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mature work
The Weight of the World (2012)
The meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, read as a homily.
A Light Unto the Gentiles (2006)
A retelling of the Epiphany story, read as a homily.
Jesus' Baptism (2005)
Read as a homily
Joseph's
Dream (2004)
Read as a homily
Wedding at Cana (2004)
Read as a homily
Palm
Sunday (1997)
Read as a homily, and
very well received.
Lord
of the Sabbath (Mk 2:23-28)
I have absolutely no memory
of writing this, nor what the circumstances were.
Confirmation (1987)
One of my best stories. Maybe THE best.
The
Heels of Youth (1983)
More Bradbury mimicry,
but I'm beginning to find an original voice.
Very much influenced by my poetry
of the period, as well.
Heat
(1982)
A mood piece, nothing
more.
Woodland
Hills [unfinished] (1982)
Don't think I've ever written anything weirder. Nope, don't believe
I have.
juvenilia
High School
Bloodflame
(1980)
A
Time for War (1980)
Occupied
Space (1980)
Sister
Maria Trowser (1980)
Moroni
Still Descending: The Story of the First Mormon Martyr (1980)
A
Little Time Before Easter (1980)
Cholera
Dream (1980)
Jesus
is My Only Song (1980)
What was I thinking?
Greener
Grass (1980)
Apocalypse
(1979)
Nova
(1979)
God, can you get more
Little Prince than this?
The
Great Linolium Potiphar (1979)
One of my continuing attempts
to mimic Ray Bradbury
Sunset
(1979)
Pilgrim's Progress meets the Twilight Zone. Only more boring and
annoying.
Nightlight
(1979)
More relentless allegory,
god forgive me.
Roman
Street (1979)
Pilgrim's Progress ad
nauseaum...
The
Road to Eternity (1979)
More Pilgrim's Progress.
Damn those pastiches!
The
Last Train to the Promised Land (1979)
The beginning of a Pilgrim's
Progress fixation...
The
Pres (1978)
A
Time for Fun (1978)
The
Visitation (1978)
Recession of Evil: The Victory of the Dark One (1978)
Tied for best short story
at a junior high competition. My best friend, Mickey, also tied.
He's a better writer than I am, and was justifiably upset.
Junior High
The
Seflouber Septor: A Search (1978)
A
Grave Reflection (1977)
Airlock
(1977)
Job Interview (1977)
Vengeance
of a Stranger (1977)
The beginnings of style
are starting to show up, here.
Revenge
(1977)
The
Ancient Pit (1976)
Many details of this are plagerized from a teenage sci-fi book
whose title now escapes me.
As
Barnum Said (1976)
My attempt at an Encyclopedia
Brown mystery.
Snow
(1976)
Elementary School
Poet's Promise or Hnow's the Time (1975)
Dead ripoff of a Scholastic
Book Club title I'd been reading.
The
Lougg-Canaverell Connection (1975)
Almost incomprehensibly
silly.
The
Invention that Made Me Famous (1975)
First
Aid (1975)
It
(1975)
The Celebration (1974)
The
Mirror (1974)
A second attempt at the Trap Door "genre"
A
Trap Door (1974)
My second story, written in fifth grade.
The
Mystery of Salry Swamp (1972)
My very first story; heavily influenced by both Scooby Doo and
The Patty Duke Show.