JAMES S. DORR: SF/FANTASY/HORROR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Poetry
“Existential Vamp,” THE RYDER, Apr-May 2023
“Last, Shoemaker Stick To,” THE RYDER, Apr-May 2023
“Let’s All Go to The Movies,” THE RYDER, Apr-May 2023
“Don’t Always Believe Everything You Read,” THE RYDER, Jun-Jul 2022
“The Vampiress’ Soliloquy,” THE RYDER, Jun-Jul 2022
“A Ray of Sun,” STAR*LINE, Spr 2020
“Parents,” STAR*LINE, Fall 2019
“Gourmet Warning,” STAR*LINE, Fall 2019
“Waste Not, Want Not,” STAR*LINE, Fall 2019
“Enemy Action,” STAR*LINE, Sum 2019
“Roadkill Doll,” STAR*LINE, Sum 2019
“Even Odds,” BÊTE NOIRE #27 (published 14 Apr 2019)
“Escalations,” ILLUMEN, Wint 2018-19
“What She Learned,” STAR*LINE, Sum 2018
“Never Trust a Vampiress,” STAR*LINE, Spr 2018; DWARF STARS (SFPA, Aug 2019)
“Oh No She Didn’t?,” STAR*LINE, Spr 2018
“From the Zombie Hunters Field Guide: Tracking the Zombie,” STAR*LINE, Spr 2018
“The Young Transylvanian’s Guide to Dating: Taking Your Date Home,” STAR*LINE, Spr 2018
“Wet Work,” STAR*LINE, Fall 2017; JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 14 Feb 2019)
“I Am a Walrus,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 1 Oct 2017)
“Land of Milk and Honey,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 24 Sep 2017); HWA NEWSLETTER, Oct 2018
“Musical Summer,” SFPANET (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association e-newsletter), 8 Aug 2017; JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 14 Aug 2017)
“The Vampiress’s Embarrassment,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 14 Feb 2017); HWA NEWSLETTER, Oct 2018
“Zombie Trouble?,” DISTURBED DIGEST, Dec 2016
“Her First Time,” BLOODBOND, Nov 2016
“Godzilla vs. King Kong,” DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, May 2016; THE 2017 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, May 2017)
“Plus-Size,” DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, Jan 2016
Untitled ( haiku, “death from below”), STAR*LINE, Wint 2015-16
“Necropolis,” NOTHING’S SACRED, VOL. 3, Oct 2015
“The Vampire’s Excuse,” NOTHING’S SACRED, VOL. 3, Oct 2015
“The Vampiress Reflects, NOTHING’S SACRED, VOL. 3, Oct 2015
“On the Other Hand,” GRIEVOUS ANGEL (uk — SCIFI-AND-FANTASY.LAND, posted 30 Aug 2015); FOCUS (British Science Fiction Association), Wint 2015-16; 2016 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY (Elektrik Milk Bath Press, May 2016)
“Animal Eyes,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 26 May 2015)
Untitled (“deer” haiku, JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM, posted on blog 17 May 2015)
“Aimée, the Casket Girl” (with Marge Simon), NIGHT TO DAWN, Apr 2015
“Tit for Tat,” GHOSTS: REVENGE (James Ward Kirk Publishing, Mar 2015); THE BOOK OF BLASPHEMOUS WORDS (A Murder of Storytellers, Jan 2017); ALTERNATIVE THEOLOGIES (B Cubed Press, 2018)
“A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 12 Mar 2015)
“Christmas Vamp,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 25 Dec 2014)
“Paranormal Botany,” STAR*LINE (Fall 2014); comment, SLASHERMONSTER.COM, Oct 2017
“Entertain the Concept, or, A Vampire’s Dilemma,” BLOODBOND, Nov 2014
“The Vampire’s Suggestion (Don’t Forget Breath Mints)” BLOODBOND, Nov 2014
