Short Fiction

 



Highway To Heaven
Twelve Blasphemous Short Stories

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The Capo of Darkness

The blasphemy collection is here! Campbell Award winning fantasy author Laura Resnick takes on heaven, hell, salvation, eternity, and God Almighty in this volume containing twelve of her previously published short stories, including "Highway To Heaven," "No Room For the Unicorn," "The Capo of Darkness," "Confessional," "Jesus H. Christ," and "Creation: The Launch!" In Resnick's otherworldly collection, the Lord God commissions a wiseguy to clean up the road to salvation, the US army retrieves the Spear of Destiny from Nuremberg with the help of a mysterious operative, Professor Yahweh attempts to design Creation intelligently, and a Hollywood screenwriter seeks help from an archangel to dissolve his writer's block.

 

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Maybe You've Heard Of Me?
Fifteen Fantastical Tales of Famous Figures

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In this collection of fifteen of her previously published short stories, Campbell Award wining fantasy author Laura Resnick riffs on the fantastical misadventures of the famous and infamous, both human and otherwise. Robin Hood experiences supply and demand problems, Merlin the Magician tries to turn a recalcitrant musician into a war leader, a lonely boy meets the Loch Ness Monster, Ramses the Mediocre hires a spin wizard to turn him into Ramses the Great, King Arthur looks for meaning in his life as he faces his death, the world's most famous consulting detective assists a bloodsucking client who wants to be immortalized by an Irish novelist, and Santa tries to find work in a tropical clime for the abominable snowman.

 

Spec the Halls

Spec the Halls
November 2011, Alliteration Ink
ed. Steven Saus

Laura's story:
"Upon A Midnight Dreary" (reprint)

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This is a Christmas-themed science/fantasy charity anthology. All earnings from this book are being donated to Heifer International, which makes it a particularly nice e-gift.

 

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Human For A Day
December 2011, DAW Books
ed. Jennifer Brozek &
Martin H. Greenberg

Laura's story:
"Mortal Mix-Up"

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This anthology was, like so many of the anthologies I've written for, packaged by Tekno Books, and it was the last Tekno project I was involved in before the death of Tekno's owner and founder, my longtime colleague and friend Martin Greenberg—who was instrumental in turning me into a fantasy writer when I was a young and increasingly frustrated romance novelist.

 

The Muse Afire: Collected Science
Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories

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Coming in 2012

 
StarWisp

Some Free Short Fiction
(Click to read)

Story:
Published in:

"The Capo of Darkness"

Vengeance Fantastic (DAW, 2002)
This Is My Funniest (reprint; Baen, 2006)
Highway To Heaven (e-book, 2011)

"Homicidal Honeymoon"

Murder Most Romantic (Cumberland House, 2001)

"With A Little Help From His
Daughter" (Introduction)


With A Little Help From My Friends
(Farthest Star, 2002)

"The Purple Rose of Romance"

Nerve Online (1999)

 

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Older Short Fiction


Original Publication


"The Abominable Snowman"      


A Christmas Bestiary
(DAW, 1992)

"The Adventure of the Missing Coffin"

Sherlock Holmes In Orbit (DAW, 1995)

"Amandla!"

Alternate Tyrants (Tor, 1997)

"Avant Vanguard"

Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood (NAL, 1991)

"By Any Other Name"

Mystery Date (DAW, 2008)

"Camelot's Greatest Hits"

Fate Fantastic (DAW, 2007)
"The Capo of Darkness"

Vengeance Fantastic (DAW, 2002)
This Is My Funniest (BenBella Books, 2006)

"Confessional"

Deals With the Devil (DAW, 1994)

"Creation: The Launch!" Baen's Universe
"Curren's Song"

Dinosaur Fantastic (DAW, 1993)

"Diary of A Galactic Emigré" I, Alien (DAW, 2005)
"Doppelgangster"

