By reverse order of composition (most recently composed first)
Note: Collections of previously published stories, which are bracketed, are listed by date of first non-serialized publication, rather than by date of composition.
2024
Holiday Tree, alternate history flash fiction in the Philosophy Friends series: October 2024 (composition) and December 2024 (blog edition).
Stillness, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: October 2024 (composition) and October 2024 (blog edition).
[Law Links: Novel and Side Stories, omnibus volume in the Three Lands series, incoporating Empty Dagger Hand and its side stories: February 2024 (subscription e-book edition, under the title of Law Links Omnibus, incorporating the following stories: Law Links 1: God of Vengeance, Law Links 2: The Sword, Law Links 3: God of Mercy, Law Links 4: The Bird, Law Links 5: God of Judgment, Law Links 6: The Final Balance, Wildfire, Famine or Feast, Season of Dangerous Peace) and March 2024 (subscription e-book reissue and bookstore e-book edition, under the title of Law Links: Novel and Side Stories).]
Ambitious, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: January t0 February 2024 (composition) and February 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories; see later e-book updates there).
[Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories, omnibus volume in the Three Lands series, incorporating Empty Dagger Hand and its side stories: January 2024 (subscription e-book edition, under title of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus, incorporating the following stories: Empty Dagger Hand 1: The End, Empty Dagger Hand 2: Sea of Storms, Empty Dagger Hand 3: Landfall, Unwanted, The New Guard, Alms), February 2024 (subscription e-book edition, adding the following story: Ambitious), March to April 2024 (subscription e-book, under the title of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 4: Snowfall), May 2024 (subscription e-book, under the title of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 5: Intent), June 2024 (subscription e-book, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 6: Foothills), July 2024 (subscription e-book, under the title of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 7: Lone), August 2024 (subscription e-book, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 8: Break), September t0 December 2024 (subscription e-book, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 9: The Beginning), December 2024 (bookstore e-book).]
2023
Tempestuous Tours, fantasy novella in the Crossing Worlds series: December 2023 to April 2024 (composition) and February 2024 to present (blog edition).
The Visitor, fantasy short story in the Crossing Worlds series: September 2023 (composition) and December 2023 (e-book edition).
Winter Games, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: August 2023 (composition) and December 2023 (web edition and e-book edition).
Alms, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: August 2023 (composition) and January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
The New Guard, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: July 2023 (composition), November 2023 (e-book edition), and January 2024 (subscription e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
Rebel, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: July 2023 (composition) and August 2023 (e-book edition).
The Strong Twin, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: May to June 2023 (composition) and July 2023 (e-book edition).
Unwanted, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: April 2023 (composition), June 2023 (e-book edition), and January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
Deadly Introductions, fantasy novella in the Crossing Worlds series: January to December 2023 (composition) and January 2023 to September 2023 (blog edition).
2022
Three in One, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2022 (composition) and September 2022 (web edition).Wild-Berry Wine, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: September 2022 (composition) and September 2022 (web edition).
The Night the Moon Turned Pink, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: July 2022 (composition) and July 2022 (web edition).
2021
[The Awakening, historical speculative fiction novel in the Dungeon Guards series: June 2010 to July 2016 (composition), August 2021 (e-book edition), and November 2021 (reissue of e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: The Shining Ones, Shot, Before, Tempest.]
Escape, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: May to June 2021 (composition), August 2021 (patron edition), and August to September 2021 (web edition).
[Forge, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2004 to September 2021 (composition), and March 2021 to July 2022 (patron edition). Incorporates the following stories: Stalk, Broadside, Guild, Protest, Trap, Historical Annotations.]
2020
Lockdown, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: December 2020 (composition) and December 2020 (web edition).
Patience, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (composition) and September 2020 (web edition).
2019
Duties of a Second-Ranked Master, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: September 2019 (composition) June 2020 (e-book edition), and September 2020 (web edition).
Liegeman's Service, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman series: August to September 2019 (composition). August 2020 (e-book edition), and September 2020 (web edition).
Runaway, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: August 2019 (composition), May 2020 (e-book edition), and September 2020 (web edition).
Forge 6: Historical Annotations, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2019 to September 2021 (composition) and August 2022 (web edition).
[Breached Boundaries, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: September 1995 to March 2017 (composition) and August 2019 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Adversaries, Challenge, Stakes, Battle, Settlement, Surrender.]
Forge 4: Protest, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2019 to May 2021 (composition) and May to June 2021 (web edition).
[Darkling Plain: A fantasy omnibus of romance, friendship, and disabilities, a collection of stories in the Darkling Plain series: April 2019 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Right or Right, Crossing the Cliff, Night Shadow, Wizard of the Sun.]
2018
Danger, historical speculative fiction collection in the Dark Light series, collecting short fiction from the Young Toughs (merged into Life Prison series: April 2018 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Survival School, Sweeping Day, Emancipation, Far Enough Away, New Day, Queue, AI.
Free-man's Blade, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: April 2018 (composition), May 2019 (e-book edition), and September 2020 (web edition).
[Hell's Messenger, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: February 2006 to February 2017 (composition), January 2018 to April 2019 (web edition), and August 2019 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Trial,Tour, Initiation.]
2017
Season of Dangerous Peace, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: November 2017 (composition), December 2017 (web edition), September 2023 (e-book edition), and June 2024 (reissue of e-book edition).
Famine or Feast, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2017 (composition), September 2017 (web edition), March 2021 (reissue of web edition), May 2023 (e-book edition and reissue of web edition, with text unchanged from previous reissue), and June 2024 (reissue of e-book edition).
[Sweet Blood, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2007 to July 2015 (composition) and August 2017 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Bonds, Searching, Split, Checkmate, Truth and Trust.]
Hidden Blade, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: May 2017 (composition), December 2019 (web edition and e-book edition), September 2021 (reissue of web edition and reissue of e-book edition), and October 2021 (reissue of e-book edition).
2016
Shifts, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2016 (composition) and December 2016 (web edition).
Open-Soul Surgery, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2016 (composition) and February 2017 (web edition).
[Risk, historical speculative fiction collection in the Dark Light series, collecting short fiction from the Eternal Dungeon, Young Toughs (merged into Waterman), Waterman, and Commando series: August 2016 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories:The Unanswered Question, The Lure, Journey to Manhood, Lost Haven, Master's Piece, Spy Hill.]
The Awakening 4: Tempest, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: June to July 2016 (composition), May 2020 (e-book edition), and October 2020 (web edition).
The Awakening 3: Before, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: June 2016 (composition), March 2020 (e-book edition), and October 2020 (web edition).
In Hot Water, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2016 (composition and e-book edition) and October 2016 (web edition).
Tax the Dungeon, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2016 (composition) and August 2016 (web edition).
The Awakening 2: Shot, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: February to August 2016 (composition), March 2020 (e-book edition), and October 2020 (web edition).
Servant or Slave, historical speculative fiction collection in the Waterman series: January 2016 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Lost Haven, Master's Piece.
2015
Sweeping Day, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: December 2015 to January 2016 (composition) and August 2016 (web edition).
Prison Food and Fondness, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2015 to January 2016 (composition), March 2016 (e-book edition), and September 2016 (web edition).
Commoners' Festival, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2015 (composition and web edition) and March 2016 (e-book edition).
Ma'am, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2015 (composition) and September 2016 (web edition).
[Lockup, historical speculative fiction collection in the Dark Light series, collecting short fiction from the Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, and Waterman series: November 2015 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: In the Silence, Green Ruin, Hunger, Wax, Never, The Whipping Post, New-Fashioned, Broken, Torture, Cell-mates, Coded Messages, Lord and Servant, Rain.]
The Whipping Post, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2015 (composition), November 2015 (e-book edition, as part of Lockup), and February 2017 (web edition).
Wildfire, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: July 2015 (composition), October 2016 (web edition), April 2023 (e-book edition and reissue of web edition), May 2023 (reissue of e-book edition, to correct minor error), and June 2024 (reissue of e-book edition).
Emancipation, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: July 2015 (composition) and June 2017 (web edition).
Guise, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: May 2015 (composition) and August 2016 (web edition).
Far Enough Away, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: May 2015 (composition), April 2016 (e-book edition), and September 2016 (web edition).
The Lure, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman series: April 2015 (composition), May 2016 (e-book edition), and August to September 2019 (web edition).
New-Fashioned, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2015 (composition), November 2015 (e-book edition, as part of Lockup), and March 2017 (web edition).
New Day, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: April 2015 (composition) and July 2016 (web edition).
Survival School, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: March 2015 to January 2016 (composition), March 2016 (e-book edition), and April 2017 to July 2017 (web edition).
2014
Sweet Blood 4: Checkmate, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2014 to May 2015 (composition), August 2015 (e-book edition), and June 2017 to August 2017 (web edition).
AI, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman series: October 2014 (composition), May 2015 (published by The Slash Pile in the anthology Restart), and October 2015 (web edition, as part of the Waterman series; later transferred to the Young Toughs series).
[Mercy's Prisoner, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: February 2002 to April 2011 (composition), August 2014 (e-book edition), December 2014 (reissue of e-book edition), July to December 2017 (web edition), and June 2019 (reissue of e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Life Prison, Men and Lads, Milord, Isolation, Curious.]
2013
Lost Haven: a master, his servant, and a disappearing island, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: December 2013 (composition, web edition, and e-book edition) and January 2016 (e-book reissue, as part of Servant or Slave).
Master's Piece, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: December 2013 (composition), January 2016 (e-book edition, as part of Servant or Slave), and August 2019 (web edition).
Never, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2013 (composition, web edition, and e-book edition) and November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup).
Rain, historical speculative fiction novelette (cycle of five short stories) in the Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, and Waterman series: August 2013 (composition), December 2014 (web edition), and November 2015 (e-book edition, as part of Lockup).
[Master and Servant, historical speculative fiction novel in the Waterman series: February 2002 to June 2013 (composition, arising from earlier story ideas), August 2013 (e-book edition), and January 2018 (reissue of e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: The Abolitionist, The True Master, Unmarked.]
Sweet Blood 3: Split, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2013 to October 2014 (composition), December 2014 (e-book edition), February 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), and April 2017 to June 2017 (web edition).
[Men and Lads / Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction collection in the Life Prison series: January 2013 (e-book edition) and June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Men and Lads, Lord and Servant.]
2012
[Wax / Broken, historical speculative fiction collection in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2012 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Wax, Broken.]
Sweet Blood 2: Searching, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2012 to September 2013 (composition), October 2013 (e-book edition), and March 2017 (web edition).
[Rebirth, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 to January 2003 (composition, arising from earlier story ideas), September 2002 to January 2003 (list edition), December 2003 to June 2009 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), October 2012 (individual e-book edition), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), February 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), and March 2016 (reissue of e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: The Breaking, Love and Betrayal, First Time, In Training, As a Seeker, Tops and Sops.]
