Publication History

Books

Sklar D, Avery S, eds. Trafficking in Magic/Magicking in Traffic. Brooklyn, NY: Fantastic Books. In press.

Shadow of the Antlered Bird [e-book]. South Euclid, OH: Drollerie Press; 2008. [out of distribution]

Short Fiction

Flap. Mythic Delirium 0. In press.

The philosopher’s nectar. In: Lalumière C, Pizarro D, eds. Bibliotecha Fantastica. Hamilton NJ: Dagan Books. In press.

Log and the golem. In: Suharski D, ed. Log! Defender of the North Woods. Lancaster, CA: Paperback Jack. In press.

Lady Marmalade’s special place in Hell: a picaresque burlesque of the nether realms. In: Jones, MA, ed. Scheherazade’s Facade. Cambridge, MA: Gressive Press. 2012;187-200.

The velveteen golem. In: Shvartsman A, ed. Unidentified Funny Objects. Brooklyn, NY: UFO Publishing; 2012:233-238.

Wood. In: Tan C, Zaiatz B, eds. Fantastic Erotica: The Best of Circlet Press 2008-2012. Cambridge, MA: Circlet Press; 2012. First published in Like a Sacred Desire: Tales of Sex Magick.

Inheritance. In: Craig AC, ed. Ocean Stories. Richardson, TX: Elektrik Milk Bath Press; 2012. First published in Membra Disjecta.

Feast of kings. In: Ramey S, Lackey J, eds. Triangulation: Last Contact. Pittsburgh, PA: Parsec Ink; 2011:180-184.

Over my shoulder. Strange Horizons [online serial]. Posted September 20, 2010.

The Rainbow Vendor. In: Moran B, ed. Triangulation: End of the Rainbow. Pittsburgh, PA: Parsec Ink; 2010.

Wood. In: Williams J, ed. Like a Sacred Desire: Tales of Sex Magick. Cambridge, MA: Circlet Press; 2010.

Tears in the sea. Cabinet des Fees [online edition]. 2010;9. Posted January 14, 2010.

Behind the tower. In: Fisher D, ed. Straying from the Path: New Tales of Little Red. South Euclid, OH: Drollerie Press; 2010. [out of distribution]

Red ‘hood. In: Speer CL, ed. Stereo-Opticon: Fairy Tales in Split Vision. South Euclid, OH: Drollerie Press; 2009. [out of distribution]

Inheritance. Membra Disjecta: Scattered Things. [online serial]. 2008;1:2. Posted May 2008. [out of distribution]

Flash Fiction and Vignettes

Room 694: The garden of dreams. Magic Beans. New Orleans, LA: Dark Wine and Stars. In press. First published in The Wicked Chocolate Factory.

The fisherman’s widow. Safety Pin Review [online serial]. 2012;28. Published June 12, 2012. With supplementary “action shots” published June 15 and June 17.

Vosheegu’s treatise on reproduction. Miscellanea: A Transdimensional Library [web site]. Published April 26, 2012.

To lose you again. Space and Time. 2008;105;:6-17.

Wind in the reeds. Membra Disjecta: Scattered Things. [online serial]. 2008;1:3. Posted August 2008. [out of distribution]

Poetry

The onion prince. Mythic Delirium 0. In press.

Schrodinger’s error. Impractical Cats. Wallingford, CT: Medusa’s Laugh. In press.

Untitled [meow]. Impractical Cats. Wallingford, CT: Medusa’s Laugh. In press.

Augurs like onions. Overplay/Underdone. Wallingford, CT: Medusa’s Laugh. In press.

Sky fishing. Ladybug. May/June 2013:13.

Passengers. Dear Sir, [online serial]. 2012;11.

Seams. Dear Sir, [online serial]. 2012;11.

When next I am a child. Space and Time. 2012;117:48.

Standing alone. Hoot [online edition]. 2012;12.

Where poetry comes from. Inkscrawl [online serial]. 2012;4. Posted August 8, 2012.

