Lucy A. Snyder

Novels

Spellbent. Del Rey, December 2009. A dark urban fantasy. Nominated for the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.

Liens Infernaux. Eclipse, February 2011. A French edition of Spellbent translated by Noé Le Blanc.

Опасная магия. Azbooka, December 2011. A Russian language hardcover edition of Spellbent translated by Irina Kolesnikova.

Shotgun Sorceress. Del Rey, October 2010. The sequel to Spellbent.

Le Baiser de la Sorcière. Eclipse, September 2011. A French edition of Shotgun Sorceress translated by Noé Le Blanc.

Switchblade Goddess. Del Rey, December 2011. The third book in the Spellbent series.

Novellas

A Glimpse of Darkness. Del Rey, December 2010. An urban fantasy co-written with Lara Adrian, Harry Connolly, Kelly Meding, and Stacia Kane.

Collections

Catacomb Tangos. CGP, 2014 (forthcoming). A collection of stories co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck.

Orchid Carousals. CGP, 2013 (forthcoming). A collection of erotica.

Chimeric Machines. CGP, March 2009. Introduction by Tom Piccirilli. A collection of 36 poems. Winner of the 2009 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry

Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. CGP, October 2007. A trade paperback collection of 12 humor stories about computers and the forces of evil.

Sparks and Shadows. First published by HW Press, May 2007. Introduction by Nalo Hopkinson. A trade paperback collection of 17 cross-genre stories and 7 poems. Winner of the 2008 Editors' Choice Black Quill Award for Best Dark Genre Collection
Reprinted by CGP, May 2010. Introduction by Christopher Golden.

Blood Magic. An electronic collection of four dark fantasy stories available from Eggplant Literary Productions from October 2001 to December 2005.

Short Fiction

"Tiger Girls Vs. The Zombies" – Redneck Zombies From Outer Space, Woodland Press, 2013. (forthcoming)

"Magdala Amygdala" – Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 5 (forthcoming).
To be reprinted in Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala, Journalstone, 2013. First published in Dark Faith: Invocations, Apex Book Company, October 2012.
Nominated for the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction.

"Spare The Rod" – Eulogies II: Tales From The Cellar, Horror World, 2013. (forthcoming)

"Demonized" – Title TBA, Circlet Press, 2013. (forthcoming)

"Abandonment Option" – Nostradamus' Fate and Other Dark Prophecies, Dark Regions Press, 2013. (forthcoming)

"I Fuck Your Sunshine" – Vampires Don't Sparkle, Seventh Star Press, March 2013.

"The Cold Blackness Between" – Once Upon A Curse, Dragonwell Publishing, December 2012.
Originally appeared in Aoife's Kiss, March 2008.

"Repent, Jessie Shimmer!" – Appalachian Undead, Apex Book Company, November 2012.

"The Great VüDü Teen Linux Zombie Massacree" – Death, Be Not Proud, Dark Quest, September 2011. Originally appeared in Spacesuits and Sixguns, Spring 2007. Reprinted in Voices For The Cure, January 2008. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger in 2007.

"Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects" – Dark Faith, Apex Book Company, May 2010.

"However ...." (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Hellbound Hearts, Pocket Books, September 2009. Honorable mention, Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 2

"Burning Bright" – Maiden, Mother, Crone, Drollerie Press, 2009. First published in Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007.

"A Preference For Silence" – Escape Pod, March 31, 2009. First published at Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #5, November 1999. Reprinted in the August 12, 2000 edition of Dark Matter Chronicles and in the February 2001 issue of Writer Online. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Faery Cats: The Cutest Killers" – PodCastle, March 20, 2009. First published at Strange Horizons, February 27, 2006. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger in 2007.

"The Cold Gallery" – Legends of the Mountain State 2, September 2008.

"Podophyllum sidhe" – A Field Guide to Surreal Botany, Two Cranes Press, July 2008.

"In The Shadow of the Fryolator" – The Town Drunk, October 2007. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger, 2007.

"Trolls Gone Wild" – Installing Linux on a Dead Badger, Creative Guy Publishing, 2007.

"Fable Fusion" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague, Big Finish Productions Ltd., June 2007.

"Roses of Gomorrah" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007.

"Boxlunch" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007.

"Feel the Love" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007.

