Titles below are in order of first appearance on the site. Most are available either in HTML or PDF or both.
*An asterisk indicates there's a link to a translated version at the bottom of this page. **A double asterisk indicates
there's a link to an audio version at the bottom of this page. ***A triple asterisk indicates
there's a link to a video version at the bottom of this page.
| | DARK TANGOS (2011) | Info | PDF | "Not only a great entertainment, but a meditation on the true meaning of justice." |
| | SAY GOODBYE (1999) | Info | PDF | "The Citizen Kane of rock and roll novels." |
| | SLAM (1990) | Info | PDF | "Plot twists worthy of Thomas Pynchon." |
| | GLIMPSES (1993) | Info | PDF | A "surreal and riveting ode to the sixties." |
| | FRONTERA (1984) | Info | PDF | "Hard-edged and colorful and relentless." |
| | DESERTED CITIES
OF THE HEART (1988) | Info | PDF | "A taut political thriller and a transcendent apocalyptic fantasy." |
| | BLACK & WHITE (2008) | Info | PDF | "Both a page-turner and an urban documentary with a big, fierce heart." |
| | The Gate of
the Fallen Angel | HTML | PDF | ISIS vs. Art |
| | The Black Sun | HTML | | Stage magicians vs. Hitler, hosted by
Subterranean Magazine. |
| | Doctor Helios | HTML | | Spies in 1963 Egypt, hosted by
Subterranean Magazine. |
| | Canto MCML | HTML | PDF | When are we, anyway? |
| | Application | HTML | PDF | A good job is hard to find. |
| | Merry Christmas
from the Kensingtons | HTML | PDF | Ghosts of Christmas cards past. |
| | A Box of Thunder | HTML | | Utopia vs. los narcos. |
| | Primes | HTML | PDF | The population of the world doubles in 24 hours. |
| | White City*** | HTML | PDF | Tesla and the Columbian Exhibition of 1893. |
| | Wild for You | HTML | PDF | Some trips seem to last forever. |
| | Deserted Cities
of the Heart | HTML | PDF | A short-story warmup for the novel. |
| | Scales | HTML | PDF | A lamia is loose on the SMU campus. |
| | Secrets | HTML | PDF | Those lawyers--never did trust 'em. |
| | The Death of
Che Guevara | HTML | | Alternate history, hosted by Subterranean. |
| | Odd Man Out | HTML | PDF | Claustrophobia and paranoia in outer space. |
| | His Girlfriend's Dog | HTML | PDF | First published as a postcard insert. |
| | Omphalos | HTML | PDF | Inspired by A.C. Doyle's goofier Professor Challenger stories. |
| | The Best Part
of Making Up | HTML | PDF | Love in the Instant Replay generation. |
| | Oz | HTML | PDF | One of those alternate universe Kennedy assassination deals. |
| • | Duck | HTML | PDF | Like Raymond Carver with stuffed animals. |
| | Kidding Around | HTML | PDF | Teen torment in Tomball, Texas. |
| | The Kiss | HTML | PDF | My first spy story. |
| | Rake-Off | HTML | PDF | A very early homage to the suspense stories of Walter Tevis. |
| | Plague | HTML | PDF | A light-hearted end-of-life-as-we-know-it story. |
| | Promises | HTML | PDF | Bobby meets the aliens. |
| | Blood Relations | HTML | PDF | Some kind of man-thing shambles out of the East Texas swamps. |
| | Tinker's Damn | HTML | PDF | An android in love in my 1977 SF debut. |
| | Language | HTML | PDF | An eternal question, rephrased. |
| | Like the Gentle Rain | HTML | PDF | Brains in boxes poke fun at philosopher J.D. Bernal. |
| • | The Long Denouement | HTML | PDF | Hard-boiled scribes and editors in a Raymond Chandler spoof. |
| | Mystery Train | HTML | PDF | "Where's Elvis? What have you done with him?" |
| | The Shoemaker's Tale | HTML | PDF | A bedtime story fit for a King. |
| | Relay | HTML | PDF | Astronauts, malfunctions, parallel worlds, Kansas. |
| | Dancers | HTML | PDF | Cancerous brains and dancing robots. |
| | Snowbirds | HTML | PDF | Beware invaders from the future! |
| | The Gene Drain | HTML | PDF | By request, something a bit more "cyberpunk." |
| | Brujo | HTML | PDF | Casteñeda-style magic in 1980s Santa Fe |
| | Stompin' at the Savoy | HTML | PDF | Knock-knock jokes, muties, and "Bob." |
| | Jeff Beck | HTML | PDF | Rock and roll dreams mix with working class angst. |
| | The War at Home | HTML | PDF | The ghost of Vietnam haunts the 1980s US. |
| | Till Human
Voices Wake Us | HTML | PDF | A mad scientist, a Caribbean island, a mermaid. |
| | Nine Hard Questions
about the Nature of
the Universe | HTML | PDF | More flying saucers, sex, and quantum physics. |
| | Gold | HTML | PDF | A Western with pirates and Marxist economics. |
| | Soldier, Sailor | HTML | PDF | The "condensed novel" that grew up to be Frontera. |
| | Tommy and the
Talking Dog | HTML | PDF | Answer 3 questions and wear the magic shoes. |
| | Kings of the Afternoon | HTML | PDF | A surrealistic Western starring Dean, Bogart, and Dietrich. |
| | Dirty Work | HTML | PDF | An ex-football player investigates a rape case. |
