The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps
everything.
It would be far easier (and nearly always more profitable) to become a real estate agent.
--Maria Lenhart
This section is dedicated to the creative endeavors of friends and acquaintances of mine. The works appearing here were originally published in The Daily Marklar (DM), the Creative Mind (CM), or Charon Rising (CR). Although it is entitled "Writings" this section also includes artwork that published in these sources. All works are copyrighted by their respective authors and may not be duplicated or used for any purpose without the express written permission of the author(s). Don't steal stuff. It's just wrong.
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Amy (amdtex) | Dreams | poem | CM |
The Failure Within | poem | CM | |
Live and Learn | poem | CM | |
Loving You | poem | CM | |
No One's Coming, No One Cares | poem | CM | |
Realm of the Faeries | poem | CM | |
Tears of Sorrow | poem | CM | |
untitled #1 | poem | CM | |
untitled #2 | poem | CM | |
untitled #3 | poem | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Amy Snelgrove | untitled | short story | CM |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Arthur Jerrett | Ground Zero 2051 | poem | CM |
Artist | Title | Type of Work | Source |
C.W. Crisman | Charon Rising #2 | illustration | CR |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Carl Ellis | Conspiracah Theorah | fan fic script | CM, DM |
Dead Kenny | parody song lyrics | CM | |
A Letter from Ike | parody song lyrics | CM | |
My Dead Friend Kenny | parody song lyrics | CM | |
The Other Side of the Ice | poem | CM | |
Winter Olympics | fan fic script | CM, DM | |
Zombies | parody song lyrics | CM | |
untitled #1 | Shakespeare parody | CM | |
untitled #2 | fan fic short story | CM | |
Author/Artist | Title | Type of Work | Source |
CraKah (TCL) | Apple Pie | poem | CM |
Blind Date | song lyrics (unfinished) |
CM | |
The Creative Mind | illustration | CM | |
Hate The Fact That | poem | CM | |
untitled #1 | poem | CM | |
untitled #2 | poem | CM | |
untitled #3 | poem | CM | |
Artist | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Dale Moore | Charon Rising #1 | illustration | CR |
Charon Rising | illustration | CR | |
Hair Pirate of Mars | illustration | CR | |
Nightmare in Black | illustration | CR | |
They Laughed... | illustration | CR | |
Zzzzzz... | illustration | CR | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Ellen Feely | untitled | haiku | CM |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Holly, Mathius, & Agent Steele |
Beautiful Misery | poem | CM |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
J.P. | untitled | sonnet | CM |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Jasmine | Angel | poem | CM |
Apology | poem | CM | |
Arc of Color | poem | CM | |
Aviary | haiku | CM | |
Beauty | poem | CM | |
Being with You | poem | CM | |
Betrayal | poem | CM | |
Black | poem | CM | |
Darkness | poem | CM | |
Dear Friend | poem | CM | |
Dearest One (version 1) | poem | CM | |
Dearest One (version 2) | poem | CM | |
Dragons | poem | CM | |
A Dream | poem | CM | |
Flowers | haiku | CM | |
Gossamer Wings | poem | CM | |
Jassmine | Grim Reaper | poem | CM |
Longing | poem | CM | |
Lonliness | poem | CM | |
Lost Love | poem | CM | |
Morning Walk | poem | CM | |
Night Falls | poem | CM | |
Night Storm | poem | CM | |
Nighttime | poem | CM | |
A Place I Know | poem | CM | |
Scarred | poem | CM | |
Seasons | haiku | CM | |
September Morn | poem | CM | |
Shine | haiku | CM | |
Spun Silver | poem | CM | |
Sunset | poem | CM | |