Hunger, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2012 (composition), December 2012 (web edition and e-book edition), and November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup).
Spy Hill, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series (originally part of the Commando series): March 2012 (composition), June 2012 (web edition and e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), August 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and April 2017 to July 2017 (reissue of web edition).
Green Ruin, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2012 (composition), September 2012 (published by The Slash Pile in the anthology Wanderlust: A Travel Anthology), October 2012 (individual e-book edition), November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup), and March 2017 (web edition).
2011
Cell-mates, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: July 2011 (composition), November 2013 (e-book edition), and November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup).
Torture, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon and Life Prison series: June 2011 (composition), July 2011 (web edition), February 2012 (reissue of web edition), January 2013 (e-book edition), June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition), and November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup).
Wax, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2011 (composition), July 2011 (web edition), February 2012 (reissue of web edition), December 2012 (e-book edition, as part of Wax / Broken), and November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup).
Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: June to July 2011 (composition), January 2013 (e-book edition, as part of the two-story collection Men and Lads / Lord and Servant), June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, as part of the two-story collection Men and Lads / Lord and Servant), November 2014 (individual e-book edition), November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup), and August 2019 (web edition).
Plus Love, contemporary short story in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2011 (composition), December 2011 (web edition), June 2012 (e-book edition), and August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition).
In the Silence, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: May 2011 (composition), November 2013 (e-book edition), November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup), and June 2017 (web edition).
[The Three Lands: an omnibus of
fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula, a collection of
stories in the Three Lands series:
April 2011 (e-book edition, under the title The Three Lands
Omnibus), July 2011 (reissue of The Three Lands Omnibus
edition, with minor changes, under the title The Three Lands: an
omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula), and
January 2013 (expanded e-book edition).]
Broken, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2011 (composition), July 2011 (web edition), February 2012 (reissue of web edition), December 2012 (e-book edition, as part of Wax / Broken), and November 2015 (e-book reissue, as part of Lockup).
2010
Mercy's Prisoner 2: Men and Lads, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: September to November 2010 (composition), December 2010 (web edition as a side story in the Life Prison series), February 2012 (reissue of web edition), January 2013 (e-book edition, as part of the two-story collection Men and Lads / Lord and Servant), June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, as part of the two-story collection Men and Lads / Lord and Servant), and July 2014 (individual e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes, as "Mercy's Prisoner 2: Men and Lads," in place of "Coded Messages").
[The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus, a collection of volumes in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2010 (e-book edition, under the title The Eternal Dungeon Omnibus), July 2011 (reissue of The Eternal Dungeon Omnibus e-book edition, with minor changes, under the title The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), August 2011 (reissue of e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), and May 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and the addition of Balladeer, under the title of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus).]
[On Guard, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2004 to June 2010 (composition), June to July 2008 (list edition; through Part Three only), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), March to August 2011 (web edition), May 2016 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes), February 2017 (reissue of web edition), and September 2017 (reissue of e-book edition).]
[Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction, a collection of stories in the Waterman series: September 2010 (e-book edition, under the title Waterman Omnibus) July 2011 (reissue of Waterman Omnibus e-book edition, with minor changes, under the title Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction), and August 2013 (expanded e-book edition).]
[Loren's Lashes Omnibus, a collection of stories in the Loren's Lashes series: June 2010 (e-book edition).]
Journey to Manhood, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: June 2010 to March 2015 (composition), March 2016 (e-book edition), and September 2019 (web edition).
The Awakening 1: The Shining Ones, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Dungeon Guards series (originally published as a side story in the Eternal Dungeon series): June 2010 to February 2015 (composition), January 2016 (e-book edition), and January 2020 (web edition and reissue of e-book edition).
The Balance 5: Balladeer, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2010 and September 2012 (composition) and April 2013 (e-book edition).
2009
The Unanswered Question, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2009 and December 2009 (composition and web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), February 2012 (reissue of web edition), February 2013 (individual e-book edition), and February 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
[Transformation, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 to February 2004 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea), July 2003 to August 2004 (list edition), July 2009 (e-book edition), March 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), February 2013 (individual e-book edition), and March 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes). Incorporates the following stories: Deception, Twists and Turns, A Prisoner Has Need, The Consultation.]
Queue, retrofuturistic science fiction flash fiction in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: June 2009 (composition, list edition, and web edition), September 2010 (e-book edition, as part of Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction), February 2012 (reissue of web edition), and August 2013 (individual e-book edition, as part of the Waterman series).
[Love in Dark Settings Omnibus, collection of all of Dusk Peterson's writings: April 2009 (e-book edition) and July 2010 (expanded e-book edition).]
If Dante Had a Beta Reader, contemporary and historical fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: April 2009 (composition) and April 2013 (web edition).
Master and Servant 1: The Abolitionist, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: January 2009 to June 2013 (composition), June 2013 (e-book edition), July 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), and March 2015 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), October to December 2019 (web edition).
2008
Mercy's Prisoner 4: Isolation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: December 2008 and April 2011 (composition) and October 2013 (e-book edition).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: November 2008 (composition), December 2008 (list edition and web edition), April 2011 (e-book edition; also reissued in The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula), July 2011 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), January 2012 (reissue of web edition), June 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), July 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), December 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and April 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes, and with the additional subtitle Gift for a slave).
Sweet Blood 1: Bonds, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2008 (composition), December 2012 (e-book edition), and March 2017 (web edition).
On Guard 2: Protection, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2008 (composition) July 2008 (list edition), April 2011 (web edition), and October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels).
Hell's Messenger 3: Initiation, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Life Prison series: February 2008 to February 2017 (composition) and April 2018 to April 2019 (web edition, as part of Hell's Messenger).
Master and Servant 3: Unmarked, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: January 2008 to February 2010 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea), September to November 2010 (web edition), September 2010 (e-book edition, as part of Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction), July 2013 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes), and March to June 2020 (reissue of web edition).
2007
Sweet Blood 5: Truth and Trust, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2007 to July 2015 (composition), August 2017 (e-book edition, as part of Sweet Blood), and September to December 2017 (web edition).
Hell's Messenger 2: Tour, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: January 2007 to February 2008 (composition), June 2008 (list edition), March 2009 (web edition), and October 2014 (e-book edition).
2006
The Balance 4: Death Watch, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2006 to February 2007 (composition), January 2008 (list edition), April 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), April 2013 (individual e-book edition), January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 5: Curious, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: May 2006 to April 2011 (composition), and November 2013 (e-book edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 3: Milord, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: May 2006 and April 2011 (composition), March 2013 (e-book edition), and June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
Coded Messages, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: April 2006 (composition), November 2006 (list edition and web edition, as "Mercy's Prisoner 2: Coded Messages"), October 2008 (e-book edition), March 2013 (reissue of e-book edition), June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition), August 2014 (web edition), and November 2015 (e-book edition, as part of Lockup).
Revenge, historical speculative fiction short story in the Darkling Plain series (originally the Subtext series): April 2006 (composition), January 2010 (web edition), and December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
On Guard 4-10, historical speculative fiction stories in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2006 to August 2010 (composition) May to August 2011 (web edition), and October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels).
On Guard 3: Searching, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2006 to August 2007 (composition) July 2008 (list edition), April 2011 (web edition), and October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels).
Hell's Messenger 1: Trial, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: February 2006 to January 2007 (composition), March 2008 (list edition), March 2009 (web edition), and July 2014 (e-book edition).
Forge 3: Guild, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2006 to July 2019 (composition) and May 2021 (web edition).
2005
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets, leather short story in the Rebels series: April 2005 (composition and web edition), October 2008 (e-book edition), and October 2014 (reissue of web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4: Leatherdar, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: April 2005 and November 2006 (composition), December 2006 (web edition), May 2008 (e-book edition and audio book edition, as part of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers), and September 2016 (reissue of web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 5: Pinned, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: April to May 2005 and April 2007 (composition) September 2008 (web edition), May 2008 (e-book edition and audio book edition, as part of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers), and October 2016 (reissue of web edition).
2004
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 3: Bad Habit, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 (composition), April 2006 (list edition), May 2006 (web edition), May 2008 (e-book edition and audio book edition, as part of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers), and August 2015 (reissue of web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 2: Spontaneous, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 (composition and web edition), May 2008 (e-book edition and audio book edition, as part of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers), and December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 1: Clothesline, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 (composition), April 2005 (web edition), May 2008 (e-book edition and audio book edition, as part of Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers), and August 2015 (reissue of web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers, leather short story collection in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 to April 2007 (composition), August 2004 to September 2008 (web edition), May 2008 (e-book edition and audio book edition), and April 2009 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes). Incorporates the following stories: Clothesline, Spontaneous, Bad Habit, Leatherdar, and Pinned.
First Lesson, leather short story in the Loren's Lashes series: June 2004 (composition), August 2004 (web edition), September 2008 (e-book edition),and June 2010 (e-book edition, as part of Loren's Lashes Omnibus), and December 2014 (reissue of web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 3: Scene (novelette), leather novelette in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2004 to October 2008 (approximate date of composition; original draft lost), August 2010 (web edition), June 2010 (e-book edition, as part of Loren's Lashes Omnibus), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 2: Preparations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2004 to October 2008 (approximate date of composition; original draft lost), July 2010 (web edition), June 2010 (e-book edition, as part of Loren's Lashes Omnibus), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 1: Negotiations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2004 to October 2008 (approximate date of composition; most of the original draft lost), June 2010 (web edition), August 2010 (e-book edition, as part of Loren's Lashes Omnibus), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Forge 5: Trap, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2004 to August 2019 (composition) and June to July 2021 (web edition).
Forge 2: Broadside, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2004 to July 2019 (composition) and April 2021 (web edition).
Forge 1: Stalk, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2004 to January 2016 (composition) and March to April 2021 (web edition).
On Guard 1: Promotion, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2004 to February 2008 (composition) and June 2008 (list edition), March 2011 (web edition), and October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels).
2003
Whipster 3: Blurred Lines, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: November 2003 to June 2008 (composition), February 2009 (list edition and web edition), December 2008 (e-book edition, as part of Whipster), June 2012 (individual e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Transformation 2: Twists and Turns, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2003 and October to December 2003 (composition), December 2003 (list edition), March 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), November 2012 (individual e-book edition), October 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Puppets, contemporary novelette in the Unmasked series: June 2003 (composition), September 2004 (web edition), and January 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Whipster 2: Offstage, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: June to November 2003 (composition), April 2004 (publication in MAS-Zine), October 2006 (web edition), December 2008 (e-book edition, as part of Whipster), June 2012 (individual e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance 3: Hidden, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2003 (composition), May 2003 (publication in MAS-Zine), September 2004 (list edition), April 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), March 2013 (individual e-book edition), May 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance 1: Truth and Lies, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2003 to March 2004 (composition), September 2004 (list edition), April 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), March 2013 (individual e-book edition), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Transformation 1: Deception, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March and July 2003 (composition), July 2003 (list edition), March 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), November 2012 (individual e-book edition), September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
"Two Masters," contemporary/fantasy short story: February 2003 (composition) and April 2003 (list edition).
