December 2009

"The Bear Girl," by J. Kathleen Cheney
other: http://www.lulu.com/content/4734106
Grandmother Bear wants Rosethorn to seek out a secret in the woods.
Publication: Wolfsongs Vol1, Edited by M. H. Bonham, December, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"A Very Merry Panda Christmas," by Rosemary Jones
publication: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/cobalt-city-christmas/8002082
A superhero's sidekick, Cobalt City's cutest man-panda, prepares a Christmas feast. Perhaps using the hideout's nuclear reactor to thaw the goose wasn't the best idea.
Publication: Cobalt City Christmas, Edited by Nathan Crowder, December, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Savage and the Monster," by Nancy Jane Moore
other: http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/BVC-eBookstore/
One story in a shared steampunk world that begins with Mary Shelley in Geneva in 1816.
Publication: The Shadow Conspiracy, Edited by Laura Anne Gilman and Phyllis Irene Radford, December, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: novelette

November 2009

"The Devil You Don't," by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
publication: http://www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/between.html
After a hard and long debriefing about her actions on the Groom Experimental Complex, Private Kat Alexander and the rest of Daire's Devils are sent on a covert assignment to deal with possible space pirates.
Publication: The Stories (In) Between, Edited by Greg Schauer, Jeanne B. Benzel, and W. H. Horner, November, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Novelette

"With the Shadows," by FJ Bergmann
publication: http://www.vampyrverse.com/
Vampyr Verse is an anthology of vampire poems, 3 of which are mine, and one vampire short story, also mine. The works included range from horrific to hilariously funny.
Publication: Vampyr Verse, Edited by Lester Smith, November, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: Short story

"Glutton's Purgatory," by Jaleta Clegg
story: http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue360/gluttons_purgatory.html
Carl used to love food, until it started talking to him. Now he lives in constant fear, and hunger. Can insanity be far behind?
Publication: Bewildering Stories, November, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: Short story

"Minor Details," by Jaleta Clegg
other: http://darwinsevolutions.com/wordpress/
Due to a misspelling, Mitzi and Lainey sell their souls to Santa.
Publication: Darwin's Evolutions, Edited by Darwin Garrison, November, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: Short Story

"Lace, Lavender Salts and Revenants," by April Grey
story: http://www.wingedhalo.com/mag/lace.html
While he was no gentleman, and she was no lady, they were still a match made in Hell.
Publication: Flash Me Magazine, November, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: Flash Fiction

"The Warlock and the Man of the Word," by M.K. Hobson
publication: http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/postscripts_magazine.html
"M.K. Hobson excels herself with a brilliant supernatural Western, bringing demons into frontier Colorado."
Publication: Postscripts 19, Edited by Nick Gevers and Pete Crowther, November, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Novelette

"The Princess, the Witch, and the Watchmaker's Heart," by Elaine Isaak
storyauthor: www.ElaineIsaak.com
A watchmaker born with his heart outside his ribcage undertakes a dangerous commission to find that life is more than clockwork and quiet.
Publication: Escape Clause Anthology, November, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Valentines," by Shira Lipkin
publication: http://www.interstitialarts.org/wordpress/?cat=14
A love story of data loss and retrieval.
Publication: Interfictions 2, Edited by Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak, November, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"The Egyptian Cat," by Catherine Lundoff
publication: http://www.totu-ink.com/
The romance and supernatural misadventures of an editor of Lovecraftian horror anthologies.
Publication: Tales of the Unanticipated, Edited by Eric Heidemann, November, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Blindsided by Venus in the House of Mars," by Nancy Jane Moore
other: http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/BVC-eBookstore/Book-View-Press/
A space opera love story
Publication: Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls, Edited by Phyllis Irene Radford, November, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story
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October 2009