Jasmine | Waiting... | poem | CM |
White | poem | CM | |
Wondering | poem | CM | |
untitled #1 | poem | CM | |
untitled #2 | poem | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Jim Vincent Viglione aka Uncle Jimbo |
Deep within My Breast | poem | CM |
Ellie & Me | poem | CM | |
He Was My Friend | poem | CM | |
Love at First Sight | poem | CM | |
Magic | poem | CM | |
The Mountains Called Me by My Name | poem | CM | |
My Dream | poem | CM | |
My Sister | poem | CM | |
Mystery Canyon | poem | CM | |
Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear |
poem | CM | |
Races of Man | poem | CM | |
Reunion | poem | CM | |
Shafts of Light | poem | CM | |
You Were Not a Dream | poem | CM | |
6:00 O'clock | poem | CM | |
Jim Vincent Viglione aka Uncle Jimbo |
untitled #1 | poem | CM |
untitled #2 | poem | CM | |
untitled #3 | short story | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Joseph Becker (Founder & Moderator of The Creative Mind) |
CP in Space | short story (unfinished) |
CM |
Do I Have a Love? | poem | CM | |
The Fabulous Adventure | short story | CM | |
A Flower | poem | CM | |
Hold on to Your Love | poem | CM | |
The Kiss | poem | CM | |
Let's Make Love | poem | CM | |
My Friend | poem | CM | |
My Heart Yearns | poem | CM | |
Ode to the Space Shuttle Columbia | poem | CM | |
Our First Kiss | poem | CM | |
Sunrise | poem | CM | |
Will I Say Hi? | poem | CM | |
Will I See You Again? | poem | CM | |
Will You Be Mine? | poem | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
JTSpoiled | It's Not Fair | poem | CM |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Julie Somerville | Food Fight | short story | CM |
My Lonely Valentine's | poem | CM | |
No More Snow | poem | CM | |
Reality TV: Entertaining or Pointless? | essay | CM | |
Torn Between Two Lovers | short story (unfinished) |
CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Kandice Cruz | The Best Mother's Day | short story | CM |
Christmas Tea | short story | CM | |
The Happiest Days of My Life | short story | CM | |
The Importance of Forgiveness | short story | CM | |
Nanna and the "Lady" Lessons | short story | CM | |
Summer of 1986 | short story | CM | |
untitled | short story | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Kenny's Goodness | Abuse | poem | CM |
Acceptance | poem | CM | |
The Airy Spirit | poem | CM | |
Alone | poem | CM | |
Amy Can't Love Me | script | CM | |
Artemis | poem | CM | |
Back Here Baby | fan fic script | CM | |
Ball | poem | CM | |
Beauty | poem | CM | |
Blue | poem | CM | |
Cat | poem | CM | |
Chaos | poem | CM | |
A Child's Plea | poem | CM | |
Clash | poem | CM | |
A Cry of Injustice | poem | CM | |
Kenny's Goodness | Darkness | poem | CM |
Dreams | poem | CM | |
Dueling Views | poem | CM | |
Emerald Dancers | poem | CM | |
Everlasting Torment | poem | CM | |
Exhaustion | poem | CM | |
Fading Away | poem | CM | |
Freedom | poem | CM | |
From Dawn to Dusk | poem | CM | |
Ganglies | novella | CM | |
Glory | poem | CM | |
Goodbye My Love | poem | CM | |
Guilt is Nigh | poem | CM | |
Haiku Collection | haiku | CM | |
Hate | poem | CM | |
Kenny's Goodness | Have You Seen My Pants? | poem | CM |
Hidden Beauty | poem | CM | |
I Failed, I Lost | poem | CM | |
I Remember | poem | CM | |
I Was the One | poem | CM | |
In My Shoes | poem | CM | |
Inner Emotions | poem | CM | |
Inner Hate | poem | CM | |
J'ai Froid | poem (with English translation) |
CM | |
Judgement Day | poem | CM | |
La Tarte | poem (with English translation) |
CM | |
Let Us Go into the Forest | poem | CM | |
Like a Gentleman | poem | CM | |
Love Me Gently | poem | CM | |
The Night Lovers | poem | CM | |