The Balance 2: Barbarians, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February to March 2003 (composition), May 2003 (publication in MAS-Zine), September 2004 (list edition), April 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), March 2013 (individual e-book edition), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2003 to September 2012 (composition), May 2003 (publication in MAS-Zine of "Barbarians" and Hidden"), September 2004 and January 2008 (list edition), April 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), May 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with added material), April 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), and May 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes). Incorporates the following stories:Truth and Lies, Barbarians, Hidden, Death Watch, The Balladeer.
Rebirth 5: As a Seeker, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2003 (composition and list edition), June 2009 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), October 2012 (individual e-book edition), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover), and September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
2002
Pleasure, science fiction novella in the Master/Other series (also issued as part of the Slaves of the Northern Corporate Dominion series): December 2002 (composition), February 2003 (list edition and web edition), May 2009 (expanded list edition and expanded web edition), June 2012 (e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition), and September to October 2015 (reissue of web edition, serialized).
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: August 2002 and May 2003 (composition), October 2003 (publication in MAS-Zine), April 2004 (web edition), September 2008 (list edition and e-book edition), June 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), December 2013 (reissue of e-book edition), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Whipster, historical speculative fiction novel in the Michael's House series: August 2002 to June 2008 (composition), October 2003 and April 2004 (publication in MAS-Zine of Parts One and Two), April 2004 to February 2009 (web edition), September 2008 to February 2009 (list edition), December 2008 (e-book edition), May 2009 (reissue of e-book edition), June 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), and January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only). Incorporates the following stories: The New Boy, Offstage, and Blurred Lines.
Cold Stars, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series (originally the Subtext series): August 2002 (composition), January 2010 (web edition), and December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
The Slavefic Plot Creator, contemporary flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: July 2002 (composition), August 2003 (list edition), April 2008 (web edition), and December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
Debt Price, historical speculative fiction novella in the Master/Other series: July to September 2002 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea), October 2002 (publication in MAS-Zine), October 2003 (web edition), June 2012 (e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), October 2013 (reissue of e-book edition), and August 2015 (reissue of web edition).
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2002 (composition and list edition), May 2006 (web edition), October 2007 (audio book edition and e-book edition), March 2008 (reissue of e-book edition), May 2008 (braille and DAISY editions), April 2011 (reissue of e-book edition, as part of The Three Lands), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and April 2017 (reissue of web edition).
Eternally Divided, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: May 2002 (composition and list edition), June 2003 (web edition), and January 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Transformation 4: The Consultation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 to February 2003 (composition), August 2004 (list edition), March 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), February 2013 (individual e-book edition), October 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 (composition), November 2002 (list edition), May 2009 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), May 2011 (e-book edition), October 2012 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes), January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition), and September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Transformation 3: A Prisoner Has Need, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 to February 2004 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea), August 2004 (list edition), March 2010 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), January 2013 (individual e-book edition), October 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and October 2020.
Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 (composition), January 2003 (list edition), June 2009 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), October 2012 (individual e-book edition), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), and September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
A Sexual Minority Speaks Out, speculative fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: March 2002 (composition), April 2002 (list edition), June 2006 (web edition), and September 2013 (reissue of web edition).
Rebirth 4: In Training, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 and December 2002 to January 2003 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea), January 2003 (list edition), May 2009 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), October 2012 (individual e-book edition), January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition), and September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March to November 2002 (composition), November 2002 (list edition), May 2009 (web edition), October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels), May 2011 (individual e-book edition), October 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition), and August to September 2020 (web edition).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March to September 2002 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea), September 2002 (list edition), December 2003 (web edition), August 2010 (e-book edition), July 2011 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), February 2012 (reissue of web edition), June 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), October 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition), July 2017 (re-issue of e-book edition), and August 2021 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Fool, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series: February 2002 (composition), April 2002 (list edition), September 2003 (web edition), and December 2013 (reissue of web edition).
Master and Servant 2: The True Master, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman series: February 2002 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea), April 2002 (list edition), May 2002 (web edition), September 2010 (e-book edition, as part of Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction), July 2013 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes), March 2015 (reissue of e-book edition), and March 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: February to April 2002 (composition), April 2002 (list edition), May 2002 (web edition), November 2006 (expanded web edition), September 2008 (e-book edition), February 2012 (reissue of original web edition under the title Life Prison: the short version), February 2013 (reissue of e-book edition), May 2013 (reissue of e-book edition), July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes), and August 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover).
Crossing the Cliff, fantasy novella in the Darkling Plain series: January to June 2002 (composition), June 2002 (list edition and web edition), and February to March 2016 (reissue of web edition).
O Most Unthankful, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: January 2002 (composition and list edition), May 2002 (web edition), and February 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Note: January 2002 marks the first month in which my stories began to be released to the public. All stories composed earlier were released at a later date.
2001
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars, contemporary novel in the Unmasked series: April 2001 (composition), May 2007 (list edition and web edition), and January 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Mystery, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: March 2001 (composition), June 2002 (list edition and web edition), April 2011 (e-book edition, as part of The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula), August 2012 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes), October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
2000
In the Spirit, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: March 2000 (composition) and January 2021 (web edition).
1999
Night Shadow, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: December 1999 (composition), June 2006 (web edition), December 2013 (e-book edition), and April 2016 (reissue of web edition).
The Fire Before, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: August 1999 to April 2017 (composition) and October 2020 (web edition).
1998
Right or Right, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: November 1998 to November 1999 (composition), May 2002 (web edition), December 2013 (e-book edition), and December 2015 to January 2016 (reissued of web edition).
1997
Law-Lover, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: January 1997 (composition), December 2021 (patron edition), and December 2021 to January 2022 (web edition).
1996
"From Hell to the Stars," historical speculative fiction novelette (medieval science fiction; a loose translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy): December 1996 to February 1997 (composition; ongoing) and August 2003 (list edition of the first few chapters).
Noble, fantasy novel in the Princeling series: August to September 1996 (composition), July 2008 (list edition), January 2009 (web edition), June 2012 (e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition), and October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Empty Dagger Hand, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: January 1996 to August 2022 (composition), March to September 2023 (subscription e-book edition) and January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 1: The End, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: March to May 2023 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand) and January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 2: Sea of Storms, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: June 2023 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand) and January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 3: Landfall, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: July to September 2023 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand) and January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 4: Snowfall, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: March to April 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 5: Intent, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: May 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 6: Foothills, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: June 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 7: Lone, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: July 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 8: Break, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: August 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 9: The Beginning, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September to December 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
1995
Death Mask, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: December 1995 to December 2017 (composition), January 2018 to August 2019 (web edition), and September 2019 (e-book edition).
Breached Boundaries 4: Battle, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to March 2017 (composition) and September 2020 (web edition).
Breached Boundaries 3: Stakes, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to August 1996 (composition) and September 2020 (web edition).
Law Links, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to November 2009 (composition), April to November 2011 (web edition), April 2011 (e-book edition, under the title of Law Links, as part of The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula), August 2012 (individual e-book, with minor changes), June 2017 (individual e-book edition), June 2017 to December 2017 (reissue of web edition), December 2017 (reissue of e-book edition), April 2023 (reissue of e-book edition and web edition), and May 2023 (reissue of e-book edition), and February 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Law Links: Novel and Side Stories; see later e-book updates there).
Law Links 1: God of Vengeance, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: April 2016 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes, under the title Blood on the Blade) and May 2023 (reissue of e-book edition, incorporating changes to the April 2023 reissue of Law Links).
Law Links 2: The Sword, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 3: God of Mercy, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 4: The Bird, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: July 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 5: God of Judgment, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: August 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 6: The Final Balance, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: August 2023 (individual e-book edition, published in Law Links as "The Balance").
Breached Boundaries 6: Surrender, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to February 2016 (composition) and October 2020 (web edition).
Breached Boundaries 5: Settlement, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: October 1995 to March 2017 (composition) and September 2020 (web edition).
Breached Boundaries 2: Challenge, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September 1995 to August 1996 (composition) and September 2020 (web edition).
Breached Boundaries 1: Adversaries, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: September 1995 to April 1996 (composition), January to February 2017 (web edition), and September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Law of Vengeance, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August to November 1995 (composition), August 2012 (e-book edition), February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), and June to September 2020 (web edition).
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August 1995 to March 1996 (composition; the short story on which it was based was composed in 1979), February 2008 (list edition), July 2008 (web edition), July 2009 (e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes), October 2017 (reissue of e-book edition), and August 2019 to February 2020 (web edition).
Wizard of the Sun, fantasy novel in the Darkling Plain series: July 1995 (composition; the short story on which it was based was composed in 1979) and December 2018 (web edition).
By order of publication (most recently published last)
1960s
Born in April 1963. First dramatic play-acting (prior to 1968). First inner composition of fiction, possibly as an outgrowth of the drama (prior to 1968). First written composition of fiction (before elementary school, late 1960s). First written composition of nonfiction and poetry (elementary school, late 1969 onwards). First fantasy fiction and alternate universe fiction, the latter taking the form of adventure/suspense/crime/war fiction.
1970s
First script performed as a play (fourth grade, 1971). First short story published in a student literary magazine (fourth grade, 1972). First private journal (sixth grade, 1974). First nonbinary fiction (sixth grade, 1974). First recorded "radio" play (sixth grade, 1975). First spiral notebooks containing stories written outside of school (sixth grade, 1975). First poetry published in a student literary magazine (eighth grade, 1977). First feature news articles, mainly in the form of satire (tenth grade, 1978). First editorial position (tenth grade, 1978). First contemporary fiction, science fiction, friendship fiction, and romance fiction.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
"Blood Brothers" (tenth grade, 1979, to eleventh grade, 1980), short story that would later be expanded into Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series.
"Wizard of the Sun" (tenth grade, 1979), short story that would be later expanded into Wizard of the Sun, fantasy novel in the Darkling Plain series.
TRAINING
Mentored in historical research and book design by my father William S. Peterson, literary historian and printing historian, 1978 to present.
PUBLISHING, EDITING, AND STAFF WORK (starting date)
Staff member, Raider's Digest (high school literary magazine), 1978-1981.
Feature editor, copy editor, and staff writer, The Review (high school newspaper), 1978-1981.
