Candhiga’s Corpse and
the Birds at the Edge of
the Sea – Lost Love, lost
identity and inter-
dimensional travel in
the anthology BARREN
WORLDS, from Hadley-
Rille Books.
the Birds at the Edge of
the Sea – Lost Love, lost
identity and inter-
dimensional travel in
the anthology BARREN
WORLDS, from Hadley-
Rille Books.
Living With Creely – This
story of lost fantasies,
won the MARY
SHELLEY
WOLLSTONECRAFT
SHELLEY AWARD, judged
by Pulitzer nominated
fantasist Mort Castle. The
story appears in Issue #41
of Rosebud Magazine.
story of lost fantasies,
won the MARY
SHELLEY
WOLLSTONECRAFT
SHELLEY AWARD, judged
by Pulitzer nominated
fantasist Mort Castle. The
story appears in Issue #41
of Rosebud Magazine.
Extensions – a
tale about the
new narcissism
appearing in the
Horror
anthology Read
By Dawn,
Volume 3.
tale about the
new narcissism
appearing in the
Horror
anthology Read
By Dawn,
Volume 3.
A Little Animal
Throb – A
housewife
discovers what it’
s like to be dead
in this surprising
ghost story,
Talebones, Issue
35
Throb – A
housewife
discovers what it’
s like to be dead
in this surprising
ghost story,
Talebones, Issue
35
The Meteor of the War –
A time travel story about
John Brown, Elephants,
and the Nation of Islam,
available in Volume 9 of
Paradox Magazine. This
story was short listed for
The Sidewise Award in
Alternate History.
A time travel story about
John Brown, Elephants,
and the Nation of Islam,
available in Volume 9 of
Paradox Magazine. This
story was short listed for
The Sidewise Award in
Alternate History.
What some critics have had to say:
"This author understands that you need to risk being melodramatic in order to be honestly
dramatic; it certainly worked for Charles Dickens and it works for Tisbert in this superbly
crafted story. With its spot-on descriptions of wasting illness, it candidly presents horror that
can befall anyone. It is no less spot-on in its depiction of human relationships. Finally, the
story refuses to take any of the sappy bromides as its theme: Not 'Love will endure,' not 'Faith
means salvation in the here and now,' not 'Imagination is the Balm in Gilead.' There is
something much bleaker and far more honest being said here—being said beautifully."
--Mort Castle
"(A Little Animal Throb) ...possibly the best story in this issue. A take off of classic ghost tales,
Tisbert mentions that it came from a dream. The prose is definitely dreamlike, pulling the
reader in and making the experience surreal with effective point of view shifts. The story
speaks of the loneliness of isolation, and of invisibility, before showing the reader that there's
a dark point to the plot."
--Michele Lee, The Tangent Short Fiction Review
"The issue winds up with Andrew Tisbert’s powerful 'The Meteor of the War.' It begins with
Jacob falling to the ground, hearing the slave-chasers beating the bushes; he’s dazed, realizing
that he really has been sent back in time, and the mysterious Investors who sent him offered
him a chance to make good. He is soon involved with John Brown and his sons, Frederick
Douglas... and elephants. What he wants, what the Investors want, what human beings on
either side of the Civil War want all move inexorably together in a kind of Fibonacci structure
to an intense climax."
--Sherwood Smith, The Tangent Short Fiction Review
"This author understands that you need to risk being melodramatic in order to be honestly
dramatic; it certainly worked for Charles Dickens and it works for Tisbert in this superbly
crafted story. With its spot-on descriptions of wasting illness, it candidly presents horror that
can befall anyone. It is no less spot-on in its depiction of human relationships. Finally, the
story refuses to take any of the sappy bromides as its theme: Not 'Love will endure,' not 'Faith
means salvation in the here and now,' not 'Imagination is the Balm in Gilead.' There is
something much bleaker and far more honest being said here—being said beautifully."
--Mort Castle
"(A Little Animal Throb) ...possibly the best story in this issue. A take off of classic ghost tales,
Tisbert mentions that it came from a dream. The prose is definitely dreamlike, pulling the
reader in and making the experience surreal with effective point of view shifts. The story
speaks of the loneliness of isolation, and of invisibility, before showing the reader that there's
a dark point to the plot."
--Michele Lee, The Tangent Short Fiction Review
"The issue winds up with Andrew Tisbert’s powerful 'The Meteor of the War.' It begins with
Jacob falling to the ground, hearing the slave-chasers beating the bushes; he’s dazed, realizing
that he really has been sent back in time, and the mysterious Investors who sent him offered
him a chance to make good. He is soon involved with John Brown and his sons, Frederick
Douglas... and elephants. What he wants, what the Investors want, what human beings on
either side of the Civil War want all move inexorably together in a kind of Fibonacci structure
to an intense climax."
--Sherwood Smith, The Tangent Short Fiction Review
The Inevitability
of Death – drug
crazed messiahs
and reincarnated
porn stars… read
online at Son &
Foe Magazine for
free, you cheap
bastard.
of Death – drug
crazed messiahs
and reincarnated
porn stars… read
online at Son &
Foe Magazine for
free, you cheap
bastard.
The Weapons of the
Lord Are Not Carnal –
Masturbating monks on
mars! Award winning
story in the L. Ron
Hubbard’s Writer of the
Future Anthology,
Volume 20. Available in
stores and at Amazon
Lord Are Not Carnal –
Masturbating monks on
mars! Award winning
story in the L. Ron
Hubbard’s Writer of the
Future Anthology,
Volume 20. Available in
stores and at Amazon
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Outreach – social workers and bureaucrats in the time of Heracles, in
the first issue of Yog’s Notebook. This is a surprisingly high quality
semi-pro magazine that should get more attention.
the first issue of Yog’s Notebook. This is a surprisingly high quality
semi-pro magazine that should get more attention.
Jasmine – It's a
parallel universe
story, a horror
story, and a love
story rolled into
one, in The
SUBTLE EDENS
anthology from
award winning
Elastic Press.
parallel universe
story, a horror
story, and a love
story rolled into
one, in The
SUBTLE EDENS
anthology from
award winning
Elastic Press.
New Release
Waking the City –
a new novella, now
available in the
gorgeous
anthology
PANVERSE ONE.
pre-release
currently available
from the
publisher, soon to
be available at
Amazon and
Borders.
Waking the City –
a new novella, now
available in the
gorgeous
anthology
PANVERSE ONE.
pre-release
currently available
from the
publisher, soon to
be available at
Amazon and
Borders.
The Rise and Falling out
of Saint Leslie of
Security – a novel about
abortion, stem cells,
cloning and mind
control, both evokes and
updates an earlier genre
style. The results read
like Erica Jong meets
Kilgore Trout. Available
in February from
Lachesis Publications.
Order from AMAZON,
Borders, Barnes & Noble,
or directly from the
Lachesis online store.
of Saint Leslie of
Security – a novel about
abortion, stem cells,
cloning and mind
control, both evokes and
updates an earlier genre
style. The results read
like Erica Jong meets
Kilgore Trout. Available
in February from
Lachesis Publications.
Order from AMAZON,
Borders, Barnes & Noble,
or directly from the
Lachesis online store.
