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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1513911" data-attributes="member: 5171">Cthulhu's Librarian: The complete Tacky publication list, such as it be:- Dragons and Other Extinctions (aka "The Elf-with-the-Assault-Rifle Story"), Realms of Fantasy, February 1999 -- likely only in a library with old issues, these days- Glass Beads (aka "Tacky parallels the genocidal tactics used against Native Americans, only with parallel dimensions and diary format"), Science Fiction Age, May 2000 -- another "only in a library" one- I am Looking for a Book (aka "Tacky does the old Bad-Guy-Hunting-in-Bookstore-for-tome-of-power story, only it's satirically set in Borders instead of the old small used bookstore"), Shelf-Life: The Dreamhaven Bookstore Anthology, November 2002 -- no idea where you'd find this one, since only 1,000 got printed -- although I heard that a second printing was possibly in the works- Why the Elders Bare Their Throats ("Not really fantasy, not really SF, Tacky can't pick a frelling genre"), Strange Horizons, February 2003 -- still online at <a href="http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030217/elders.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030217/elders.shtml</a>- No Questions Asked ("A Thrilling Fantasy Epic, except that it's only 300 words long"), Vestal Review, April 2003 -- still online at <a href="http://www.vestalreview.net/noquestionsasked.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vestalreview.net/noquestionsasked.htm</a>- When She Grows a Soul ("Tacky attacks eating disorders and body image issues in a story that grew out of a joke with his D&D friends about how depressing it must be to be a powerful deadly naga but not have arms to use any of your magical items"), Leading Edge, Winter 2003 -- might still be available from their website at: <a href="http://tle.byu.edu/issue46/" target="_blank">http://tle.byu.edu/issue46/</a>- Unleashing the Flyers of L ("Tacky finally realizes that his comedy is a whole lot better than his deep depressing stuff") The Anthology from Hell, not out yetI think that my lighter stuff is stronger, but none of that is available for free online, unfortunately. JD: You know, I had no plans whatsoever to write continuing stories of the unnamed protagonist and his talking sword, but if the editor of Amazing Stories wants to see more, I'm sure I can spend my next long car ride doing a bit of brainstorming. When the editor says "Frog," any intelligent writer jumps. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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