1980-1992
First gay fiction. First professional writing and editing jobs. Became a full-time writer in 1992.EDUCATION & TRAINING
History major, University of Maryland (College Park), 1981, 1985-1986.
B.A. in Liberal Arts (interdisciplinary Great Books program), St. John's College (Annapolis), 1987. Bachelor's thesis: "The Heart Has Its Reasons: The Role of Irrationality in Romantic Love" (as stated by Plato and Dante).
"Copy-editing Skills" certificate course, Publishing Training Centre (Oxford, England, extension; known then as Book House Training Centre), 1990.
Graduate courses in history, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Continuing Studies (Baltimore), 1991-1992.
Graduate courses in history, St. Mary's Seminary and University, Ecumenical Institute of Theology (Baltimore), 1992.
PUBLISHING, EDITING, AND STAFF WORK (starting date)
Proofreader, The Cottage Press (Maryland small press), 1981.
Copy editor and staff writer, The Gadfly (college newspaper), 1982-1987.
Proofreader and staff writer, Greenbelt News Review (Maryland newspaper), 1988-1989, 1995-1997.
Copy editor and staff writer, Gowanda Penny Saver News (New York newspaper), 1989.
Editorial assistant, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (Maryland journal), 1989-1990.
Research assistant for two literary history scholars and a museum access and education consultant, for projects on Flannery O'Connor, Max Beerbohm, and the history of blind scientists, 1989-1990, 1992, 1998.
Editorial assistant to the history editors, The Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore), 1990-1992.
MEMBERSHIPS (starting date)
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, 1992-1995, 2016-2021.
HONORS
Awarded the Alfred E. Skolnik Scholarship for excellence in journalism (sponsored by the Greenbelt News Review), 1981.
1993
First published history articles.NONFICTION
"The Puritan Meetinghouse That Wasn't" (history of religious architecture), The Anglican (Spring 1993), 8-9.
"Unitarian Roots in Architecture: The Puritan Meetinghouse" (history of religious architecture), The Unitarian Universalist Christian (Spring/Summer 1993), 19-26.
"Church Shapes in Colonial America" (history of religious architecture), God's World Today (15 October 1993), 6-7.
"The Singing Planets" (history of science), Odyssey (December 1993), 18-21.
1994
NONFICTION"The Case of the Colonial Font" (history of religious furnishings), God's World Today (13 May 1994), 6-7.
"The Tree That Told Time" (social history), Faces (December 1994), 20-21.
1995
First composition of novels.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Wizard of the Sun, fantasy novel in the Darkling Plain series: July 1995 (composition; the short story on which it was based was composed in 1979).
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August 1995 to March 1996 (composition; the short story on which it was based was composed in 1979).
Law of Vengeance, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August to November 1995 (composition).
Breached Boundaries 1: Adversaries, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: September 1995 to April 1996 (composition).
Breached Boundaries 2: Challenge, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September 1995 to August 1996 (composition).
Breached Boundaries 5: Settlement, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: October 1995 to March 2017 (composition).
Breached Boundaries 6: Surrender, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to February 2016 (composition).
Law Links, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to November 2009 (composition).
Breached Boundaries 3: Stakes, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to August 1996 (composition).
Breached Boundaries 4: Battle, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: November 1995 to March 2017 (composition).
Death Mask, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: December 1995 to December 2017 (composition).
NONFICTION
". . . And the Weather Today Includes Comets and Meteors" (history of science), Odyssey (February 1995), 4-7.
MEMBERSHIPS (starting date)
Washington Independent Writers, 1995-1997 (approximately; years not recorded).
1996
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date) Empty Dagger
Hand, fantasy novel in the Three
Lands series: January 1996 to August 2022 (composition).
Noble, fantasy novel in the Princeling series: August to September 1996 (composition).
"From Hell to the Stars," historical speculative fiction novelette (a loose translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy): December 1996 to February 1997 (composition; ongoing).
NONFICTION
"The Carol Crusader" (history of music), Highlights for Children (December 1996), 16-17.
1997
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Law-Lover, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: January 1997 (composition).
NONFICTION
"Hipparchus and His Daring List of Stars" (history of science), Odyssey (April 1997), 8-11.
PUBLISHING, EDITING, AND STAFF WORK (starting date)
Independent journalist. Articles published by Anglicans Online (Canada/U.S.), BICNews (Belfast Islamic Centre, U.K.), Church Net UK, FEZANA Journal (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America), Golden Compass (Belgium), Minnesota Pagan Press (U.S.), and RE-XS (U.K.).
1998
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Right or Right, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: November 1998 and November 1999 (composition).
NONFICTION
"For Those Who Persecute You" (religion), Whosoever (January/February 1998); Gay Theological Journal (May/August 1998), 54-56.
1999
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)The Fire Before, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: August 1999 to April 2017 (composition).
Night Shadow, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: December 1999 (composition).
NONFICTION
"The Cooperator: An Unofficial History of the Greenbelt News Review" (history), Greenbelt.com (1999).
WEBSITES
Aslan's Kin: Interfaith Fantasy and Science Fiction.
2000
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
In the Spirit, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: March 2000 (composition).
2001
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Mystery, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: March 2001 (composition).
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars, contemporary novel in the Unmasked series: April 2001 (composition).
2002
First public release of fiction, through e-mail lists. First fiction website. First story sold to a magazine. First historical speculative fiction, taking the form of historical fantasy and alternate history.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
O Most Unthankful, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: January 2002 (composition).
Crossing the Cliff, fantasy novella in the Darkling Plain series: January to June 2002 (composition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, fantasy novella in the Life Prison series: February to April 2002 (composition).
Master and Servant 2: The True Master, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman series: February 2002 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea).
The Fool, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series: February 2002 (composition).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March to September 2002 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March to November 2002 (composition).
Rebirth 4: In Training, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 and December 2002 to January 2003 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea).
A Sexual Minority Speaks Out, science fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: March 2002 (composition).
Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 (composition).
Transformation 3: A Prisoner Has Need, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 to February 2004 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 (composition).
Transformation 4: The Consultation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2002 to February 2003 (composition).
Eternally Divided, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: May 2002 (composition).
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2002 (composition).
Debt Price, historical speculative fiction novella in the Master/Other series: July to September 2002 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea).
The Slavefic Plot Creator, contemporary flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: July 2002 (composition).
Cold Stars, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series (originally the Subtext series): August 2002 (composition).
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: August 2002 and May 2003 (composition).
Pleasure, science fiction novella in the Slaves of the Northern Corporate Dominion series (originally in the Master/Other series): December 2002 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
O Most Unthankful, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: January 2002 (list edition) and May 2002 (web edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, fantasy novella in the Life Prison series: April 2002 (list edition) and May 2002 (web edition).
Master and Servant 2: The True Master, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman series: April 2002 (list edition) and May 2002 (web edition).
The Fool, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series: April 2002 (list edition).
A Sexual Minority Speaks Out, science fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: April 2002 (list edition).
Right or Right, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: May 2002 (web edition).
Eternally Divided, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: May 2002 (list edition).
Mystery, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2002 (list edition and web edition).
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2002 (list edition).
Crossing the Cliff, fantasy novella in the Darkling Plain series: June 2002 (list edition and web edition).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2002 (list edition).
Debt Price, historical speculative fiction novella in the Master/Other series: October 2002 (publication in MAS-Zine).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2002 (list edition).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2002 (list edition).
NONFICTION
"The Eternal Debate in Classical Times" (social history), The World History of Male Love (2002).
"The Misguided Search for 'Homoeroticism': A Plea for Research on Friendship," (social history), The World History of Male Love (2002).
"Afterword" (history of mythology), Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths, by Andrew Calimach (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Haiduk Press, 2002).
WEBSITES
Darkling Plain aka duskdarkling.org (predecessor to duskpeterson.com).
Links on the History of Friendship, Romantic Friendship, Romance, and Sexuality.
PUBLISHING, EDITING, AND STAFF WORK (starting date)
Volunteer beta reader of male/male fiction, 2002-2010.
2003
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Rebirth 5: As a Seeker, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2003 (composition).
The Balance 2: Barbarians, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February to March 2003 (composition).
"Two Masters," contemporary/fantasy short story: February 2003 (composition).
Transformation 1: Deception, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March and July 2003 (composition).
The Balance 1: Truth and Lies, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2003 to March 2004 (composition).
The Balance 3: Hidden, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2003 (composition).
Whipster 2: Offstage, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: June to November 2003 (composition).
Puppets, contemporary novelette in the Unmasked series: June 2003 (composition).
Transformation 2: Twists and Turns, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2003 and October to December 2003 (composition).
Whipster 3: Blurred Lines, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: November 2003 to June 2008 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Rebirth 4: In Training, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2003 (list edition).
Rebirth 5: As a Seeker, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2003 (list edition).
Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2003 (list edition).
Pleasure, science fiction novella in the Slaves of the Northern Corporate Dominion series (originally in the Master/Other series): February 2003 (list edition and web edition).
"Two Masters," contemporary/fantasy short story: April 2003 (list edition).
The Balance 2: Barbarians, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2003 (publication in MAS-Zine).
The Balance 3: Hidden, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2003 (publication in MAS-Zine).
Transformation 1: Deception, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2003 (list edition).
"From Hell to the Stars," historical speculative fiction novelette (a loose translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy): August 2003 (list edition; ongoing).
The Slavefic Plot Creator, contemporary flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: August 2003 (list edition).
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: October 2003 (publication in MAS-Zine).
Transformation 2: Twists and Turns, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2003 (list edition).
REISSUES
Eternally Divided, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: June 2003 (web edition).
The Fool, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series: September 2003 (web edition).
Debt Price, historical speculative fiction novella in the Master/Other series: October 2003 (web edition).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2003 (web edition).
WEBSITES
Historical Fantasy: Links for Readers of Historical Fiction and Fantasy.
Sites on the History and Literature of Western Hierarchical Relationships.
2004
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)On Guard 1: Promotion,
historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal
Dungeon series: February 2004 to February 2008 (composition).
Forge 1: Stalk, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2004 to January 2016 (composition).
Forge 5: Trap, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2004 to August 2019 (composition).
Forge 2: Broadside, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2004 to July 2019 (composition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 1: Negotiations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2004 to October 2008 (approximate date of composition; most of the original draft lost).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 2: Preparations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2004 to October 2008 (approximate date of composition; original draft lost).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 3: Scene (novelette), leather novelette in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2004 to October 2008 (approximate date of composition; original draft lost).
First Lesson, leather short story in the Loren's Lashes series: June 2004 (composition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 1: Clothesline, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 (composition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 2: Spontaneous, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 (composition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 3: Bad Habit, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Whipster 2: Offstage, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: April 2004 (publication in MAS-Zine).
