Good News

A nice little surprise awaited me in the mail yesterday. I got my contributor's fee for a poem that I sold to Star*Line called "Rotted Angels." It was for $5, which I think is the most I've ever been paid for a poem. Star*Line is the official mag of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA). Although it's called SFPA, the members are an eclectic bunch and many of them write more in fantasy and horror than in SF. Star*Line certainly publishes a variety of genres. I'm a member, but most of what I've had published in the mag has been horror related.

I don't actually write a lot of poetry, but I joined SFPA because I don't think there is enough support for genre poetry in the States. If you're interested in finding out more, check out SFPA

Word Counts

Ever wonder what the length difference is for short stories, novelettes, and novellas? I’ve wondered many times, and even though I’ve seen the cut-offs listed before I always manage to forget them. And I can never find them when I need them. Well, I found them again in Kate Wilhelm’s Storyteller, so I thought I’d just post them here for my own reference. And perhaps for yours.

Short story – up to 7,500 words
Novelette – from 7,500 up to 15,000
Novella – from 15,000 up to 40,000
Novel – Above 40,000
Tome – Robert Jordan length. (OK, OK, I just made up that one. But am I wrong?)

Now if someone would just tell me how long a microfiction or “short short” can be.

Writers As Readers

Not every reader is a writer, but every writer I've ever met has certainly been a reader. Maybe it's a requirement. Or maybe it just should be. I've never taken a class in creative writing, or gone to a workshop like Clarion (although I would have enjoyed such an experience). I never even picked up a book about writing until after I'd already begun to publish. Whatever I knew about writing and storytelling when I started--and probably most of what I know now--came from reading fiction for fun. And I read everything, westerns, SF, Fantasy, classics, animal stories, sports stories. I even read a few romance novels because that's what my older sister read and whenever I ran out of books myself I raided her stash. Books were not easy to come by in those days. We lived six miles out of town and the town was small, with only a tiny library. Eventually, though, my sister started working at the library, which meant that I often got to be the first to read the new stuff that came in. That was nice.

Even today I read constantly, and I see so many books that I want to read that I often can't wait to finish one book before starting another. Right now I'm reading Storyteller, which I mentioned last post. I ordered it from Amazon and popped it open as soon as it arrived. But I was already reading three other books, Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear, an SF novel about evolution, The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, a non-fiction work about science, and Legends of Kern, Volume 1, Blood of Wolves by Loren Coleman, which is a fantasy novel set in Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age. I'm enjoying all four, but I'm already eyeing a few other books in my "to-be-read" pile. Someone help me. It's an addiction.

Posting versus Not-Posting

I didn't post yesterday. When I started this blog I didn't plan to post every day. But I do want to keep up my momentum here as well as in writing.

I did manage my daily "paragraph" yesterday but didn't get any more actual writing done. I graded all those tests I mentioned a post or so ago, and I let myself catch up on a little sleep. I also started reading a book by Kate Wilhelm called Storyteller, which is subtitled "Writing lessons and more from 27 years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop." I never heard of Clarion until I was already an adult in graduate school. I would have loved to apply for something like that but the time never seemed available. Maybe they need to have a Clarion for older folks?

The Cold Inside The Warm

Despite the crush of work at school, I accomplished a lot in writing yesterday. Most of it was non-fiction stuff that I needed to complete. Then I called up “The Cold Inside The Warm” to see if I could get anywhere with the story. This is the tale I mentioned starting a few entries back.

I rewrote the opening paragraph but then decided that the rough draft stuff I’d done after that was weak, or rather, not the right material to follow the opening. I copied that to another file and started drafting in a new direction. The words seemed to flow OK. At least the new stuff has more of the tone I’m looking for at the moment. The plot is secondary right now. It’ll come to me, but I know I can play around with a short story without wasting a lot of time. I wouldn’t dare do that with a novel, but sometimes I just like to see where things go in a story without having a road map to follow. Below is the opening paragraph.

In the dark, she wove--in the woods with the chill light of the full moon limning her twisted body. She wove with hawk feathers and ivy, with twigs of spruce laced through with witch hazel. In the dawn, she burned.

The Working Man's Curse

For those of us who don’t write full time, our “real” jobs can occasionally be a curse. Just when I was really starting to roll on some projects and when the ideas for more were flying around me like pollen in the New Orleans spring, major roadblocks were thrown up at my work. I teach at a small university in New Orleans, and this morning I came in to find a 70 page proposal on my desk for a research project. I’m chair of the committee that reviews such projects and I have two days to read and respond to this one. In those same two days, however, I need to grade essays from one class, administer a test for a colleague, administer two tests for myself, grade those two tests and one that I gave last week, develop a test for a class next week, and serve as acting departmental chairperson while our regular chair is at a conference. This is in addition to the usual run of letters, studies, student questions, and the regular doses of academic bullshit.

How can I keep writing in the face of these hurdles? Well, I can’t do much, at all. But I can do some things. I quickly jot down any new ideas and save them to a file for later evaluation, and I will make myself go home this evening and finish at least one decent paragraph on a writing project--no matter how tired I am. I’ve found that finishing at least one paragraph a day can help me keep up the momentum on a writing task. And, completed paragraphs inevitably lead to completed pages, and completed pages to completed stories/essays/books. Sometimes all you can hope for is to just make progress.

Bloggin' & Writin'

One reason why I hesitated to start a blog was because I was afraid it would cut into my writing time. That turned out to be foolishness. Far from slowing me down, the blog kicked me out of a lazy rut I’d fallen in and has energized my writing like the morning’s first shot of hooch energizes a drunk. I’d forgotten that cardinal rule of writing, “thou shalt write every day.” If I didn’t have a project due, I didn’t write. I let myself watch TV, that great killer of minds. But now I start my day with a blog entry, and once my fingers are on the keyboard they pick up a momentum that keeps them moving. And the ideas for projects are coming fast and furious as the need for blog-fodder makes me reexamine my writing world. Already I’ve finished “The Devil’s Woodchopper” piece that I mentioned a few entries ago, and that was a project I’d let languish for weeks. I started a new story, “The Cold Inside the Warm,” and though the plot is still in the early stages I think the writing is going well. And, for the first time in over a year I’m ahead on my columns for The Illuminata. A month ahead! Those column ideas came directly from this blog; and the blog also reminded me that the discipline to “put butt in chair” is the secret to finishing writing projects.

Writing Groups

Are you a member of a writing group? Should you be? I wrote for years on my own before I joined a group, and that one formed by accident. I teach at a small New Orleans university, and some time around 1989 we had a faculty retreat where one exercise involved forming small groups to talk about academic writing. By chance, two members of my group wanted to write fiction, myself and a woman from English. A short time later, another English Prof--David Lanoue--joined us, and we three constituted the core of a group that met pretty much every week for the next decade. In fact, David and I still meet on occasion; he’s “Haiku Guy,” from my links.

That first group was a critique group. We shared and criticized each other’s stories, and I believe this really aided me early in my career. The criticism itself helped, because other members often caught mistakes that I was too close to the work to see. But the group also helped by giving me deadlines to meet. The others didn’t make me write, but I wanted to have something to share when it was my turn, and so I wrote until writing became a habit. And this may have been the most important role of that group.