"Things Never Change," by Camille Alexa
storyauthor: http://camillealexa.wordpress.com/bibliography/
Protecting the Princess of the Federated Royal Lunar Constituency is Mitchie Gleet's fulltime job, but fighting off carnivorous Centauri bartenders is a breeze compared to being the princess's only friend.
Publication: Bards & Sages Quarterly, October, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"High Pasture," by FJ Bergmann
story: http://expandedhorizons.net/magazine/?page_id=731
Human--or not--the narrator spends days with her beloved sheep, and is valued by her father--or not--for the results of her labor. When will the gods come again?
Publication: Expanded Horizons, Edited by Dash, October, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"The Trouble With Dragons," by Joyce Chng
publication: Jukeboxbard
Steampunk tale set in 19th-century China.
Publication: The Jukebox Bard, Edited by Mikki Kendall and Jamie Nesbitt Golden, October, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"Hell Is Lonely Without You," by April Grey
story: http://www.wingedhalo.com/extras/withoutyou.html
Stan's parents came to U.S. to pursue the American dream. What Stan got was a nightmare.
Publication: Flash Me Magazine, October, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: Flash Fiction

"Flotsam," by Elissa Malcohn
publication: http://www.asimovs.com/
A strange discovery during a pollution event haunts Mercedes for decades as she searches for creatures that shouldn't exist and who, like her people, have been rendered all but invisible.
Publication: Asimov's, Edited by Sheila Williams, October, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: novelette

"Damaged On Every Level," by Barbara Ann Wright
publication: http://crossedgenres.com/store/print/issue-11-print-amazon/
Three women embark on a dangerous mission underground. Who will make it out alive?
Publication: Crossed Genres, Edited by Bart Leib and K. T. Holt, October, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

September 2009

"Stoli and Solitude," by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
publication: http://www.talesofthetalisman.com/bookstore-v5.html
Danielle Ackley-McPhail gives us a glimpse into the life of a lonely man and the solace he receives from a humble visitor.
Publication: Tale of the Talisman Magazine, Edited by David S. Summers, September, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Moon Maiden's Mirror," by Joyce Chng
publication: Semaphone Magazine
He gave his name as Henry... His old name remained in China.
Publication: Semaphore Magazine, Edited by Marie Hodgkinson, Tabitha Polson and Freya Van Alphen Fyfe, September, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story
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"Faire Aria," by Kim Vandervort
publication: http://www.hadleyrillebooks.com/Renaissance.html
At first skeptical about her maiden visit to the Renaissance Faire, Aria discovers that the faire offers more than its fair share of surprises-- including an unexpected romance with a tournament knight who is more than what he seems, and strange magic that threatens to trap Aria in the faire forever.
Publication: Renaissance Festival Tales: Five Fantasy Novelettes Inspired by Renaissance Faires, Edited by Eric T. Reynolds and Gerri Leen, September, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: novelette

August 2009

"Taking a Mile," by J. Kathleen Cheney
other: Amazon
Viviana Fuentes is only a copy, but she's running for her life.
Publication: Writers of the Future XXIV, Edited by Algis Budrys, August, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Novelette

"A Matter Of Possession," by Joyce Chng
story: Crossed Genres
"Perhaps, in the end, it all boiled down to a matter of possession."
Publication: Crossed Genres, Edited by Bart Leib, August, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category:

"Soul Windows," by Jaleta Clegg
story: http://www.cyberwizardproductions.com/AbandonedTowers/fiction/soulwindow.html
Who is innocent? If you could look into a soul, the answer might surprise you, as Jim discovers one sultry desert night.
Publication: Abandoned Towers Online, Edited by Crystalwizard, August, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story

"Chimera," by Justine Graykin
publication: http://absentwillowreview.com
'Chimera' bends gender until it breaks. Even twins suffer a degree of separation. But Morgan Kaiser-Caine walks in absolute unity.
Publication: The Absent Willow Review, Edited by Rick DeCost, August, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: Short story

"The White Shield House," by Ana Cristina Rodrigues
story: http://kalkion.com/fiction/white-shield-house/470
A treasure hunter finds something that shatters her world.
Publication: Kalkion, Edited by F'bio Fernandes, August, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

July 2009

"Masks of War," by J. Kathleen Cheney
story: http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=757
When a soldier returns from war too disfigured to fit back among his family and friends, the Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department can provide some help.
Publication: Fantasy Magazine, Edited by Cat Rambo, July, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Spirits," by Jaleta Clegg
storyauthor www.jaletac.com
Tharg dreams of being a barbarian hero in an age when barbarian heroes are myths. He seeks his destiny on a moonlit night.
Publication: Abandoned Towers Print Edition #3, Edited by Crystalwizard, July, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story