Transformation 3: A Prisoner Has Need, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2004 (list edition).
Transformation 4: The Consultation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2004 (list edition).
First Lesson, leather short story in the Loren's Lashes series: August 2004 (web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 2: Spontaneous, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2004 (web edition).
The Balance 1: Truth and Lies, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2004 (list edition).
Puppets, contemporary novelette in the Unmasked series: September 2004 (web edition).
REISSUES
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: April 2004 (web edition).
The Balance 2: Barbarians, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2004 (list edition).
The Balance 3: Hidden, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2004 (list edition).
NONFICTION
"Romantic Friendship: Not Just a Code Word for Gay" (social history), The World History of Male Love (2004).
Topman's Timeline: A Documentary Biography of John Preston (2004-2005). An online project incorporating documents by and about the author John Preston, as well as remembrances from his friends and colleagues.
WEBSITES
Gay and Lesbian Books in Alternative Formats.
GLBT Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Web Directory.
Hometown: Two Years in the Life of a Small Town Grown Large.
The Leather Research Reference Shelf.
Male Romantic Friendships in Historical Photography and Literature.
Online Resources for Blind and Partially Sighted Readers of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Topman: Online Writings by and about John Preston.
2005
First fiction e-zine.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 5: Pinned, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: April to May 2005 and April 2007 (composition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4: Leatherdar, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: April 2005 and November 2006 (composition).
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets, leather flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: April 2005 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 1: Clothesline, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: April 2005 (web edition).
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets, leather flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: April 2005 (web edition).
NONFICTION
"The History of DS and Its Kin" (social history), in Jack Rinella's LeatherViewscolumn, Gay Chicago Magazine (April 23, 2005).
"Drag Queens, Leathermen, and Telling the Truth: Franny and the Life of John Preston" (literary biography), in John Preston, Franny, the Queen of Provincetown (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005).
PUBLISHING, EDITING, AND STAFF WORK (starting date)
Publisher, editor, and staff writer, True Tales: An E-zine of Masculinity and Power, 2005-2009. Articles reissued by Ambush Mag and HPEP Newsletter. E-zine's honors: Four story and poetry finalists, Rauxa Prize 2006, of which two became runners-up. Story winner, original fiction category, Titanium Whip Awards 2006. Editor's Pick, GayDemon, 2007. Nominee, Cybersocket Web Awards, 2008.
WEBSITES
True Tales: An E-zine of Masculinity and Power. Also publishes fiction.
2006
First public blog.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Forge 3: Guild, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2006 to July 2019 (composition).
Hell's Messenger 1: Trial, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: February 2006 to January 2007 (composition).
On Guard 3: Searching, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2006 to August 2007 (composition).
On Guard 4-10, historical speculative fiction stories in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2006 to August 2010 (composition).
Revenge, historical speculative fiction short story in the Darkling Plain series (originally the Subtext series): April 2006 (composition).
Coded Messages, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: April 2006 (composition).
Mercy's Prisoner 3: Milord, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: May 2006 and April 2011 (composition).
Mercy's Prisoner 5: Curious, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: May 2006 to April 2011 (composition).
The Balance 4: Death Watch, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2006 to February 2007 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 3: Bad Habit, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: April 2006 (list edition) and May 2006 (web edition).
Night Shadow, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: June 2006 (web edition).
Coded Messages, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: November 2006 (list edition and web edition, as "Mercy's Prisoner 2: Coded Messages").
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4: Leatherdar, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: December 2006 (web edition).
REISSUES
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: May 2006 (web edition).
A Sexual Minority Speaks Out, science fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: June 2006 (web edition).
Whipster 2: Offstage, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: October 2006 (web edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, fantasy novella in the Life Prison series: November 2006 (expanded web edition).
WEBSITES
A Little List of Links on Solitude, Simplicity, and Self-Discipline.
MEMBERSHIPS (starting date)
Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, 2006-2010.
HONORS
Runner-up, Rauxa Prize, for the short story Spontaneous.
Nominee, Mid-Atlantic Regional category, Pantheon of Leather community service awards (sponsored by The Leather Journal), after first year and a half of leather writing and editing.
2007
First e-zine sold for profit. First e-book.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Hell's Messenger 2: Tour, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: January 2007 to February 2008 (composition).
Sweet Blood 5: Truth and Trust, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2007 to July 2015 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars, contemporary novel in the Unmasked series: May 2007 (list edition and web edition).
REISSUES
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: October 2007 (audio book edition and e-book edition).
PUBLISHING, EDITING, AND STAFF WORK
Publisher and editor of The Slash Skinny (publishing news and market report), 2007.
WEBSITES
International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day: A Directory of Online Creations.
The Slash Skinny: Publishing News and Market Report on Original Slash.
2008
First e-books sold at a major distributor (Amazon).FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Master and Servant 3: Unmarked, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: January 2008 to February 2010 (composition, arising from an earlier story idea).
Hell's Messenger 3: Initiation, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Life Prison series: February 2008 to February 2017 (composition) and April to May 2018 (web edition, as part of Hell's Messenger).
On Guard 2: Protection, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2008 (composition).
Sweet Blood 1: Bonds, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2008 (composition).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: November 2008 (composition).
Mercy's Prisoner 4: Isolation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: December 2008 and April 2011 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
The Balance 4: Death Watch, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2008 (list edition).
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: February 2008 (list edition) and July 2008 (web edition).
Hell's Messenger 1: Trial, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: March 2008 (list edition).
Hell's Messenger 2: Tour, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: June 2008 (list edition).
On Guard 1: Promotion, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2008 (list edition).
On Guard 2: Protection, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2008 (list edition).
On Guard 3: Searching, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2008 (list edition).
Noble, fantasy novel in the Princeling series: July 2008 (list edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 5: Pinned, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: September 2008 (web edition).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: December 2008 (list edition and web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers, leather short story collection in the Leather in Lawnville series: May 2008 (e-book edition and audio book edition).
Whipster, historical speculative fiction novel in the Michael's House series: December 2008 (e-book edition).
REISSUES
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: March 2008 (reissue of e-book edition) and May 2008 (braille and DAISY editions).
The Slavefic Plot Creator, contemporary flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: April 2008 (web edition).
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: September 2008 (list edition and e-book edition).
First Lesson, leather short story in the Loren's Lashes series: September 2008 (e-book edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, fantasy novella in the Life Prison series: September 2008 (e-book edition).
Coded Messages, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: October 2008 (e-book edition).
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets, leather flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: October 2008 (e-book edition).
NONFICTION
"Unconventional Service" (essay on relationships), Simply Service (August 2008), 2.
PUBLISHING, EDITING, AND STAFF WORK
Columnist, POD People (multi-author blog of news and reviews on print-on-demand books and e-books), 2008.
2009
First retrofuture science fiction.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Master and Servant 1: The Abolitionist, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: January 2009 to June 2013 (composition).
If Dante Had a Beta Reader, contemporary and historical fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: April 2009.
Queue, retrofuturistic science fiction flash fiction in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: June 2009 (composition).
The Unanswered Question, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2009 and December 2009 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Queue, retrofuturistic science fiction flash fiction in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: June 2009 (list edition and web edition).
The Unanswered Question, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2009 and December 2009 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS
Love in Dark Settings Omnibus, collection of all of Dusk Peterson's writings: April 2009 (e-book edition).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Noble, fantasy novel in the Princeling series: January 2009 (web edition).
Whipster 3: Blurred Lines, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: February 2009 (list edition and web edition).
Hell's Messenger 1: Trial, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: March 2009 (web edition).
Hell's Messenger 2: Tour, historical speculative fiction novella in theLife Prison series: March 2009 (web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers, leather short story collection in the Leather in Lawnville series: April 2009 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Pleasure, science fiction novella in the Slaves of the Northern Corporate Dominion series (originally in the Master/Other series): May 2009 (expanded list edition and expanded web edition).
Whipster, historical speculative fiction novel in the Michael's House series: May 2009 (reissue of e-book edition).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2009 (web edition).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2009 (web edition).
Rebirth 4: In Training, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2009 (web edition).
Rebirth 5: As a Seeker, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2009 (web edition).
Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2009 (web edition).
Transformation, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2009 (e-book edition).
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: July 2009 (e-book edition).
WEBSITES
Retrofuture: Visions of the Future, 1945-1975.
INTERVIEWS
"The LA&M Talks with Dusk Peterson," The Leather Times (Leather Archives & Museum) (Issue 2, 2009), 18. (Note: The issue includes adult material.)
2010
First distribution of e-books to multiple retailers.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
The Balance 5: Balladeer, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2010 and September 2012 (composition).
The Awakening 1: The Shining Ones, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Dungeon Guards series (originally published as a side story in the Eternal Dungeon series): June 2010 to February 2015 (composition).
Journey to Manhood, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: June 2010 to March 2015 (composition).
Men and Lads, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: September to November 2010 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Cold Stars, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series (originally the Subtext series): January 2010 (web edition).
Revenge, historical speculative fiction short story in the Darkling Plain series (originally the Subtext series): January 2010 (web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 1: Negotiations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: June 2010 (web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 2: Preparations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: July 2010 (web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 3: Scene (novelette), leather novelette in the Loren's Lashes series: August 2010 (web edition).
Master and Servant 3: Unmarked, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: September to November 2010 (web edition).
On Guard, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels).
Men and Lads, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: December 2010 (web edition as a side story in the Life Prison series).
NEW COLLECTIONS
Loren's Lashes Omnibus, a collection of stories in the Loren's Lashes series: June 2010 (e-book edition).
Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction, a collection of stories in the Waterman series: September 2010 (e-book edition, under the title Waterman Omnibus).
The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels, a collection of stories in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2010 (e-book edition, under the title The Eternal Dungeon Omnibus).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Transformation, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2010 (web edition) and October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels).
The Balance, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2010 (web edition) and October 2010 (e-book edition, as part of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels).
Love in Dark Settings Omnibus, collection of all of Dusk Peterson's writings: July 2010 (expanded e-book edition).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2010 (e-book edition).
NONFICTION
"Historical speculative fiction – Why Not Just Write Historical Fiction?" (authorship), Clare London's blog (28 January 2010).
"Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Who Like Leather" (literary history), The Leather Times (Issue 2, 2010), 2-5.
WEBSITES
The Boer War and Turn-of-the-Century Firearms.
Islanders and Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay.
2011
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Broken, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2011 (composition).
In the Silence, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: May 2011 (composition).
Plus Love, contemporary short story in the Loren's Lashes series: May 2011 (composition).
Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: June to July 2011 (composition).
Cell-mates, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: July 2011 (composition).
Wax, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2011 (composition).
Torture, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon and Life Prison series: June 2011 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Law Links, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: April to November 2011 (web edition).
Wax, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2011 (web edition).
