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Screenplays / Scripts

  1. “The Adventures of Shrimp E. Shrimp”, SCV Systems (children’s game, 15 minutes) (5/97)
  2. “The Adventrues of Madison Jaxx”, Corel Corp (CD-ROM adventure game, co-author) (6/98)
  3. “Arthur: the King, the Sword, the Legend”, Corel Corp (CD-ROM adventure game, 4 hours) (10/98)
  4. “Into the Dead Room”, 20 minute student film (directed by Jeff Branch) (2/03)
  5. “Mr. Graves”, short film: 10 minute paranoid fantasy (Actors Playground) (8/03)
  6. “Voice of the Dead”, short film: 25 minute ghost story (Phillips Films) (12/03), Winner: Best Short Film at GoreFest 2004
  7. “Psyched Out”, short film: 12 minute dark comedy (Actors Playground) (2/04)
  8. “Ms. North”, short film: 7 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (3/04)
  9. “Tech Support Blues”, short film: 9 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (4/04)
  10. “Just Relax!”, short film: 9 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (6/04)
  11. “The Siberians”, short film: 8 minute comedy (Actors Playground) (8/04)
  12. “Nightbeat 2 & 3”, short film: 30 minute crime noir serials (Phillips Films, 2006) (on hold)
  13. “Left Behind: Tribulation Force”, character dialog (& game mechanics) for major release by Left Behind Games (7/07)
  14. “Vincent”, short film: 20 minute crime drama (Actors Playground) (1/08)
  15. “Girl Trouble”, short film: 20 minute Abbott & Costello style comedy (PhillipsFilms, 2010) (on hold)
  16. Feature-length scripts, registered and making the rounds (2015): “Fixing Sara Teague”, “Nightbeat”, “The Wendigo”.

Nonfiction: Articles about Writing:

  1. “The Dreaded Outline” in The Creative Urge (2/87)
  2. “Pacing Yourself” in The Creative Urge (6/87)
  3. “The Value of Sporadic Thought” in The Creative Urge (8/87)
  4. “The Moebius Strip Genre Game” in The Creative Urge (12/87)
  5. “The Writer/Editor Creature” in The Creative Urge (7/88)
  6. “Pondering Poetry: focus & threads” in StarLine (2006)
  7. “Pondering Poetry: pacing & spacing” in StarLine (2006)

Nonfiction: Gaming

  1. “Almost Instant Towns” in DragonScroll, July 1999
  2. “Goethe” in GURPS Who’s Who 2 (Steve Jackson Games), 1999
  3. “Almost Instant Motivation” in Mystic Ages, Sep 2001
  4. My long-running ScottVee Gaming blog (2021-date)

Nonfiction: Science & Nature

  1. “The Fermat Debate: Some History” in Mindsparks v1n3 (12/93)
  2. “Montana Sapphire Mines” in Rockorder (Vista Gem & Mineral Soc.) (5/06)

Nonfiction: Stamps / Philately

  1. “Well Traveled” in Perfins Bulletin (10/91?) – I don’t think it was ever printed, it’s not in that issue.
  2. “What are Stamps Worth?” at Themestream, SCV Stamps
  3. “Stamp buyer’s guide, part one” at Themestream, SCV Stamps
  4. “Buying Stamps at Online Auctions” at Themestream, SCV Stamps
  5. “Selling Stamps at Online Auctions” (posted 11/8/00) at Themestream, SCV Stamps
  6. My Stamp blog (2023-)

Nonfiction: Misc.

  1. “A Peel Crazy Window” in Nightmare Express (5/87)
  2. “A Window on Windows” in Nightmare Express (8/87)
  3. “A Window on Many Legs” in Nightmare Express (11/87)
  4. “Out of the Closet” in Lil Demon Review #1 (11/87)
  5. “Starships & Mountain Hollows: A Profile of Bobby Warner” in The Creative Urge (4/88)
  6. “A Window on Hands” in Nightmare Express (11/88)
  7. “Location: Salton Sea” in Expressions Newsletter (6/05)
  8. “A Tribute to JBB” in Esperance, the Legacy of James B Baker (Sep 2006)
  9. “Unusual Vampire Lore” in Hungur 3 (12/07) – winner of the James Baker Award for nonfiction, 2008
  10. “Remember the Ancient Mariner” in Illumen (Aut 2008)
  11. “A Look at Blake’s ‘Book of Thel'” in Illumen (1/09)
  12. “Star Trek vs Terminator Salvation: Lessons in Franchise Building” in Aoife’s Kiss (9/09)
  13. “Brain Salad for Dummies” in Zombie Cookbook, ed by Kim Richards (Damnation Press, 2010)

Editor/Publisher:

  1. SYCOPHANT #1, publ 9/86, 300 sold
  2. SYCOPHANT #2, publ 1/87, 84 sold
  3. ALPHA ADVENTURES #15, publ 2/87, 150 sold
  4. SYCOPHANT #3, publ 6/87, 400 sold
  5. ALPHA ADVENTURES #16, publ 7/87, 200 sold
  6. SYCOPHANT #4, publ 10/87, 300 sold
  7. ALPHA ADVENTURES #17, publ 5/88, 250 sold
  8. ALPHA ADVENTURES #18, publ 7/88, 250 sold
  9. ALPHADRIVE 001, publ 12/97 (one of the first CD-ROM zines)
  10. ALPHADRIVE 002, publ 5/98 (moved to the web, one of the first well-illustrated webzines)
  11. ALPHADRIVE 003, publ 4/99

Note: I quit the publications, 6/99 to get my own work done. And web zines had become so commonplace, it was no fun anymore. I think I learned my lesson this time. During these ventures, I published works by Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Dean Wesley Smith, J.N.Williamson, Bruce Boston, and many more.

Editor:

  1. Appalling Limericks, SamsDot Publishing (2006)
  2. The Book of Tentacles, SamsDot Publishing (2010)

Tech Writing: Software Manuals & Documentation

  1. OSHA Training Manager (Windows v1.1), CSI, 2/94
  2. OSHA Training Manager (DOS v1.0), CSI, 3/94
  3. EHS Training Director (v2.0), EHS Software, 10/94
  4. EHS Training Reference Guide, EHS Software, 11/94
  5. EHS Training Regs, EHS Software, 12/94
  6. DayBrowser (1.0), scv systems, 10/96 (1.1: 2/97)
  7. ZipAdvisor (1.0), scv systems, 2/97 (1.2: 5/98)
  8. ClipBar (1.0), scv systems, 3/97 (1.1: 2/98)
  9. Delphi CodeBar (1.0), scv systems, 4/97
  10. WinRuler (1.0), scv systems, 12/97
  11. Newsgroup Builder (1.0), philatelic.com, 7/98
  12. AlbumPager (1.0), scv systems, 12/98
  13. Space Tycoon, Komodoware [AOL], 2/95
  14. Stamp Tycoon, scv systems 7/96
  15. Caesar’s Palace Imperial Slots, Interplay/Cetasoft 9/98