I’m in a very different group today. There aren’t any critiques, but I get support when I’m struggling and I have a sounding board for ideas. The members come to my signings and they’ve turned me on to speaking engagements and other opportunities. This blog is a result of conversations that begin in that group. I don’t believe a writer has to join a group to write. But I do believe that my groups have enriched my own writing life and have aided in my career. Thanks David, Michelle, Trecie, Randy, Mark, Du Bois, Elora, Steve, Emily, Laura, Candice, Candy, Veleka, and Randy 2. You’re the good guys.

A Thriller of a Thriller

I’m really enjoying Velocity, Dean Koontz’s latest paperback. I’ve always considered Koontz’s work to be required reading for anyone who wants to write a thriller. I also consider him an influence on my own writing, particularly for Cold in the Light. His best work, to me, has occurred when he’s stirred his fiction with generous dollops of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Books like Midnight and Phantoms are great examples, and they're worth careful study by writers. Velocity doesn’t appear to have many cross genre elements but is still an exciting read that has taught me a few lessons about the genre.

Where Titles Are Born

Titles are important parts of stories, and it’s always easier for me to write when I have a good one in mind. I keep lists of possible titles, but when I think of a really cool one it often triggers story ideas that match and I’ll start typing immediately. “Still Life With Skulls” was such a story. The ideas that carried that tale came with the title, and it was like doing a shot of Absolut straight. “Still Life” was my first story accepted for publication.

I also consider myself something of a connoisseur of titles. Harlan Ellison’s “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” is my favorite. (That story is currently free on the net by the way. Click Ellison). Another great title is John Farris’s, All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By.

Where do titles come from? Some authors borrow them from The Bible, or from Shakespeare and other classic works of literature. Hemingway did this with The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Those sources have been mined pretty thoroughly, though. A good source of titles for me seems to be music. I hardly ever pay close attention to lyrics, but sometimes a phrase will stay with me, or I’ll mishear a line that twists my thoughts into strange byways. I didn’t realize until years after it was published that the title for my novel, Cold in the Light, was quite possibly borrowed from line in a song by W.A.S.P.

I’ve also come up with some titles that I really like but which haven't yet spawned good story ideas. One is, “The Girl with the Seashell Eyes.” Another is “The Cold Inside the Warm.” Wait a minute! That last one gives me a thought. See you bloggers later.

Mining Your Past

I’ve mentioned my column on writing for The Illuminata, that online newsletter specializing in SF, Fantasy and Horror. Well, several of my recent columns have dealt with mining one’s past for story details. I started a journal several years ago--and I wish I’d done it long before--in which I simply tried to write down as many childhood memories as I could. I found the exercise fun, but I’ve also gone back to that journal dozens of times since for tidbits to help me add verisimilitude to stories. Readers need detail in a story to place them firmly in the scenes, but they don’t need a lot of details, just the right details. Those things you remember from your past obviously had the right details for you. Sometimes those are the same images that you want for a story today; sometimes a study of those memories can guide you to the kinds of images that stick around.

What I'm Writing Now

I’m working on a story called “The Devil’s Woodchopper.” It isn’t my story. Robert E. Howard, who died in 1936 and is best known for inventing both sword & sorcery and barbarian characters such as Conan of Cimmeria and Kull of Atlantis, left a fragment about the woodchopper that was later completed by his friend Tevis Clyde Smith. I’m going to finish the story my own way, and the rough drafting is done. Today I’m polishing.

Why complete a dead guy’s story? One reason is that I’m a big fan of Howard and I’m going to publish my version of “Woodchopper” in the 200th mailing of REHupa. REHupa is made up of folks like me who care deeply about Howard’s work and would like to see it accepted as classic American literature. We count pro writers, pro artists, and college professors among our number, as well as many Howard fans who have been reading and writing about him for decades. We even produce a scholarly journal called The Dark Man, for which I'm Associate Editor. Note for you writers out there, we’re always looking for good articles on Howard.

A second reason to complete “The Devil’s Woodchopper” is for the experience. I don’t want to make a career out of writing pastiches or posthumous collaborations, but I do want to stretch what talent I have as far as it can go. This means trying new things, trying hard things. Completing “The Devil’s Woodchopper” and trying to stay true to the tone and the level of talent that Howard brought to the tale is certainly hard. I've only written one pastiche previously. It involved a Robert E. Howard character named Sailor Steve Costigan and was called “Slugger’s Holiday.” It was hard too, but it was published, in the anthology Beacons of Tomorrow from Tyrannosaurus Press.

Stupid is as Stupid does

After posting about my ex-motorcycle, somebody (it might have been my mom) asked me how stupid I was to even consider getting another bike after my wreck. Well, it’s worse than that. This is actually the third bike I’ve had totaled out from under me. I got hit from behind the first time, and then people pulled out in front of me twice. The third accident hurt the most, and whenever I see a bike hammering down the road I get a flutter in my guts as I remember rolling and rolling on the highway, seeing my facemask explode from an inch away as it punched the concrete, feeling my left shoulder give and the skin on my arms and hands shred. I am scared to ride again, not scared of the motorcycle but of the people on the road with me. As long as I live in the burbs I probably won’t get another bike, but I’ve been thinking of country living and those curvy rural roads would be a thrill. The truth is, I love(d) riding. It’s a form of therapy for me and every writer needs some therapy. What’s yours?

Who Wrote That?

Another service that I perform for writers and readers is to moderate the horror forum at Unified SciFi Forums, an online site for discussing the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. For a modern writer, connecting to readers is a prerequisite for selling your work, and it’s also fun. Most folks who come to Unified SciFi are readers and movie buffs, and the discussions are pretty freewheeling.

A common thread on the site comes from people who remember a plot or some of the characters from a story they enjoyed, but who can’t recall the author’s name or the title. The Unified crew is pretty good about helping out in such cases.

You can check out the site at Unified SciFi Forums. You have to register, but that’s free and is just to keep a count of how many people use the service.

What's This Ugly Thing?

Figured for the hell of it that I'd post a picture of myself. This bike is totalled, by the way. I wrecked it February 28, 2006 when someone pulled out in front of me. Broke my shoulder and a couple of ribs but I'm almost as good as old now. (Or as bad as old.) Damn but I miss having a bike. Gotta get a new one.

Value Added

A blog doesn't interest me much unless it gives me something. One thing that I can offer is a monthly column on writing that I produce for an online newsletter called The Illuminata. The newsletter, which is free, focuses on Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, and the column is called "The Writer's Block." Back issues are archived online at: Tyrannosaurus Press

By the way, Bret Funk, who edits the newsletter and is a fine writer as well, is looking for people to write book and movie reviews for The Illuminata. Check out his submission guidelines at the same link.

That all important first post (Yeah Right)

I keep a journal on my home computer, a diary if you will, but I figure a blog should be more than that. I don't plan to include information here on what I stuffed in my stomach last night, or what's the latest movie I snored my way through. I'm a writer, so I plan to talk about writing--mine and that of others. I'll try not to lie when I do so, though you have to remember that a fiction writer gets paid to lie. At least they're supposed to. How much I lie depends on how much I get paid. But since no one is giving me a penny for this damn thing I'm expecting it to be mostly truth. I suppose you'll have to decide for yourself.

Bibliography For Blog

Charles A. Gramlich: February 2010, Bibliography

NOVELS:

1. 2002: Cold in the Light. The Invisible College Press, LLC.
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2. 1998-1999: Swords of Talera. (To run as a serial in 4 parts.)

