Fiction

Poetry

Lupine Metaphor, 1997: The evolution of a short poem through trial-and-error use of an extended metaphor.
Over The Ocean, 1995: To Cynthia, though probably an exaggeration, in retrospect.
Let Them East Cake, 1993: To Kathleen with love on Saint Valentine’s Day.
By You The World, 1993: To a lost friend, hoping she will find it.

National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To NPCs, 2008: Fictional testimonials from scarred victims of players of that fantasy game your mother warned you about.
Æsthete Hyt-Tyl-Tyl-Bas of the Veelab, 1999: An alien race and character write-up for The Lattice online multiplayer game.
The Unseen Eye, 1999: The origin story for an Aberrant table-top RPG character.
Malkari In-Game Backstories, 1998: Blue Talon Corp, Crimson Dawn, Diamond Cooperative, Emerald Combine, Golden Order Of Reason, The “Real” Backstory (from game manual) The backstory for Interactive Magic’s Malkari turn-based strategy game, told from each faction’s perspective.
War, Inc. Parts Descriptions, 1997: Parts descriptions for Interactive Magic’s War, Inc. real-time strategy game, written in the voice of a no-nonsense weapons tester.
Future History Of The HSL, 1997: The beginnings of a narrative and pseudo-science framework for my own science fiction universe.
A Moment Of Culmination, 1993: A short story based in the Lovecraftean Mythos which explores various facets of evil while mocking the Industrial Age and its products.
Isolation Of The Builder, 1993: A short story introducing my Future History and touching upon concepts of origin, being, and scale.
Cynwal’s Confession, 1989: The trials of youth lead to the attorneys of age in this dark fantasy short written in the second person.
The Missing Link, 1989: A short story asking what first defined humanity by guessing at its first human gesture.
Affidavit Of The Defendant, 1989: [Under Revision; ending was CRAP.] A Lovecraftian tale of three scholars who bite off more than they can chew in a re-discovered Norwegian castle ruin.
The Leaf, 1989: A science fiction short story based upon the plight of drug-addicted laborers in Central American cartel plantations.
The Cottontail Legacy: Part II, 1987: Fable noir—what even the Bothers Grimm wouldn’t tell you.
Commando, 1987: Awarded the 1987 O’Henry Award for Juniors by the Greensboro Historical Society, this short-short story takes a glimpse at the inner workings of a child’s imagination and reason.

Demifiction

The Past Through Today, 1998: The backstory of an Old Clan Tzimisce character enacted in live-action role-playing sessions with Black Rose Productions.
Such Is Gorbo, 1998: A journal of live-action role-playing sessions as a Malkavian prankster with Black Rose Productions.
The Life & Unlife Of Joerghen Kielvonbroud, 1997: A journal of live-action role-playing sessions as a Toreador Primogen with Black Rose Productions.