Broken, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2011 (web edition).
Torture, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon and Life Prison series: July 2011 (web edition).
Plus Love, contemporary short story in the Loren's Lashes series: December 2011 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS
The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula, a collection of stories in the Three Lands series: April 2011 (e-book edition, under the title The Three Lands Omnibus).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
On Guard, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March to August 2011 (web edition).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: April 2011 (e-book edition; also reissued in The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula) and July 2011 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2011 (e-book edition).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2011 (e-book edition).
Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction, a collection of stories in the Waterman series: July 2011 (reissue of Waterman Omnibus e-book edition, with minor changes, under the title Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction).
The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels, a collection of stories in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2011 (reissue of The Eternal Dungeon Omnibus e-book edition, with minor changes, under the title The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels) and August 2011 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula, a collection of stories in the Three Lands series: July 2011 (reissue of The Three Lands Omnibus edition, with minor changes, under the title The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2011 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Cold Stars, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series (originally the Subtext series): December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
Revenge, historical speculative fiction short story in the Darkling Plain series (originally the Subtext series): December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 2: Spontaneous, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
The Slavefic Plot Creator, contemporary flash fiction (satire) in the Rebels series: December 2011 (reissue of web edition).
HONORS
Honored in the Rainbow Awards 2011 in three categories, for the novel
omnibus The Eternal
Dungeon:
* Winner, Best Gay Fantasy.
* 2nd Place, Best Setting Development.
* Honorable Mention, Best Gay Novel/Book.
2012
Beginning of publication of backlist as e-books.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Spy Hill, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series (originally part of the Commando series): March 2012 (composition).
Green Ruin, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2012 (composition).
Hunger, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2012 (composition).
Sweet Blood 2: Searching, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2012 to September 2013 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION
Spy Hill, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series (originally part of the Commando series): June 2012 (web edition and e-book edition).
Law of Vengeance, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August 2012 (e-book edition).
Green Ruin, historical Dungeon series: September 2012 (publication in Wanderlust: A Travel Anthology, edited by T. Spoon).
Hunger, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2012 (web edition and e-book edition).
Sweet Blood 1: Bonds, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2012 (e-book edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS
Wax / Broken, historical speculative fiction collection in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2012 (e-book edition).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Twenty Thousand Gold Stars, contemporary novel in the Unmasked series: January 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Puppets, contemporary novelette in the Unmasked series: January 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Eternally Divided, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: January 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: January 2012 (reissue of web edition), June 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), and July 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
O Most Unthankful, historical speculative fiction short story in the Master/Other series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Queue, retrofuturistic science fiction flash fiction in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: February 2012 (reissue of original web edition under the title Life Prison: the short version).
Men and Lads, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition), June 2012 (e-book edition), August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition), and October 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Broken, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition).
The Unanswered Question, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Wax, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition) and December 2012 (e-book edition, as part of Wax / Broken).
Torture, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon and Life Prison series: February 2012 (reissue of web edition).
Whipster, historical speculative fiction novel in the Michael's House series: June 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: June 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Whipster 2: Offstage, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: June 2012 (e-book edition).
Whipster 3: Blurred Lines, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: June 2012 (e-book edition).
Noble, fantasy novel in the Princeling series: June 2012 (e-book edition).
Pleasure, science fiction novella in the Slaves of the Northern Corporate Dominion series (originally in the Master/Other series): June 2012 (e-book edition).
Debt Price, historical speculative fiction novella in the Master/Other series: June 2012 (e-book edition).
Plus Love, contemporary short story in the Loren's Lashes series: June 2012 (e-book edition).
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Law Links, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August 2012 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes).
Mystery, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: August 2012 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes).
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: August 2012 (e-book edition, with minor changes).
Spy Hill, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series (originally part of the Commando series): August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction novels, a collection of stories in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2012 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2012 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes).
Rebirth 4: In Training, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2012 (individual e-book edition).
Rebirth 5: As a Seeker, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2012 (individual e-book edition).
Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2012 (individual e-book edition).
Rebirth, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2012 (individual e-book edition).
Green Ruin, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2012 (individual e-book edition).
Transformation 1: Deception, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2012 (individual e-book edition).
Transformation 2: Twists and Turns, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2012 (individual e-book edition).
Broken, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2012 (e-book edition, as part of Wax / Broken).
HONORS
Honorable Mention, One Perfect Score category, in the Rainbow Awards 2012, for the Three Lands novel Law of Vengeance.
2013
First nonfiction e-books. Completion (virtually) of publication of backlist as e-books. Start of reissue of e-books in multiformat editions. A prayer that I'd never have to do anything like that again. (Fast forward to 2023: I did.)FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Sweet Blood 3: Split, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2013 to October 2014 (composition).
Rain, historical speculative fiction novelette (cycle of five short stories) in the Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, and Waterman series: August 2013 (composition).
Never, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2013 (composition).
Master's Piece, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: December 2013 (composition).
Lost Haven: a master, his servant, and a disappearing island, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: December 2013 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: January 2013 (e-book edition, as part of the two-story collection Men and Lads / Lord and Servant).
Mercy's Prisoner 3: Milord, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: March 2013 (e-book edition).
The Balance 5: Balladeer, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2013 (e-book edition).
If Dante Had a Beta Reader, contemporary and historical fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: April 2013 (web edition).
Master and Servant 1: The Abolitionist, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: June 2013 (e-book edition).
Sweet Blood 2: Searching, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2013 (e-book edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 4: Isolation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: October 2013 (e-book edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 5: Curious, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: November 2013 (e-book edition).
In the Silence, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: November 2013 (e-book edition).
Cell-mates, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: November 2013 (e-book edition).
Never, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2013 (web edition and e-book edition).
Lost Haven: a master, his servant, and a disappearing island, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: December 2013 (web edition and e-book edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Men and Lads / Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction collection in the Life Prison series: January 2013 (e-book edition).
Master and Servant, historical speculative fiction novel in the Waterman series: August 2013 (e-book edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: NONFICTION
Pro-Gay and Ex-Gay Christians – Is There Room for Dialogue? Narratives and News on Christianity and Homosexuality during the 1990s, nonfiction collection in the Narrative Nonfiction series: July 2013 (e-book edition reissuing articles from 1997 and 1998).
Fan Fiction Fan, memoir in the Pixel-Stained series: September 2013 (e-book edition reissuing materials from earlier years).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Torture, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon and Life Prison series: January 2013 (e-book edition) and June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Three Lands: an omnibus of fantasy novels set in the Great Peninsula, a collection of stories in the Three Lands series: January 2013 (expanded e-book edition).
Transformation 3: A Prisoner Has Need, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2013 (individual e-book edition).
Transformation 4: The Consultation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2013 (individual e-book edition).
Transformation, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2013 (individual e-book edition).
The Unanswered Question, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2013 (individual e-book edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: March 2013 (reissue of e-book edition) and May 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
Coded Messages, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: March 2013 (reissue of e-book edition) and June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Balance 1: Truth and Lies, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2013 (individual e-book edition).
The Balance 2: Barbarians, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2013 (individual e-book edition).
The Balance 3: Hidden, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2013 (individual e-book edition) and May 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
The Balance 4: Death Watch, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2013 (individual e-book edition).
The Balance, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with added material).
Mercy's Prisoner 3: Milord, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
Men and Lads / Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction collection in the Life Prison series: June 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
Master and Servant1: The Abolitionist, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: July 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Master and Servant 2: The True Master, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman series: July 2013 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes).
Master and Servant 3: Unmarked, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: July 2013 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes).
Queue, retrofuturistic science fiction flash fiction in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: August 2013 (individual e-book edition).
Waterman: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus of historical speculative fiction and retrofuture science fiction, a collection of stories in the Waterman series: August 2013 (expanded e-book edition).
Debt Price, historical speculative fiction novella in the Master/Otherseries: October 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: December 2013 (reissue of e-book edition).
Night Shadow, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: December 2013 (e-book edition).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: December 2013 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover).
Right or Right, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: December 2013 (e-book edition).
The Fool, fantasy short story in the Master/Other series: December 2013 (reissue of web edition).
INTERVIEWS
Grilling Dusk Peterson, A. B. Gayle's blog (16 January 2013).
April Interview and Giveaway – Dusk Peterson, Hearts on Fire Reviews (8 April 2013).
'Life's good here,' but how good is Portland's new tagline? The Forecaster, Maine (25 June 2013). Quoted near the end of the article, in reference to the author John Preston.
HONOR
Finalist, Gay Fantasy category, in the Rainbow Awards 2013, for the Waterman novel The Abolitionist.
2014
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)AI, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman series: October 2014 (composition).
Sweet Blood 4: Checkmate, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2014 to May 2015 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
Sweet Blood 3: Split, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2014 (e-book edition).
Rain, historical speculative fiction novelette (cycle of five short stories) in the Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, and Waterman series: December 2014 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Mercy's Prisoner, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: August 2014 (e-book edition).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Pleasure, science fiction novella in the Slaves of the Northern Corporate Dominion series (originally in the Master/Otherseries): January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Balance 4: Death Watch, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only).
Rebirth 4: In Training, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new changes), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), and September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), and September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition).
Whipster, historical speculative fiction novel in the Michael's House series: January 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only).
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover only), May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover), and July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition).
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Law of Vengeance, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: February 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes) and July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition).
Rebirth 5: As a Seeker, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes) and September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover).
Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover).
Rebirth, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and new cover).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Noble, fantasy novel in the Princeling series: July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition).
Mercy's Prisoner 1: Life Prison, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: July 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes) and August 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover).
Mercy's Prisoner 2: Men and Lads, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: July 2014 (individual e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes, as "Mercy's Prisoner 2: Men and Lads," in place of "Coded Messages").
Hell's Messenger 1: Trial, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: July 2014 (e-book edition).
Coded Messages, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: August 2014 (web edition).
Spy Hill, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series (originally part of the Commando series): August 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
A Sexual Minority Speaks Out, speculative fiction short story (satire) in the Rebels series: September 2013 (reissue of web edition).
Transformation 1: Deception, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Transformation 2: Twists and Turns, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Transformation 3: A Prisoner Has Need, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Transformation 4: The Consultation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2014 (reissue of e-book edition, with new cover and minor changes).
Hell's Messenger 2: Tour, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series: October 2014 (e-book edition).
What Slaves Do When They Aren't Cleaning Toilets, leather short story in the Rebels series: October 2014 (reissue of web edition).
Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: November 2014 (individual e-book edition).
Mercy's Prisoner, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: December 2014 (reissue of e-book edition).
First Lesson, leather short story in the Loren's Lashes series: December 2014 (reissue of web edition).