* 1998. Swords of Talera (part 1). Startling Science Stories, #17,
December, pp. 44-78.

* 1999. Swords of Talera (part 2). Startling Science Stories, #18,
January, pp. 45-77.

* 1999. Swords of Talera (part 3). Startling Science Stories, #19,
February, pp. 47-77.

* 1999. Swords of Talera (part 4). Startling Science Stories, #20,
March, pp. 51-77.
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3. 2000-2001: Wings Over Talera. (To run as a serial in 4 parts.)

*. 2000. Wings Over Talera (part 1). Alien Worlds: Beyond Space &
Time, #7, October, pp. 45-77.

*. 2000. Wings Over Talera (part 2). Alien Worlds: Beyond Space &
Time, #8, November, pp. 41-79.

*. 2000. Wings Over Talera (part 3). Alien Worlds: Beyond Space &
Time, #9, December, pp. 41-80.

*. 2001. Wings Over Talera (part 4). Alien Worlds: Beyond Space &
Time, #10, January, pp. 58-85.

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4. 2007. Swords of Talera. Borgo Press.

5. 2007. Wings Over Talera. Borgo Press.

6. 2007. Witch of Talera. Borgo Press.


COLLECTIONS:
1. 2010. Bitter Steel. Borgo Press.


NONFICTION BOOKS:
1. 2009. Write With Fire. Borgo Press.

2. 2009. Writing in Psychology: A Guidebook. (With Y. Du Bois Irvin
and Elliott Hammer). Borgo Press.


EBOOKS: (Note: These are all from short stories)

1. 1994. The Road to Hell. Fictionwise Ebooks & Alexlit.

2. 1997. A Stained Honor. Fictionwise Ebooks & Alexlit.

3. 1999. Death Turned Away. Fictionwise Ebooks & AlexLit.


CHAPBOOKS:

1. 2008. Wanting the Mouth of a Lover. Spec House of Poetry.


SHORT FICTION:
1. 1989. Death Turned Away. Tales on the Twisted Side, Vol. 1, pp. 61-62.

2. 1989. Roses and Thorns. Tales on the Twisted Side, Vol. 1, pp. 36-38.

3. 1990. Messiah. Dead of Night, No. 5, pp. 11-13.

4. 1990. Lovers. Nightscript, pp. 4-5.

5. 1990. Clowns in the Dark. Prisoners of the Night, No. 4, pp. 47-48.

6. 1991. The Horns of the Air. The Chapbook 1990: Deep South
Writers Conference, pp. 34-48.

7. 1991. Still Life With Skulls. ¬Twisted¬, No. 6, pp. 48-51.

8. 1991. Shadow Dream. ¬Sozoryoku¬, No. 2, pp. 16-21.

9. 1991. In Memory of the Sun. ¬The Vampire's Crypt¬, No. 4, pp. 106-109.

10. 1991. Old Bones. ¬After Hours¬, No. 12, pp. 7-8 & 11.

11. 1992. In the Shadow of the Rose. ¬Sozoryoku¬, No. 4, pp. 11-19.

12. 1992. Machine Wash Warm; Tumble Dry. ¬Crossroads¬, Vol. 1,
No. 1, pp. 50-52.

13. 1992. The Teeth of the Wind. ¬The Acorn¬, Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 5.

14. 1992. A Gathering of Ravens. The Chapbook 1991: Deep South
Writers Conference, pp. 20-32.

15. 1992. The Lady Wore Black. ¬Prisoners of the Night¬, No. 6, pp. 51-54.

16. 1992. Sword of Dreams. ¬Fantastic Realms¬, pp. 47-50.

17. 1992. I Can Spend You. ¬Strange Days¬, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 19-21.

18. 1992. Razor White. ¬Dark Voices 4: The Pan Book of Horror¬, pp. 57-71.

19. 1993. A Cold of Snow and Ghosts. Prisoners of the Night, No. 7,
pp. 81-85.

20. 1994. Night Fall. Dead of Night, No. 9, pp. 54-55.

21. 1994. Wanting the Mouth of a Lover. Prisoners of the Night,
No. 8, pp. 45-50.

22. 1995. Lookadder. The Pagan Review, Vol 1., No. 1, pp. 38-39.

23. 1995. Crypto. Intermix SF/Fantasy Online, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 7-9.

24. 1995. Chimes. The Chapbook 1994: Deep South Writer's
Conference, pp. 87-96.

25. 1995. Smoked Meat. Intermix SF/Fantasy Online, Vol. 2, No 4, pp. 6-11.

26. 1995. What Was Asked; What Was Given (Vampire Version).
Prisoners of the Night, No. 9, pp. 13-15.

27. 1995. Splatter of Black. Dark Terrors, pp. 125-140. (Hardback).

28. 1995. The Evening Rider. Shadow Sword, No. 8, pp. 30-35.

29. 1996. In Memory of Ruins. Shadow Sword, No. 9, pp. 49-57.

30. 1996. The Road To Hell. Nox, No. 7, pp, 23-25.

31. 1997. Train Man. The Xavier Review, Vol 16, No. 2, pp. 42-50.

32. 1997. Of Sake and Swords. ¬Warrior Poets¬, March/Spring 97, Issue #2,
pp. 6-7.

33. 1997. Vessel for the Holy. ¬Prisoners of the Night¬, No. 10, pp. 47-51.

34. 1997. Wine and Swords. ¬Shadow Sword¬, No. 11 (Damsels in Distress),
pp. 13-22.

35. 1997. A Stained Honor. ¬Area of Operations¬, pp. 36-39.

36. 1999. Machine Wash Warm; Tumble Dry. ¬FrightNet Online Magazine¬,
June/July Issue #13, at http://www.frightnet.com

37. 1999. Luck and Swords. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No. 52, pp. 49-54.

38. 1999. Aboard the Wings of the Night. ¬Startling Science Stories¬,
No. 26, pp. 47-51.

39. 1999. A Stained Honor. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online).
Search by my name at http://www.alexlit.com

40. 1999. Smoked Meat. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online). Search
by my name at http://www.alexlit.com

41. 1999. Messiah. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online). Search by
my name at http://www.alexlit.com

42. 1999. Crypto. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online). Search by
my name at http://www.alexlit.com

43. 1999. Old Bones. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online). Search
by my name at http://www.alexlit.com

44. 1999. The Road to Hell. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online). Http://www.alexlit.com

45. 1999. Lookadder. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online). http://www.alexlit.com

46. 1999. Death Turned Away. ¬Alexandria Digital Literature¬, (Online).
http://www.alexlit.com

47. 1999. His Eyes Were Dust. ¬Startling Science Stories¬, No. 27, pp.
37-40.

48. 1999. Your Nightmare or Mine. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No. 54,
pp. 70-71.

49. 1999. All God's Children Got Guns. ¬Detective Mystery Stories¬, No.
11, pp. 72-73.

50. 1999. In the Memory of Ruins. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No. 56,
pp. 18-32.

51. 1999. Wall of Love. ¬Agony in Black¬, Volume 3, pp. 15-19.

52. 2000. Wine and Swords. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No. 57, pp. 3-19.

53. 2000. The Evening Rider. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No. 59, pp. 22-34.

