An eFolio...

 

...of selected passions, particular obsessions, and assorted placeholders for future reflection.  Presented by a couple of simple planetary citizens blessed with a temporary grant of life on this strange plane.  Like you, we don't have the foggiest notion how we ended up here...

"Moving On," The Late Late Show (May 2007)*

 

"Mrs. Schrödinger's Cat," Jim Baen's Universe, Vol. 2 No. 2 (August 2007)*

 

"The Blue Rocker," Fictitious Force, Issue #4 (Spring 2007)*

 

"The Dead Pilot," Lunch Hour Stories, Issue 22 (April 2008) -- nominated for a Pushcart Prize!* Reprinted in Comets and Criminals (Issue #3, June 2012)

 

"Scammed," AlienSkin Magazine, Vol. VI No. 3 (December 2007)*

 

"The Fine Point," Drabblecast #45 (January 2008, audio format)*

 

"'Til Death Do Us," Atomjack #9 (February 2008)*

 

"Printed Matter," Satirica anthology (2008, Cowboy Logic Press, Ed. by Roy Dudgeon)

 

"The Way Home," Allegory, Vol 6/33 (May 2008)*

 

"Little Angel," Raving Dove (Summer 2008, Issue #13) -- nominated for a Pushcart Prize!

 

"Buck and the Twee Fairies of Interstate 20," Editor Unleashed/Smashwords Flash Fiction 40 anthology (July 2009)*

 

"For The Cause Of The Saints," Abyss & Apex (#36, 4th Q 2010)*

 

"Inside," Dark Recesses (September 2009)*

 

"The Cats Who Wanted to be Dogs," Stories That Lift (November 2009)*

 

"Gauss's Invitation," War of the Worlds: Frontlines anthology (2010, Northern Frights Publications, Ed. by J. Schnarr)*

 

"The Machine Whisperer," Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (Issue #47, September 2010)*

 

"Sm@ll But Obvious Differences," Brain Harvest (January 31, 2010)*

 

"You Can Get Anything You Want at Simon's Place," Basement Stories (July 2010)*

 

"Leaving Town," Kasma SF (Issue 1.75, September 2010)*

 

"The Apocalypse Hits Moose Fork," Drabblecast #172 (July 2010, audio format)*

 

"Color My World," Everyday Weirdness (July 4th, 2010)*

 

"Another Day at the Collider," New Myths (Issue 14, March 2011)*

 

"A Courtly Diversion," Aoife's Kiss (Vol. X No. 3, December 2011)

 

"Firing Squad," Flash Fiction Online (December 2010)*

 

"Pity," Open Magazine (Issue #1, March 2011)**

 

"On the Train to Cairo," Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (Issue #53, Feb 2012)

 

"The Long Toss," Science In My Fiction (25 April 2011)

 

"Sean and Kitty in Love," Flagship (Issue #6, July 2011)

 

"Manifest Error," Kasma SF (30 May 2011)**  Note: Audio version was featured on Paul Cole's "Beam Me Up" show on WRFR-LP radio.

 

"The Songs of Eridani," a serialized novella, The Colored Lens (4th Q 2011 and 1st Q 2012)

 

"The Nine Billion Pixels of Samsara," Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (Issue #53, February 2012)

 

"Why Barnaby Isn't Aboard the ISS Today," Mutation Press: Rocket Science anthology (Ed. by Ian Sales, April 2012)

 

"Photographing Minnesota Pete," Comets and Criminals (Issue #2, December 2011)

 

"For the Love of Sin," Grantville Gazette:Universe Annex (November 2011)

 

"Oogie Tucker's Mission," Stupefying Stories (December 2011)

 

"Why Certain Things Turned Out The Way They Did" will appear in the upcoming Earthbound Fiction: Dark Stars anthology

 

"Ashes of Love" will appear in the upcoming Earthbound Fiction: Flash anthology

 

"The Price of Love," Earthbound Fiction: Sparks anthology (February 2012)

 

"Judgment Day," Eschatology (January 2012)

 

"The Anniversary Gift" will appear in a forthcoming issue of Stupefying Stories

 

"The Conquest of Gliese 518-5B," Grand Science Fiction (May 2012)

 

"Wildcatter Blues" will appear in Grand Science Fiction

 

"The Anubis Plague" will appear in Abyss & Apex (targetted for 3rdQ 2012 issue)

 

 

        * & ** - These stories are available from AnthologyBuilder. Single-asterisked stories have been pre-assembled into a collection called Say What? The Cockamamie Stories of Gary Cuba, available here.

 

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