Author Biography and Bibliography

Novels:

Excavation, 1987

Daughters (with Melanie Tem), 2001

The Book of Days, 2002


Collections:

Night Visions 1, 1984

Absences: Charlie Goode's Ghosts, 1991

Ombres sur la Route, 1994

Decoded Mirrors: 3 Tales After Lovecraft, 1994

City Fishing, 2000

The Far Side of the Lake, 2001

Imagination Box (CD; with Melanie Tem), 2002

The Hydrocephalic Ward, Selected Poetry, 2003


Anthologies Edited:

Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry, 1982

High Fantastic: Colorado's Fantasy, Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1996


Novellas:

"The Far Side of the Lake," from The Far Side of the Lake, 2001

"Ice House Pond," In the Fog, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1993, and The Best New Horror: Volume Five, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1994

"Vulture: A Tale of the Penguin," The Further Adventures of Batman 2, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1992, and Tales of the Batman, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1995


Novelettes:

"Bloodwolf," Shadows #9, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1986

"Celestial Inventory," 1991

"In These Final Days of Sales," 2001

"Sharp Edges," Dark Terrors 3, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, 1997


Short Stories:

"Adleparmeun," Cold Shocks, edited by Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1991

"After the Night," After Hours, Win. 1995

"Again, the Hit and Run," Chrysalis 9, edited by Roy Torgeson

"Alan's Mother," Twilight Zone, Jun. 1982

"Ancient Grass," After Hours, Sum. 1990

"Andrew," Palace Corbie #7, 1997

"Angel Combs," The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, 1994, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1995

"Aquarium," The SeaHarp Hotel, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1990, and Best New Horror 2, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1991

"Archetype," Non-Stop, Win. 1995

"At the End of the Day," Dead End: City Limits, edited by Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, 1991, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1992

"August Freeze," Weird Tales, Win. 1985

"Back Windows," Gauntlet, 1990

"The Bad People," Fantasy Tales #13, 1984, and The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, 1988

"The Battering," Shadows &8, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1985

"Be Mine," 14 Vicious Valentines, edited by Rosalind M. Greenberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, 1988

"The Bereavement Photographer," 13 Horrors, edited by Brian Hopkins

"Bite," The Horror Show, Fall 1986

"Black," After Hours 3

"Blood Knot," Forbidden Acts, edited by Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, 1995, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1996

"Blue Alice," The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales, edited by Brian M. Stableford, 1992

"Bodies and Heads," Book of the Dead, edited by John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, 1989

"Boxer," New Blood, Fall 1988, and Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge, edited by Paul M. Sammon, 1995

"Boy Blue," Weird Tales 2, edited by Lin Carter, 1980

"Breaking the Rules," Narrow Houses, edited by Peter Crowther, 1992

"Brooms Welcome the Dust," The Ultimate Witch, edited by Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, 1993

"Brutes," Iniquities, Fall 1991

"Buzz," Mile High Futures, Nov. 1985, and Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Dec. 1986

"Carnal House," Hot Blood, edited by Jeff Gelb & Lonn Friend, 1989, and Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1990, and The Giant Book of Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1993

"A Cascade of Lies," David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination, edited by David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, 1996

"The Child Killer," Monsters in Our Midst, edited by Robert Bloch, 1993

"City Fishing," New Terrors 1, edited by Ramsey Campbell, 1980

"Close to You," Bones of the Children, Fall 1996

"Compulsion," Narrow Houses, edited by Peter Crowther



"Cornwoman," The Dragon, May 1989

"Creeps," Embraces: Dark Erotica, edited by Paula Guran, 2000

"The Crusher," Crimewave 5

"Crutches," Shadows #6, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1983, and 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998

"Cubs," Hideous Progeny, edited by Brian Willis, 2000

"Daddy's An Actor," New Mystery 1

"Dark Shapes in the Road," Night Visions 1, edited by Alan Ryan, 1984

"The Day It Rained Vaginas," Last Wave #3, 1984

"Decodings," Decoded Mirrors, 1992

"The Deep Blue Sea," New Blood, Win. 1989

"Derangement," City Fishing, 2000

"Derelicts," Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror, edited by Charles L. Grant