54. 2000. Flock of Swords. ¬Warrior Poets¬, November/Winter, Issue 6, pp.
16-17.

55. 2000. Sword of Dreams. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No. 60, pp. 66-70.

56. 2000. Shadow Dream. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stores¬, No. 62, pp. 75-78.

57. 2000. In the Shadow of the Rose. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No.
63, pp. 50-56.

58. 2000. The Horns of the Air. ¬Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬, No. 64,
pp. 33-44.

59. 2001. Still Life With Skulls. ¬Twilight Showcase¬, (Online). Issue
25, February 2001. See link at www.twilightshowcase.com/fiction.htm

60. 2001. Worms In The Earth: Barbarian's Bane. ¬Dragonlaugh¬, (Online).
Volume 3, Number 2, August 2001. See link at:
http://dragonlaugh.freeyellow.com/08011.htm

61. 2001. River Road, Night Music. ¬Erotic New Orleans¬, pp. 299-311.

62. 2001. Killing Trail. ¬Elbow Creek Magazine¬, (Online). Volume 1,
Issue 3, November/December. See link at: http://www.elbowcreek.com

63. 2002. What Was Asked; What Was Given (HF Version). ¬Classic Pulp¬
¬Fiction Stories¬, No. 85, pp. 72-75.

64. 2002. Monster Spray. Classic Pulp Fiction Stories, No. 87, pp. 18-23.

65. 2002. Flock of Swords. Classic Pulp Fiction Stories, No. 88, pp. 41-43.

66. 2003. Haunting Place. 31 Eyes Fantasy/Horror Webzine, Issue 1 (Online.)
See link at: http://www.31eyes.com

67. 2003. Do As I Say... Fusing Horizons, Issue 1, Winter 2003, pp. 84-86.

68. 2004. Your Nightmare or Mine. Bloodletters Ezine. Vol. 2--A Creak in the
Floorboards (Online.) See link at: http://bloodletters.cjb.net/

69. 2004. Thief of Eyes. The Parasitorium: Terrors Within, pp. 1-12. (Trade
Paperback & PDF)

70. 2004. Goodies. Small Bites, pp. 409-411. (Trade Paperback)

71. 2005. I Can Spend You. F&SF Anthology, pp. 6-10. (Trade Paperback & PDF)

72. 2005. Night Raptures. Descending Darkness Ezine. (Online.) See link at:
http://www.descendingdarkness1.com/Stories/NightRaptures.htm

73. 2006. Slugger’s Holiday. Beacons of Tomorrow, New Orleans: Tyrannosaurus
Press. pp. 113-128. (Trade Paperback & PDF)

74. 2007. Dark Wind. Welcome to Suburbia Website: See link at:
http://www.gabrina.com/forcharity.htm Story donated to charity for pets.

75. 2007. When the White Mist. Night to Dawn, Issue 12, Spring 2007. pp. 9.

76. 2008. Mirthgar. Strange Worlds of Lunacy, Cyberaliens Press. pp. 63-69.
(Trade Paperback & PDF)

77. 2008. Worms in the Earth: Barbarian’s Bane. Flashing Swords (Special
Edition Summer 2008), Cyberwizard Productions. pp. 138-142.

78. 2008. Precious Cargo. The Clarity of Night Website. Published in July
2008, won Reader’s Choice Award on Monday, July 21, 2008. See link at:
http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2008/07/running-wind-short-fiction-contest.html

79. 2008. Once Upon a Time With the Dead. Bits of the Dead. Coscom
Entertainment. pp. 57-58. (Trade Paperback)

80. 2009. Whiskey, Guns, and Sin. Beat to a Pulp. Webzine at Link:
http://www.beattoapulp.com/stor/2009/0118_cg_WhiskeyGunsAndSin.cfm

81. 2009. Thief of Eyes. Fear on Demand. Podcast Sound Recording at Link:
http://fearondemand.com/2009/01/12/fear-on-demand-podcast-beta-thief-of-
eyes-by-charles-a-gramlic/

82. 2009. Good Night; Sleep Tight. Micro 100. Issue #2, February 2009. Webzine at
link: http://www.micro100.blogspot.com/

83. 2009. Dragon Lost. Dragons Composed. Kerlak Publishing: Memphis, TN.
pp. 151-152.

84. 2009. A Curse the Dead Must Bear. Return of the Raven. Horror Bound
Magazine Publications: pp. 11-14.
http://www.horrorbound.com/readarticle.php?article_id=82

85. 2009. Hunter’s Moon. Beat to a Pulp. Webzine at Link:
http://www.beattoapulp.com/stor/2009/1025_cg_HuntersMoon.cfm

86. 2009. Lost in Greenery. Published online at Writtenwyrd’s Website in
November, for a Halloween contest. Won 1st place. http://writtenwyrdd.typepad.com/writtenwyrdd/2009/11/contest-entries.html


MISCELLANEOUS AND/OR EXCERPTS:
1. 2000. Cold in the Light (Excerpt from Chapter 5, Part 4). ¬Xavier¬
¬Review¬, Vol. 20. No. 1., pp. 66-70.

2. 2000. Thunderkiss (Excerpt, all of Chapter 1). ¬Xavier Review¬, Vol.
20. No. 1., pp. 70-74.

3. 2000. Days of Rain (Excerpt, all of Prologue, Part of Chapter 1).
¬Xavier Review¬, Vol. 20. No. 1., pp. 74-77.


NON-FICTION: (Academic/Scientific)

¬Edited Works¬
1. 1990. Garibaldi, A., & Gramlich C. A. (Eds.). ¬The mayor's war on
drugs office: 1989 report¬. New Orleans: Xavier University.

2. 1996. Gramlich, C. A., & Schulte, L. J. (Eds.). ¬The Xavier Journal
of Psychology¬, Vol. 1. No. 1. New Orleans: Xavier University.

3. 1997. Schulte, L. J., & Gramlich, C. A. (Eds.). ¬The Xavier Journal
of Psychology¬, Vol. 1. No. 2. New Orleans: Xavier University.

4. 1998. Gramlich, C. A., & Schulte, L. J. (Eds.). ¬The Xavier Journal
of Psychology¬, Vol. 1. No. 3. New Orleans: Xavier University.

5. 1999. Schulte, L. J., & Gramlich, C. A. (Eds.). ¬The Xavier Journal
of Psychology¬, Vol. 1. No. 4. New Orleans: Xavier University.

6. 2000. Schulte, L. J., & Gramlich, C. A. (Eds.). ¬The Xavier Journal¬
¬of Psychology¬, Vol. 2. No. 1. New Orleans: Xavier University.

¬Publications¬
1. 1987. Gramlich, C. A., & Stripling, J. S. Effect of pentylenetetrazol-
induced convulsions on the development and expression of limbic
kindled seizures. ¬Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior¬, Vol. 26,
pp. 159-165.

2. 1988. Stripling, J. S., Patneau, D. K., & Gramlich, C. A. Selective
long-term potentiation in the pyriform cortex. ¬Brain Research¬,
Vol. 441, pp. 281-291

3. 1989. Stripling, J. S., Gramlich, C. A., & Cunningham, M. G. Effect
of cocaine and lidocaine on the development of kindled seizures.
¬Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior¬, Vol. 32, pp. 463-468.

4. 1990. Gramlich, C. A. Four years before the class. ¬Undergraduate¬
¬Teaching in the South¬, Vol. 1 (No. 2), pp. 6-7.

