Fiction - Poetry - Gaming (See also Alex's bibliography.) Fiction ""Contents" in The Rambler" A flash fiction (non-genre) piece in the March-April 2008 issue of the literary magazine The Rambler. "Contents" appears on page 48, but, ironically enough, not in the issue's table of contents. Available in many independent bookshops, campus bookstores, and Barnes & Noble chains. Where to Buy. "Shooting Dogs for Fun and Profit" "Shooting Dogs" is a humor/horror/gangster romp based on an unproduced ten-minute play of mine. ChiZine/Chiaroscuro was nice enough to publish it in October 2007, and there it remains, archived until whenever. A bit of a postmortem for the story is available here, but it might kill any magic you thought was there before you came down from your marshmallow-high. "Outgoing" "Outgoing" is a science fiction/fantasy novelette. Appears in the Febuary 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. Also available at Anthology Builder, Fictionwise, and the Amazon Kindle store. Free Preview. This story has been recommended for a Nebula award; SFWA members can read the story in its entirety on the Nebula Awards website. "Paths to Autonomy" "Paths to Autonomy" is an interactive story (think "Choose Your Own Adventure") first published in the humor zine Planet Relish in 2000 (and reprinted in a "Best of" issue of PR after readers ranked it the top story of the year). Appears in the minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art #2, available in the Store. "Carefully, My Friend Tom" "My friend Tom lived a perfect life. So much as I know, he never did anything wrong up until he died. Of old age. At 18..." When I first started writing and submitting, I had a lot of luck selling my earlier, often-embarrassing work to small, niche publications for a penny per word or so. I cringe less at where I was published (I was lucky most of the places would have me!) than at the fact that my work was seen by anyone before it (or I) was ready. Who wants to be the weakest part of any given table of contents? Anyway, this is one of the few stories (from that era) that I still have a fondness for. Carefully, My Friend Tom first appeared in the final issue of the original weekly Jackhammer (for which I also still have a fondness), August 21, 2000. Poetry "Church of Saturn" "Church of Saturn" is a twelve-line story-poem, a science fiction update of probably the oldest missionary joke in the world, appearing in the British quarterly Murky Depths #2. Fast and relatively inexpensive shipping even to the States when you order direct from the publisher. "Stock Car Relativity" The high-speed NASCAR adventures of Tae "Speedo" Light... a science fiction story-poem in 12 lines, in the first issue of Alex's minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art #1, available in the Store. "Forever Fair" Sonnet (August 1999) by Alex Wilson, still available in the Pif Magazine online archive until somebody bothers to do some housecleaning over there. Gaming Material "Bilsang" Game design and ruleset for Mike Resnick's "Bilsang" in the appendix of Resnick's novel Starship: Pirate from Pyr (Prometheus Books). Available in the science fiction sections of many book stores, and online at Amazon.com and elsewhere. "For Glory, Love, and All The Right Reasons..." "...The Garb and Gear of the Romantic Hero." AD&D 2nd Edition game supplement/article by Alex Wilson and Justin Paulette, in Wizards of the Coast/TSR's Dragon Magazine #273 (July 2000). Back issues available online at Paizo. "Ask Stanley, The Tyrant DM" Before "Ask a Ninja..." More megalomaniacal than "The Colbert Report..." In 1999 there was nothing more unhelpful a roleplaying gamer could do than Ask Stanley, the Tyrant DM. Stanley may not have had a lot of people lining up to play with him, but you couldn't say he didn't take the game seriously enough. The gaming advice column ran sporadically starting February 1999 on the old "Long Knights" RPG fan-site. And yes: the majority of the questions came from real gamers. "Steel Temptations of the Sea" Three artifacts for use in the AD&D Forgotten Realms campaign setting, 2nd Edition Rules, written around 1999 for the old "Long Knights" RPG fansite. Update as needed.

Alex Wilson writes fiction and comics in Carrboro, NC. His work has appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Weird Tales, The Florida Review, Shimmer, ChiZine, FutureQuake, Pif, and Dragon. Locus Magazine has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Alex runs the audiobook project/podcast Telltale Weekly and the writer wiki Guidevines. He publishes the minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art. He is a 2006 Clarion graduate. This is an announcements-only list for Alex Wilson and his projects, with the occasional exclusive/freebie. Monthly at most, quarterly at least. Via Yahoo Groups Latest Blogs "In Which William S Burroughs Calls Me a Pussy" "2008 Submission Log Weeks 13-17" "LEGO: Steam Dart" Latest Audiobooks The Star New Testament: Philippians Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Six Napoleons Search this site: Technorati Profile

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