short fiction
After quite a bit of adolescent fumbling to put words together on paper so to create a coherent dramatic effect, I at last started to sell my science fiction, fantasy and horror to magazines, many now defunct in the way of small press publications. There was a breathless triumph that went with these first sales, a kind of runaway giddiness that has never quite been duplicated in my career.
After Hours
"Clown White" 1990
"Up Around the Bend" 1991
"Methusaleh Sips Coffee At Midnight" 1993Figment
"Familiar" 1991
"Afterimage" 1992
"The Reprise" 1992
"From Out the Land of Nod" 1993Pandora
"Pyre" 1993
Aberrations
"Gypsycab" 1995 -- nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
"Infestation" 1995Leading Edge
"Strings of Hunger and Consumption" 1997
"Groundskeeper" 1998Talebones
"Nothing But Fear" 1997
"Abrasions" 2000
"Blood Culture" 2001
"Firelight" 2008"Happy
"Captain Lipstick" 2000 -- nominated for the Pushcart Prize
Dark Matter
"Soul-Cradler & Soul-Crusher" 2000
OG's Speculative Fiction
"The Herd" 2008 -- http://theopinionguy.com/OG11.pdf
Kaleidotrope
"Long After the Scrub" 2008
"Ride the Shine" 2011
Necrotic Tissue
"Wake Up and Smell the Coffin" 2008 --
http://www.necrotictissue.com/issue004/0101020081001/Necrotic_Tissue_Issue004_LR.pdf
Chaos Theory
"Busy Dying" 2008 -- http://genspace.com/ctta/
Not One of Us
"That Season" 2009
Electric Spec
"A Crowd of Possibilities" 2009 --
Sybil's Garage
"Come the Cold" 2009
The Future Fire
"Respite Time" 2009 --
http://futurefire.net/2009.15/fiction/respite.html
Brain Harvest
"Summer Never Ends" 2009 --
http://www.brainharvestmag.com/2009/05/summer-never-ends/
Expanded Horizons
"Icetide" 2009 --
http://expandedhorizons.net/magazine/?page_id=563
"Aqueduct" 2010 --
http://expandedhorizons.net/magazine/?page_id=1886
"re: The Last Man on Earth" 2011 -- http://expandedhorizons.net/magazine/?page_id=2122
Every Day Fiction
"Frankly" 2009 --
http://www.everydayfiction.com/frankly-by-eric-del-carlo/
"It's Moving Day!" 2011 -- http://www.everydayfiction.com/its-moving-day-by-eric-del-carlo/
"Which Lagoon Was It, Again?" 2012 -- http://www.everydayfiction.com/which-lagoon-was-it-again-by-eric-del-carlo/
Futurismic
"Fluidity" 2009 --
http://futurismic.com/2009/10/01/new-fiction-fluidity-by-eric-del-carlo/
"Out Walking the Streets" 2010 -- http://futurismic.com/2010/04/01/new-fiction-out-walking-the-streets-by-eric-del-carlo/
Hypersonic Tales
"The Sad" 2009 --
http://hypersonictales.com/hypersonic2/index.php?slab=the-sad
Strange Horizons
"After We Got Back the Lights" 2010 -- http://strangehorizons.com/2010/20100208/lights-f.shtml
The Fifth Di..