5. 1991. Stripling, J. S., Patneau, D. K., & Gramlich, C. A.
Characterization and anatomical distribution of selective long-term
potentiation in the olfactory forebrain. ¬Brain Research¬, Vol. 542,
pp. 107-122.

6. 1997. Psychological Theories of Identity. ¬Issues and Identities
in Literature¬, pp. 782-785.

7. 2004. B. F. Skinner: American Psychologist. Cyclopedia of World Authors
4th Revised Edition, pp. 2897-2899.

8. 2009. Transvestism. Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health, pp. 2013-
2015.

9. 2009. Fear. Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health, pp. 766-770.

10. 2009. Neuropsychology. Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health, pp. 1284-
1287. (Revised article, originally written by Jeffrey B. Allen).

11. 2009. Endorphins. Salem Health: Psychology & Mental Health, pp. 695-699.


NON-FICTION: (Non-Academic/Popular Science/Essays/Reviews)
1. 1991. Blood Sport. ¬Not Yet; Isms¬, No. 13, pp. 19.

2. 1992. Listening. ¬Xavier Review¬, Vol. 10, No's 1 & 2, pp. 57-62.

3. 1992. RQW3R. ¬The Nightmare Express¬, Vol. 5, No 20, pp. 3-4.

4. 1994. How To Tip The Odds In Your Favor. ¬Just Write¬, August, 1994,
pp. 4-5, 24.

5. 1994. The Witch of the Indies (Book Review). ¬The Athadian Chronicle¬,
Vol. 2, No. 2., pp.1-2.

6. 1994. How Deep Space Nine and the Next Generation Explore the Psychology
of Alien Races. In James Van Hise, ¬Trek in the 24th Century¬, pp. 47-51.

7. 1996. The Broken Sword (Critical Review). ¬Magill's Guide to SF/Fantasy¬
Literature¬, pp. 108-109.

8. 1996. When Gravity Fails (Critical Review). ¬Magill's Guide to¬ SF/Fantasy
Literature¬, pp. 1035-1036.

9. 1996. Three Hearts and Three Lions (Critical Review). ¬Magill's¬ ¬Guide to
SF/Fantasy Literature¬, pp. 930-932.

10. 1997. Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind (Critical Review). ¬Masterplots
II: Juvenile and Young Adult Literature Series¬, ¬Supplement¬, pp. 785-788.

11. 1997. Robert E. Howard: Poet in Prose. ¬The Fantastic Worlds of¬ ¬Robert E.
Howard¬, pp. 123-125.

12. 1997. Robert E. Howard's Book of Fantasy Heroes. ¬The Fantastic¬ ¬Worlds of
Robert E. Howard¬, pp. 146-155.

13. 1997. W.E.B Du Bois (Short Biography). ¬cyclopedia of World Authors¬,
¬Revised Edition¬, pp. 579-580.

14. 1997. One Way to Put a Style Together. ¬Writer's Gazette¬, Autumn, p. 5.

15. 1997. James Baldwin (Short Biography). ¬Issues and Identities in
Literature¬, pp. 141-142.

16. 1997. Giovanni's Room (Critical Review). ¬Issues and Identities¬
¬in Literature¬, pp. 447-448.

17. 1997. Notes of a Native Son (Critical Review). ¬Issues and¬
¬Identities in Literature¬, pp. 721-722.

18. 1998. One Way to Put a Style Together. ¬Canadian Writer's Journal¬,
Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 1998, p. 37.

19. 1998. RQW3R. ¬Canadian Writer's Journal¬, Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter
1998, p. 41-43.

20. 1999. To The Point. ¬Bast Media/Writer's Network¬, July 1999, V613, p. 15.

21. 2000. Gramlich, C. A. & Brucker, C. Ishmael Reed (Update of
Biographical Essay by C. Brucker). ¬Critical Survey of Long Fiction,
Second¬ ¬Revised Edition¬, pp. 2692-2700.

22. 2000. Gramlich, C. A. & Cobbs, J. L. Peter Matthiessen (Update of
Biographical Essay by Cobbs). ¬Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Second¬
¬Revised Edition¬, pp. 2205-2216.

23. 2001. Gramlich, C. A. & Boon, Lipman, Jo-Ellen. Samuel R. Delany
(Update of Biographical Essay by Boon). ¬Critical Survey of Short
Fiction,¬ Second Revised Edition¬, pp. 709-714.

24. 2001. Emergent Properties. ¬Cyber Oasis¬, (Online). Vol. 5, Issue 1.
See link at http://www.sunoasis.com/oasis.html

25. 2001. Robert E. Howard: Poet in Prose. ¬The Fantastic Worlds of¬
¬Robert E. Howard¬, pp. 123-125. (Second Printing)

26. 2001. Robert E. Howard's Book of Fantasy Heroes. ¬The Fantastic¬ ¬Worlds of
Robert E. Howard¬, pp. 146-155. (Second Printing)

27. 2002. The Lives and Deaths of Three Writers: A Speculative Essay on
London, Howard, and Hemingway. ¬The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert¬
¬E. Howard Studies¬, Issue 6, Summer 2001, pp. 12-24.

28. 2002. When Electricity Came to Arkansas. Delasaint’s, Southern Writing
With An Edge. (Online). See link at http://members.aol.com/delasaints

29. 2002. The Heroic Character of James T. Kirk. The Illuminata, (November
2002), pp. 3, 8, 10. (Acrobat Reader email).

30. 2003. The History of Fantasy: Robert E. Howard. The Illuminata, (January
2003), pp. 6, 11. (Acrobat Reader email).

31. 2003. RQW3R. The Illuminata, (February 2003), pp. 6, 13. (Acrobat Reader
email). (Reprint)

32. 2003. The Writer’s Block: Developing Style. The Illuminata, (March
2003), pp. 5. (Acrobat Reader email). (Reprint)

33. 2003. The Role of Place in The Black Arrow. Cyclopedia of Literary
Places, pp. 122-123.

34. 2003. The Role of Place in House Made of Dawn. Cyclopedia of Literary
Places, pp. 539-540.

35. 2003. Fantasy by Definition. The Illuminata, (April 2003), pp. 5, 12.
(Acrobat Reader email)

36. 2003. To The Point. The Illuminata, (May 2003), pp. 6. (Acrobat Reader
email)

37. 2003. Where Have All the Good Themes Gone? The Illuminata, (June 2003),
pp.6. (Acrobat Reader email)

38. 2003. Sword and Planet Fiction. The Illuminata, (July 2003), pp. 5, 17-
18. (Acrobat Reader email)

39. 2003. Creating Sympathetic Characters. The Illuminata, (August 2003), pp.
4. (Acrobat Reader email)

40. 2003. Writer’s Block No More! The Illuminata, (October 2003), pp. 5.
(Acrobat Reader email)

41. 2003. Writing with Confidence. The Illuminata, (November 2003), pp. 6.
(Acrobat Reader email)

42. 2003. Five Habits of PublishING Writers. The Illuminata, (December 2003),
pp. 6, 19. (Acrobat Reader email)

43. 2004. Don’t Talk, Write! The Illuminata, (January 2004), pp. 6. (Acrobat
Reader email)

44. 2004. Problem Words Part 1. (With Du Bois Williams). The Illuminata,
(February 2004), pp. 5, 17. (Acrobat Reader email)