“The Vampire Muses,” BLOODBOND, Nov 2014
“Valentine Vamp (‘And So to Bed’),” BLOODBOND, Nov 2014
“Sinister,” BLOODBOND, Nov 2014
Untitled (haibun, JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM, posted on blog 9 Nov 2014)
“Running,” LYCAN LORE (Source Point Press, Oct 2014)
“Cruella,” LYCAN LORE (Source Point Press, Oct 2014)
“Preversions,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 29 Sep 2014)
“Beware of the Dog,” GRIEVOUS ANGEL (uk — SCIFI-AND-FANTASY.LAND, posted 11 Sep 2014); THE 2015 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY (May 2015)
“Sign Me Up As Well, Quickly, ”STAR*LINE (Sum 2014)
“Night Whisper,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 23 Jul 2014)
“The Fiery Tentacle,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 23 Jul 2014)
“Misunderstanding,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 23 Jul 2014)
“The Poet Confesses,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 22 Jul 2014)
“New Listing On the NYSE,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 22 Jul 2014)
“You Can Never Go Back,” STAR*LINE, Spr 2014
“New Arrival,” GOREYESQUE (elec – Mar 2014)
“Bad Vacation (A Shadorma),” CTHULHU HAIKU II (Popcorn Press, Jan 2014)
“The Vampiress Dreams of an Evening in Innsmouth,” CTHULHU HAIKU II (Popcorn Press, Jan 2014)
“With the Economy What It Is, Maybe We’ll Take Any Job We Can Get,” CTHULHU HAIKU II (Popcorn Press, Jan 2014)
“In the Company of Wolves,” BLOODBOND, Nov 2013
“A Slice of Cheese,” SURRENDER THAT SASQUATCH AND NO ONE GETS HURT (Prospective: A Journal of Speculation, Oct 2013)
“Werewolves vs. Vampires,” NIGHT TO DAWN, Oct 2013
“Last Rides,” RADICAL DISLOCATIONS (Chupa Cabra House, Aug 2013)
“”Book Fair Buzz Is Not Contained Between 2 Covers,” RADICAL DISLOCATIONS (Chupa Cabra House, Aug 2013)
“Why He Ate His Hat,” RADICAL DISLOCATIONS (Chupa Cabra House, Aug 2013)
“Origins” (shadorma), JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 5 Aug 2013)
“The Specialist,” DISTURBED DIGEST, Jun 2013; THE 2014 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY (Oct 2014)
“It Would Be Wrong,” DISTURBED DIGEST, Jun 2013
“Terpsichore’s Daughter,” WHEN SIRENS CALL (Prospective: A Journal of Speculation, Apr 2013)
““Bambi’s Mom: The Next Generation,” JAMESDORRWRITER. WORDPRESS.COM (blog – posted 14 Apr 2013)
“Where the Vile Things Are,” NIGHT TO DAWN, Apr 2013
“The Werewolf Explains,” NIGHT TO DAWN, Apr 2013; DWARF STARS (Science Fiction Poetry Association, Aug 2014)
“Best Appraise that Diamond Fast,” JAMESDORRWRITER. WORDPRESS.COM (blog – posted 14 Feb 2013); HWA NEWSLETTER, Oct 2018
“Old Year Fading,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog – posted 2 Jan 2013)
“Burning Down Woods on a Snowy Evening,” STAR*LINE, Oct-Dec 2012; THE 2013 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY (Jul 2013)
“Why Not Let Zombies Vote?” SPACE AND TIME, Fall 2012
“Should Zombies Really Crawl from Their Graves,” ZOMBIES FOR A CURE (Elektrik Milk Bath Press, Nov 2012)
“Slow-Motion,” CTHULHU A LOVE STORY (Prospective: A Journal of Speculation, Oct. 2012); CTHULHU HAIKU II (Popcorn Press, Jan 2014)
