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Short Stories and Publishing History (Fiction)

I've been selling science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories professionally since 1988. This page is about fiction that's currently on sale and fiction I've sold that will be published in the near future. My fiction publishing history is at the bottom of this page.

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"The Hidden People" has been published by Buzzy Magazine, (June 29, 2012).  You can read it for FREE at this link:  

http://buzzymag.com/the-hidden-people-by-resa-nelson

 

COMING SOON

"The Death Detective" will be published in the anthology MORTIS OPERANDI, 2012.

Thursday
Jan292009

On Sale Now

"Black Magic" is in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress 23


"Black Magic" is about a young woman's wanderlust and how she discovers unexpected things about herself. To escape a very comfortable but boring life in 18th-century London, she runs away from home, disguises herself as a boy, and gets a job on an East India merchant ship. She gets more adventure than she bargains for when her ship stumbles upon a ghost ship adrift in the ocean, and her captain insists that she join the party that boards it to search for abandoned treasure.  Sword & Sorceress 23 is now on sale.

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Jan292009

Publishing History (Fiction)

Novels

 

The Dragonslayer's Sword, 2008

 

Our Lady of the Absolute, 2010

The Iron Maiden, 2011

The Stone of Darkness (forthcoming), 2012

Book 4 in the Dragonslayer series (forthcoming), 2012 

 

Short Stories


21. The Death Detective, Mortis Operandi (anthology), forthcoming 2012

20. The Hidden People, Buzzy Magazine (http://buzzymag.com/the-hidden-people-by-resa-nelson), June 2012

19. Black Magic, Sword and Sorceress 23 (anthology), November 2008

18. The Mix-In, Oceans of the Mind Magazine, 2006


17. Trees, Like Candles, Dripping Wax, Spring/Summer issue (Issue #3) 2006, Fantasy Magazine
  

16. Cenove's Choice, December 2005, MageWarfare.com
      Received a Nebula Award recommendation

15. Rebecca's Hell, Summer 2005 (Issue #44), Brutarian Quarterly 

 

14. Osiris Rising, Winter 2004/2005, Paradox
      
Received a mention in KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt 
 

13. Brain Spike, September 2003, Oceans of the Mind

12. Tin Soldier
, March 2003, Oceans of the Mind
 
 

11. The Perigee of the Moon, July 1998, Science Fiction Age
     
Received a Nebula Award recommendation 
 

10. A Winter of Rolling Thunder, May 1997, Tomorrow Science Fiction
 

9. The Silver Shoes, March 1996, Science Fiction Age
   
Received a Nebula Award recommendation 
 

8. The Key to Bluebeards Heart, November 1994, Science Fiction Age
   
Received several Nebula Award recommendations
   
Tangent 1994 Suggested Reading List
   
Received a Campbell Award recommendation
 

7. Embracing the Arms She Must Bear, September 1994, Science Fiction Age
   
Received a few Nebula Award recommendations

6. Fennario (co-written with Sarah Smith), December 1993, Future Boston (anthology)
   
Received a Nebula Award recommendation
   
Honorable Mention, Years Best Science Fiction 1993
   
Locus Recommended Stories List, April 1994 

5. The Dragonslayers Sword, November 1992, Science Fiction Age
   
Received several Nebula Award recommendations
   
Ranked 2nd in Reader’s Top 10 poll
    
Reprinted December 1995, Dragons

4. The Last Out (co-written with David A. Smith), September 1991, 2041 (anthology) 

3. LovePets, July 1991, Pulphouse No. 11
   
Received several Nebula Award recommendations
   
Honorable Mention, Years Best Science Fiction 1991
   
Honorable Mention, Years Best Fantasy and Horror 1991
   
Reprinted August 1993, Infinite Loop

2. Sara and the Slime Creature, December 1990, Women of Darkness (anthology)
 

1. The Next Step, January/February 1989, Aboriginal Science Fiction
   
Honorable Mention, Year’s Best Science Fiction 1989
   
See Screenplays for info about a short film based on this story

 

I've also sold some stories to the following small press magazines:  

Prrr, 1997, Keen Science Fiction! Magazine

Chilled to the Marrow, 1986, Pandora magazine, Issue 15

The Romantic Vampire, 1985, Punnable Horror Stories (anthology)
The Basement Apartment,
1982, The Pub magazine (see Screenplays -- I wrote a screenplay based on this story, which was produced as the equivalent of a student project; I've shown this at SF conventions).