"Dinosaur," Asimov's, May 1987, and Dinosaurs!, edited by Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, 1990

"The Disease Artist," Dark Arts, edited by John Pelan

"Disturb Not Her Dream," The Ultimate Silver Surfer, edited by Stan Lee, 1995

"Does It Scare You?," Gorezone 8

"The Doll Thief," The Third Alternative #17, 1998

"Doodles, Sinistre, edited by George Hatch, 1993, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1994

"The Doors of Hypertext," Infinite Loop, edited by Larry Constantine, 1993

"Dune Shack," New Frontiers 2, edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg

"The Dying," Jabberwocky, Spr./Sum. 1992

"Early Morning," Owlflight 2

"Eggs," City Fishing, 2000

"Elena," Darkside, edited by John Pelan, 1996

"Embrace of Clay, Embrace of Straw," Call of Cthulhu 39

"An Ending," A Walk On the Darkside, edited by John Pelan

"The Enormous Lover," Last Wave #1, 1983

"Escape on a Train," Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 7, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, 1990

"Facing It," Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine, 1984

"A Fairytale," Pigiron 10, SF Issue

"Fairytales,: Arvada, 1990, and Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 12, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, 1993

"Family," Underground (Dark Horse Comics)

"The Farmer," Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 16, edited by Mary Danby

"Father's Day," Whispers V, edited by Stuart David Schiff, 1985

"Filmmaker," Chrysalis 8, edited by Roy Torgeson

"The Final Apprentice," Betcha Can't Read Just One, edited by Alan Dean Foster & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"Firestorm," Perpetual Light, edited by Alan Ryan, 1982

"First Rights," Space and Time 65

"Fogwell," Doom City, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1987

"Forward," Destinies, edited by Jim Baen, and A Spadeful of Spacetime, edited by Fred Saberhagen

"Frank at 26," Thin Air Wonder Stories, 1979

"Ghost in the Machine," Bloodsongs #7, 1996, and The Best New Horror: Volume Eight, edited by Stephen Jones, 1997

"The Giveaway," Shadows #4, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1981; 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, 1984, and 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories, edited by Al Sarrantonio & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"Going North," Northern Frights, edited by Don Hutchison, 1992

"Grim Monkeys," Tropical Chills, edited by Tim Sullivan, 1988

"Guardian Angels," Decoded Mirrors, 1992

"Halloween Street," Fantasy and Science Fiction

"Harvest Child, Elsewhere Volume 3, edited by Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, 1984; The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11, edited by Arthur W. Saha, 1985

"Heat," White of the Moon, edited by Stephen Jones

"Her New Parents," Weirdbook #23, 1988; 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"The Hideaway Man," A Nightmare's Dozen, edited by Michael Stearns, 1996

"Hideout," Other Worlds 1, edited by Roy Torgeson

"Hidey Hole," Masques #2, edited by J. N. Williamson, 1987; The Best of Masques, edited by J. N. Williamson, 1988

"Hijacker," Eldritch Tales 8: Hooks, Fear!, Mar./Apr. 1989

"Housewarming," Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 18, edited by R. Chetwynd Hayes, reprinted in Great Ghost Stories, edited by Jones and Hayes

"How To Survive a Fire at the Greenmark" (as Astrid Halsey), The Spook.com, Apr. 2002

"A Hundred Wicked Little Witches," 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1995; The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seven, edited by Stephen Jones, 1996

"Hungry," Borderlands 3, edited by Thomas F. Monteleone, 1993; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1993

"The Hunt," Dead of Night, Fall/Win. 1993

"The Hunter Home from the Hill," 2001, India

"In a Guest House," Greystone Bay, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1985

"In All Things Moderation," Fantasy Book 2

"In Control," Tales As Like As Not, Win. 1986

"In the Trees," Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4, edited by Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, 1990; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1991; The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, 1996; New Masterpieces of Horror, edited by John Betancourt, 1996