“It Must Have Been That New Fish Food,” CTHULHU A LOVE STORY (Prospective: A Journal of Speculation, Oct. 2012); CTHULHU HAIKU II (Popcorn Press, Jan 2014)
“Proper Perspective,” STAR*LINE, Jul-Sep 2012
“The Zombie Requests,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog – posted 30 Jul 2012)
“Souvenir,” THE MAGAZINE OF SPECULATIVE POETRY, Spr 2012
“New Growth” (published as untitled haiku), SCIFAIKUEST, May 2012
Untitled (haiku, JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM, posted on blog 1 May 2012)
“From the Vampiress Mignonette to Prof. Abraham van Helsing, Currently Deceased,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog – posted 13 Apr 2012)
“How Things Change,” STAR*LINE, Apr-Jun 2012
“No One Wants to Run Through the Woods Naked Under a Full Moon Anymore,” STAR*LINE, Jan-Mar 2012
“The Last Typewriter,” STAR*LINE (runner up in “The Last Typewriter” contest), Jan-Mar 2012
“Landing,” MOON: THE EIGHTH CONTINENT (National Space Society of North Texas, Jan 2012)
“Expanded Mission,” ABYSS & APEX (elec – special issue, posted 25 Dec 2011)
“Monkey See,” SPACE AND TIME, Fall 2011; 2012 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY (SFPA, Jun 2012)
“Up. Up. And Away,” HALLOWEEN HAIKU (Popcorn Press, Nov 2011)
“Great Costumes!,” HALLOWEEN HAIKU (Popcorn Press, Nov 2011)
“No, but We Sang a Song in Front of the Chase Manhattan Bank,” FACEBOOK (posted 16 Oct 2011)
Untitled (2 haiku, JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM, posted on blog 9 Oct 2011)
“Vampire Economics,” FACEBOOK (posted 5 Oct 2011); HALLOWEEN HAIKU (Popcorn Press, Nov 2011)
“Dangerous Liaison,” NIGHT TO DAWN, Oct 2011
“Dating Sometimes Opens Up Unexpected Horizons,” NIGHT TO DAWN, Oct 2011
“Bloody Birthday,” NIGHT TO DAWN, Oct 2011
“And Suddenly the Poem I Was Working on Turned Into a Killer Robot,” DREAMS & NIGHTMARES, Sep 2011
“California Vamp,” VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE) (Sam’s Dot, Aug 2011); DWARF STARS 2012 (Science Fiction Poetry Association, 2012); FOCUS (UK – British Science Fiction Assoc Magazine for Writers), Wint 2012-13
“Ugly Vampire,” VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE) (Sam’s Dot, Aug 2011); WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2012 PROGRAM BOOK, Mar-Apr 2012
“Double Feature,” VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE) (Sam’s Dot, Aug 2011); HALLOWEEN HAIKU (Popcorn Press, Nov 2011); WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2012 PROGRAM BOOK, Mar-Apr 2012
“Night Life,” VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE) (Sam’s Dot, Aug 2011); WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2012 PROGRAM BOOK, Mar-Apr 2012
“Saving Places,” STAR*LINE, Apr-Jun 2011
“Lonely Zombie,” AMATERASU (Lulu, Jun 2011)
“Oops,” AMATERASU (Lulu, Jun 2011)
“Ways to Attract a Cat,” AMATERASU (Lulu, Jun 2011)
“If Only People Weren’t Made Out if Meat,” CHIZINE – elec – 18-24 Apr 2011
“Jumping Jack,” STAR*LINE, Jan-Mar 2011
“The Poet’s Cat,” BEYOND CENTAURI, Jan 2011
“Chagrin du Vampire,” STAR*LINE, Sep-Dec 2010
“Winter Wonder (2),” NITEBLADE (elec – Dec 2010)
“Unaffiliated,” JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog – posted 7 Dec 2010)
“Requiem for a King,” PAPER CROW, Fall-Wint 2010
