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"Save Me Plz"

   

"Transformations"

   

"Blood of Virgins"

Bibliography

 

"Family Tree"
- The Way of the Wizard, edited by John Joseph Adams, Prime Books,
November 2010

 

"The Skull-Faced City" (a sequel to "The Skull-Faced Boy")
- The Living Dead 2, edited by John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books,
Fall 2010

 

 
"Cats in Victory"
- Lightspeed, Upcoming

 

"Red Road"
- Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Issue 9, July 2008 		 

"Transformations"
- Realms of Fantasy, December 2007 		 
The cover of the December 2007 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine.

"Save Me Plz"
- Realms of Fantasy, October 2007
- Escape Pod, Episode 124, September 2007
- Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2008, edited by Rich Horton, Prime Books, July 2008
- Locus Magazine's 2007 Recommended Reading List 		 
The cover of the anthology Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2008.
The cover of the October 2007 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine.

"Blood of Virgins"
- Realms of Fantasy, October 2006
- Escape Pod, Episode 88, January 2007 		 
The cover of the October 2006 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine.

"Veil of Ignorance"
- All The Rage This Year: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology 3, edited by Keith Olexa, Phobos Books, September 2004
- MechMuse, March/April 2006 		 
The cover of the anthology All the Rage This Year.

"Seeds-for-Brains"
- Realms of Fantasy, June 2003 		 
The cover of the June 2003 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine.

"Seven Brothers, Cruel"
- Realms of Fantasy, December 2002 		 
The cover of the December 2002 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine.

"They Go Bump"
- Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Olexa, September 2002
       * Locus magazine 2002 Recommended Reading List - Anthologies
- Esli No. 5, 2003 (Russia) 		 
The cover of the anthology Empire of Dreams and Miracles.The cover of Esli magazine, No. 5 2003

"The Prize"
- Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Olexa, September 2002
       * Locus magazine 2002 Recommended Reading List - Anthologies
- Esli No. 2, 2004 (Russia) 		 
The cover of Esli magazine, No. 2 2004.

"The Skull-Faced Boy"
- The Living Dead, edited by John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, September 2008
       * Listed by Publisher's Weekly as one of the Best Books of the Year
       - Translated into Spanish as Zombies, Minotauro, 2009
- Pseudopod, Episode 94, June 2008
- Gothic.net, March 2002

    
The cover of the anthology The Living Dead edited by John Joseph Adams

"The Disciple"
- Weird Tales #328, Summer 2002
- Dead But Dreaming, edited by Keith Herber and Kevin Ross, DarkTales Publications, May 2002. Reprinted by Miskatonic River Press, Fall 2008
- Pseudopod, Episode 48, July 2007 		 
The cover of the anthology Dead But DreamingThe cover of the Summer 2002 issue of Weird Tales magazine.

"The Black Bird"
- The Dragon Done It, edited by Eric Flint and Mike Resnick, Baen books, March 2008
- New Voices in Science Fiction, edited by Mike Resnick, DAW books, December 2003
       * Locus magazine 2003 Recommended Reading List - Anthologies
- Gothic.net, August 2000

 
The cover of the anthology The Dragon Done It.
The cover of the anthology New Voices in Science Fiction.

"The Second Rat"
- On Spec, Spring 2002
- MechMuse, March/April 2006

 
The cover of the Spring 2002 issue of On Spec magazine.

"The Cold Beach"
- The Pequod, Colby College Literary Magazine, Autumn 1999

 
The Autumn 1999 issue of The Pequod magazine.

"The Trial of Thomas Jefferson"
- Cicada, July/August 2003

 
The cover of the July/August 2003 issue of Cicada magazine.

"Lest We Forget"
- Asimov's web site 1998
- READ, Feb 1998
- Learning English: Green Line New, Klett, 2000 (Germany)
- Learning English: Red Line New, Klett, 2000 (Germany)
- First Prize, 1997 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing

 
The cover of the textbook Learning English: Green Line NewThe cover of the February 1998 issue of READ magazine.

"Pomegranate Heart"
- Merlyn's Pen, April/May 1997
- Third Runner-up, 1997 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing

 
The cover of the April/May 1997 issue of Merlyn's Pen magazine.

"The Sorcerer and the Charlatan"
- Merlyn's Pen, Feb/March 1996

 
The cover of the February/March 1996 issue of Merlyn's Pen magazine.

"The Rats of War"
- The Longmeadow Journal of Young Writers, 1994-1995 Awards Anthology

 
              

"Recreational Suicide"
- Gold Award, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1995 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

 
              

"Guilty as Charged"
- READ, May 1995
- 1st Place Fiction, 17th Annual READ Writing and Art Awards 1995

 
The cover of the May 1995 issue of READ magazine.

"Special Effects"
- Cyberkids #1, 1995
- 1st Prize, Mountain Lake Software's International Story Contest 1994