Bibliography

 

 

 

 

Note:  Links to related websites are provided where available.

 

  1. Harry’s Car, Retard Magazine, No. 1, 1994. Red Menace Publishing.  Approximately 2,500 words.  A lawyer who wishes he was a cop drives like a jerk and lives to regret it.

 

  1. Trophy of the Hunt, Aberrations Magazine, No. 32, 1995.  Approximately 6,000 words.  A broken man struggles with alcoholism while leading a hunt for biologically engineered super apes.

 

  1. Conversations with an Old Man, Chasm:  Journal of the Macabre, Vol. 2, No. 2.  Approximately 5,000 words.   Exiled to an Arctic wilderness, a young man is drawn into a deadly game with an old shepherd who may be more than he appears.

 

  1. The List of Caliban Cade, Gothic.Net e-zine, January, 1999.  Approximately 6,000 words.  An obese government attorney resorts to slaughter when his world collapses around him. www.gothic.net

 

  1. Where Will We Bury Them?, Of Ages Past , Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1999.  Approximately 8,000 words.  A Red Army division tries to invade Finland, but is trapped and slowly chewed to pieces.  This was excerpted from my WWII novel, Hammer and Skull.  This is a link to the story itself:  http://www.angelfire.com/il/oaparchives/wwwbt062599.html

 

  1. The Old Man and the Sea Ate Me, Gauntlet, No. 3, 1999.  Approximately 6,000 words.  A man suspiciously like Tarzan finds himself locked in battle with a shark as big as a bus.

 

  1. Viva La BigAss!, Terra Incognita Magazine, No. 6, Winter 2000/2001.  Approximately 6,000 words.  Coco the sacred ho is taken prisoner by a bird-headed man in a sadly deteriorated future Las Vegas.

 

  1. The Brave Little Cockroach, Anthrolations Magazine, No. 3, January, 2001.  Approximately 6,000 words.  A 50-pound cockroach labors heroically to salvage a radioactively contaminated Taj Mahal, unaware he is but a pawn in a plot.  (Note:  this story was nominated for Best Anthropomorphic Short Story of 2001 for the Ursa Major Awards.)  www.sofawolf.com

 

  1. Partisans, Gauntlet, No. 6, 2001.  Approximately 6,000 words.  Cut off from his own lines by the Germans, a young Red Army officer rallies resistance against them in the Pripet Marshes.  This was another excerpt from Hammer and Skull.

 

  1. Shtriga’s Kiss, chapbook published by Anxiety Publications, 2001.  Approximately 4,500 words.  Count Ciano conquered every beautiful woman he met. After all, he was Mussolini's son-in-law. That is, until he met the Shtriga. http://www.blindside.net/smallpress/read/Exclusives/Shtriga'sKiss/

 

  1. That Summer on the Moon, Albedo One Magazine, No. 26, 2002.  Approximately 6,000 words.  Poplumina Percival Shakur travels to the lunar summer home of Odysseus O’Toole, only to find out he’s bitten off more than he can chew.  http://homepage.eircom.net/~goudriaan/

 

  1. The Favor, Behold, an e-zine of Anxiety Publications, 2002.  Approximately 2,000 words.  A Red Army officer must decide in occupied Poland whether to extend mercy at the risk of his own life.  This was also taken from Hammer and Skull.

 

  1. And A Snake Tattoo, Whispers From The Shattered Forum, No. 8, 2002.  Approximately 3,000 words.  “Mellon takes on tough tasks in this story: he sets horror in a mundane, even familiar locale, then sets out to make it as weird as an exotic setting. He also tries to evoke a snake as an innocent victim, a rare reversal.”  Tangent Online review excerpt.  http://www.undauntedpress.com/

 

  1. The Were-Jaguar, The City Morgue, No. 11, 2003.  Approximately 5,000 words.  A fanged dwarf wreaks strange magic in a Pre-Columbian horror story. 

 

  1. The White Whale of Europa, Black Satellite, No, 4, 2003.  Approximately 3,000 words.  “A genetically engineered animal resides on the terraformed surface of Europa. Created by a partnership of alien industrialists, the whale exists solely to be hunted by wealthy clients.”  From the review on the Project Pulp website. http://members.aol.com/darktreepress/bs.html

 

  1. The Goth’s Daily Grind, Quietus Magazine, Vol.1, Issue 2, Hallowmas, 2003.  Available on CD-ROM.  A disgruntled goth receives an unpleasant surprise that makes his day.  Order from:  http://www.quietusmag.com/Order.html

 

  1. Gates of Ai’Dann, Hadrosaur Tales, No. 19, 2004.  Approximately 5,000 words.  Mithras Pahlavi senselessly committed suicide by leaping into a hurricane, leaving his enormous Florida mansion to his vicious wife.  Or did he?  Note:  Hadrosaur Tales has recently changed its name and is now Tales of the Talisman.  http://www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/bookstore.html

 

  1. Two Heads Are, Premonitions, 2004 Relaunch Issue, Pigasus Press.  Approximately 5,000 words.  A gencode relies on his specially bred two-headed companion for everything:  sex, information, protection.  http://freespace.virgin.net/pigasus.press/premonitions.html

 

  1. Bell of the Clan, Zahir, No. 4, 2004.  Approximately 6,000 words.  A boy in medieval Ireland is sent to the land of the Sidhe on a quest for a family heirloom. Note: this issue is sold out.   http://www.zahirtales.com

 

  1. Neron Caesar 666, Sutekh’s Gift, No. 1, 2004.  Approximately 6,000 words.  Laenas, a retired gladiator, must battle demons from the pit at the command of a resurrected Emperor Nero.  To quote the editors:  “Written with pace and ceaseless energy from the first paragraph to the last line, Neron Caesar 666 is a dark and feverish foray into ancient delirium.”  .http://www.btinternet.com/~questing.beast/sg02.htm

 

  1. Et in Arcadia Ego, Aoife’s Kiss, No. 8, 2004.  Approximately 6,000 words.  An arrogant Olympic athlete competes in the manner of the ancient Greeks and learns a valuable lesson about real courage.  http://samsdotpublishing.com/contents.htm

 

  1. Don’t Worry, The Boss Knows All About It, Combat Magazine, Volume 2, No. 4, Fall, 2004.  Approximately 6,000 words.  A Red Army officer learns of imminent German invasion, but his superiors ignore his warnings.  This was a fourth excerpt from the novel Hammer and Skull.

This is a link to the story:  http://www.combatmagazine.ws/S3/BAKISSUE/CMBT02N4/BOSS.HTM