“Moonlight Swimming,” ILLUMEN, Autumn 2010
“Sestina for Halloween,” ILLUMEN, Autumn 2010
“Fountain of Worm,” GORELETS.COM, 1 Nov 2010
“Mutant Hamburger Helper,” GORELETS.COM, 1 Nov 2010
“Hypnoto,” GORELETS.COM, 1 Nov 2010
“Sestina for Death,” STRANGE HORIZONS (elec – 30 Aug 2010)
“Whoops!,” HAZARD CAT (elec – posted 24 Aug 2010)
“Annchuck’s Dream,” TALES OF THE TALISMAN, Sum 2010
“Eight Top Vampire Hobbies,” PAPER CROW, Spr-Sum 2010; 2011 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY (SFPA/Raven Electrick Ink, Jun 2011)
“Origins,” STAR*LINE, Mar-Apr 2010
“American Beauty,” STAR*LINE, Mar-Apr 2010
“Second Chance,” NITEBLADE (elec – Mar 2010)
“Don’t You Laugh,” STAR*LINE, Jan-Feb 2010
“Blackness,” PAPER CROW, Fall-Winter 2009; HALLOWEEN HAIKU (Popcorn Press, Nov 2011); MICROCOSMS (twitter – fc)
“Show and Tell,” VICIOUS VERSES AND REANIMATED RHYMES (Coscom Entertainment, Nov 2009)
“Fire in the Hole,” SHAKESPEARE’S MONKEY REVUE, Jul 2009
“Appetites,” DOORWAYS, Sum-Fall 2008
“To Wednesday,” WINNING WRITERS (elec – as finalist, 2008 Wergle Flomp Poetry Contest – Aug 2008)
“Émile’s Ghosts,” ILLUMEN, Spring 2008; RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 2009
“What’s a Zombie to Do?” SFPA POETRY CONTEST – 2007: SONNETS (Spec House of Poetry, Jan 2008); THE HUNGRY DEAD (Popcorn Press, Dec 2010)
“The Fox,” RAVEN ELECTRICK (elec – Jan 2008)
“Auld Lang Syne,” DOORWAYS, Winter 2007-08; DWARF STARS 2008 (Gromagon Press, Nov 2008)
“The Assignation,” MOUTH FULL OF BULLETS, Wint 2007-08
“High-Flying,” NITEBLADE (elec – Sep 2007)
“Vinessa’s Pleasure,” THE VILE VINYARD: VINESSA’S PAGE (Sam’s Dot – elec – posted 4 Jun 2007 – “Vinessa Theme Poem Contest” winner)
“Blood Portrait,” THE GORELETTER (elec – 10 Apr 2007; 18 Jul 2007 – 2nd place “Exquisite Corpse” Contest); HALLOWEEN HAIKU (Popcorn Press, Nov 2011)
“Can Monsters Not Love?,” STAR*LINE, Mar-Apr 2007; SCI FI FAN 2 (4-14-08 Pasadena CA SF/F Poetry Reading souvenir anthology)
“Les Fantômes (29 August 2005),” DOORWAYS, Feb 2007 (1st place, first DOORWAYS Poetry Contest, “Acrostics”); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 2008; POET’S ESPRESSO, Oct-Nov 2008
“Aerie,” BARE BONE #9, 2006 (rcd Dec 2006)
“The Dead Don’t Dance,” ROGUE WORLDS (elec – 31 Oct 2006)
“Alley Thoughts,” STAR*LINE, Jul-Aug 2006
“The Drowned City,” THE MAGAZINE OF SPECULATIVE POETRY, Spr 2006; RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 2007; STORMWASH: ENVIRONMENTAL POEMS (The Grindstone, Apr 2024)
“Cold Haven,” THE MAGAZINE OF SPECULATIVE POETRY, Spr 2006; DWARF STARS 2007 (SFPA, Nov 2007)
“The Edge of the World,” BALTICON 40 PROGRAM BOOK (26-29 May 2006)++++; RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 2007; ABOUT SF (elec – posted 19 Jan 2011)
“Hive Dweller,” BONDAGE (Sam’s Dot Publishing, Feb 2006)
“Melissa’s Dream,” BONDAGE (Sam’s Dot Publishing, Feb 2006)
“Melissa’s Passion,” BONDAGE (Sam’s Dot Publishing, Feb 2006)
“Two-Head Mike,” POE LITTLE THING, Wint 2005-06
“Jazz Girl,” SPIDERWORDS.COM (elec – 31 Oct 2005); DWARF STARS 2006 (Gromagon Press, Nov 2006); SCI FI FAN (4-9-07 Pasadena CA SF/F Poetry Reading souvenir anthology); HWA Newsletter, Oct 2013