45. 2004. Problem Words Part 2. (With Du Bois Williams). The Illuminata,
(March 2004), pp. 4, 17. (Acrobat Reader email)

46. 2004. In the Tradition of. The Illuminata, (April 2004), pp. 5, 17-19.
(Acrobat Reader email)

47. 2004. Punctuate It and Forget It!. (With Du Bois Williams). The
Illuminata, (May 2004), pp. 5, 15-16. (Acrobat Reader email)

48. 2004. Gothic Literature: Defining It and Finding It for Free. The
Illuminata, (June 2004), pp. 6, 13. (Acrobat Reader email)

49. 2004. The Mechanics of Suspense. The Institute of Children’s Literature,
(May 2004), online site, link at http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/
rx/wt09/gramlich.shtml

50. 2004. So, You Want to be a Writer? The Illuminata, (July 2004), pp. 4,
12-13. (Acrobat Reader email)

51. 2004. Rewrite, Rewrite, Rewrite. The Illuminata, (August 2004), pp. 3.
(Acrobat Reader Email)

52. 2004. Before You Submit, Don’t Forget! The Illuminata, (September 2004),
pp. 4. (Acrobat Reader email)

53. 2004. Pro Versus Amateur. The Illuminata, (October 2004), pp. 4.
(Acrobat Reader email)

54. 2004. Dream Stories. The Illuminata, (November 2004), pp. 4, 10.
(Acrobat Reader email)

55. 2004. First Words. The Illuminata, (December 2004), pp. 4. (Acrobat
Reader email)

56. 2004. In the Tradition of. The Howard Review #12 (September 2004), pp.
20-25.

57. 2005. Term Paper Blues. The Illuminata, (January 2005), pp. 4, 11.
(Acrobat Reader email)

58. 2005. Harvesting Memories. The Illuminata, (February 2005), pp. 4.
(Acrobat Reader email)

59. 2005. Robert E. Howard in the Gothic Tradition. The Dark Man #8, Winter
2004, pp. 13-24.

60. 2005. Fun With Fear. The Illuminata, (March 2005), pp. 4, 11. (Acrobat
Reader email)

61. 2005. Horror Writers: The Crazy Truth. The Illuminata, (April 2005), pp.
4. (Acrobat Reader email)

62. 2005. Why Horror. The Illuminata, (May 2005), pp. 4. (Acrobat Reader
email)

63. 2005. Cross Plains, Lost and Found. The Illuminata, (June 2005), pp. 4, 11. Acrobat Reader email)

64. 2005. Hemingway: A Writer’s Life and Death. The Illuminata, (July 2005),
pp. 5, 17-18.

65. 2005. London: Two-Fisted Writer. The Illuminata, (August 2005), pp. 4,
13-14.

66. 2005. A Writer on the Run. The Illuminata, (September 2005), pp. 4.

67. 2005. By Example. The Illuminata, (November 2005), pp. 4, 13.

68. 2005. Barbarians. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and
Fantasy, Vol. 1., pp. 73-75.

69. 2005. Sword and Sorcery. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
and Fantasy, Vol. 2., pp. 779-781.

70. 2005. A Princess of Mars essay. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 3., pp. 1209-1211.

71. 2005. In Praise of the Net. The Illuminata, (December 2005), pp. 4.

72. 2006. A Death in the Family. The Illuminata, (January 2006), pp. 4, 17.

73. 2006. Writing with Purpose. The Illuminata, (February 2006), pp. 4.

74. 2006. The First Rule of Endings. The Illuminata, (April 2006), pp. 4.

75. 2006. Writing Your Past. The Illuminata, (May 2006), pp. 4.

76. 2006. Writing Groups. The Illuminata, (June 2006), pp. 4, 13.

77. 2006. The Cimmerian Review. The Dark Man, Vol. 2, Issue No. 1 / 2, Spring
2006, pp. 82-87.

78. 2006. Blogging Pros and Cons. The Illuminata, (July 2006). pp. 4.

79. 2006. Working Man’s Curse. The Illuminata, (August 2006). pp. 4.

80. 2006. Five Years Down the Road. The Illuminata, (September 2006). pp. 4.

81. 2006. An Error in Detail. The Illuminata, (October 2006). pp. 4, 9.

82. 2006. Criticism Hurts. The Illuminata, (November 2006). pp. 4.

83. 2006. Writing Weather. The Illuminata, (December 2006). pp. 4.

84. 2006. REH: A State of Mind. In, Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert
E. Howard. Hippocampus Press. (Published as “A Behavioral Perspective.”

85. 2007. Rest in Peace: Short Story. The Illuminata, (January 2007). pp. 5.

86. 2007. Characters: The Best and the Rest. The Illuminata, (Febuary 2007).
pp. 3, 10.

87. 2007. Page-Turners: What Makes Them, What Breaks Them. The Illuminata,
(March 2007). pp. 4, 7.

88. 2007. Curse of the Lazy Ending. The Illuminata, (April 2007). pp. 3.

89. 2007. The Mechanics of Suspense. The Illuminata, (May 2007). pp. 5.

90. 2007. Slow Versus Quick Suspense. The Illuminata, (June 2007). pp. 5, 7.

91. 2007. The Physical Side of Writing. The Illuminata, (July 2007). pp. 5.

92. 2007. Writing with Attitude. The Illuminata, (August 2007). pp. 5, 8.

93. 2007. Endings: What’s At Stake. The Illuminata, (September 2007). pp. 4.

94. 2007. Expand Your Mind. The Illuminata, (October 2007). pp. 5.

95. 2007. Resonance. The Illuminata, (November 2007). pp. 4, 9.

96. 2007. Emotion and Medium in Writing. The Illuminata, (December 2007).
pp. 4, 7.

97. 2008. A Grammar Primer. The Illuminata, (January 2008). pp. 4, 9.

98. 2008. Mythmaker. Dissecting Hannibal Lecter. pp. 212-216.

99. 2008. Information Overload. The Illuminata, (April 2008). pp. 5, 25.

100. 2008. David Morrell (Entry). Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective
Fiction, Revised Edition. pp. 1327-1332.

101. 2008. James Sallis (Entry). Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective
Fiction, Revised Edition. pp. 1573-1576.

102. 2008. What I Learned from Bad Writers. The Illuminata (July 2008). p. 6.

103. 2008. Motley Crue (Entry). The Eighties in America. pp. 668-669.

104. 2008. Rambo (Entry). The Eighties in America. pp. 796-797.

105. 2008. How to Cheat a Reader. The Illuminata, (October 2008). pp. 5, 11-
12.

106. 2009. Word Count Ruthlessness. The Illuminata, (January 2009). pp. 3.

107. 2009. Last-Breath Poetry. The HWA Newsletter, Vol. 20., Issue 104.

108. 2009. Poetry. The Illuminata, (April 2009). pp. 3.

109. 2009. Japan’s Mythos. Review of Night Voices, Night Journey, Vol. 1. The
Dark Man, Vol. 4, No. 2., pp. 68-72.

110. 2009. Reading Books on Writing. The Illuminata, (July 2009). pp. 5.

111. 2009. GEMS. The Illuminata, (October 2009). pp. 5, 10.

112. 2009. A Mage of None Magic (Review). The Illuminata, (October 2009). pp. 7.

