Fiction Bibliography of Maria Alexander

During almost two years of "handlessness," I wrote sixteen short stories, three novelettes, a novella, a handful of poems and three feature-length screenplays with the Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice technology.

Published Fiction

"The Last Word" -- Sins of the Sirens anthology, from Dark Arts Books.

"Pinned" -- Sins of the Sirens anthology, from Dark Arts Books.

"This Body of Death" -- Lost on the Darkside anthology, from ROC Books.

**Preliminary Ballot for the 2005 Bram Stoker Award in Short Fiction

"Veil of Skin" -- Blood Surrender anthology, from Blue Moon Books.

**Preliminary Ballot for the 2005 Bram Stoker Award in Long Fiction

"Goodnight, Marvin" -- The Anthology at the End of the Universe, from BenBella Books.

"Agnus Dei" -- Spooks!, a Twilight Tales anthology. A reprint from Clocktower Books and Far Sector SFFH 2003.

"When Gods Die" -- Gothic.net 2004, 2005. Reprinted from Horrorfind.com 2001.

**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #18

"Conspiracy of One" -- Horror Carousel, Issue #1 2004.

"The Dark River in His Flesh" -- Paradox Magazine, Issue #4 January 2004. Reprinted in Sins of the Sirens anthology, from Dark Arts Books.

"Samantha Blazes: Psychic Detective of L.A." -- in the Hastur Pussycat, Kill! Kill! anthology, from Vox13, June 2003.

**Preliminary Ballot for the 2003 Bram Stoker Award in Long Fiction

**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #17

"Some Divine" -- the Songs from Dead Singers & Other Eulogies anthology, from Catalyst Press, 2002.

**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #16

"The King of Shadows" -- Gothic.net 2001, 2005.

**Preliminary Ballot for 2001 Bram Stoker Award in Short Fiction

**Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #15

**Finalist in the 2003 Moondance Film Festival Short Story Competition

"Black Roses and Hail Marys" -- Chiaroscuro Magazine 2001. Reprinted in Gothic.net 2003, 2005.

**Preliminary Ballot for 2001 Bram Stoker Award in Short Fiction

"Bacchus Anesti" -- Chiaroscuro Magazine, Issue #6. December 2000.

**5-Star Rating and Named Top Story for Issue #6 by Nuketown.

"Coming Home" -- Gothic.net 2000. Reprinted in Chapter & Verse HWA LA Promotional Chapbook 2002, Gothic.net 2005.

**One of the Top 10 Highest-rated stories of Gothic.net in 2000.

**Produced as a One-Act staged play reading by Women-in-Theatre and performed December 21, 2003.

"Pen and Ink" -- Unspeakable Oath, Issue 7, 1992.

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