Frederation

This is a running list of my published and soon-to-be-published fiction.  I’ll add links to the books/magazines/webzines and stories whenever possible, as they become available.

If you’ve read any of these, feel free to comment here on the blog, or contact me via e-mail: SFFWarren <at> gmail.com

August 2008: “Redemption” in Postcards From… (‘zine no longer available)
An alien delegation has arrived on Earth, but their intentions are anything but peaceful.  Can a time-traveling sniper change history?

September 2008: “The Devil’s Temp” in A Fly in Amber
An office temp gets an assignment that might just change his life…or afterlife.

October 2008: “Intervention” in Sand: A Journal of Strange Tales (Vol 2 & Year One Anthology)
A strange tale of greed, grotesquery, and alien abduction.

October 2008: “A Taste of Honey” in Residential Aliens
“Homemade with love since 1860,” the sign said, but there was something odd about the girl selling the honey.

November 2008: “Belphemor’s Minion” in Sorcerous Signals
Every evil wizard needs a minion, but Belphemor’s new recruit might be more help than he wants.

December 2008: “Mound of Mud” in MindFlights
Georgia mud sometimes has a mind of its own.

December 10, 2008: “Little Piece of Cloth” in Every Day Fiction, also in Best of Every Day Fiction 2009 Anthology, January, 2010.
As alien artifacts go, it didn’t look like much, at first…

January 27, 2009: “For Fashion’s Sake” in Every Day Fiction
One day, you’re in…the next day, you’re out.  How far would Candace go to stay in?

April 2009: “Our Lady of Chagrin” in Beyond Centauri
The river had a magic, and she was part of it.

April 5, 2009: “The Time-Share” in Brain Harvest
They said he was lucky, but there are penalties worse than life in prison.

June 2009: “A Quiet Afternoon at the Alabaster County Ladies’ Sewing Circle and Patchwork Society” in Residential Aliens
“Tsk. It’s a shame, I tell you. Laura Parsons had her whole life spread out before her, and to lose her head over some young scoundrel…scandalous, simply scandalous.”

September 2009: “Prison Dreams” in Niteblade Magazine of Fantasy and Horror
There are many ways to break a man’s spirit in this prison, but Davis Trent’s cellmate knows the only way to survive.

September 13, 2009: “Weightless,” in Every Day Fiction
Sharon thought it would be fun to live in Japan and teach English, but now she’s having a little trouble with gravity.

October 9, 2009: “One Smile at a Time” in MindFlights
Everyone knew there was something special about Penny Williams. Could one little girl change the world?

October 10, 2009: “Of All Things, Seen and Unseen,” in Residential Aliens
“Sister Claudia.” The voice flitted above the roar, dancing on the edge of audibility. A mishap in space creates a crisis of faith for a young member of a unique religious community.

October 10, 2009: “Flashback” in Everyday Weirdness
A brief descent into madness that reminds us that for every panacea, there’s a side effect.

November 2009: Novel Debut! The Muse, from Splashdown Books
Stan Marino needs a muse. He’s written himself into a corner…again. A shot of inspiration is all he needs to finish his story…where will he find it? Stan doesn’t realize that inspiration has found him, and it’s about to take over his life.

Late 2009/Early 2010: “The Silver Tree” in Kaleidotrope
It didn’t look like a tree then, and she almost missed it–two fragile, lacy blades glistening a few inches above the sticky brown soil.

April 2010: “The Chamber of Doors” in Bards & Sages Quarterly
A traveling scholar steals a piece of fruit and discovers a unique flavor of justice.