"Interlude in a Laboratory," Asimov's, Aug. 1981; 100 Humorous Little Stories, edited by Dziemianowicz, Weinberg, & Greenberg

"Jake's Body," Be Afraid! edited by Edo van Belkom, 2000

"Janael," Pirate Writings #8, 1995

"Jason's Nightmare," The Ultimate Super-Villains, edited by Stan Lee, 1996

"Jesse," Psycho-Paths, edited by Robert Bloch, 1991

"Jungle J.D.," It Came From the Drive-In, edited by Norman Partridge & Martin H. Greenberg, 1996

"Katherine's Shadow," Border Land #4, 1986

"Kiss," Dark Horizons 24 (Journal of the British Fantasy Society)

"Labyrinthine," Computer Gaming World, Sep./Oct. 1982; Tele-Match (Germany)

"Last Dragon," Amazing, Sep. 1987; A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic, edited by Margaret Weis, 1994

"Leaks," Whispers VI, edited by Stuart David Schiff, 1987; The Best of Whispers, edited by Stuart David Schiff, 1994

"A Letter Written to Gabriel After His Death," Aspen Anthology, 1979

"The Lie," 2AM, Win. 1988

"Lie Down with the Sun," Jimson Weed, 1982

"Little Cruelties," Cutting Edge, edited by Dennis Etchison, 1986

"The Little Dead Girl," Fantasy Macabre 5

"Little Poucet," Snow White, Blood Red, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1993

"Long Haul," Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine, Mar. 1983

"Lost Cherokee," Tales from the Great Turtle, edited by Piers Anthony & Richard Gilliam, 1994

"The Man Under the Bridge," Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers II, edited by Bruce Coville, 1997

"The Man Who Made Plasticware," Gumbo, 1978

"Markers," Cemetery Dance 2

"A Mask in My Sack," The Saint Magazine 1

"Mechanic," Chrysalis 10, edited by Roy Torgeson

"The Men and Women of Rivendale," Night Visions 1, edited by Alan Ryan, 1984; Vampires, edited by Alan Ryan, 1987

"Merry-Go-Round," New Pathways, May 1989

"The Messenger," Weird Tales 3, edited by Lin Carter

"Mirror Man," Decoded Mirrors, 1992; Best New Horror 4, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1993; The Giant Book of Terror, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1994

"Morning Talk," Horrors, edited by Charles L. Grant

"Mother Hag," Grue #5, 1987; Tales by Moonlight II, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, 1989

"Motherson," Masques #3, edited by J. N. Williamson, 1989

"Moths," Weirdbook 17, 1983

"The Mouse's Bedtime Story," Bedtime Stories to Darken Your Dreams, edited by Bruce Holland Rogers, 1999

"My Wife, With the Yellow Hair," 2AM, Spr. 1990

"Night Cry," Eldritch Tales 2

"On a Path of Marigolds," Fantasy Book, Nov. 1982

"The Orchard," Asimov's, Aug. 1983

"Out Late in the Park," Gathering the Bones, edited by Dennis Etchison

"The Overcoat," Night Visions 1, edited by Alan Ryan, 1984; 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1997

"The Owl with Human Eyes," Quarry 30/3

"The Painters Are Coming Today," Other Worlds #1, edited by Roy Torgeson, 1979; 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, 1984

"Pariedolia," City Fishing, 2000

"Passing Through," Deathport, edited by Ramsey Campbell, 1993

"Pathetic Fallacy," Tomorrow, Oct. 1993

"Piano Moon," The Horror Show, Win. 1985; Best of the Horror Show, edited by David B. Silva, 1987; The Definitive Best of The Horror Show, edited by David B. Silva, 1992

"Plainclothes," Cemetery Dance, Fall 1991; The Best of Cemetery Dance, edited by Richard Chizmar, 1998

"Playing Dead," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Fall 1990

"The Poor," Terrors, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1982; 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, 1984; 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories, edited by Al Sarrantonio & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"Preparations for the Game," Whispers, Aug. 1982; Masters of Darkness, edited by Dennis Etchison, 1986; The Complete Masters of Darkness, edited by Dennis Etchison, 1990; 100 Tiny Tales of Terror, edited by Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, 1996