"Wake Up Naked Monkey You're Going To Die" – Horror World, March 2007. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Honorable mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008 (#21)

"Authorities Concerned Over Rise of Teen Linux Gangs" – The Town Drunk, December 2006. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger in 2007.

"Graveyard Shift" – The Town Drunk, November 2006. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger in 2007:
       · "Dead Men Don't Need Coffee Breaks"
       · "Business Insourcing Offers Life After Death"
       · "Corporate Vampires Sink Teeth Into Business World"
       · "Unemployed Playing Dead To Find Work"

"Sara and the Telecats" – Farthing #4, September 2006. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"The Sheets Were Clean And Dry" – Masques V, Gauntlet Press, June 2006. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Your Corporate Network and the Forces of Darkness" – Strange Horizons, June 20, 2005. Podcast at Escape Pod November 2005. Reprinted in Dark Jesters: The Best in Underground Comedic Horror, October 2006 and in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger in 2007.

"The Dickification of the American Female" – Clean Sheets, June 15, 2005. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"So Lonely As The Grave" – Dark Lurkers, Double Dragon Press, May 2004. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes" – Strange Horizons, April 5, 2004. Reprinted in Installing Linux on a Dead Badger in 2007. Honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18

"Fall of Darkness" – Apocalypse Fiction Magazine, July 2003.

"Carnal Harvest" – 1000 Delights, December 2001.

"The Dogs of Summer" – Blood Magic, Eggplant Literary Productions, October 2001. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"... And Her Shadow" – Blood Magic, Eggplant Literary Productions, October 2001. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Flesh and Blood" – Blood Magic, Eggplant Literary Productions, October 2001. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Homecoming" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – The Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess, Ace Books, September 2001.

"Through Thy Bounty" – The Midnighters' Club anthology, June 2001. Honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 15 Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007 and in Apex Online in 2008.

"The Dolls' Hearts" – The Midnighters' Club anthology, June 2001. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"La Niña" – Quantum Muse, April 2001.

"Souls To Take" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Villains Victorious, DAW Books, April 2001.

"In The Wilderness" – Clean Sheets, March 2001.

"... Next on Channel 77" – Guardian Angels, Cumberland House Publishing, November 2000. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"News From The Long Mountains" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Civil War Fantastic, DAW Books, July 2000.

"Forgetting" – Jackhammer E-Zine, Vol. 3 Number 17, April 2000. Reprinted in the Best of Jackhammer E-zine Anthology in Feb. 2001. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Darwin's Children" – Snow Monkey, Vol.1 Number 2, Ravenna Press, Seattle, December 1999. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"The Still-Life Drama of Passing Cars" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Bedtime Stories To Darken Your Dreams (edited by Alan Clark and Bruce Holland Rogers), IFD Publishing, May 1999. Reprinted in The Little Orange Book of Odd Stories, Wildside Press, 2003. Honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 13

"Soul Searching" – Cosmic Visions, Fall 1997. Reprinted in Blood Magic in October 2001. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Thirteen's Revolution" – Midnight Zoo, Vol. 3 Number 1, 1993.

"Toy Gun" – Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 3, 1992.

"A Storm in May" – Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 1, 1990.

Poetry

"Recreation" – A Sea of Alone: Poems for Alfred Hitchcock, Dark Scribe Press, July 2011.

"Beggars' Night" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Halloween: New Poems, Cemetery Dance Publications, May 2010.

"Fright-Night Triple Feature" (co-written with Gary A. Braunbeck) – Halloween: New Poems, Cemetery Dance Publications, May 2010.

"Home for the Holidays" – Weird Tales, Fall 2009.

"And There in the Machine, Virginia Finally Stood Up" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Tech Support" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"After the Funeral" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Mute Birth" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Worm and Memory" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Terror White" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Cissy Cocalus" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Ari, Pushing Forty" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Gigantic" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Internal Combustion" – Chimeric Machines, 2009. Reprinted in Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine Issue 5, Winter 2009.

"At The Rec Center" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Squidliquor" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Sofa Nervosa" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Looped" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Book Smarts" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Dumb" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"A Boy's Guide to Neoteny" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Infinite Loop: Girl With Black Eye" – Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Crete, Kentucky: Passie Fay's Lament" – Full Unit Hookup Magazine, August 2008. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines, 2009.

