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published and unpublished fiction

published novels | published short story collections | published short fiction | anthology appearances | other | adaptations | unpublished novels | unpublished short fiction | unpublished plays


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published novels

Father Figure - 2003, Bookbooters [the entire text of Father Figure is now available as a free PDF download on this site. Please go here.]

Kid - 2011, SENTENCE Publishing, I Smell Blood short story collection.



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published short story collections

Remove the Eyes - 2009, SENTENCE Publishing

After Here
The Woman in the Walls
The Machine of a Religious Man
Strangers Wear Masks of Your Face
My First Kiss
Steaks in the City
This Moment of Brilliance
Like an Animal in a Hole
Rocketship Apartment

Long-listed for Best Short Story Collection of 2009, The British Fantasy Society; Honorable Mentions to My First Kiss and Like an Animal in a Hole, The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2; cited by Peter Tennant and Ellen Datlow as one of the notable short story collections of 2009.


I Smell Blood - 2011, SENTENCE Publishing

The Little Girl Who Lives in the Woods
In the Tunnels of the Agogs
Rain Turns to Snow
Visibility
When the Big One Thaws
Afoot
The Man Who Could Jump Off Roofs
Fleeing, on a Bicycle with Your Father, From the Living Dead
Kid

I Smell Blood tied with Justin Isis' I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like for Peter Tennant's award of Best Short Story Collection of 2011. "…If I were to do a 'Top Thirty Short Stories of 2011' list, they would dominate it… Each is a superb stylist and each has a unique voice…Moore crafts tales that bristle with attitude and energy…"



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published short fiction

When You Surfaced - 1986, Sign O' the Times, Winter '86-'87.

Sex on Sheets - 1987, Sign O' the Times, Winter '87-'88; reprinted 1992, Ten Years of the Best of Sign O' the Times, anthology edited by Mark Stephen Souder.

Big Inches - 1989, Space & Time, Number 75; reprinted 2001, ChiZine, April, 2001; podcast on Cast Macabre (castmacabre.org), episode 42, July 7, 2011, performed by Alasdair Stuart.

Despair at McDonald's - 1990, Bricollages and Collages, Volume 4.

When the Big One Thaws - 1999, Fugue Magazine, Summer; reprinted 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

Rump-a-Thump - 1999, ROADWORKS, Number 9.

The Bear - 2000, Redsine, May.

Visibility - 2001, ROADWORKS, Number 11; Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 15th Edition; reprinted 2006, Revelation, Volume 3, Number 3; reprinted 2006, Revelation III, anthology edited by Brian A. Dixon; reprinted 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

Fish - 2003, ROADWORKS, Number 16.

This Moment of Brilliance - 2004, Lullaby Hearse, Number 5; reprinted 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection.

Cat Head - 2004, Lunatic Chameleon, July.

The Woman in the Walls - 2005, Darkness Rising 2005, anthology edited by L.H. Maynard, M.P.N. Sims; reprinted 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection.

The Machine of a Religious Man - 2005, Midnight Street, Issue 4; long-listed for Best Short Story of the Year by the British Fantasy Society, 2006; reprinted 2006, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, anthology edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, Gavin J. Grant, 19th edition; reprinted 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection.

Las Vegas - 2005, Lullaby Hearse, Number 6.

Pushing Down the Tombstones - 2005, Albedo One, Issue 30.

The Hole and the Spike - 2005, Thirteen, Volume 2, Issue 8.

The Little Girl Who Lives in the Woods - 2006, Read By Dawn, anthology edited by Ramsey Campbell; Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 20th Edition; reprinted 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

The Burden of Words - 2006, Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 2.

Fleeing, on a Bicycle with Your Father, from the Living Dead - 2006, Midnight Street, Issue 7; Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 20th Edition; reprinted 2009, The World is Dead, anthology edited by Kim Paffenroth; Honorable Mention, The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2; reprinted 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

The Rape - 2006, Sein und Werden, Volume 1, Issue 2.

Truth Be Told - 2007, Sein und Werden, Volume 1, Number 4.

Three Prose Poems (I Fucked His Girlfriend While He Watched, In Panama We Lived In An Apartment, He No Longer Recognized His Face) - 2007, Sein und Werden, Volume 2, Number 1.

Red Boat - 2008, Dark Distortions, anthology edited by Molly Feese.

Rocketship Apartment - 2008, Midnight Street, Issue 11; reprinted 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection.

Damp - 2008, Grasslimb, Volume 6, Number 2.

Strangers Wear Masks of Your Face - 2008, Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, Number 25; reprinted 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection.

Grappling with Urine - 2008, Chimeraworld Number 5, anthology edited by Mike Philbin.

After Here - 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection.

My First Kiss - 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection; Honorable Mention, The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2.

Steaks in the City - 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection.

