A portfolio of where my work has been published
Issue #184, Aug 2024
Using the Six Senses in Writing
"Death in the Chinese Darkness”
I Have an Idea For a Novel…
"Death at a Ghost’s Hands”
"A Corpse in the Martian Sand”
June 2024
Issue #183, May 2024
April 2024
April 2024
Issue #182, June 2024
Vol.39, #4, Dec 2023
December 2023
November 2023
Calling All Cars...
Horses? Why Horses?
"A Dead Man at 35,000 Feet"
"All We Gotta Do Steal Temple Bell"
Issue #181, Nov 2023
When is Enough Enough?
"The Desert of Death"
August 2023
The Secret Handshake
Issue #180, Aug 2023
Issue #179, May 2023
Suspense!
No Sense of Place
Issue #178, Feb 2023
"The Fastest Gun in China"
3 Tips on Writing for Publication
Write What You Know
Issue #177, Nov 2022
Issue #176, Aug 2022
November 2022
Inspector McWilliams Aerial Corps!
"A Death in Dalny"
Just One More Edit...
The Myth of Initial Perfection
June 2022
December 2021
Issue #175, May 2022
Issue #174, Feb 2022
Vol.37, #2, July 2021
Issue #173, Nov 2021
Issue #172, Aug 2021
Issue #171, May 2021
How to Self-Edit Your Story
Did You Even Research This?
Proofread Your Work
The Case of the Missing River Map
Issue #170, Feb 2021
Issue #169, Nov 2020
The Narrative Hook
On Persevering to Publication
"Murder and Multitude Other Sins"
"Dead Men on Asteroid 3-19 Delta"
December 2020
December 2020
Issue #168, Aug 2020
Issue #167, May 2020
April 2020
August 2020
"Treasure Bowl of Shen Wan San"
"Death is a Matter of Faith"
Study the Market
Are You an Artiste?
Are You an Amateur?
The Problem of Said Bookism
On Naming Your Characters
7 Common Errors Writers Make
Issue #166, Feb 2020
Issue #165, Nov 2019
Issue #164, Aug 2019
Issue #163, May 2019
Issue #162, Feb 2019
Issue #161, Nov 2018
Issue #160, Aug 2018
March 2019
"Interception in the Desert"
How to Critique a Writer’s Work
Present Tense vs Past Tense
The Internal Monologue
Issue #158, Feb 2018
Issue #158, Feb 2018
November 2017
Issue #159, May 2018
Submission Guidelines
"A Killer Walks Past"
Should I Copyright Submissions?
"A Season for Money"
What Goes In A Cover Letter
Show versus Tell
Titles: Why They Matter
Accuracy in Science Fiction
Issue #156, May 2017
Issue #157, Aug 2017
Issue #155, Feb 2017
Issue #136, Aug 2012
Issue #136, Aug 2012
Well-Rounded Characters
"Only Death Gets Your Respect"
Issue #137, Nov 2012
2017 ~ 2012
A five-year hiatus caused
by a traumatic brain injury
that took away my ability
to read and write.
Cookies? What are Cookies?
Writing the Short Story Series
Issue #135, May 2012
Issue #134, Feb 2012
"Death in the Bright Darkness"
"Murder in Orbit"
"Chaos in Chamber of Deputies"
Issue #133, Nov 2011
The Ending: When it Fails
Issue #132, Aug 2011
October 2011
October 2011
"Hu-Mon are Uncivilized"
Why Most Stories Get Rejected
"A Free Exchange of Information"
"A Diamond of a Joke"
Issue #133, Nov 2011
October 2011
July 2010
July 2011
Issue #126, Feb 2010
October 2009
"Grave Consequences"
"Shadows of Revolution"
"The Seven Dollar Clue"
"Sentient Interspecies Liaison"
September 2009
July 2009
"An Arbitrary Deprivation of Life"
"A Killing Season"
"The Franklin Folio is Missing"
"Bad Connection"
October 2008
September 2008
June 2008
November 2007
"Fast Fingers & Coffee"
January 2007
"Until I Knew Evil"
"American Outback"
"Inward Bound"
July 2005
May 2005
May 2005
May 2005
May 2005
"Bound Between Past and Present"
"Bound by Tradition"
"The Space Race"
"The One Dollar Caper"
July 2004
January 2003
"The Woman in the Trunk"
"Fantasies, Realities"
"The Final Watch"
"The Spanish Imposition"
February 1996
February 1991
October 1991
July 1991
"Fantasies, Realities"
Of Circles and Kings
"Dr. Niav's Papers"
"Slow Train Coming"
February 1991
Fall 1989
Jul/Aug 1989
Jan/Feb 1989
"Project File: Discovery"
Jan/Feb 1989
Let 'er rip!
Adventuring in Morrow Project
"Desert Search"
Jul/Aug 1988
May/Jun 1987
January 1986
Does Anyone Here Speak Aslan?
November 1984
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