"Babel's Children" – Star*Line, May 2008. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"Subtlety" – Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine, Spring 2008. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"The Evil Overlord's Lament" – Beyond Centauri, January 2009.

"Uncanny Valley Girl" – Raven Electrick, November 30, 2007. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"Dime Novel" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"The Fish and the Bicycle" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"The Jarred Heart" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007.

"glowfish" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, May 2007. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"Flyboy" – Strange Horizons, April 30, 2007. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"Sympathy" – Strange Horizons, November 2006. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"Trepanation" – Strange Horizons, July 2006. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"Prometheus" – Scared Naked, September 2003. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"The Celebrant" – Deviant Minds, Summer 2003.

"Modernism" – Snow Monkey, Ravenna Press, Seattle, Spring 2002. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"soft armies" – Full Unit Hookup Magazine, Spring 2002

"Searching For Signs of Life In the Bottom of a Cup of Cold Coffee" – First published as "Real Life" in Full Unit Hookup Magazine, Spring 2002. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"The Monster Between The Sparks" (previously titled "Dark Matter") – Chiaroscuro, January 2002. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"White" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #8, May 2001.

"Photograph of a Lady, Circa 1890" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #7, October 2000. Portions appeared in The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A. Braunbeck (Obsidian Press, 2000). Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007 and in Chimeric Machines in 2009.

"Permian Basin Blues" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #7, October 2000. Portions appeared in The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A. Braunbeck (Obsidian Press, 2000). Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Marionette" – Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 3, 1992.

"Hemispheres" – Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 2, 1991.

"Ambivalence" – Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 1, 1990.

Nonfiction/Essays

"Interview With Ursula K. Le Guin" – The Writers' Workshop of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Seventh Star Press, 2013. (forthcoming)

"Alpha Males and the Reader's Suspension of Disbelief" – Horror World, November 2012.

"On Urban Fantasy" – Horror World, August 2012.

"Friends For Your Fiction" – Horror World, May 2012.

"Is LinkedIn Useful to Horror Writers?" – Horror World, February 2012.

"On NaNoWriMo" – Horror World, November 2011.

"On Working Graveyard Shift" – Horror World, August 2011.

"Networking At Conventions" – Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction, Headline Books, May 2011.

"A Guide to Binge Writing" – Horror World, May 2011.

"Introduction" – Mountain Magic: Spellbinding Tales of Appalachia, Woodland Press, October 2010.

"More on Amazon Rank Tracking and Ebook Sales" – Horror World, October 2010.

"iPad Review" – Horror World, June 2010.

"Reading in the 21st Century" – Horror World, February 2010.

"Tech Bits" – Horror World, October 2009.

"It's All Part of the Fun: An Interview With Clive Barker" – Writers Workshop of Horror, Woodland Press, August 2009.

"Exploring Amazon" – Horror World, June 2009.

"Art and the Artist: An Interview With Clive Barker" – Strange Horizons, March 16, 2009.

"Sprinting For The Deadline" – Horror World, February 2009.

"The Care and Feeding of a Convention Writing Workshop Track" – Horror World, October 2008.

"Digital Power Controllers" – Electronic Products, October 2008.

"High-Performance, Energy-Efficient IGBTs" – Electronic Products, August 2008.

"Scratching the Seven-Year Itch" – Horror World, June 2008.

"Energy-Efficient Resonant Power Controllers" – Electronic Products, April 2008.

"Improving Data Center Efficiency" – Electronic Products, March 2008.

"Manuscript Tracking Tools" – Horror World, February 2008.

"Integrated Power Switches" – Electronic Products, December 2007.

"Advice to Beginning Fiction Writers" – Horror World, November 2007.

"Synergistic MOSFET Solutions" – Electronic Products, October 2007.

"A Brief Guide to Money Fairies" – Horror World, August 2007.

"Selecting a Power-Entry Module" – Electronic Products, June 2007.

"How to Make A Living Writing Short Fiction" – Horror World, May 2007.

"Why I Can't Stay Out of My Husband's Pants" – Sparks and Shadows, HW Press, 2007.

"Understanding Mechatronics" – Electronic Products, April 2007.

"Meeting the Little Dragon" – Horror World, February 2007.

"Keep Your Stories Safe (Part 2)" – Horror World, November 2006.