"The Butterfly Dream," by April Grey
story: http://everydayweirdness.com/e/20090724/
They say butterflies are free, but you would want to be one?
Publication: Everyday Weirdness, July, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Flash Fiction

"The Sweetest Boyfriend," by Phoebe Matthews
storyauthor: http://phoebematthews.com/
When Mudflat's fortuneteller insists that anyone living in Seattle needs to know how to swim, her part elf boyfriend complies, sort of.
Publication: LongAndShortReviews, Edited by site editors: Marianne and Judy, July, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

June 2009

"In a Pale Room," by Camille Alexa
story: http://reflectionsedge.com/index.php/2009/06/in-a-pale-room/
A slip-reality world where anything can happen -- and does. But does anything really change? Really?
Publication: Reflection's Edge, Edited by Sharon Dodge, June, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Occupational Hazards of the Late-night Girl," by Camille Alexa
publication: http://www.42magazine.com/index.php
A short treatise on the bittersweet agony of being human.
Publication: 42 Magazine, Edited by Serene Vannoy, June, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category:

"Touching the Dead," by J. Kathleen Cheney
other: Amazon
A blind girl must use her special abilities to help solve a murder.
Publication: The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2, Edited by Mike Resnick, Eric Flint, June, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Novelette
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"Neat Alyssum," by Phoebe Matthews
storyauthor: http://phoebematthews.com
When the Mudflat fortuneteller is given an odd request for a client, she has to think fast to save a couple of nice people from a big mistake.
Publication: Crossed Genres, Edited by Bart Leib, June, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"The Mouths," by Ellen Denham
story: http://www.hypersonictales.com/hypersonic2/index.php?slab=the-mouths
Some blob-like aliens have vicious communication issues in this 1000 word story.
Publication: Hypersonic Tales, Edited by Jonathon Grimes, July, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Flash fiction

"When Alexander Died," by April Grey
story http://genspace.com/ctta/issue-12/tocframe.htm
June is determined to have a better world for her baby, someplace as far from Earth as possible.
Publication: Chaos Theory: Tales Askew, June, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short Story

"Promises," by Sheri L. McGathy
publication: http://tinyurl.com/nklhfy
PROMISES follows a warrior named Shay, who is determined to find the Spirit Blade that imprisoned her lover's soul and fulfill her promise to set him free.... by killing him.
Publication: A Time To... Volume 3: The Best of The Lorelei Signal 2008 Anthology, Edited by Carol Hightshoe, June, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"An Irdish Tale," by Jessica Reisman
story: http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4565
In the aftermath of genocide, an assassin is man`s best friend.
Publication: RevolutionSF.com, June 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"Our Lady of the Mantilla," by Jessica Reisman
story: Crossed Genres
Urban library fantasy set in Austin; you think you know what goes in the state library archives, but you have no idea.
Publication: Crossed Genres magazine, Edited by Bart Leib, June, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

May 2009

"Spiders," by Sue Burke
publication: Year's Best SF 14
The best speculative fiction stories of 2008, selected by Hartwell and Cramer for their annual anthology. My story is "Spiders," which originally appeared in Asimov's.
Publication: Year's Best SF 14, Edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, May, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short Story
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"Grandfather Paradox," by Katherine Mankiller
story author: http://www.katherinemankiller.com
A woman travels through time to prevent child abuse.
Publication: Electric Velocipede, Edited by John Klima, May, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"Running the Road," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
Some people think this is a virtual reality story, but it's really about risk.
Publication: Book View Cafe, May, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story
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"Salvation: A Flash Memoir," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
I didn't make up this fight scene.
Publication: Book View Cafe, May, 2009
Genre: non-fiction / Category: flash memoir

"Texas Woman Abducted by Aliens," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
The truth about alien abduction.
Publication: Book View Cafe, May, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"The Dog at the End of the World," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
I have a dog.
Publication: Book View Cafe, May, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"The End of Original Sin: A Meditation on Aikido, the Marq'ssan Cycle and the Elemental Logic Series," by Nancy Jane Moore
other: http://aqueductpress.com/
Maybe human beings can change what we call "human nature."
Publication: The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 3, Edited by Liz Henry, May, 2009
Genre: non-fiction / Category: essay

