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The Corrupted Necrofile

(Humorous Sci-Fi/horror)

volume 3, issue 3, December, 2007

With a substantial investment that he had been able to make, thanks to a generous uncle of his who had passed away at a convenient time, Jacob had established the “Stay-in-Touch Resting Place and Funeral Home”, a place where (as his attractive advertisement said) you didn’t only visit the grave of your loved ones – you were able to Come and Spend Time (TM) with them.

Maximum Entropy,  in the RUINS: Terra

collection (Hadley Rille Books)

August, 2007 [Science Fiction]

He watched his field with pride. This year, he knew, the harvest would be much bigger. He had learnt from the mistakes of the previous year. He was contented and at peace with himself – too smug, one might have thought, for a person who had wiped out ninety-five percent of the population of Earth.

 Wild Hormones, in The "Animal Magnetism" anthology, December 2005.

The sun was low over the horizon and the hot summer day had cooled down a little. Elvis sat on the wooden porch, outside the barber’s shop, watching the dust that swirled lazily in the middle of the empty street. He was on the lookout for Bella. He knew that she would come, and he waited. He waited patiently.

 May I Watch the Game, Daddy?
in "Nocturne Issue 4", November 2005

[Horror Story].

“I know, I know. But you have been missing school a lot, lately,” he started.

“But that’s not my fault! You agreed to let me watch the game last month, and that was late too. And I stayed home the next day…”
 

“That was because your Aunt Larissa died,” Sandy retorted impatiently. “We didn’t plan that. We wanted to keep your mind off it, that’s all. We can’t arrange for somebody to die every time there is a game you want to see,” she added acidly.

Going to Marlborough, in "All Hallows #36", the journal of The Ghost Story Society, June 2004.

“Can you help me, please, sir?”

“How?” I asked, confused by his sudden plea. “I don’t live here. I am only visiting. If you need a lawyer I could recommend one to you…”

“With advice,” he interrupted me. “I need sound advice from a person of knowledge and experience. It will cost you only ten minutes of your time. Can you spare ten minutes?”

Maximum Entropy,  in Apocalypse Fiction Magazine, June 8, 2004 [Science Fiction].

He watched his field with pride. This year, he knew, the harvest would be much bigger. He had learnt from the mistakes of the previous year. He was contented and at peace with himself – too smug, one might have thought, for a person who had wiped out ninety-five percent of the population of Earth.

The Blue Sirens, Echelon Press Digital Diversion, April, 2004 [Young Adult Fantasy].

Dan misses his mother--so when something incredible happens in the tool shed of his house, he is excited to think all his wishes could come true.  But he soon discovers that the wonderful little creatures hiding in the sink might not be all good.  Will their evil cost him the people he loves or can he be a real hero?

Weird Vibrations,  in Defenestration Magazine, March 2004 issue [Humorous Science Fiction].

"Commander! Commander!"

The soldier ran into the room where Commander Burpf was standing in front of a large control board. He was obviously worked up, since his ganglions were vibrating uncontrollably.

The Volunteer, Thirteen Magazine, Issue 2, February, 2004 [Dark Fantasy].

“I didn’t say that you shouldn’t volunteer, but this has become an obsession; three-four times a week is too much.”

Together Forever After, Dark Tales magazine, Issue 3, Autumn/Winter 2003 [Dark Fantasy].

“I always trust the word of those who are about to die. A dying man tells no lies. And Marwan wasn’t lying to me. Hear it all and judge for yourself…"

Out of Print

Holy Roundness, in: "Wyrd Wravings", Echelon Press, October, 2003; ISBN: 1-59080-264-0 (Paperback) [Humorous Science Fiction].

HOLY ROUNDNESS – Kfir Luzzatto

Reviewed by Angela Camp

"Stephan Poulasky, a priest of The Temple of the Holy Roundness, is scared.  That sends him running to his friend Dan’s place in the middle of the night.  It seems the temple has found a Holy Sphere that they worship.  Stephan was in charge of the Holy Sphere that night.  He rubbed it to get a piece of dust off it, and the next thing he knew, it was opening.  Stephan wants Dan to close it before the Reverend Father sees it.  What Dan finds when he gets there is not exactly what the temple thinks the sphere is.

I laughed when I found out what the sphere was.  This is a light-hearted sci-fi story."

Look-Alike, Dark Tales Magazine, Issue 2, August 15, 2003 (Summer/Autumn issue) [Humorous Science Fiction].

"Do you want your pet to remind you of a loved one? Of a celebrity (subject to availability)? Or just someone you know? Look-Alike Clinic will do it for you. Bring in a sample of tissue of the person you love, and your pet will return to you within the week, looking just like him or her.
The dog in the model's arms stared out of the page, and it looked very much like Wonda Woo. The same sensuous expression, the same deep look."

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The Decisioneer, Echelon Press Digital Diversion, July, 2003 [Romantic Comedy].

Aoife's Kiss

The Blue Sirens, Aoife's Kiss, June, 2003 [Young Adults Fantasy].

Dan misses his mother--so when something incredible happens in the tool shed of his house, he is excited to think all his wishes could come true.  But he soon discovers that the wonderful little creatures hiding in the sink might not be all good.  Will their evil cost him the people he loves or can he be a real hero?

Fresh Out of Blueberries, The Harrow, December 2002 [Dark Fantasy/Horror].

"Strangers are not allowed at the feast—we are very strict
on that—but you are one of us...."

Accidental Lazarus, Fiction Inferno, October 2002 [Humorous Horror].

"Drip, drip....

The sound was coming from my best armchair, the one I liked to sit in to watch the game. I stood in front of it looking at Joe Murray, alias Giovanni di Mare, aka Stupid Joe (although you never called him so to his face). Stupid Joe was a mobster, well known in his neighborhood for the easy, nonchalant way in which he handled those who fell in disgrace with his family. He was not a bad sort and I had often had a beer with him when fishing for information. But as his nickname suggested, he was not an eagle."

Ranked #8 in the 2002 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll, in the Horror Short Story category.