113. 2010. Evolution of a Genre. The Illuminata, (February 2010). pp. 4.

114. 2010. Tipping the Odds in Your Favor. Choice Words (pp. 33-41). USA: The
Borgo Press.

115. 2010. Writing with Purpose. Choice Words (pp. 71-73). USA: The Borgo
Press.

116. 2010 (With Irvin, Y. Du Bois & Hammer, E. D). Preparing and Writing.
Choice Words (pp. 74-80). USA: The Borgo Press.

EDITORIALS:
1. 2004. For The Dark Man #7 The Dark Man, Issue #7, Spring 2004, p. 3.
2. 2005. For The Dark Man #8. The Dark Man, Issue #8, Winter 2004, pp. 2-3.
3. 2007. For the Dark Man. The Dark Man, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007. pp. 2-4.

INTERVIEWS:
1. 2008. Interview with Charles Nuetzel. In Pocketbook Writer, pp. 254-282.

POETRY:
1. 1989. Sensation/Perception. ¬Tales on the Twisted Side¬, Vol. 1, pp. 57.

2. 1991. Birth. ¬Midnight Zoo¬, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 126.

3. 1991. She's a Killer. ¬Dumars Reviews¬, No. 11.

4. 1991. Of You. ¬Writer's Info¬, Vol. 7, No. 6.

5. 1991. Symmetry Fear. ¬The Raven¬, 4th Quarterly Issue, Next to Last Page.

6. 1992. Two Years Before the Stacks. ¬The Acorn¬, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 9
(incorrectly numbered).

7. 1992. The Harps of October. ¬Midnight Zoo¬, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 14.

8. 1992. A Sound to War. ¬Midnight Zoo¬, Vol. 2, No. 5, p. 58.

9. 1994. Cold Blood. ¬Night Songs¬, No. 7, p. 6 (unnumbered).

10. 1994. Forgiven. ¬Star*Line¬, Vol. 17, No. 2, p. 12.

11. 1994. Last Supper. ¬Star*Line¬, Vol. 17, No. 5, p. 8.

12. 1994. dead sparrow at the door cat loves me. ¬Modern Haiku¬,
Vol. 15, No. 3, p. 16.

13. 1994. nearly dry puddle of black stew minnows. ¬Modern Haiku¬, Vol.
15, No. 3, p. 16.

14. 1994. on the haiku road writer gets lost naturally. ¬Modern Haiku¬,
Vol. 15, No. 3, p. 16.

15. 1994. Vacuum Angels. ¬Star*Line¬, Vol. 17, No. 6, p. 15.

16. 1994. Razors, Symmetry, and Fear. ¬Midnight Zoo¬, Vol. 3, No. 8, p. 4.

17. 1995. Can There Be Any Poetry in Darkness. ¬Just Write¬, Spring,
1995, p. 13.

18. 1995. Ten Years Before the Page. ¬Just Write¬, Spring, 1995, p. 13.

19. 1995. In the Ruins of Memory. ¬Just Write¬, Spring, 1995, p. 13.

20. 1995. Holocaust In Rosary. ¬Once Upon A Midnight...¬, pp. 58-59.

21. 1995. Judas Nailed His Mouth Open. ¬Once Upon A Midnight...¬, p. 61.

22. 1995. Dead To Write. ¬Rouge Et Noir¬, No. 6, p. 18.

23. 1995. Sitting Innocent (12 vampire haiku). ¬Rouge Et Noir¬, No. 6, p. 19.

24. 1995. Forgiven. The 1995 Rhysling Anthology, p. 24.

25. 1996. Old Dead Woman. ¬Star*Line¬, Vol. 19, Nos. 2 & 3, P. 13.

26. 1996. License to Bleed. ¬Star*Line¬, Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 15.

27. 1997. Smoke in the Blood. ¬Warrior Poets¬, March/Spring 1997, Issue
#2, p. 18.

28. 1999. Twisted Little Thing. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Wynter 1999, Issue
Nine, p. 20.

29. 1999. Still Ghosts. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Wynter 1999, Issue Nine, p. 44.

30. 2000. Wet Acid Angel. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Wynter 2000, Issue Twelve, p. 125.

31. 2000. Maps. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Wynter 2000, Issue Twelve, p. 66.

32. 2000. Dark Angel: Death is a wild... ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Wynter 2000,
Issue Twelve, p. 28.

33. 2000. Heart Breaker. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Wynter 2000, Issue Twelve, p. 106.

34. 2000. Lords of Dust. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Midsummer 2000, Issue Thirteen, p.
72.

35. 2000. Voodoo Gods. ¬Blood Moon Zine¬, Volume II, Issue II. (See
Cimmerian Verse at http://www.bloodmoonz.com/current/gramlich.html)

36. 2000. Innocent Little Sin. ¬Blood Moon Zine¬, Vol. II, Iss. II. (See
Cimmerian Verse at http://www.bloodmoonz.com/current/gramlich.html)

37. 2000. Loud Love. ¬Blood Moon Zine¬, Volume II, Issue II. (See
Cimmerian Verse at http://www.bloodmoonz.com/current/gramlich.html)

38. 2001. Three Proverbs (Sin, Blood, Death). ¬The Bible of Hell¬, p. 174.

39. 2001. Border. ¬HazMat Review¬, Vol. 5, Issue 1, p. 76.

40. 2001. Cross Plains Conjure Man. ¬Star*Line¬, Vol. 24, Issue 5, p. 14-15.

41. 2002. Cold as Love. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Issue Fourteen, p. 34.

42. 2002. Soft. ¬Penny Dreadful¬, Issue Fourteen, p. 50.

43. 2002. Cross Plains Conjure Man. The 2002 Rhysling Anthology, p. 52-53.

44. 2003. Columbia. The Charleston Express, p. 2.

45. 2003. Flagellated. Brutal Dreamer’s Website, 2002 Contest (See
http://brutaldreamer.tripod.com/

46. 2003. Ghosts of Love. Brutal Dreamer’s Website, 2002 Contest (See
http://brutaldreamer.tripod.com/

47. 2003. One Small Step. The Illuminta, (August 2003), p. 11. (Adobe
Acrobat email)

48. 2003. Moth. GothicRevue.com, December 2003.

49. 2004. Blind. GothicRevue.com, March 2004.

50. 2004. Abraded by Light. GothicRevue.com, March 2004.

51. 2005. Echoes/Razored. The Shantytown Anomaly, Issue #1, December 2005,
p. 7.

52. 2005. Night Road. Kopfhalter!, Issue #3, Fall 2005, p. 49.

53. 2006 God in a Nutshell. The Shantytown Anomaly, Issue #2, March 2006, p.
7.

54. 2006. Rotted Angels “2”. Star*Line, ¬Vol. 29, Issue 3, p. 18.

55. 2008. Recompense Reprise. Niteblade, Issue #3, March 2008, p. 41.

56. 2008. After a Hard Rain…. Paper Wasp, 14(3), p. 7.

57. 2008. Blue Soul. Dreams & Nightmares, 80, p. 15.

58. 2008. Mouths Filled like Cups…. The Shantytown Anomaly, p. 19.

59. 2008. Soft Vapor Trails…. The Shantytown Anomaly, p. 19.

60. 2009. Mouths Filled like Cups…. The HWA Newsletter, Vol. 20, Iss. 104.

