Fiction (Intentional)
Ok, like many people I there are times when I intentionally write fiction. Since I
doubt I'll ever get around to getting it published in paper form,
I thought I'd just go ahead and make some of it available
here.
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Short Stories
- "Ozymandius, Take
2"
(last updated 13 September 2002)
This is what happens after a decade long break from
writing fiction just to see if the skills are still
there.
- "A Meeting in a Dark Place"
(last updated 1 May 2004)
- "Under The Snow
Peaks" (was Wizards, was Stay the Course)
(last updated 7 July 2005)
Still needs some work
- "The Immortality Blues" (Aug, 2005)
Published in Strange New Worlds
9. (I'm told that if it's for spec it's not fanfic). I
won't post the story here, but if you want to see the
Annotations.
- "The New Buryin' Ground" (Aug, 2006)
Written for Strange New Worlds 10, it didn't make it.
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Short Story/Fragments These
generally have been written for a particular contests requiring a story
fragment. I am trying to not write in my normal style or voice. These
are
probably the worst pieces of fiction I've ever seen, much less
written, which means that they have successfully done what I wanted them to do.
- "A Haiku for the
Dead" - warning "contains some graphic material (December 2003)
The 2003 Oklahoma Science Fiction Writers Christmas Fragment entry.
- "Funeral"
(2003)
I don't remember what the heck this one was written for. The characters
are holdovers from some other things I've done.
- "Arms of Love Afire"(December 2004)
The 2004 OSFW Christmas Fragment entry.
- "She’s switched off the lights"
(3 June 2005)
This was for a short short story contest with the theme of "the sort of
stories you might hear over a campfire"
- "Lakpa Alma and the
lost Sherpa"
(December 2005)
The 2005 OSFW Christmas Fragment entry. Strangely, this one
didn't win anything... The theme was "bad science".
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"Captain Starr and the Mountains of Venus"
(December 2005)
This was my first planned fragment for this year's contest, but I went
with the other story.
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Short Stories by Jennifer L. Carlson
- "Bespoke Boots"
This one was written by my wife, but I figured needed to be shared
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Works in progress
- "Reflections/Confession"
(last updated 3 June 2004)
Still needs some work
- "Case 1988-102"
(last updated 12 December 2003)
This was meant to be a much longer bit, and may eventually be - if I ever
get around to it.
- "Bus Station"
(last updated 23 December 2004)
Still needs some work
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Miscellaneous
- Filk Songs
- Quatrains
Nostradamus like 'prophesies'
- Quotes
These people were
twisted enough to repeat things I'd said. What does that say about them?
What does it say about me that I'd make note of it here?
- Remail
Some email messages are worth keeping around.
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Nordic Saga Articles for my
local SCA group
Calendar articles:
Non-Calendar Articles:
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Novels
What Price Freedom? (A never to be finished
Novel) - warning "contains some graphic
material"
This particular work was an exercise in
frustration, and I present it as an example of what can happen
when you don't have a rock solid plan about where you want a
story to go. I know in general - it was supposed to be a
SF/Psychological Horror story disguised as a Western. What came
out was, well, tragically flawed. After the frustration I had
writing this much of this mess, I have no intention of ever
finishing it, or for that matter ever touching it again.
Please don't write to tell me you think it's crap. I
already know that (actually, it's not. The characters are
generally ok, the dialogue's pretty good.and so on. It's just
not worth the effort or time to save it).
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