“Pas de Deux,” SPIDERWORDS.COM (elec – 31 Oct 2005)
“Winter’s Still,” PANIC (Sam’s Dot Publishing, Aug 2005); DARK METRE (UK – elec – posted 4 Sep 2011)
“Ratatouille,” DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, May 2005; RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 2006; AUSSIECON 4 PROGRESS REPORT 3, Jun 2010
“Dating Tips for the Dead,” AOIFE’S KISS, Mar 2005
“Metal Vamp,” STAR*LINE, Nov-Dec 2004; NITEBLADE (elec – Sep 2007)
“The Collector,” ILLUMEN, Autumn 2004
“Night People,” OCTOBER RUSH (SpecFicWorld – elec – Sep 2003)*
“Crows,” DUST DEVIL (Mutilated Muse Press, Oct 2002)
“The Sisters,” GOTHIC.NET (elec – 6 Sep 2002); DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Rat Girl,” GOTHIC.NET (elec – 30 Aug 2002); DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Dig We Must,” GOTHIC.NET (elec – 23 Aug 2002); DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Nocturnal,” GOTHIC.NET (elec – 16 Aug 2002); DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Annchuck By Daylight,” GOTHIC.NET (elec – 9 Aug 2002); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 2003; DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Bon Appétit,” GOTHIC.NET (elec – 2 Aug 2002); DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007); HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, “Gallery of Poems,” Oct 2017
“La Flamme,” YELLOW BAT REVIEW 2, Winter 2001-02
“Frankenstein’s Mistress,” STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS (Wind, Oct 2002); DECOMPOSITIONS (elec – Aug 2005); HOUSE OF HORROR (elec – UK – fcmg #18 2010)
“Revenant,” ENVELOPES OF TIME (ELECTRIC WINE horror chapbook, Aug 2001)
“The Worm in the Wood,” STAR*LINE, May-Jun 2001; Wise, Dennis Wilson, SPECULATIVE POETRY AND THE MODERN ALLITERATIVE REVIVAL: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY (Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, Dec 2023)
“Vibrations” (reprint from TOWERS OF DARKNESS), PENNY DREADFUL, Midsum 2000; DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Maya,” STRANGE ATTRACTION (Bereshith Publishing, Jun 2000); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 2001+; DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Cruel Lizards,” VIVANT LES MORT, Feb 2000
“Fog,” VIVANT LES MORT, Feb 2000
“Collection,” VIVANT LES MORT, Feb 2000
“Ice Journey,” AMANITA BRANDY 4 (Weirdbook Press, Summer 1999)
“Concerti,” MINDMARES, Winter 1998-99
“Annchuck, In Love,” CENOTAPH #2, Winter 1998-99
“A Little Night Music,” MINDMARES, Fall 1998; MICROCOSMS (twitter – fc)
“Dust to Dust,” FLESH AND BLOOD, Fall 1998; VIVANT LES MORT, Feb 2000; WORDS ON WHEELS (Bloomington [Ind] Transit display on city buses), Mar 2001; ROADWORKS (UK), Wint-Spr 2003
“Goings Forth,” THE CROW: SHATTERED LIVES AND BROKEN DREAMS (Del Rey, Nov 1998; Donald M. Grant limited edition, Feb 2001)
“First Come First Served,” PENNY DREADFUL, Midsummer 1998; TENTACLE POWER (advertising website for THE BOOK OF TENTACLES, Sam’s Dot, Dec 2009)
“The Madwoman of Pontoise,” INDIGENOUS FICTION #1, Aug 1998; CHIZINE (rewritten as “The Madwoman of Pontneuf” – elec – Apr 2001*)
“Chinese Music,” STAR*LINE, Mar-Apr 1998; RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1999