MEMBERSHIPS (starting date)
Romance Writers of America, 2014-2015, 2016-2018. Also, for part of
the time, the following RWA chapters:
- Cultural, Interracial, and Multicultural Romance Writers of America.
- Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Romance Writers of America.
- Hearts Through History Romance Writers [historical romance].
- Kiss of Death [romantic suspense and mystery].
- Rainbow Romance Writers [lgbtq romance].
- Young Adult Romance Writers of America.
HONORS
Honorable Mention and Runner-up, Gay Fantasy category, in the Rainbow Awards 2014, for the Life Prison novel Mercy's Prisoner.
2015
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Survival School, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: March 2015 to January 2016 (composition).
New Day, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: April 2015 (composition).
New-Fashioned, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2015 (composition).
The Lure, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: April 2015 (composition).
Far Enough Away, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: May 2015 (composition).
Guise, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: May 2015 (composition).
Emancipation, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: July 2015 (composition).
Wildfire, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: July 2015 (composition).
The Whipping Post, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2015 (composition).
Ma'am, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2015 (composition).
Commoners' Festival, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2015 (composition).
Prison Food and Fondness, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2015 to January 2016 (composition).
Sweeping Day, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: December 2015 to January 2016 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
AI, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman series: May 2015 (publication in the anthology Restart, edited by T. Spoon).
Sweet Blood 4: Checkmate, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2015 (e-book edition).
The Whipping Post, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2015 (e-book edition, as part of Lockup).
New-Fashioned, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: November 2015 (e-book edition, as part of Lockup).
Commoners' Festival, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2015 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Lockup, historical speculative fiction collection in the Dark Light series, collecting short fiction from the Eternal Dungeon, Life Prison, Commando, Michael's House, and Waterman series: November 2015 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: In the Silence, Green Ruin, Hunger, Wax, Never, The Whipping Post, Broken, Torture, Cell-mates, Coded Messages, Lord and Servant, Rain.
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Master and Servant 1: The Abolitionist, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: March 2015 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Master and Servant 2: The True Master, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman series: March 2015 (reissue of e-book edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 1: Clothesline, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2015 (reissue of web edition).
Debt Price, historical speculative fiction novella in the Master/Other series: August 2015 (reissue of web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 3: Bad Habit, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: August 2015 (reissue of web edition).
Pleasure, science fiction novella in the Master/Other series (also issued as part of the Slaves of the Northern Corporate Dominion series): September to October 2015 (reissue of web edition, serialized).
AI, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman series: October 2015 (web edition).
Right or Right, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plainseries: December 2015 to January 2016 (reissued of web edition).
2016
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)The Awakening 2: Shot, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: February to August 2016 (composition).
In Hot Water, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2016 (composition).
Tax the Dungeon, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2016 (composition).
The Awakening 3: Before, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: June 2016 (composition).
The Awakening 4: Tempest, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: June to July 2016 (composition).
Open-Soul Surgery, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2016 (composition).
Shifts, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2016 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
The Awakening 1: The Shining Ones, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Dungeon Guards series (originally published as a side story in the Eternal Dungeon series): January 2016 (e-book edition).
Master's Piece, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: January 2016 (e-book edition, as part of Servant or Slave).
Journey to Manhood, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: March 2016 (e-book edition).
Prison Food and Fondness, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2016 (e-book edition).
Survival School, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: March 2016 (e-book edition).
Far Enough Away, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: April 2016 (e-book edition).
In Hot Water, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2016 (e-book edition).
The Lure, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: May 2016 (e-book edition).
New Day, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: July 2016 (web edition).
Guise, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: August 2016 (web edition).
Sweeping Day, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: August 2016 (web edition).
Tax the Dungeon, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2016 (web edition).
Ma'am, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2016 (web edition).
Wildfire, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: October 2016 (web edition).
Shifts, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: December 2016 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Servant or Slave, historical speculative fiction collection in the Waterman series: January 2016 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Lost Haven, Master's Piece.
Risk, historical speculative fiction collection in the Dark Light series, collecting short fiction from the Eternal Dungeon, Young Toughs (merged into Waterman), Waterman, and Commando series: August 2016 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: The Unanswered Question, The Lure, Journey to Manhood, Lost Haven, Master's Piece, Spy Hill.
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Lost Haven: a master, his servant, and a disappearing island, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: January 2016 (e-book reissue, as part of Servant or Slave).
Rebirth, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes) and March 2016 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Unanswered Question, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Sweet Blood 3: Split, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
Crossing the Cliff, fantasy novella in the Darkling Plain series: February to March 2016 (reissue of web edition).
Commoners' Festival, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2016 (e-book edition).
Transformation, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
"Law Links 1: Blood on the Blade," fantasy novella in the Young Spies series: April 2016 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes, as part of a serialization of Law Links).
Re-creation, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: April 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes, and with the additional subtitle Gift for a slave).
Night Shadow, fantasy novelette in the Darkling Plain series: April 2016 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes) and May 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes).
On Guard, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2016 (individual e-book edition, with minor changes).
The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus, a collection of volumes in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2016 (reissue of e-book edition, with minor changes and the addition of Balladeer, under the title of The Eternal Dungeon: a Turn-of-the-Century Toughs omnibus).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 4: Leatherdar, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: September 2016 (reissue of web edition).
Prison Food and Fondness, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2016 (web edition).
Far Enough Away, retrofuturistic science fiction short story in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: September 2016 (web edition).
Leather, Licking, and Lawnmowers 5: Pinned, leather short story in the Leather in Lawnville series: October 2016 (reissue of web edition).
In Hot Water, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2016 (web edition).
TRAINING
Webinars, Association of Independent Information Professionals.
"Editing Fiction" class, Copyediting.com.
MEMBERSHIPS (starting date)
American Historical Association, 2016-2021.
Association of Independent Information Professionals, 2016-2017.
Association of Independent Publishing Professionals, 2016-2017.
Editorial Freelancers Association, 2016-2018.
Historical Novel Society, 2016-2018.
Historical Writers of America, 2016-2018.
International Thriller Writers, 2016-2017.
National Council on Public History, 2016-2018.
Organization of American Historians, 2016-2021.
HONORS
Four honors in the Rainbow Awards 2016 for the Dark Light collection Risk: Honorable Mention. Finalist. Winner, Best LGBT Alternative Universe/Reality. 3rd Place, Best LGBT Book.
2017
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Hidden Blade, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: May 2017 (composition).
Famine or Feast, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2017 (composition).
Season of Dangerous Peace, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: November 2017 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
Breached Boundaries 1: Adversaries, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: January to February 2017 (web edition).
Open-Soul Surgery, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2017 (web edition).
Emancipation, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: June 2017 (web edition).
Sweet Blood 5: Truth and Trust, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2017 (e-book edition, as part of Sweet Blood).
Famine or Feast, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2017 (web edition).
Season of Dangerous Peace, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: December 2017 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Sweet Blood, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2007 to July 2015 (composition) and August 2017 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Bonds, Searching, Split, Checkmate, Truth and Trust.
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
On Guard, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2017 (reissue of web edition) and September 2017 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Whipping Post, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: February 2017 (web edition).
Green Ruin, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2017 (web edition).
Sweet Blood 1: Bonds, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2017 (web edition).
New-Fashioned, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2017 (web edition).
Sweet Blood 2: Searching, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2017 (web edition).
Bard of Pain, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: April 2017 (reissue of web edition).
Sweet Blood 3: Split, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2017 to June 2017 (web edition).
Spy Hill, historical speculative fiction novella in the Life Prison series (originally part of the Commando series): April 2017 to July 2017 (reissue of web edition).
Survival School, historical speculative fiction novella in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: April 2017 to July 2017 (web edition).
Sweet Blood 4: Checkmate, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: June 2017 to August 2017 (web edition).
Law Links, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: June 2017 (individual e-book edition) and June 2017 to December 2017 (reissue of web edition) and December 2017 (reissue of e-book edition).
In the Silence, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: June 2017 (web edition).
Mercy's Prisoner, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: July to December 2017 (web edition). Incorporates the following stories: Life Prison, Men and Lads, Milord, Isolation, Curious.
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2017 (re-issue of e-book edition).
Sweet Blood 5: Truth and Trust, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Eternal Dungeon series: September to December 2017 (web edition).
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: October 2017 (reissue of e-book edition).
WEBSITES
Retrohome: American Homelife in the Past and Present (blog with accompanying Twitter account).
MEMBERSHIPS (starting date)
Broad Universe (science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors), 2017-2019.
HONOR
Honorable Mention in the Rainbow Awards 2017 for the Eternal Dungeon novel Sweet Blood.
2018
First subscription service.
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTIONDeath Mask, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: January 2018 to August 2019 (web edition).
Hell's Messenger 3: Initiation, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Life Prison series: April 2018 to April 2019 (web edition, as part of Hell's Messenger).
Breached Boundaries 2: Challenge, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: August to October 2018 (web edition).
Wizard of the Sun, fantasy novel in the Darkling Plain series: December 2018 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Hell's Messenger, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: January 2018 to April 2019 (web edition). Incorporates the following stories: Trial, Tour, Initiation (new).
Danger, historical speculative fiction collection in the Dark Light series, collecting short fiction from the Young Toughs (merged into Waterman) series and Life Prison series: April 2018 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Survival School, Sweeping Day, Emancipation, Far Enough Away, New Day, Queue, AI.
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Breached Boundaries 1: Adversaries, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: August to October 2018 (reissue of web edition).
Death Mask, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: September 2019 (e-book edition).
TRAINING
"Sensitivity Reads" class, Editorial Freelancers Association.
2019
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Forge 4: Protest, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: July 2019 to May 2021 (composition).
Forge 6: Historical Annotations, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2019 to September 2021 (composition).
Runaway, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: August 2019 (composition).
Liegeman's Service, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman series: August to September 2019 (composition).
Duties of a Second-Ranked Master, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: September 2019 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
Free-man's Blade, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: May 2019 (e-book edition).
Breached Boundaries, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August 2019 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Adversaries (previously published), Challenge (previously published), Stakes (previously published), Battle, Settlement, Surrender.
Hidden Blade, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: May 2017 (composition) and December 2019 (web edition and e-book edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Darkling Plain: A fantasy omnibus of romance, friendship, and disabilities, a collection of stories in the Darkling Plain series: April 2019 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Right or Right, Crossing the Cliff, Night Shadow, Wizard of the Sun.
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Mercy's Prisoner, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: June 2019 (reissue of e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Life Prison, Men and Lads, Milord, Isolation, Curious.
Lord and Servant, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Life Prison series: August 2019 (web edition).
Master's Piece, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: August 2019 (web edition).
Hell's Messenger, historical speculative fiction novel in the Life Prison series: August 2019 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: Trial, Tour, Initiation.
Blood Vow, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: August 2019 to February 2020 (web edition).