| • | Buyin' My Heartaches
A Beer | HTML | PDF | Drinkin', cheatin', and dyin' in rural Texas. |
| | Prodigal Son | HTML | PDF | The last of the Dan Sloane stories. |
| | The Killing Season | HTML | PDF | The second Dan Sloane story. |
| | Deep Without Pity | HTML | PDF | First of the Dan Sloane, Private Eye stories. |
| | Stuff of Dreams* | HTML | PDF | What is more addictive than the inside of our own heads? |
| | The Apparition | HTML | PDF | A 1980 ghost story that still spooks me. |
| | Stoked | HTML | PDF | Hot skateboard action in this warmup for my novel Slam. |
| | Twilight Time | HTML | PDF | Travel to a 1961 with aliens, flying saucers, and a prom. |
| • | The Long Ride Out | HTML | PDF | My first Western, from the 70s, buffed in the 90s. |
| | Americans* | HTML | PDF | Standalone version of Deserted Cities of the Heart, chapter 1. |
| | Rebels | HTML | PDF | Chapter 2 of Deserted Cities, as published in Omni. |
| | Cabracan | HTML | PDF | Chapter 3 of Deserted Cities, from Asimov's. |
| | The Circle | HTML | PDF | By request, a Halloween story from the Twilight Zone. |
| | Sitcom | HTML | PDF | Any resemblance to a certain 70s TV show is...a conspiracy? |
| | Fractal Geometry | HTML | PDF | A quick hit of postmodernism from the late 1980s. |
| • | Straws** | HTML | PDF | Original for FLF about inner vs. outer reality. |
| • | Fear Itself | HTML | PDF | My first Christmas story. Not exactly a Hallmark card. |
| • | Golfing Vietnam | HTML | PDF | A wedding and some impromptu golf. |
| | Perfidia* | HTML | PDF | Based on mysteries surrounding the death of Glenn Miller. |
| • | You Never Know | HTML | PDF | Contest entry for a 200-word romance involving a Beetle. |
| | Lizard Men of Los Angeles* | HTML | PDF | A tribute to H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. |
| | Steam Engine Time | HTML | PDF | A Western about Elvis. |
| | Sticks | HTML | PDF | A very 80s rock and roll fantasy. |
| • | Mark the Bunny | HTML | PDF | My first children's story. |
| | Love In Vain | HTML | PDF | Inspired by a long article about serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. |
| | Match | HTML | PDF | Fantasy tennis, anyone? |
| | Castles Made of Sand | HTML | PDF | Literal and otherwise. |
| | Flagstaff** | HTML | PDF | More thinly veiled autobiography. |
| | Bob Welch and Avenue M | HTML | PDF | 1990 music journalism with new notes. |
| | Introduction to When the Music's Over | HTML | PDF | From my 1991 non-violence anthology. |
| • | Compassion in Clowes'
Velvet Glove | HTML | PDF | An academic paper on slackers. |
| | Confessions of an
Ex-Cyberpunk | HTML | PDF | New York Times op-ed piece from 1991. |
| | History as Swiss Cheese | HTML | PDF | Review of Greil Marcus's Lipstick Traces. |
| | Kafkaland | HTML | PDF | Review of Thomas Palmer's Dream Science. |
| • | Real Life | HTML | PDF | Unpublished piece about Phil Dick (and other stuff). |
| | The Short, Unhappy Career
of Lew Shiner, Tough-
Guy Writer | HTML | PDF | Intro to the Dan Sloane stories (see above). |
| • | Autosalvage | HTML | PDF | Review of the brilliant 1968 psychedelic album. |
| | Wouldn't It Be Nice | HTML | PDF | Interviews with Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. |
| • | Glimpses | | PDF | Unsold adaptation of my World Fantasy Award-winning novel. |
| • | The Next | | PDF | Unsold action picture about vampire lawyers. Semifinalist in PAGE screenwriting awards. |
| | Straws | | MP3 | Read by Jeff Archer Black. |
| | Flagstaff | | MP3 | Read by Jeff Archer Black. |
| | Pestilenza | | HTML | Italian translation of "Plague" by my friend Aldo Carpanelli. |
| | Linguaggio | | HTML | Italian translation of "Language" by my friend Aldo Carpanelli. |
| | Application | | HTML | French translation by my friend Guy d'Andigné. |
| | The Best Part of Making Up | | HTML | French translation by my friend Guy d'Andigné. |
| | Sitcom | | ebook | Italian translation from Urban Apnea Edizioni. |
| | The Circle | | ebook | Chinese translation by Gong Yu. |
| • | Les cités abandonnées
du coeur | | PDF | French translation of "Deserted Cities
of the Heart" by Claire Michel. |
| • | Perfidia | | PDF | French translation by Claire Michel. |
| • | Люди-Ящерицы из Лос-Анджелеса | | PDF | Russian translation of "Lizard Men of Los Angeles" by Sergey Artomov. |
| • | Roba da sogno | | HTML | Italian translation of "Stuff of Dreams" by Aldo Carpanelli. |
| • | Разочарование | | PDF | Russian translation of "Perfida" by Sergey Artomov. |
| | Americanos | | HTML | Spanish translation of "Americans" by Mauricio-José Schwarz. |
| • | Erik Jacobsen | HTML | | Brilliant producer of Tim Hardin, Spoonful, and others. |
| • | John Sebastian | HTML | | Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and deeply funny guy. |
