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My writing has slipped into the world in two waves:

bulletwhen I was fresh out of school and bold enough to break into the big leagues
bulletwhen I was fresh out of Corporate America and comfortable enough to make my contribution last

Second Wave

This wave consists of stories that have seen more recent publication below and those yet to see print.

Mystic Signals 2, Cover "A Particular Silence" in the Mystic Signals print anthology, but not yet at www.sorceroussignals.com
Three Crow Press May, 2009, illustration "Emergency Repairs" appears in May 2009 - Issue Three, Volume One, at www.morriganezine.com (Three Crow Press) Read it at
Bards and Sages Quarterly April, 2009, Cover "A Sprinkle in Time" is now available in the April, 2009, Bards and Sages Quarterly, at www.bardsandsages.com
MBRANE Issue #1 Cover "Time Enough for a Reuben" appeared in January 2009 as the cover story on M-BRANE SF
Read the issue here
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The Edge of Propinquity logo "Ledger Entries" appeared in January 2009 in the Guest Quarters, at The Edge of Propinquity
Flash-Fiction Online logo "Downstream From Divorce: A Drama in Three Acts" appeared in the March 2008 issue of Flash Fiction Online, presented in league with Mark Twain, Bruce Holland Rogers, James Van Pelt, and H.P. Lovecraft!
Jewish Spectator cover Fall 1996.jpg (2415786 bytes) "Here and Now" appeared in the Fall 1996 issue of Jewish Spectator You can read this story on my web-site
 

First Wave

I started my freelance-writing career while stationed in San Angelo, Texas, and I hit it big with a response from John W. Campbell to my very first submission to Analog or any other magazine, saying his queue was full, but try back in six months (see the letter). I did, but by that time, John had died, so Ben Bova bought the story (see the letter) and "Monster in the Waterhole" appeared in July 1972 with its own illustration, like this:

One of the original stories presented by that pioneer of on-line publishing Alexandria Digital Literature

 
Ben rejected my next couple of submissions with patient explanations, then from Anchorage, Alaska, I sent him a story he felt we could work on. After about three revisions, he bought "Violence on TV" (see the letter) and it appeared in February 1974, also with an illustration, like this:
One of the original stories presented by that pioneer of on-line publishing Alexandria Digital Literature
This story also crossed the Atlantic, or at least, I gave permission for Tschai/Fanzine de Science-Fiction to translate and publish it (see the letter).

My life got in the way of my writing then, not for last time, so after leaving the Air Force and finally starting a new career in technical writing (about the only way I could make a living as a writer back then) in Dallas, Texas, I connected with a great group of writers in Austin. They published a hardcover anthology titled Lone Star Universe, with my story "Fiddle Ess" as the main link to "hard SF," like this (no illustration this time):
Lone Star Universe cover.jpg (361325 bytes) You can read this story now at fictionwise.com