April 2009

"Shades of White and Road," by Camille Alexa
story: http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=1875
Sethily takes the only road leading from the only city, alone but for a talking suitcase, an optimistic blanket, and a fishing pole in love with a bucket.
Publication: Fantasy Magazine, Edited by Cat Rambo / Sean Wallace, April, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"A Light in the Wind," by Charlotte Boyett-Compo
story author" http://www.windlegends.org/fantastica.htm
You should always be careful where you stop and in whose bed you lay your head!
Publication: Fantastica Anthology, Edited by Rachel Kenley, April, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story

"Archimedes Nesselrode," by Justine Graykin
publication: http://crossedgenres.com
Call it speculative fiction rather, in which housekeeper Vivian Mare encounters a bespectacled heron, a bishop in a silver teapot, and a crew of naughty marmosets getting into the crackers.
Publication: Crossed Genres, Edited by Bart R. Leib, April, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story

"How to Deal With the Coming Crisis," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
We're all worried about swine flu this week.
Publication: Book View Cafe, April, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Passing," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
Teenagers know this story is about injustice.
Publication: Book View Cafe, April, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story
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"Spinster: A Flash Memoir," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
This story is about my mother.
Publication: Book View Cafe, April, 2009
Genre: non-fiction / Category: flash memoir

"The Scarf: An Interrogation in Three Scenes," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
It's just a head scarf.
Publication: Book View Cafe, April, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"We Are Golden," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
Not just another creation myth.
Publication: Book View Cafe, April, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

March 2009

"Great Reckonings, Little Rooms," by Catherine Lundoff
other: http://www.amazon.com/Time-Well-Bent-Alternate-History/dp/1590211340
Alternate History anthology with LGBT characters.
Publication: Time Well Bent: GLBT Alternate History, Edited by Connie Wilkins, March, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"42 Bus," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
I once knew a man in Washington, D.C., who never went anywhere unless he could get there on the 42 bus.
Publication: Book View Cafe, March, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"Happily Ever After," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
The shortest story I ever wrote.
Publication: Book View Cafe, March, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Sirens," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
A story inspired by, but not about, my mother.
Publication: Book View Cafe, March, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"The Hero Unmasked," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
Maybe we expect too much from our heroes.
Publication: Book View Cafe, March, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

February 2009

"The Silver Snake," by Laura K. Deal
publication Flying Pen Press
An undercover agent is sent to rescue a missing woman, but finds herself dealing with a multitude of sex-crazed insects and a love-struck teenager.
Publication: Space Sirens: Full Throttle Space Tales #2, Edited by Carol Hightshoe, February, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short story

"Objects of Desire," by April Grey
story http://www.everydayfiction.com/objects-of-desire-by-april-grey/
Will a mechanical lover ruin Glen's marriage?
Publication: Every Day Fiction, February, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: Flash Fiction

"Fortune," by Shira Lipkin
publication: http://sjtucker.com/ravens.html
A descent through the underworld - Inanna in Las Vegas.
Publication: Ravens in the Library, Edited by Phil Brucato & Sandra Buskirk, February, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"In the Water," by Katherine Mankiller
storyauthor: http://www.katherinemankiller.com
A psychiatrist may have to use the traditional methodology her grandmother used when a murder victim's wife refuses modern methods.
Publication: Fictitious Force, Edited by Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso, February, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story

"Thirty-One Rules for Fulfilling Your Destiny," by Nancy Jane Moore
story: Book View Cafe
A story in aphorisms that originally appeared in my UK-published collection. First North American publication.
Publication: Book View Cafe, February, 2009
Genre: science fiction / Category: short story
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"Names," by Phoebe Wray
publication: http://www.lulu.com/content/6023151
A spicy and spooky anthology of dangerous women stories and poems in the noir genre. "Names" presents a maniacal wayward young woman.
Publication: Backless, Strapless and Slit to the Throat: A Femme Fatale Anthology, Edited by Betty Dobson, February, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: short story

January 2009

by April Grey
publication: Northern Haunts
In Boston a woman awakes from a coma to find her monster is free.
Publication: Northern Haunts, Edited by Tim Deal, January, 2009
Genre: horror / Category: Flash Fiction

"The Angel of Fremont Street," by Shira Lipkin
story: http://chizine.com/angel_of_fremont_street.htm
A story of what we leave behind.
Publication: ChiZine, January, 2009
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short story