Kenny's Goodness | Nightmares | poem | CM |
One Day | poem | CM | |
Optimism | poem | CM | |
Rape | poem | CM | |
Serene Paws | poem | CM | |
Serpentine Power | poem | CM | |
Sinner, Hell is Nigh | poem | CM | |
The Sneer of a Peer | poem | CM | |
A South Park Fairy Tale #1: Little Orange Parka Hood |
fan fic short story | CM | |
A South Park Fairy Tale #2: The Three Little Boys And The Big, Bad, Fatass |
fan fic short story | CM | |
Sporks | poem | CM | |
Suicide | poem | CM | |
Trapped | poem | CM | |
Unnoticed | poem | CM | |
Venting | poem | CM | |
Kenny's Goodness | Voices | poem | CM |
War | poem | CM | |
The Write Release | poem | CM | |
You Never Cared | poem | CM | |
Author/Artist | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Kentucky Woman | Being the Little Sister | short story | CM |
Bourbon, Straight Up | short story | CM | |
Cactus *3 | drawing | CM | |
The Magic Book | short story | CM | |
Sisters | short story | CM | |
The Stranger | poem | CM | |
untitled #1 | drawing | CM | |
untitled #2 | drawing | CM | |
untitled #3 | poem | CM | |
untitled #4 | poem | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Lindsey Phillips | The Dawnless Day | short story | CM |
The Fellowship of the Cookie | parody script | CM | |
Haiku Collection | haiku | CM | |
High Pitches | novelette | CM | |
High Pitches Haiku Collection | haiku | CM | |
LindSpeak Dictionary | dictionary (unfinished) |
CM | |
One Screwed Up Kid | fan fic script | CM | |
Ricky Stoopid | short story | CM | |
Saving the Cheetos | fan fic script | CM | |
The Scorpion King: The Abridged Script |
parody script | CM | |
Sim Games | haiku | CM | |
So Long, Chipmunk-head | poem | CM | |
A Story | short story (unfinished) |
CM | |
Trapped with Cheese | fan fic script | CM | |
The Worm and the Cheese | short story | CM | |
Lindsey Phillips | untitled #1 | fan fic script | CM |
untitled #2 | fan fic script | CM | |
untitled #3 | poem | CM | |
untitled #4 | poem | CM | |
untitled #5 | poem | CM | |
untitled #6 | poem | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Lindy | Anticipation | poem | CM |
Avec Vous | poem | CM | |
The East | poem | CM | |
The First Steps | poem | CM | |
Forever | song lyrics | CM | |
I Will Always Remember | poem | CM | |
Inevitability | poem | CM | |
It Seems | poem | CM | |
Just Some Prose | poem | CM | |
The Lady | poem | CM | |
The Lady: Return of the Wings | poem | CM | |
My Lord | poem | CM | |
Nothing Can Take Away | poem | CM | |
Our Time | poem | CM | |
Paradox | poem | CM | |
Lindy | Rescued | poem | CM |
Revelation | poem | CM | |
Tears | poem | CM | |
The Thought | poem | CM | |
What I Feel Now | poem | CM | |
Why Is It? | poem | CM | |
Ya Know... | poem | CM | |
You and No Other | poem | CM | |
You Call My Name | poem | CM | |
You Know Every Part of Me | poem | CM | |
Your Lady | poem | CM | |
Author/Artist | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Michael J. Ahlers | The Adventures of Polly Wingnut and the Talking Moose (Act I - Act II, Scene 2) |
script (unfinished) |
CM |
Charon Rising *4 | short story | CR | |
Charon Rising logo elements | illustration | CR | |
The Creative Mind | illustration | CM | |
Nightmare in Black *4 | short story | CR | |
Soulmates *4 | short story | CR, CM | |
Three Strikes, You're Out *4 | short story | *2 | |
untitled | rhyming couplet | CM | |
Artist | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Orlando Craig | Charon Rising | illustration | CR |
Hair Pirate of Mars | illustration | CR | |
Nightmare in Black | illustration | CR | |