“Firelight,” TOMORROW SF (elec – Feb 1998); ROADWORKS (UK), Wint-Spr 2003
“Sur la Plus Grande des Iles Cyclades,” TOMORROW SF (elec – Feb 1998)
“Kiki in the Museum of Life’s Pain,” TOMORROW SF (elec – Feb 1998); HWA Newsletter, Mar-Apr 1999; RHYSLING ANTHO 1999; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS (Wind, Oct 2002)
“Night Child,” TOMORROW SF (electronic – Feb 1998); HWA Newsletter, Mar-Apr 1999; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS (Wind, Oct 2002); HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, “Gallery of Poems,” Oct 2017
“The Esthete,” TOMORROW SF (electronic – posted Feb 1998); PALACE CORBIE #8 (Merrimack Books, Spr 1999); STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dk Regions, Nov 2001)
“Musician,” EPITAPH #4, Wint 1997-8; EPITAPHS (Padwolf Publishing, Oct 2004)
“Leaves,” THE MAGAZINE OF SPECULATIVE POETRY, Aut 1997; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electric Ink, Oct 2007)
“La Méduse,” ASYLUMS AND LABYRINTHS (Rain Mountain Press, Nov 1997); SHADOW FEAST (Canada – elec – Mar 1999); STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); GOTHIC.NET (elec – 26 Apr 2002)+++; A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS (Wind, Oct 2002); THE TEARS OF ISIS (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, May 2013); HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, “Gallery of Poems,” Oct 2017
“The Yeti,” BLACK MOON, Sum 1997
“Arctic Landsape” BLACK MOON, Sum 1997; PENNY DREADFUL, Wynter 1999-2000
“Medusa’s Daughter,” STAR*LINE, May-Jun 1997; RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1998+; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); MEDUSA (UK – Hilltop Press, Jul 2005); WHEN SIRENS CALL (Prospective: A Journal of Speculation, Apr. 2013)
“Annchuck Rising,” PALACE CORBIE #7 (Merrimack Books, Winter 1996-97); SPIDERWORDS.COM (elec – 1 Feb 2006)
“Trail-Ways,” PAWN OF CHAOS (White Wolf, Dec 1996)
“Bal D’Enfer” (reprint from TOWERS OF DARKNESS), ROUGE ET NOIR #7 (Fall 96)
“Craving,” ROUGE ET NOIR #7 (Fall, 1996); PENNY DREADFUL, Wynter 1999-2000; NIGHT TO DAWN, Spr 2005
“Crocus,” CONTORTIONS #1 (Summer 1996)
“The Technician,” FREEZER BURN, Summer 1996
“Tarantella,” FREEZER BURN, Summer 1996
“Milkwood,” THE BLACK LILY, Summer 1996
“Wolf Weather,” THE 5TH DI…, Feb. 1996
“Canto (Evocare!),” DANTE’S DISCIPLES (White Wolf, Feb 1996); THE YEAR’S BEST FANTASTIC FICTION 1997 (Dark Regions Press, Mar 1998); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1998 (double volume for 1996 and 1997)+; THE BIBLE OF HELL (Pendragonian Publications, Spr 2001)
“Kohoutek,” THE 5TH DI…, Jan 1996
“Fire,” FREEZER BURN, Winter 1995-96++
“Flowers of Summer,” FREEZER BURN, Winter 1995-96++; PENNY DREADFUL, Midsummer 1998
“Witches’ Prayer: The Eve of Samhain,” FREEZER BURN, Winter 1995-96++
“Wolf Trail,” FREEZER BURN, Winter 1995-96++; THE 6TH SENSE ANTHO, Mar 1998
“The Westfarer,” DARK DESTINY II: PROPRIETORS OF FATE (White Wolf, Oct 1995); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1996+; Wise, Dennis Wilson, SPECULATIVE POETRY AND THE MODERN ALLITERATIVE REVIVAL: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY (Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, Dec 2023)