"Technical Training for Working Engineers" – Electronic Products, November 2006.

"Keep Your Stories Safe" – Horror World, August 2006.

"Reducing Design Time" – Electronic Products, June 2006.

"Power over Ethernet: Chips and Chipsets" – Electronic Products, May 2006.

"Meeting Mr. P. Espee" – Horror World, May 2006.

"Secret (Literary) Agent Man" – Speculative.ca, March 2006.

"Tools for the Wandering Writer " – Horror World, February 2006.

"Asia" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Future Wars" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Intelligence" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Miniaturization" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Dark Fantasy" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Birds" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Curses" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Plants" – The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

"Introduction" – Amityville House of Pancakes Vol. 2, Creative Guy Publishing, 2005.

"Camp Songs: Innocent Fun or Diabolical Brainwashing Plot?" – Full Unit Hookup Magazine, #7, Summer 2005. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"The Manhunt for the Red Dragon" – Full Unit Hookup Magazine, #6, Winter 2004.

"Menstruation For Men" – Horror Quarterly, #3, Autumn 2004. Reprinted in the Horror Quarterly Anthology, 2005. Reprinted in Sparks and Shadows in 2007.

"Jack the Ripper Revisted: Murder by Decree" – Full Unit Hookup Magazine, #5, Spring 2004.

"Fairy Tales With Fangs: The Company of Wolves" – Full Unit Hookup Magazine, #5, Spring 2004.

"The Portrayal of Scientists in Science Fiction" – Strange Horizons, May 24, 2004.

"Finding or Creating a Writers' Workshop Group" – Brady Magazine, November/December 2003.

"California Noir: The Salton Sea" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, November, 2003.

"The Poetry of Hill House", What Walks Alone: A Creative Tribute to Shirley Jackson's Novel The Haunting of Hill House, Succubus Press, March 2002.

Afterword: "An Interview With The Author", Sorties, Cathexes, and Personal Effects, Lone Wolf Publications, February 2003. Preprinted in the July 9, 2001 update of Strange Horizons. Reprinted in Strange Horizons: The Best of Year One, Lethe Press, September 2003.

"Ocean" – Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Issue #6, May 2000. Reprinted in SALT, Naked Snake Press, October 2007. Reprinted in Chimeric Machines in 2008.

"A Chat With William Peter Blatty", Dark Planet Webzine, August 1999.

"An Interview With Nancy Collins", SF Site, February 1999.

"A Conversation With Neil Gaiman", SF Site, February 1999.

Review of Luz, The Art of Ciruelo by Ciruelo Cabral, SF Site, 1997.

Review of Fair Peril by Nancy Springer, SF Site, 1997.

Review of The Iron Ring by Lloyd Alexander, SF Site, 1997.

Review of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, SF Site, 1997.

"Newsgroup Glossary", HMS Beagle, February 1, 1997.

"Kirkwood Observatory Has Long History at IU", Indiana Daily Student, April 17, 1995.

"ISEC Shows Off Endangered Felines", IDS, Sept. 24, 1994.

"IU E-Mail Becomes More Complex", IDS, Aug. 29, 1994.

"Sunglasses Shown To Protect Eyes From Harmful UV Rays", IDS, March 1994.

"Natural Substances Power Perfume", IDS, Feb. 28, 1994.

"Eating Disorders Increasing On Campus", IDS, Feb. 1994.

"Influenza Might Make Stop In Bloomington", IDS, Jan. 24, 1994.

"Local Center Offers AIDS Services", IDS, Jan. 17, 1994.

"UCS Instituting New Network ID Database", IDS, 1994.

"Buying A Living Christmas Tree: The Evergreen Alternative", IDS Holiday Guide, December 1993.

"A Guide To Buying A Real Christmas Tree", IDS Holiday Guide, December 1993.

"Protect Your Eyes: Future Sun Rays To Be Harsher", IDS, April 14, 1993.

"Mapping the Interior Landscapes", IDS, Feb. 26, 1993.

"Optometrists Offer Aid", IDS, Feb. 1, 1993.

"Children Receive Racial Lessons", IDS, Jan. 18, 1993.

"American Dream, Third World Nightmare", Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 3, 1992.

"American Public Opinion and the Scientist", Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 2, 1991.

"Stress and Creativity", Oasis Literary Magazine, Vol. 1, 1990.