Zzzzzz... | illustration | CR | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Rashida Merritt | untitled | poem | CM |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Summer O'Neal | Before the Day | poem | CM |
Get Over It | poem | CM | |
I Belong to You | poem | CM | |
I Fucking Hate You | poem | CM | |
I'm Daddy's Little Girl | song lyrics | CM | |
Life Goes On | poem | CM | |
Like That | poem | CM | |
Nothing Lasts Forever | poem | CM | |
Patiently | poem | CM | |
Through It All | poem | CM | |
You Consume Me | poem | CM | |
untitled #1 | poem | CM | |
untitled #2 | poem | CM | |
untitled #3 | poem | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Tabitha Stevens Black aka Tabi |
Aliens | poem | CM |
Before We Met | poem | CM | |
Da Munkey | poem | CM | |
Haiku Collection | haiku | CM | |
Hate | poem | CM | |
I Try | poem | CM | |
I Wait | poem | CM | |
I Will Always | song lyrics | CM | |
Killing Fred (Chapters 1-8, 12-15) |
short story (incomplete) *1 |
CM | |
Lies | poem | CM | |
Love | poem | CM | |
Love at Lunch aka The Pizza Poem | poem | CM | |
Misunderstood | poem | CM | |
My Friend | poem | CM | |
My Man | poem | CM | |
Tabitha Stevens Black aka Tabi |
My Molly and Me | poem | CM |
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service | song lyrics | CM | |
Roses | poem | CM | |
Sludge | fan fic short story | CM | |
Support Me | poem | CM | |
Vacant Lots | poem | CM | |
untitled #1 | poem | CM | |
untitled #2 | song lyrics | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Tick aka Richard Duncan |
Gone But Not | poem | CM |
Journey of Trust | poem | CM | |
Jungle | short story | CM | |
True to Yourself | poem | CM | |
untitled #1 | script | CM | |
untitled #2 | poem | CM | |
untitled #3 | poem | CM | |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
Travelling Stan | Stan Trek | autobiography | CM |
Author | Title | Type of Work | Source |
CR: Charon Rising was a science fiction and fantasy fanzine that ran a mind-numbing two issues. The first (1992; v.1 #1) was printed and distributed complete with five stories and nine illustrations. The second (1998; v.1 #2) was solely electronic. The remaining four promised issues (v.2 #1-4) have yet to appear.
DM: The Daily Marklar is an email-based South Park fanzine. It has lasted over 1300 issues and continues to this day. It has gone through a variety of format and management changes: DM (2001; 255 issues), DMv2 (2001-2002; 445 issues), DMv3 (2003; 300 issues, including the final 97 in 17 days), SPDM (2003-present; over 370 issues and counting).
CM: The Creative Mind was an email-based creative outlet run by Joseph Becker. It ran for two volumes: CMv1 (2002; 80 numbered issues + 2 special issues, roughly 3-5 issues per week) and CMv2 (2003; 15 issues, weekly). It ended when Joseph disappeared on us. If you hear from him, please let us know.
*1 - Chapters 9-11 of Tabi's story "Killing Fred" were probably intended to be published in a single issue of CMv2, but never did. I'm not sure what happened.
*2 - "Three Strikes, You're Out" was scheduled to appear in CR #3 which never appeared.
*3 - Kentucky Woman's picture entitled "Cactus" which appeared in CMv1 #18, didn't arrive in my mailbox with the issue and is therefore missing from this archive. It is listed here simply for completeness.
*4 - Four of the stories by me (Michael J. Ahlers) are now (or soon will be) part of "Sunday Night Fictions" over at my other website Paonia Pawns.
Definitions
Novel: 40,000 words or more.**
Novella: 17,500-40,000 words.
Novelette: 7,500-17,500 words.
Short Story: less than 7,500 words.
**These definitions are the ones used by the World Science Fiction Convention when awarding the Hugos.