“There Is A Comfort,” DEAD LINES MAGAZINE #2, May 1995; MYTHIC DELIRIUM #1, Mar 1998; VIVANT LES MORT, Feb 2000; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001)
“The Resurrection Man,” ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT (Unnameable Press anthology, Mar 1995)*; FRIGHTMARES, Spr 1998; A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS (Wind, Oct 2002); GRAVE ROBBERS (James Ward Kirk Publishing, Mar 2013)
“The White Worm,” ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT (Unnameable Press, Mar 1995); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1996; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); THE SPIRIT OF POE (Literary Landmark Publishing/Angelic Knight Press, Jul 2012)
“Dreaming Saturn,” DARK DESTINY (White Wolf, Dec 1994*); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1995 (excerpt)+; HYPERION & THEIA VOLUME ONE: SATURNALIA (Radiant Crown Publishing, Nov 2017)
“Tree,” PALACE CORBIE #5 (Merrimack Books, Nov-Dec 1994); WIDDERSHINS #1, May 1998
“The Song of Shaarilla,” ELRIC: TALES OF THE WHITE WOLF (White Wolf, Nov 1994)
“The Instrument Maker” (reprint from TOWERS OF DARKNESS), FANTASY-SCOPE 3:1 (Oct 1994); STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS (Wind, Oct 2002)
“Mist at Evening,” WICKED MYSTIC #23, “Summer” (May) 1994*; WIDDERSHINS #1, May 1998
“Satanic Pastime,” WEIRDBOOK 28, Autumn 1993; PENNY DREADFUL, Wynter 1997-8
“Prayer to Lilith,” WICKED MYSTIC #22, Oct 1993
“Tamisina,” XENOPHILIA 6, January 1993
“Dagda,” GRAILS: QUESTS, VISITATIONS, AND OTHER OCCURRENCES (Unnameable Press, Oct 1992); RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1993+; GRAILS: QUESTS OF THE DAWN (Roc Books, Jun 1994)
“Trolls,” STAR*LINE, Sep-Oct 1992; THE 6TH SENSE ANTHOLOGY, Mar 1998
“Wind-Song,” WEIRDBOOK ENCORES #12 (Sep 1992); FANTASY-SCOPE 3:1 (Oct 1994); FRIGHTMARES, Spr 1998; VIVANT LES MORT, Feb 2000
“The Guillotine, A Reflection By Moonlight,” THE TOME, Summer 1992; MYTHIC DELIRIUM #1, Mar 1998
“Rain,” THE TOME, Summer 1992
“The Birdcatchers,” THE TOME, Sum 1992*; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001)
“Circles,” THE TOME, Summer 1992; MIDNIGHT ZOO Vol 3, 11 (Nov 1993)
“The Aeronaut,” AMANITA BRANDY 3 (Weirdbook Press, August 1992); A LINEN WEAVE OF BLOOMINGTON POETS (Wind, Oct 2002); HWA Newsletter, Oct 2013
“Cat Thoughts,” WICKED MYSTIC #17, June 1992
“Titanomachy,” STAR*LINE, May-June 1992; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); WHISPERING WORLDS (elec – Mar 1998; ebook vers. – Oct 2001)
“The Savage,” PSYCHOS (Mastication Publications anthology, Spring 1992); SEPULCHRE, Sum 1998
“Uzbeki Sheep (A Villanelle in the Manner of the Eastern Steppes),”@@ POETS OF THE FANTASTIC (SPWAO anthology, Spring 1992)
“Summer Cancellations,” PALACE CORBIE, Spr 1992; PENNY DREADFUL, Midsum 1998; DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“The Ice Coffin,” WICKED MYSTIC #16, Apr 1992; MINDMARES, Fall 1999; DARKER LOVES (Dark Regions, Dec 2007)
“Scavengers,” SCAVENGER’S NEWSLETTER, February 1992; FRIGHTMARES, Spr 1998
“Vampire Thoughts,” XENOPHILIA 3, July 1991; FANTASY-SCOPE 3:1 (Oct 1994); SHADOW FEAST (Canada – elec – posted Mar 1999)
