Short Stories and Excerpts
A miniature portfolio.
The following stories fall into three basic categories: excerpts from novels, short stories that fit into the continuity of the novels, and stories that stand alone. All the following may contain strong language, sexual content, or other adult content, because there's a fair bit of that in life, though not as much as certain media outlets would have you believe. Stories with crossed-out links have not yet been uploaded.
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| fear sweeney | Short stories, excerpts, and essays from Fear Sweeney. |
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| pookas | "The Four Pookas": Four short stories about the four Irish Pookas. | | |
| downworld | Short stories, excerpts, and essays from Downworld. |
| valentine | "Randa's Valentine": A short story set in 2001, in which Necco and Randa do something impulsive. (No spoilers, 2000 words.) |
| friend | "Sam's Friend": A short story set in 1998, in which Sam Key and her "friend" Katie Ball try to balance love, honesty, and bigotry. (No spoilers, 2500 words.) |
| fall | "Angel's Fall": A short story set in 2012, ten years after Downworld. (Spoilers, 1000 words.) | | |
| geek | Short stories, excerpts, and essays from And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth. |
rashomon | "The Montrose Rashomon": Three narratives of the same events, each closer to truth than the last. | | |
| other | Other short stories, excerpts, and essays. |
brains | "A Tale of Two Brains": A short story about love, sex, and mental illness. |
| divorce | "The Divorce": In the near future, a little girl escapes from the reality of her parents' divorce. The least punk cyberpunk ever written. |
| amanuensis | "Pharmaceuticamanuensis": A stenographer and a famously reclusive genius conspire to create the Great American Novel. |
| symposium | "The Symposium": In which twelve fictional characters from all over my bookshelf sit down to discuss the definition of love. |
| istanbul | "Istanbul: Not at all Constantinople": A series of essays on the city of Istanbul... and its wildlife. | | |
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