61. 2009. Branded. The HWA Newsletter, Vol. 20, Iss. 104.

62. 2009. In the Ruins of Memory. The HWA Newsletter, Vol. 20, Iss. 104.

63. 2009. Abraded by Light. The HWA Newsletter, Vol. 20, Iss. 104.

64. 2009. April Again. The Illuminata, (April 2009). pp. 3.

65. 2009. Faint laughters clowns in the dark. The 2009 Rhysling Anthology,
pp. 41.

66. 2009. Forever. Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes, pp. 6-7.


QUIZZES/PUZZLES:
1. 2003. Fantasy Worlds Quiz. The Illuminata, (April, 2003), pp. 9, 12
(Adobe Acrobat email)

2. 2003. Worlds of SF Quiz. The Illuminata, (May 2003), pp. 6, 11. (Adobe
Acrobat email)

3. 2003. Heroes of Fantasy Quiz. The Illuminata, (June 2003), pp. 11, 15.
(Adobe Acrobat email)

4. 2003. Famous Movie Monster Quiz. The Illuminata, (July 2003), pp. 7, 11.
(Adobe Acrobat email)

5. 2003. Movie Villain Quiz. The Illuminata, (August 2003), pp. 8, 17.
(Adobe Acrobat email)

6. 2003. Author Pseudonyms Quiz. The Illuminata, (September, 2003), pp. 7,
10. (Adobe Acrobat email)

7. 2003. Classic SF Novels Quiz. The Illuminata, (October, 2003), pp. 7.
(Adobe Acrobat email)

8. 2003. Genre Word Search. The Illuminata, (October 2003), pp. 11. (Adobe
Acrobat email)

9. 2003. Classic Horror Novels Quiz. The Illuminata, (December, 2003), pp.
19, 21. (Adobe Acrobat email)

10. 2004. TV/Movie Vampires Quiz. The Illuminata, (February 2004), pp 12, 16.
(Adobe Acrobat email)

11. 2004. Vampire Quiz. The Illuminata, (April 2004), pp. 15, 19. (Adobe
Acrobat email)

12. 2004. Classic Fantasy Novels. The Illuminata, (June 2004), pp. 3, 11.
(Adobe Acrobat email)


INTERVIEWS WITH ME:

1. 2002. “What Horror Lies Within a Psychology Professor’s Mind?” GC Magazine, October, 2002, Volume 9, Issue 5. Conducted by Ethan Nahte

2. 2007. “Interview with speculative fiction author Charles Allen Gramlich.” Interview by Shauna Roberts on her blog: Shauna Roberts’ For Love Of Words. (30 May, 2007.) See link at:
http://shaunaroberts.blogspot.com/2007/05/interview-with-speculative-fiction.html

3. 2007. “Psychology Professor Has Tales To Tell.” This Month At Xavier (TMAX). Volume 38. Number 7. See Link at:
http://newsite.xula.edu/mediarelations/TMAX/tmax_july07.html

Note: This interview was also run in the Charleston Express, Volume 107. Number 26, Wednesday, August 1, 2007. (A print newspaper).

4. 2007. “Northshore Authors.” Inside Northside (November/December 2007), Volume 22, Number 6. pp. 99-100.

5. 2008. “Interview With Charles Gramlich.” Flashing Swords (Special Edition Summer 2008), Cyberwizard Productions. pp. 135-137.

NOMINATIONS/AWARDS:
1. 1989. Birth (Poem). Placed 46th out of 1983 entries in Writer’s Digest
poetry contest.

2. 1989. Death Turned Away (Story). 1st place in short-short; Skye Isle
Contest.

3. 1989. Roses and Thorns (Story). 8th place in short story; Skye Isle
Contest.

4. 1989. Sensation/Perception (Poem). Honorable mention in poetry; Skye Isle
Contest.

5. 1989. Blood Sport (Humorous Essay). Finalist for the Roberts Writing
Awards.

6. 1990. Shadow Dream (Story). 3rd place in short-short; Skye Isle Contest.

7. 1990. In the Shadow of the Rose (Story). 4th place in short story; Skye
Isle Contest.

8. 1990. The Harps of October (Poem). 4th place in poetry; Skye Isle
Contest.

9. 1990. The Horns of the Air (Story). Tied for 1st place in Deep South
Writing Contest (with another of my stories), in Category III, Fantasy/SF.

10. 1990. Wine and Swords (Story). Tied for 1st place in Deep South Writing
Contest (with “The Horns of the Air”), in Category III, Fantasy/SF.

11. 1991. A Gathering of Ravens (Story). 1st place in Deep South Writing
Contest, in Category III, Fantasy/SF.

12. 1991. The Evening Rider (Story). 3rd place in Deep South Writing
Contest, in Category III, Fantasy/SF.

13. 1991. Death Turned Away (Story). 2nd place in Hutton Previously
Published Contest.

14. 1991. Symmetry Fear (Poem). 3rd place in The Raven Magazine Contest.

15. 1992. In the Memory of Ruins (Story). Honorable Mention in the Deep
South Writing Contest, in Category III, Fantasy/SF.

16. 1993. Midnight on the Sand (Opening paragraph). 1st place in the Snake
River Reflections contest.

17. 1994. Thinking About Your Brain (Essay). 47th in Writer’s Digest
Feature Article Contest.

18. 1994. Chimes (Story). Honorable Mention in the Deep South Writing
Contest. Equates to 2nd & 3rd Place.

19. 1995. Forgiven (Poem). Nominated for the Rhysling Award in Genre Poetry.
Reprinted in ¬The 1995 Rhysling Anthology¬, p. 24.

20. 1996. Smoked Meat (Story). Nominated by Intermix as one of five stories
from the "Best from Intermix 1995."

21. 1996. Haunting Place (Story). Honorable Mention in the Dark Dixie Contest.

22. 1997. Judas Nailed His Mouth Open (Poem). Honorable mention in the 1996
¬Year's Best Fantasy and Horror¬, 9th annual edition.

23. 1999. Swords of Talera (Novel). Awarded best work of original fiction
appearing in ¬Startling Science Stories¬ during the period of June 98
to May 99.

24. 2000. Wine and Swords (Story). Awarded 2nd place as best work of original
fiction appearing in Classic Pulp Fiction Stories¬ June 99 to May 00.

25. 2001. Wings Over Talera (Novel). Awarded best work of original fiction
appearing in Alien Worlds¬ during the period of June 00 to May 01.

26. 2002. Cross Plains Conjure Man (Poem). Nominated for the 2001 Rhysling
Award from the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Reprinted in 2002
Rhysling Anthology, p. 52-53.

27. 2005. Thief of Eyes (Story). Honorable mention in the 2005 Year’s Best
Fantasy and Horror, 18th annual edition.

28. 2005. Night Raptures (Story). 1st Place in Descending Darkness Contest.

29 2007. Rotted Angels (Poem). Honorable mention in the 2007 Year's Best
Fantasy and Horror¬, 20th annual edition.

30. 2008. Precious Cargo (Flash Fiction). Reader’s Choice Award in
The Clarity of Night contest.

31. 2009. Faint Laughters Clowns in the Dark. Nominated for the 2008
Rhysling Award from the SFPA

32. 2009. Lost in Greenery (Flash Fiction). 1st place in Writtenwyrd’s
Halloween contest.