The Lure, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman series: August to September 2019 (web edition).
Death Mask, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: September 2019 (e-book edition).
Journey to Manhood, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman (formerly Young Toughs) series: September 2019 (web edition).
Master and Servant 1: The Abolitionist, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: October to December 2019 (web edition).
2020
Completed posting my backlist as online fiction. It's 2020, folks; I can't risk having these stories lost.FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Patience, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (composition).
Lockdown, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: December 2020 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
The Awakening 2: Shot, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: March 2020 (e-book edition).
The Awakening 3: Before, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: March 2020 (e-book edition).
The Awakening 4: Tempest, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: May 2020 (e-book edition).
Runaway, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: May 2020 (e-book edition).
Duties of a Second-Ranked Master, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: June 2020 (e-book edition).
Liegeman's Service, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman series: August 2020 (e-book edition).
Patience, historical speculative fiction flash fiction in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (web edition).
The Fire Before, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: October 2020 (web edition).
Lockdown, historical speculative fiction short story in the Life Prison series: December 2020 (web edition).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
The Awakening 1: The Shining Ones, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Dungeon Guards series (originally published as a side story in the Eternal Dungeon series): January 2020 (web edition and e-book edition).
Master and Servant 2: The True Master, March 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Master and Servant 3: Unmarked, historical speculative fiction novel (within a novel) in the Waterman series: March to June 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Law of Vengeance, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: June to September 2020 (web edition).
Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August to September 2020 (web edition).
Runaway, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: September 2020 (web edition).
Rebirth 3: First Time, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Rebirth 4: In Training, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Free-man's Blade, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2020 (web edition).
Duties of a Second-Ranked Master, historical speculative fiction short story in the Waterman series: September 2020 (web edition).
Rebirth 5: As a Seeker, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Breached Boundaries 2: Challenge, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September 2020 (web edition).
Liegeman's Service, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Waterman series: September 2020 (web edition).
Rebirth 6: Tops and Sops, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Breached Boundaries 3: Stakes, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September 2020 (web edition).
Transformation 1: Deception, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Breached Boundaries 4: Battle, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September 2020 (web edition).
Transformation 2: Twists and Turns, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: September 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Breached Boundaries 5: Settlement, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September 2020 (web edition).
Transformation 3: A Prisoner Has Need, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2020.
Breached Boundaries 6: Surrender, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: October 2020 (web edition).
Transformation 4: The Consultation, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Mystery, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance 1: Truth and Lies, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Whipster 1: The New Boy, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance 2: Barbarians, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Whipster 2: Offstage, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance 3: Hidden, historical speculative fiction short story in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Whipster 3: Blurred Lines, historical speculative fiction novella in the Michael's House series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Balance 4: Death Watch, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Noble, fantasy novel in the Princeling series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 1: Negotiations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Awakening 2: Shot, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: October 2020 (web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 2: Preparations, leather novella in the Loren's Lashes series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Awakening 3: Before, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: October 2020 (web edition).
Edgeplay in Mayhill 3: Scene (novelette), leather novelette in the Loren's Lashes series: October 2020 (reissue of web edition).
The Awakening 4: Tempest, historical speculative fiction novella in the Dungeon Guards series: October 2020 (web edition).
NONFICTION
The Triangular Trade: What Did Enslaved Africans Experience? Nystrom, 2020.
Dorothea Dix and Thomas Edison: How Did Their Contributions Improve Life in America? Nystrom, 2020.
2021
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Escape, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: May to June 2021 (composition).FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
In the Spirit,
fantasy novelette in the Three Lands
series: January 2021 (web edition).
Forge, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2004 to June 2018 (composition) and March 2021 to July 2022 (Patreon edition). Serialized during an overlapping time period:
- Forge 1: Stalk, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: March to April 2021 (web edition).
- Forge 2: Broadside, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: April 2021 (web edition).
- Forge 3: Guild, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: May 2021 (web edition).
- Forge 4: Protest, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: May to June 2021 (web edition).
- Forge 5: Trap, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: June to July 2021 (web edition).
Escape, historical speculative fiction novelette in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2021 (Patreon edition) and August to September 2021 (web edition).
Law-Lover, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: December 2021 (Patreon edition) and December 2021 to January 2022 (web edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
The Awakening, historical speculative fiction novel in the Dungeon Guards series: August 2021 (e-book edition). Incorporates the following stories: The Shining Ones, Shot, Before, Tempest.
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Rebirth 1: The Breaking, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2021 (reissue of e-book edition).
Hidden Blade, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: September 2021 (reissue of web edition and reissue of e-book edition) and October 2021 (reissue of e-book edition).
The Awakening, historical speculative fiction novel in the Dungeon Guards series: November 2021 (reissue of e-book edition).
NONFICTIONFranklin Delano Roosevelt: World War Two President. Scholastic / Children's Press, 2021.
2022
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
The Night the Moon Turned Pink, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: July 2022 (composition).
Wild-Berry Wine, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: September 2022 (composition).
Three in One, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2022 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
Forge, historical speculative fiction novel in the Eternal Dungeon series: March 2004 to June 2018 (composition) and March 2021 to July 2022 (Patreon edition). Also posted:
- Forge 6: Historical Annotations, historical speculative fiction novella in the Eternal Dungeon series: August 2019 to September 2021 (composition) and August 2022 (web edition).
The Night the Moon Turned Pink, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: July 2022 (web edition).
Wild-Berry Wine, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: September 2022 (web edition).
Three in One, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2022 (web edition).
MEMBERSHIPS (starting date)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, 2022 to present.
2023
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)Deadly Introductions, fantasy novella in the Crossing Worlds series: January to December 2023 (composition).
Unwanted, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: April 2023 (composition).
The Strong Twin, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: May to June 2023 (composition).
Rebel, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: July 2023 (composition).
The New Guard, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: July 2023 (composition).
Alms, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: August 2023 (composition).
Winter Games, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: August 2023 (composition).
The Visitor, fantasy short story in the Crossing Worlds series: September 2023 (composition).
Tempestuous Tours, fantasy novella in the Crossing Worlds series: December 2023 to April 2024 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
Deadly Introductions, fantasy novella in the Crossing Worlds series: January 2023 to September 2023 (blog edition).
Empty Dagger Hand, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: March to September 2023 (subscription e-book edition).
Empty Dagger Hand 2: Sea of Storms, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: June 2023 (subscription e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
Empty Dagger Hand 3: Landfall, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: July to September 2023 (subscription e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
Unwanted, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: June 2023 (e-book edition).
The Strong Twin, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: July 2023 (e-book edition).
Rebel, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: August 2023 (e-book edition).
The New Guard, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: November 2023 (e-book edition).
The Visitor, fantasy short story in the Crossing Worlds series: December 2023 (e-book edition).
Winter Games, historical speculative fiction short story in the Dungeon Guards series: December 2023 (web edition and e-book edition).
REISSUES AND NEW EDITIONS
Law Links, fantasy novel in the Three Lands series: April 2023 (reissue of e-book edition and web edition) and May 2023 (reissue of e-book edition).Wildfire, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: April 2023 (e-book edition and reissue of web edition) and May 2023 (reissue of e-book edition, to correct minor error).
Famine or Feast, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: May 2023 (e-book edition and reissue of web edition, with text unchanged from previous reissue).
Law Links 1: God of Vengeance, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: May 2023 (reissue of e-book edition, incorporating changes to the April 2023 reissue of Law Links).
Law Links 2: The Sword, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 3: God of Mercy, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: June 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 4: The Bird,
fantasy novella in the Three Lands
series: July 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 5: God
of Judgment, fantasy novella in the Three
Lands series: August 2023 (individual e-book edition).
Law Links 6: The Final Balance, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: August 2023 (individual e-book edition, published in Law Links as "The Balance").
Season of Dangerous Peace, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: September 2023 (e-book edition).
2024
FICTION COMPOSITION (starting date)
Ambitious, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: January to February 2024 (composition).
Stillness, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: October 2024 (composition).
Holiday Tree, alternate history flash fiction in the Philosophy Friends series: October 2024 (composition).
FIRST PUBLICATION: FICTION
Alms, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
Ambitious, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: February 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
Tempestuous Tours, fantasy novella in the Crossing Worlds series: February 2024 to present (blog edition).
Empty Dagger Hand 4: Snowfall, fantasy novella in the Three Lands series: March to April 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 5: Intent, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: May 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 6: Foothills, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: June 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 7: Lone, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: July 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 8: Break, fantasy short story in the Three Lands series: August 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Empty Dagger Hand 9: The Beginning, fantasy novel (within a novel) in the Three Lands series: September to December 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories).
Stillness, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: October 2024 (blog edition).
Holiday Tree, alternate history flash fiction in the Philosophy Friends series: October 2024 (composition) and December 2024 (blog edition).
NEW COLLECTIONS: FICTION
Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories, omnibus volume in the Three Lands series, incorporating Empty Dagger Hand and its side stories: January 2024 (subscription e-book edition, under title of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus, incorporating the following stories: Empty Dagger Hand 1: The End, Empty Dagger Hand 2: Sea of Storms, Empty Dagger Hand 3: Landfall, Unwanted, The New Guard, Alms).
Law Links: Novel and Side Stories, omnibus volume in the Three Lands series, incoporating Empty Dagger Hand and its side stories: February 2024 (subscription e-book edition, under the title of Law Links Omnibus, incorporating the following stories: Law Links 1: God of Vengeance, Law Links 2: The Sword, Law Links 3: God of Mercy, Law Links 4: The Bird, Law Links 5: God of Judgment, Law Links 6: The Final Balance, Wildfire, Famine or Feast, Season of Dangerous Peace).
REISSUES
Unwanted, fantasy flash fiction in the Three Lands series: January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
The New Guard, fantasy novelette in the Three Lands series: January 2024 (e-book edition, as part of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus).
Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories, omnibus volume in the Three Lands series, incorporating Empty Dagger Hand and its side stories: February 2024 (subscription e-book edition, adding the following story: Ambitious), March to April 2024 (subscription e-book, under the title of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 4: Snowfall), May 2024 (subscription e-book, under the title of Empty Dagger Hand: Omnibus, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 5: Intent), June 2024 (subscription e-book, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 6: Foothills), and July 2024 (subscription e-book, under the title of Empty Dagger Hand: Novel and Side Stories, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 7: Lone), August 2024 (subscription e-book, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 8: Break), September t0 December 2024 (subscription e-book, adding the following story: Empty Dagger Hand 9: The Beginning), December 2024 (bookstore e-book).
Law Links: Novel and Side Stories, omnibus volume in the Three Lands series, incoporating Empty Dagger Hand and its side stories: March 2024 (subscription e-book reissue and bookstore e-book edition, under the title of Law Links: Novel and Side Stories).
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