“Landing Maneuver,” ULULATIONS, Sept 1990; THE 5TH DI… #7, Nov 1995; THE 5TH DI… (“James S. Dorr” issue, Apr 1996); JUST BECAUSE, Jan 1998
“Prejudice: A Child’s View of the Life of Reason in Form of a 21st Century Rondeau,” ULULATIONS, Sept 1990; THE 5TH DI… #7, Nov 1995
“Cemetery Dance,” DARK SIDE 2, July 1990; GENRE PRESS DIGEST, Jun-Aug 1994
“The Cat of Dragontorr: A Ballad in Style of a Villanelle,” SHOWCASE 7, Winter 1989-90
“Winter Silence,” THE NIGHTMARE EXPRESS, Nov-Dec 1989; GENRE PRESS DIGEST, Mar-May 1994
“Were-Being Split Personality Jazz,” ABORIGINAL SF, Nov-Dec 1989
“12:07 A.M.,” DEATHREALM, Summer 1989
“The Flight of Yuan, From the Phoenix Tower,” THE MAGAZINE OF SPECULATIVE POETRY, Jul-Dec 1989; RIVERRUN MAGAZINE, Spring-Summer 1995; STRANGE MISTRESSES (Dark Regions, Nov 2001); POETRY FROM THE TRENCHES (Carnifex Press, Oct 2006); KAIXIN (elec – posted 22 Jan 2009)
“When Dragons Strode: A Ballade Royal,” HIBISCUS, May-Sep 1989; STORIES & BALLADS (Moonletters Press, Nov 1996)
“Dragons’ Seed,” SCAVENGER’S NEWSLETTER, July 1989
“View from Miranda,” THE MAGAZINE OF SPECULATIVE POETRY, Jan-Jun 1989; THE 6TH SENSE ANTHOLOGY, Mar 1998; AUSSICON 4 PROGRESS REPT 1, Mar 09
“Pastoral,” FRIGHT DEPOT, Spring 1989
“Danse Macabre,” THE NIGHTMARE EXPRESS, March 1989; GENRE PRESS DIGEST, Mar-May 1994
“Satanic Numbers,” THE NIGHTMARE EXPRESS, March 1989; THE 5TH DI… (Special “James S. Dorr” issue, Apr 1996)
“Conscription: 2188,” DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES 26, January 1989; The 5TH DI…, Feb 1996
“Crow Weather,” CEMETERY DANCE, Dec 1988; PALACE CORBIE, Spring 1992; GENRE PRESS DIGEST, Jan-Feb 1994
“Haiku: Triad for Summer,” CONFETTI (Peak Output anthology, Dec 1988); THE 6TH SENSE ANTHOLOGY, Mar 1998
“The Hangman to His Wife: A Ballade Royal,” DEATHREALM, Fall-Winter 1988; STORIES & BALLADS (Moonletters Press, Nov 1996)
“Elemental Vamp,” ABORIGINAL SF, Sep-Oct 1988
“Snapshot: The Voyagers,” STAR*LINE, May-June 1987; POETS OF THE FANTASTIC (SPWAO anthology, Spring 1992); WHISPERING WORLDS (Mar 1998; Oct 2001); EXPLORING THE COSMOS (Science Fiction Poetry Assoc. – elec flier – 4 Mar 2012): MICROCOSMS (twitter – fc)
“Escape Velocity,” STAR*LINE, May-June 1987; POETS OF THE FANTASTIC (SPWAO anthology, Spring 1992); WHISPERING WORLDS (Mar 1998; Oct 2001); EXPLORING THE COSMOS (Science Fiction Poetry Assoc. – elec flier – 4 Mar 2012); MICROCOSMS (twitter – fc)
“A Neo-Canterbury Tale: The Hog Drover’s Tale,” FANTASY BOOK, June 1986; THE PALE, Feb 1987; RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY 1987
“Axe Murder,” MIDWEST POETRY REVIEW, July 1984; JAMESDORRWRITER.WORDPRESS.COM (blog — posted 6 Oct 2013)
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NOTES
*Hon. Mention, YEAR’S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR
+Placed, SF Poetry Assoc. Rhysling Award, long poem category
++Featured Poet, FREEZER BURN #3 (Winter 1995-96)
+++1st Prize, World Horror Convention 2002 Poetry Competition
++++1st Prize, Balticon 40 SF/Fantasy/Science Poetry Contest
@@2nd Place, World Order of Narrative Poets (Villanelle), Jan 1988
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