Like an Animal in a Hole - 2009, Remove the Eyes, short story collection; Honorable Mention, The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2.

In the Tunnels of the Agogs - 2009, Dark Horizons, Issue 55; Honorable Mention, The Best Horror of the Year Volume 3; reprinted 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

Nobody I Knew - 2009, Midnight Street, Issue 13.

Rain Turns to Snow - 2010, Dark Horizons, Issue 56; Honorable Mention, The Best Horror of the Year Volume 3; reprinted 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

Hinky - 2010, Title Goes Here, Issue 5.

Suddenly the Sun Appeared - 2010, Midnight Street Issue 14.

The Wet Months - 2010, Collective Fallout Volume 3 Number 1.

Afoot - 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

The Man Who Could Jump Off Roofs - 2011, I Smell Blood short story collection.

The Bad Boy - 2011, Serial Killers, anthology edited by Chris Bartholomew.

Dogs Want to Eat You - 2011, ChiZine, Volume 47, Week 5

They Hide in Tomatoes - 2011, Midnight Street, Number 16.

Tiny Doorways - 2011, Cover of Darkness, September 2011, anthology edited by Tyree Campbell and Herika R. Raymer.

Elephants on the Moon - 2012, Contemporary Literary Review: India, print issue Number 1


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anthology appearances

Sex on Sheets - 1992, Ten Years of the Best of Sign O' the Times, anthology edited by Mark Stephen Souder.

The Woman in the Walls - 2005, Darkness Rising 2005, anthology edited by L.H. Maynard, M.P.N. Sims.

Visibility - 2006, Revelation III, anthology edited by Brian A. Dixon.

The Machine of a Religious Man - 2006, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, anthology edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, Gavin J. Grant.

The Little Girl Who Lives in the Woods - 2006, Read By Dawn, anthology edited by Ramsey Campbell.

Red Boat - 2008, Dark Distortions, anthology edited by Molly Feese.

Grappling with Urine - 2008, Chimeraworld Number 5, anthology edited by Mike Philbin.

Fleeing, On a Bicycle with Your Father, from the Living Dead - 2009, The World is Dead, anthology edited by Kim Paffenroth.

The Bad Boy - 2011, Serial Killers, anthology edited by Chris Bartholomew.

Tiny Doorways - 2011, Cover of Darkness, September 2011, anthology edited by Tyree Campbell and Herika R. Raymer.


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other

Film Review - 1980, The Los Angeles Times Calendar Magazine, June 29 [fake review of a non-existent film]

Deep Shrimp - 1999, Conjuring Dark Delicacies, anthology edited by "Gomez" and "Morticia" [essay/recipe]

God - 2004, Songs of Innocence (And Experience), Issue 5 [essay]

Sein und Werden - 2007 - Various online venues, such as Mad Hatter's Review [review of third print issue of Sein und Werden]

Pornography and Martial Arts Movies - 2007, Sein und Werden, online Issue 12 [essay]


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adaptations

Big Inches - podcast on Cast Macabre (castmacabre.org), episode 42, July 7, 2011, performed by Alasdair Stuart.


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unpublished novels

Always Again

As Dead As Me

The Angry Red Planet


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unpublished short fiction

Nearness (11,000)

Zombie Betrayal (11,700)

Bang, Bang, Thud (3,000)

Beaten Up By Girls (3,400)

Daddy's Glad Hands (3,500) SOLD

The Middle Leg (3,900)

Stopping for Lunch on the Way to Heaven (24,500)

The First Shorts of Spring (9,500)

Permission to Come On Board (6,600)

Mice Take Tiny Bites (4,900)

Rattlesnake in a White Envelope (4,800)

Any Ant Finds Sense (4,800)

Freedom From Want (7,500)

The 18 (4,650)

Paige Reese is Burning (9,300)

The Job (11,400)

The Dead Leave Tiny Bones (4,700)

Lam (8,000)

Broken Hands (8,300)

The End of the Sentence (8,350)

Prodigal (8,800)

Nothing But This Too (9,000)

The Salt on the Steak (9,300)

Beast (3,200)

The Best Thing About Her (3,700)

Career Opportunity (9,600)

The One Who Always Gets to Sit in a Chair (2,750)

About To Be Kissed (4,500)

The Right Way (17,300)

A Woman Made of Milk (10,500)

Pickle Juice (13,500)

The Yellow Fruit (4,350)

Ghosts Play in Boys' Pajamas (5,300)

Imperfect Boy (9,100)

Our Island (4,000) SOLD

My Doll Likes to Eat (7,450)

Half-Haunted House (10,250)

Green with Demon (10,250)

Wafarin (8,000)

If He Had Wings (15,675)

Hoodelay (5,300)

Boyfriend (16,000)

This Old Haunted House (11,300)


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unpublished plays

Duck Eggs