"Presents of Mind" (with Edward Bryant, Dan Simmons & Connie Willis), Mile High Futures, Nov. 1985; Asimov's, Dec. 1986

"The Process," Gauntlet #3, 1992

"Pulled Down to Sleep," Eldritch Tales #11, 1985

"Punishment," Night Visions 1, edited by Alan Ryan, 1984

"The Rains," Dark Terrors 2, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, 1996

"Rat Catcher," Dark at Heart, edited by Joe R. Lansdale & Karen Lansdale, 1992; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1993

"The Regulars," After Hours, Spr. 1991

"The Reincarnation," Pigiron 10, SF Issue

"Release of Flesh," Deadly After Dark, edited by Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, 1994

"Rider," Night Visions 1, edited by Alan Ryan, 1984

"The Rifleman, the Cancerous Cow and the Swedish Memorial Hospital," Pigiron 11, The New Surrealists Issue

"Riverbanks," Grue #9, 1989

"Robin in the Mists," The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1991

"The Sadness of Angels," City Fishing, 2001

"Safe House," Winter Chills #3, 1989

"Saleb," Juice, 1977

"Sampled," Dark Terrors, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, 1995

"Save the Children!" Weird Tales, Sum. 1983; Weird Tales: Seven Decades of Terror, edited by John Betancourt & Robert Weinberg, 1997

"The Secret Flesh," Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 11, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, 1991

"Self-Possessed," The Horror Show, Fall 1986; The Definitive Best of The Horror Show, edited by David B. Silva, 1992

"Shades" (with Roma Felible), Flesh Fantastic, edited by Amarantha Knight, 1994

"Shadows on the Grass," The Nineteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 1983; 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"The Sky Came Down to Earth," Tales by Moonlight, edited by Jessica Salmonson 1985

"Sleep," Twilight Zone, Mar. 1982; 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, 1984

"The Slow Fall of Dust in a Quiet Place," Shadows and Silence, edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden, 2000

"The Soul as Mickey Mouse," Jimson Weed, 1978

"The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving," Chrysalis 9, edited by Roy Torgeson

"Spidertalk," Night Visions 1, edited by Alan Ryan, 1984; 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1994

"Spirited," Taverns of the Dead, edited by Patrick Kealan Burke

"Squeezer," New Crimes #3, edited by Maxim Jakubowski

"Stone Head," Shadows 5, edited by Charles L. Grant

"Stones," Constable New Crimes 2, edited by Maxim Jakubowski

"Strands," Nøctulpa #4, 1990

"The Strangers," Scare Care, edited by Graham Masterton, 1989

"Tall Skies," High Fantastic, edited by Steve Rasnic Tem, 1995

"Teddy Bear Winter," Magic Realism 4

"A Thin Silver Line," The Last Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison

"Ten Things I Know About the Wizard," Fantasy Book, May 1983; reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Sorcerors

"This Thing Called Love," Tourniquet Heart, edited by Christopher Teague

"The Three Billy Goats Gruff," Grue #3, 1986

"Thrumm," In Dreams, edited by Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman, 1992

"Time and the Exile," ConAdian Souvenir Book, edited by Jon Gustafson, 1994

"Tricks and Treats," Fantasy & Science Fiction,

"Trickster," Halloween Horrors, edited by Alan Ryan, 1986

"12 Minutes of Darkness" (chapbook insert), Chris Drumm Books

"Umbrellas," Nocturne 1

"Underground," MetaHorror, edited by Dennis Etchison, 1992

"The Unmasking," Phantoms, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Rosalind M. Greenberg, 1989

"Vintage Domestic," The Mammoth Book of Vampires, edited by Stephen Jones, 1992; 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, edited by Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, 1995