Bone china (to serve in Hell). Strange Horizons [online serial]. Posted June 25, 2012.

increments [as Lemuel Harik]. Bull Spec. 2012;7:21. First published in The Ghazal Page.

Aftertaste. Honorable mention, Mini-contest #17. On The Premises. Published May 6, 2012. First published in Eye to the Telescope.

Aftertaste. Eye to the Telescope [online serial]. 2012;4. Published April 2012.

A sonnet for the gorgon. Eye to the Telescope [online serial]. 2012;4. Published April 2012.

Confronting the Demon of Hidden Things. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly [online serial]. 2011;9. Posted July 2, 2011.

Gilgamesh (what the Sumerians seem to have missed). Heroic Fantasy Quarterly [online serial]. 2011;8. Posted April 1, 2011.

Untitled ["when we make love"]. Verse Wisconsin Online. 2011;105.

Real estate. Sweet [online serial]. 2011;3(2).

When I grow up. Bull Spec. 2010;3:58.

The decline of the Beat poets. Artocratic. 2009;2. Posted December 2009. First published in Paterson Literary Review.

My last Seattle poem (the beginning of landscape). Artocratic. 2009;2. Posted December 2009. First published in The Willamette Week.

Subterranean song. In: Fisher D, ed. Needles & Bones [e-book]. South Euclid, OH: Drollerie Press; 2009. First published in Membra Disjecta [out of distribution].

Intelligent war machine [co-authored with Geoffrey Landis]. In: Smith L, ed. Come Together: Imagine Peace. Huron, OH: Bottom Dog Press. 2008:64.

Increments. The Ghazal Page [online serial]. Posted February 1, 2008.

What lurks. The Ghazal Page [online serial]. Posted February 1, 2008.

Subterranean song. Membra Disjecta: Scattered Things. [online serial]. 2008;1:1 Posted January 2008. [out of distribution]

The decline of the Beat poets. Paterson Literary Review. 2005;34:160-161.

Selected works of Kaia MareImbrium. In: Wilhelm J, ed. Aria Kalsan Anthology Volume One: Mysteries of the Future. North Olmsted, Ohio: Foursided MFNA; 2004:139-147.

Orpheus (what the Greeks did not know). Fables. Summer 2004. First published in Blue Light Red Light [out of distribution].

Lost & found. 3rd place, annual poetry contest. The Willamette Week. Jan 11 1995;21(10):29.

A sestina to piss off the scholars. Wormwood Review. 1994;34(4):153-154.

Walking in town on a snowy evening. Wormwood Review. 1994;34(4):154-155.

Manifesto. Wormwood Review. 1994;34(4):155.

Orpheus (what the Greeks did not know). Blue Light Red Light. 1992;IV:87-88.

Carbon. The Three-Lobed Burning Eye. 1992;I(2):35-37.

My last Seattle poem (the beginning of landscape). 2nd place, annual poetry contest. The Willamette Week. Dec 17, 1992;19(8):41.

Where poetry comes from. Broadside displayed at: Bumbershoot Arts Festival; Seattle, WA; September 5-7, 1992.

Blank verse. Julia Moore Award for Bad Verse. Society for Humor Studies, 1992.

Blank verse. Crossroads. 1990;1:11.

A dream. Crossroads. 1990;1:22-23.

Nonfiction

Compression: David Sklar. Matter Press blog. April 2012.

Your message here: SPR at an SF con. Safety Pin Review. January 22, 2012;17.

Satire

McCain to debate Paris Hilton. FarceHaven Tribune. 2008;10(10). Posted October 1, 2008.

Palin, Biden to face off in VP deathmatch. FarceHaven Tribune. 2008;10(10). Posted October 1, 2008.

Obama’s controversial position on personal responsibility: he’s for it. The Cynic. 2008;10(9). Posted September 1, 2008.

Paterson fires speechwriter. FarceHaven Tribune. 2008;10(6). Posted June 1, 2008.

Craig caught in stall with Ahmadinejad. FarceHaven Tribune. 2008;10(6). Posted June 1, 2008.

