I don’t do a lot of short fiction, but over the years I’ve managed to collect a few. Almost all of them can now be found in my 3 collections, published by Bookview Cafe in 2014.
Fantastical Ramblings features fantasy stories in the more traditional form. Thanks to my husband Timothy L. Karr for the cover photo, designed by Maya Kaatharyn Bonhoff.
It looks like I have enough newer stories, some unpublished, to make a new collection: Magical Meaderings. Maybe in 2020
Here’s a full list, in no particular order.
I went crazy for Steampunk for a while. Steampunk Voyages features short fiction, an essay, a story written just for this collection, and a sneak peak at the upcoming novel The Transference Engine by Julia Verne St. John–my ghost writer. Thanks go to Mark Ferrari for this custom cover.
And finally, my few ventures in science fiction and some left over urban fantasy in Speculative Journeys. Thanks to Don Davis and his wonderful paintings for NASA for the inspiration for the cover designed by Dave Smeds.
“The Sword of Herakles” Olympus edited by Greenberg and Arthurs 1998
“The Divi” Treachery & Treason edited by Gilman & Heddle ROC
“Draconis Ex Machina” DAW 30th Anniversary edited by Walheim & Gilbert 2002
Reprint to Wolfsong anthology edited by M.H. Bonham Wolfsinger Publications 2008
“First Contact Café” edited by Greenberg and Helfers Space Station 2003
“Little Red In The Hood” edited by Greenberg and Helfers Little Red Riding Hood In The Big Bad City 2003
“Crystal Arches” edited by Greenberg & Helfers Gateways 2004
“Curse Of The Pendragon” edited by Greenberg & Helfers Slipstream 2005
“The Final Choice” edited by Greenberg & Hoyt Fate Fantastic 2006
“Stink of Reality” edited by Greenberg & Lickiss The Future We Wish We Had 2007
“Alien Voices” by P.R. Frost edited by Greenberg & Lickiss The Future We Wish We Had 2007
Reprint to “Rocket Boy And The Geek Girls” edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Maya Kaatherine Bohnhoff, Book View Café.
“More To Proof Than Truth” edited by Greenberg & S. Hoyt Something Magic This Way Comes 2008
“Not My Knot” edited by Greenberg & Hughes The Dimension Next Door 2008 reprint Dragon Lords and Warrior Women, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford, Book View Café.
“Museum Hauntings” edited by Greenberg & D. Hoyt Better Off Undead 2008
“Super Squirrel To The Rescue” by P.R. Frost edited by Greenberg and Hughes Zombie Raccoons And Killer Bunnies 2009
“It’s A Con World” RadCon GOH program book entry 2003. Reprinted First Contact Cafe, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford, 2014
“A Seedy Affair” Book View Café 2008.
“Of Rats And Cats And Teenagers” Book View Café 2008.
“Dragon Treasure” Book View Café 2008.
“Image Of The Beast” Book View Café 2009.
“Price of Command” edited by Dayton Ward Space Grunts 2009
“Signed In Blood” by P.R. Frost edited by Kerrie Hughes and Martin Greenberg, Girls Guide To Guns And Monsters, DAW Books 2010
“Shadow Dancer” Shadow Conspiracy, Tales from the Age of Steam Book View Café, 2009 edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Laura Anne Gilman
“Queen of French Prairie” Shadow Conspiracy II Tales from the Age of Steam, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Maya Kaatharyn Bonhoff, Bookview Café 2010.
“Dancing in Cinders,” Steampunk Voyages, Bookview Cafe 2014
“Little Miss Steam Engine,” Tales From an Alien Campfire, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford, Knotted Road Press 2015
“Image Of The Beast” Book View Café 2009.
“Sniff For Your Life,” Were edited by Patricia Bray & Joshua Palmatier 2015
“The Fall” River edited by Alma Alexander, Dark Quest Books 2011
“The White Swan” 2012 Gears and Levers #1, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford, Skywarrior Books
“Mirror Mirror In My Soul” 2012 Story Portals, Hedge Witch Collection edited by Larry Segriff
“Lady’s Choice” 2012 Story Portals, Katya Lady Assassin Collections,edited by Larry Segriff
“Pave Paradise” 2014 Amazon Kindle Unlimited
“One Burp to Save them All” 2016 How Beer Saved the World I, Skywarrior Books
“Hot Time in the Crop Circles Tonight” with Bob Brown 2017 Steam and Dragons, edited by Leah Cutter, Knotted Road Press
“The Orange Muskrat” with Bob Brown, 2017 Steam and Dragons, edited by Leah Cutter, Knotted Road Press
“Death’s Apprentice” 2016 Pulling Up Stakes, edited by Sanan Kolva, Knotted Road Press
“Litany of Hope” 2016 Buzzy Lightyear Magazine, edited by Laura Anne Gilman
“Humming Along” 2018 Whimsical Beasts, edited by Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Knotted Road Press
“The Natural Order” 2017 Children of a Different Sky, edited by Alma Alexander. Kos Books. A charity anthology for refugee assistance organizations
“Garbage In, Monsters Out” 2017, Debris and Detritus, edited by Patricia Burroughs, Story Spring Publishing
“Altered to Truth” 2017 Alternative Truths, edited by Bob Brown and Phyllis Irene Radford, B-Cubed Press
“Pixie Crystals” 2016 Wee Folk and Wise, edited by Deby Fredericks, Skywarrior Books
“Pirate Tea” 2016 Alternateas, edited by ElizaBeth Gilligan, Skywarrior Books
“Den of Iniquity” 2017, Nevertheless She Persisted, edited by MindyKlasky. Book View Cafe
“Dancing Bangles” 2018, It Happened at the Ball, edited by Sherwood Smith, Bundle Rabbit
“Forest Law, Wild and True” 2018 by Rachel Atwood, Second Round: a return to the Ur Bar, edited by Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier, Zombie Need Brains Publishing
“Illegal Citizens”, 2018, More Alternative Truths, edited by Bob Brown, Phyllis Irene Radford, Lou Berger, and Rebecca MacFarlane Kyle, B-Cubed Press
“Forgiveness” 2018 Alternative Theologies, edited by Bob Brown and Phyllis Irene Radford, B-Cubed Press
“Phone Calls and Lies” 2019 Itty Bitty Writing Space, edited by Jason Brick & Dani J Caile
COMING SOON: late in 2019
“Finding Home” 2019 Straight Outta Dodge City edited by David Boop, Baen Books
Unless otherwise noted, all stories authored by Irene Radford