"Wake," Eldritch Tales #13, 1987

"Wanderlust," Tales of the Wandering Jew, edited by Brian M. Stableford, 1991

"War on the Downside," Extro, Jul. 1982

"We All Live On Sycamore Street," World Horror 2000 Convention Book

"Wet Kisses in the Dark," Hardboiled 23

"What Slips Away," More Monsters from Memphis, edited by Beecher Smith

"When Coyote Takes Back the World," Lands of Never, edited by Maxim Jakubowski

"White Rose," Quarry 30/3, SF issue, Canada

"The Woman on the Corner," Whispers, Oct. 1987

"The Woodcarver's Son," Offworld 1

"The World Recalled," Wormhole Books chapbook, 2003

"The World Through The Tree," Mythellany 4

"Worms," Night Visions 1, edited by Alan Ryan, 1984

"Writing in the Dark," After Hours, Sum. 1991

"Yesterday," Quietly Now, edited by Patrick Kealan Burke

"You Dreamed It," The Saint Magazine 2


Selected Poetry:

"All Shape-shifters Lie," Rough Beasts, 2001

"Ancient Astronomies," Velocities &5, 1988; Alpha Gallery, edited by Joy Oestreicher, Mark Rich, David Memmott & Charmaine Parsons, 1990

"Belly," Star*Line v16 &4, 1993

"Dark at The Door," Once Upon a Midnight, edited by Jame A. Riley, Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller, 1995

"The Dead Who Do Not Sleep Under Green Street," Once Upon a Midnight, edited by Jame A. Riley, Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller, 1995

"Digits," The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spr. 1997

"Directions for Killing the Automated House," Asimov's, Jun. 1981; Men of War, edited by Jerry E. Pournelle, 1984

"Dragon Lore," Dragons of Light, edited by Orson Scott Card

"The Dreaming Machine Acquires Arms," Asimov's, Aug. 1984

"The Dreaming Machine Acquires Legs," Asimov's, May 1985

"The Dreaming Machine Dreams of a Life After Death," Asimov's, Jul. 1986

"The Dreaming Machine Dreams of Death," Arc, Spr. 1985

"The Dreaming Machine Dreams of Drowning," Arc, Spr. 1985

"The Dreaming Machine Dreams of Its Creators," Arc, Spr. 1985

"The Dreaming Machine Dreams of Other Machines," Asimov's, Oct. 1984

"The Dreaming Machine Dreams of the Future," Asimov's, Apr. 1985

"The Dreaming Machine's First Dream," Asimov's, Jun. 1984

"ESP," Asimov's, Jul. 1982; Burning with a Vision, edited by Robert Frazier, 1984

"Genital," The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spr. 1997

"Ghost Signs," Eldritch Tales #14, 1987

"Head," Asimov's, Oct. 1992

"Heart," The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spr. 1997

"The Hydrocephalic Ward," The Bennington Review

"Light & Dark in Poudre Canyon," Puerto del Sol, 1981

"Lighting the Colony," 1980; Burning with a Vision, edited by Robert Frazier, 1984

"Limbs," The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spr. 1997

"The Little Match Girl," Black Swan, White Raven, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1997

"Looking Back at Apollo," Poly: New Speculative Writing, edited by Lee Ballentine, 1989; Technology in American Literature, edited by Monahan and Nolan

"Lung," The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spr. 1997

"Muscle," The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spr. 1997

"The New Weather" (as Steve Rasnic), Space & Time, Jan. 1980; Men of War, edited by Jerry E. Pournelle, 1984

"Nightcrawlers," Weirdbook #26, 1991

"No Man Is," Velocities #5, 1988

"Nocturne," Blood Is Not Enough, edited by Ellen Datlow, 1989

"The Other State," Pandora

"Poe's Grave," Once Upon a Midnight, edited by Jame A. Riley, Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller, 1995

"Shreve House," Once Upon a Midnight, edited by Jame A. Riley, Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller, 1995

"Skin," Psychos: An Anthology of Psychological Horror in Verse, edited by Michael A. Arnzen, 1992; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1993

"Syrup," Asimov's, Mid-Dec. 1982; Burning with a Vision, edited by Robert Frazier, 1984

"Time Machines," The Magazine of Speculative Poetry v3 #2, 1991

"Ulcer," TransVersions #3, 1995

"Vedauwoo, Wyoming," A Nation Within


Vignettes:

"The Adoptions," Drabble II: Double Century, edited by Rob Meades & David B. Wake, 1990

"After Work," Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998

"Among the Old," Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, 1988

"The Assassination," Center 9, 1976

"At the Bureau," Shadows #3, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1980; 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, 1984; The Best of Shadows, edited by Charles L. Grant, 1988; 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories, edited by Al Sarrantonio & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"The Burdens," Dante's Disciples, edited by Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, 1996

"The Carving," Argosy Quarterly #3

"The Cough," Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998

"Daddy," Footsteps #7, 1986; 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"Daytimer," Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998

"December," Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998

"Denegare Spasticus," The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases

"Devourings," Air Fish, edited by Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, 1993

"A Dream of the Dead," Album Zutique #1

"Each Day," Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998

"The End of the Yarn," Weirdbook #19, 1984

"Espectare Necrosis," The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases

"Garden The," Autumn, Deathrealm, Sum. 1994

"Houses Creaking in the Wind," Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998

"L Is for Love," Footsteps #8, 1987

"Merry X," Wormhole Books Xmas Card, 2003

"Mouths," 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, edited by Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, 1995

"Night, The Endless Snowfall," Eldritch Tales #12, 1986

"Origami Bird," Wormhole Books July 5 card, 2002

"Presage," All Hallows #8, 1995

"Re: Vision," Pulphouse, Sep.-Oct. 1992; Swashbuckling Editor Stories, edited by John Gregory Betancourt, 1993

"Sirens," Weird Tales, Win. 1992-93

"Taking Down the Tree," Pulphouse, Dec. 1991; Best New Horror 3, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1992

"There's No Such Thing as Monsters," Fantasy and Terror #3, 1984; 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1994

"The Visible Man," New Pathways, Sep. 1990

"Voices in the Dark," Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1998


Selected Non-fiction:

"A Condemned Man," October Dreams, edited by Chizmar & Morrish, 2000

"Fictional Horror and the Horrors of Real Life," Horrorstruck

"Late Night Thoughts on Horror Fiction," The Horror Show, Fall 1986

"Let the Darkness In," Gauntlet, 1990

"The New Gothic," Necrofile

"Off the Subject I: On Genre, Magical Realism, and Writing Seriously," The Horror Show, Sum. 1987

"Off the Subject II: Background and Foreground," The Horror Show, Fall 1987

"One View: Creating Character in Fantasy and Horror Fiction," How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by J. N. Williamson, 1987

"Writing As A Way of Knowing," Necrofile


Collaborations Between Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem:

Beautiful Strangers 1992, Roadkill Press chapbook

"Empty Morning," The Many Faces of Van Helsing, edited by Jeanne Cavelos Kite, Fall 1990

"Lost," Imagination Fully Dilated, edited by Alan M. Clark & Elizabeth Engstrom, 1998

"Mama," Sisters of the Night, edited by Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, 1995

The Man on the Ceiling (Chapbook), 2000

"The Marriage," Love in Vein, edited by Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, 1994

"Mask of The Hero," Chilled To the Bone, edited by Robert T. Garcia, 1991

"More Than Should Be Asked," The Scream Factory, Fall 1994

"North," Extremes 2, edited by Brian Hopkins

"Nvumbi," Xanadu 3, edited by Jane Yolen, 1995

"The Perfect Diamond," Fantastic Worlds v1 #1, 1996

"Pit's Edge," Mondo Zombie, edited by John Skipp

"Prosthesis," Asimov's, Jun. 1986

"Resettling," Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghastly Horror, edited by Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, 1989; Nursery Crimes, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, 1993

"Safe at Home," Hottest Blood, edited by Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, 1993; The Best New Horror: Volume Five, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, 1994

"The Sing," SF International #1, 1987

"The Tenth Scholar," The Ultimate Dracula, edited by Byron Preiss, David Kellor & Megan Miller, 1991; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, 1992

"This Icy Region My Heart Encircles," The Ultimate Frankenstein, editd by Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, 1991