Clinton throws kitchen sink at Obama. FarceHaven Tribune. 2008;10(6). Posted June 1, 2008.

Moore posts Ten Commandments of Driving in traffic court. Wittenburg Door [reprint from online newsletter]. 2007;214:28.

Zen fundamentalist kills parents on road. The Cynic. Posted November 2007.

Inelegant design developments. Wittenburg Door. 2007;212:18.

Neo-fundamentalists at your door. Wittenburg Door. 2007;212:46.

Moore to post Ten Commandments of Driving in traffic court. The Wittenburg Door Online Newsletter. Posted June 26, 2007.

White House staff shaken, not stirred. The Cynic. Posted October 2006.

Robertson rails against psychiatric activists: Wittenburg Door. 2006;203:24.

Judges protest activism by chaining selves to bench. The Wittenburg Door Online Newsletter. Posted August 2005.

US to invade Newsweek. The Wittenburg Door Online Newsletter. Posted June 25, 2005

House proposes amendment to insult voters’ intelligence. FarceHaven Tribune. 2005;7(4). Posted April 15, 2005.

Bush: Either you’re with us or you’re with the tsunamis. FarceHaven Tribune. 2005;7(4). Posted April 15, 2005.

Swing states secede. FarceHaven Tribune. 2005;7(4). Posted April 1, 2005.

Bush appointees blast gays, bunnies. FarceHaven Tribune. 2005;7(4). Posted April 1, 2005.

Religion not a factor in Islam situation. The Wittenburg Door Online Newsletter.

Atheist sees Virgin Mary in tortilla, sues cafeteria [reprint]. The Cynic: The Best of 2004. 2005;7(1). Posted January 2005.

Rumsfeld unveils list of approved tortures [reprint]. FarceHaven Tribune: The Best of 2004. 2005;7(1):3. Posted January 2005.

US inspectors find weapon of mouse destruction. FarceHaven Tribune: The Best of 2004. 2005;7(1):3. Posted January 2005.

Court lets US off on time served. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(10). Posted November 15, 2004.

Supply-side ergonomics at work. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(10). Posted November 15, 2004.

Saddam released on technicality. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(10). Posted November 1, 2004.

Fox pundits explain contradictory epithets. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(10). Posted November 1, 2004.

Gay marriages threaten. . . um. . . something, probably [reprint]. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(10). Posted November 1, 2004.

Republican learns belligerent Democrat is his own son. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(10). Posted November 1, 2004.

Rumsfeld unveils list of approved tortures. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(9). Posted October 15, 2004.

Iraqi deserters strive to emulate US President. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(9). Posted October 15, 2004.

US occupiers resort to diplomacy. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(9). Posted October 15, 2004.

US inspectors find weapon of mouse destruction. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(9). Posted October 1, 2004.

Candidates purchase Norwegian-language ads. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(9). Posted October 1, 2004.

Bush to be peace president, gullible not in dictionary. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(9). Posted October 1, 2004.

Gay marriages threaten. . . um. . . something, probably. The Door. 2004;34(195):38.

Atheist sees Virgin Mary in tortilla, sues cafeteria [reprint]. The Cynic. 2004;6(7). Posted August, 2004.

Closed-minded people protest their portrayal in Harry Potter books [reprint]. The Cynic. 2004;6(6). Posted July 2004.

Weapons of mass destruction found. FarceHaven Tribune. 2004;6(6). Posted July 1, 2004.

Atheist sees Virgin Mary in tortilla, sues cafeteria. The Door. 2004;34(192):29.

Robertson announces Dieu not God of the Bible. The Door. 2004;34(192):32.

Closed-minded people protest their portrayal in Harry Potter books. And How!. Apr 2, 2002;2.

Commentary

Evil revisited—a dissenting view. The Gaming Report. Posted November 11, 2001.

Humor

How many gamers does it take to change a light bulb? Gamers’ answers to another age-old question. Knights of the Dinner Table. May 2002;67:64.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Gamers’ answers to an age-old question. Knights of the Dinner Table. Mar 2002;65:72.