Murder By Magic (Warner, 2004)
The Dragon Done It (Baen Books, 2008)
The Best Paranormal Crime Stories Ever Told (Skyhorse, 2010)

"Enter the Night"

Orphans of the Night (Walker, 1995)

"Ever Since Eden"

South From Midnight (SFP, 1994)

"Fang Fest" Enchantment Place (DAW, 2008)
"First Familiars"

Familiars (DAW, 2002)

"A Fleeting Wisp of Glory"

Alternate Kennedys (Tor, 1992)

"Fluff the Tragic Dragon"

Dragon Fantastic (DAW, 1992)

"The Fortunes of Temperance"

Lamps On the Brow (JCP, 1998)

"Freddy Nearby"

Silicon Dreams (DAW, 2001)

"Full Earth Tonight"         

VB Tech Magazine, 1995

"Greek To Me" Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls (DAW, 2006)
"Grievous Wounds"

Out of Avalon (DAW, 2001)

"Heaven's Only Daughter"

Whatdunnits (DAW, 1992)

"Highway to Heaven"         

Highwaymen, Robbers, and Rogues (DAW, 1997)

"Homicidal Honeymoon"

Murder Most Romantic (Cumberland House, 2001)

"The Hound Lover"

Phantoms of the Night (DAW, 1996)

"In Zodiac We Trust"

Zodiac Fantastic (DAW, 1997)

"The Infernal Revenant Service" Better Off Undead (DAW 2008)

"Jesus H. Christ"

Time After Time (DAW, 2005)
"Lady Roxanne LaBelle" The Magic Toy Box (DAW, 2006)
"Licensed To Reclaim"

Women Writing SF As Men (DAW, 2003)

"The Lily Maid of Astolat"

Return To Avalon (DAW, 1996)

"The Magic Keyboard"

The Magic Shop (DAW, 2004)

"Mortal Mix-Up" Human For A Day (DAW, 2011)
"The Muse Afire"

Weird Tales From Shakespeare (DAW, 1994)

"No Room For the Unicorn"

Horse Fantastic (DAW, 1991)

"Peacekeeping Mission" Front Lines (DAW, 2008)
"The Prodigy"

The Sorcerer's Academy (DAW, 2003)

"Project: Creation" Intelligent Design (DAW, 2009)
"The Purple Rose of Romance"

Nerve Online Magazine, 1999

"Qadishtu"

Warrior Enchantresses (DAW, 1998)

"The Quin Quart" The Trouble With Heroes (DAW, 2009)
"Saint Frankie"

Alternate Outlaws (Tor, 1994)

"She of the Night"

Urban Nightmares (Baen, 1997)

"Something Virtual This Way Comes" Something Wicked This Way Comes (DAW, 2008)

"The Story of My Unlife"

TBA

"The Spear of Destiny"

Swordplay (DAW, 2009)
"The Spin Wizard"

Pharaoh Fantastic (DAW, 2002)

"Temporal Management" Witch High (DAW, 2008)
"Terrible Monkey"

Return of the Dinosaurs (DAW, 1997)

"Those Rowdy Royals!"

Alien Pregnant By Elvis! (DAW, 1994)

"Under A Sky More Fiercely Blue"

By Any Other Fame (DAW, 1994)

"Upon A Midnight Dreary"

Christmas Ghosts (DAW, 1993)
Spec the Halls (Alliteration Ink, 2011)

"The Vatican Outfit"

Alternate Warriors (Tor, 1993)

"Wall Street Wizards"        

The Shimmering Door (Harper, 1996)

"Wallgate"

The Shadow of the Wall (Cumberland, 2002)

"We Are Not Amused"

Alternate Presidents (Tor, 1992)

"When the Ego Alters"

Betcha Can't Read Just One (Ace, 1993)

"A Wind From Heaven"

Ancient Enchantresses (DAW, 1995)

"Yasmine"

Aladdin Chronicles (DAW, 1992)

 

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