"Immediate Family" 2010 -- http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/immediatefamily.htm
"The Girl with Two Eyes" 2011 -- http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/girlwithtwoeyes.htm
Marginal Boundaries
"Tears on the Jade Moon, Brave Blood on Her Lips" 2010 -- http://www.marginalboundaries.com/issue-one/
Tower of Light
"Razzmatazz" 2010 -- www.tolfantasy.net
Thaumatrope
Tweet-length fiction 2010 -- http://thaumatrope.greententacles.com/
Silver Blade
"Bring Back Your Dead" 2010 -- http://www.silverblade.net/serials/?cat=11
Darker
"Ambulance" 2010 -- http://www.darkeronline.com/delcarlo.html
"Deep in the Thorns" 2011 -- http://www.darkeronline.com/delcarlo.html
Eschatology
"Tentacles at 10 and 2" 2010 -- http://eschatologyjournal.org/2010/12/22/tentacles-at-10-and-2-by-eric-del-carlo/
"Campus Keep" 2011 -- http://eschatologyjournal.org/2011/03/30/campus-keep-by-eric-del-carlo/
"This Is How the World Used to End" 2011 -- http://eschatologyjournal.org/2011/07/23/this-is-how-the-world-use-to-end-by-eric-del-carlo/
M-Brane
"The Iron's with Me" 2011 -- http://www.mbranesf.com/2011/03/announcing-m-brane-sf-26-contents.html
Ray Gun Revival
"Godot Isn't Coming" 2011 -- http://www.raygunrevival.com/godot-isnt-coming-eric-del-carlo/
Bete Noire
"The Z Word" 2011 -- http://www.betenoiremagazine.com/
Beyond Centauri
"'Neath the Layers" 2011 -- http://sdpbookstore.com/beyondcentauri.htm
Musa Publishing
"The Belonging" 2011 -- http://www.musapublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16
Redstone Science Fiction
"Time, Like Blood, on My Hands" 2011-- http://redstonesciencefiction.com/2011/11/time-like-blood/
Finding Home -- A Timid Pirate Publishing anthology
"Circulation" 2011-- http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Home-Community-Apocalyptic-Worlds/dp/0983098778/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323649189&sr=1-1
Fusion Fragment
"In a Stranger's Memory" 2011-- http://apodispublishing.com/fusion/pages/17_stranger.htm
microcosms
Tweet-length fiction 2011 -- http://fr.twitter.com/microcosms
The WiFiles
"Extraordinary Adventures Featuring Jesus" 2011 -- http://thewifiles.com/?p=119
Asimov's
"Friendlessness" 2011 -- http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b129041/Asimovs-Science-Fiction-January-2012/Dell-Magazine-Authors/?si=0
Shimmer
"Bad Moon Risen" 2011 -- http://www.shimmerzine.com/bad-moon-risen/
Cast of Wonders
"Fearing the Invasion" 2012 (podcast) -- http://www.castofwonders.org/episodes/
White Cat
"A Traveler's Companion" 2012 -- http://www.whitecatpublications.com/?page_id=2037
Earbud Theater
"Auld Acquaintance" 2012 (podcast) -- http://earbudtheater.com/et_podcasts.html
Phantasmacore
"Boy at a Water's Edge" 2012 -- http://www.phantasmacore.com/2012/08/boy-at-a-waters-edge/
Allegory
"Werld-Bilding" 2012 -- http://www.allehttp://www.allegoryezine.com/Stories/Allegory%20-%20Volume%2019%20-%20Werld-Bilding.pdf
Perihelion
"We Do Not Serve Weeping Men" 2012 -- http://www.perihelionsf.com/fiction_7.htm
Quantum Realities
"Pig Trigger" 2013 -- http://www.jaxaspublishing.com/index.php/magazine/vol-ii-iss-1/pig-trigger-article
Undina Press
"364 Days" 2013 -- http://pinkpetalbooks.com/364-Days-by-Eric-Del-Carlo-Undina-Press.html
Waylines Magazine
"The Air That I Breathe" -- http://waylinesmagazine.com/
Chrome Baby
"Faded and Gone" -- http://robindunn.com/bairn5.html
More short s-f and fantasy are upcoming in Asimov's, Eschatology, Strange, Weird, and Wonderful, Big Pulp and Interstellar Fiction, as well as a novel cowritten with Vic Del Carlo from White Cat Publishing
novels
I left off writing short fiction for some while, so to tackle these books. Collaborative writing, good or bad, has an ordeal quality to it, and these works, written with my French Quarter neighbor and friend Robert Asprin, are no exception. It was, of course, an honor to work with someone so established in the field. As for Asprin, I believe he found a peculiar enjoyment writing something other than his usual humorous fare. Bob died in May of 2008 and is much missed.
