |
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| "The Hound Lover" | Phantoms of the Night (DAW, 1996) |
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| "In Zodiac We Trust" | Zodiac Fantastic (DAW, 1997) |
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| "Jesus H. Christ" | Time After Time (DAW, 2005) | ||
| "Lady Roxanne LaBelle" | The Magic Toy Box (DAW, 2006) | ||
| "Licensed To Reclaim" | Women Writing SF As Men (DAW, 2003) |
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| "The Lily Maid of Astolat" | Return To Avalon (DAW, 1996) |
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| "The Magic Keyboard" | The Magic Shop (DAW, 2004) |
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| "The Muse Afire" | Weird Tales From Shakespeare |
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| "No Room For the Unicorn" | Horse Fantastic (DAW, 1991) |
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| "The Prodigy" | The Sorcerer's Academy (DAW, 2003) |
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| "The Purple Rose of Romance" Freebie! | Nerve Online Magazine, 1999 |
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| "Qadishtu" | Warrior Enchantresses (DAW, 1998) |
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| "Saint Frankie" | Alternate Outlaws (Tor, 1994) |
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| "She of the Night" | Urban Nightmares (Baen, 1997) |
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| "The Spin Wizard" | Pharaoh Fantastic (DAW, 2002) |
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| "Terrible Monkey" | Return of the Dinosaurs (DAW, 1997) |
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| "Those Rowdy Royals!" | Alien Pregnant By Elvis! (DAW, 1994) |
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| "Under A Sky More Fiercely Blue" | By Any Other Fame (DAW, 1994) |
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| "Upon A Midnight Dreary" | Christmas Ghosts (DAW, 1993) |
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| "The Vatican Outfit" | Alternate Warriors (Tor, 1993) |
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| "Wall Street Wizards" | The Shimmering Door (Harper, 1996) |
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| "Wallgate" | The Shadow of the Wall |
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| "We Are Not Amused" | Alternate Presidents (Tor, 1992) |
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| "When the Ego Alters" | Betcha Can't Read Just One (Ace, 1993) |
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| "A Wind From Heaven" | Ancient Enchantresses (DAW, 1995) |
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| "Yasmine" | Aladdin Chronicles (DAW, 1992) |
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