With Robert Asprin, from Ace Books
Wartorn: Resurrection -- http://www.amazon.com/Wartorn-Resurrection-Robert-Asprin/dp/0441012353/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258087441&sr=1-1
Wartorn: Obliteration -- http://www.amazon.com/Wartorn-2-Obliteration-Robert-Asprin/dp/0441013473/ref=pd_sim_b_1With Robert Asprin and Teresa Patterson, from DarkStar Books
NO Quarter -- http://www.amazon.com/NO-Quarter-Robert-Asprin/dp/0981986609/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258087536&sr=1-1
adult s-f and fantasy
I've debated about segregating these from the rest of my writing. On the one hand, I write erotica using the same methods and standards as any other work I undertake; on the other hand, I have little motive--even a mischievous one--for springing a sexually explicit story on an unsuspecting reader. I am wholly of the belief that adult writing has a legitimate place among literature. In the field of science fiction the high water mark was perhaps reached when Robert Silverberg's carnally frank novel The World Inside received a Hugo nomination. (He withdrew the book from consideration, so as not to split votes with another novel of his, A Time of Changes; this later work would not win, though it would take home the Nebula.)
Circlet Press
"The Jail of His Mind and the Songs Within" appears in the anthologies Wired Hard 2 and Erotic Fantastic
"To Love and Riot" appears in Sextopia -- nominated for the Spectrum Award
"The Cold Color of the Heart" written with Amber Jayne Dodd appears in Boys of the Bite -- http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Bite-Gay-Vampire-Anthology/dp/B002SBA126/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257982302&sr=1-1
"The First Yearly Scientifiction Colloquium" appears in Like Clockwork -- http://www.amazon.com/Like-Clockwork-Steampunk-Erotica/dp/B002HREQ2W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257982405&sr=1-1
"Blindwire" appears in Queerpunk -- http://www.amazon.com/Queerpunk-Erotic-Cyberpunk-ebook/dp/B003JMEN2W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=books&qid=1273718174&sr=1-1
"So Far As I Can See" appears in Only in the City -- http://www.circlet.com/?p=1428
"Rainmusic" appears in Best Erotic Fantasy & Science Fiction -- http://www.amazon.com/Best-Erotic-Fantasy-Science-Fiction/dp/1885865619/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286158931&sr=1-1
"We Are Jones" appears in Like an Iron Fist -- http://www.amazon.com/Like-Iron-Fist-Dystopia-ebook/dp/B004K1EVRI/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3
Ravenous Romance
Nightbodies -- http://www.amazon.com/Nightbodies-ebook/dp/B004ASOVDK
"Bloodways" appears in Bites of Passion -- http://www.amazon.com/Bites-Passion-Anthology-Vampire-ebook/dp/B002M78OBQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1300676795&sr=1-1
"Peepshow" appears in Beach Boys -- http://www.amazon.com/Beach-Boys-Anthology-Erotic-Encounters/dp/1607778459/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257982570&sr=1-2
Loose Id --Loose Id, LLC - Eric Del Carlo
The BlaqJaq and Nickerson novellas:
"Steel Sleet," -- http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Sleet-BlaqJaq-Nickerson-ebook/dp/B003V1WI28/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1300676466&sr=1-1
"Blood in the Water" -- http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Water-BlaqJaq-Nickerson-ebook/dp/B003V1WI50/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
"Through a Midnight's Mist" -- http://www.amazon.com/Through-Midnights-BlaqJaq-Nickerson-ebook/dp/B003MAK5MI/ref=pd_sim_kinc_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Rampant, a stand-alone fantasy novel, adapted from my short story "Infestation" -- http://www.amazon.com/Rampant-ebook/dp/B00403N1LS/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1300676676&sr=1-8
The Bleed, a cross-dimensional erotic romp of a novel -- http://www.amazon.com/The-Bleed-ebook/dp/B00403N1K4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1300676728&sr=1-1
With Amber Jayne, from Ellora's Cave
Elyria's Ecstasy -- http://www.jasminejade.com/p-10336-elyrias-ecstasy.aspx