Bosley Gravel's Hall of Vain
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Bosley Gravel was born in the Midwest, and came of age in Texas and
southern New Mexico. He has worked numerous dead end jobs, and now makes
a living working on computer networks and various related activities. He
has been making up stories from an early age, and from time to time they
end up on paper.
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Just remember this - all agents defect . . . and all resisters sell out.
That's the sad truth, Bill. And a writer -- a writer lives the sad truth
like anyone else. The only difference is he files a report on it.
--David Croneberg, Naked Lunch script
Short Fiction Credits:
The Hanged Man
Summary: While fishing on a crowded pier, a little boy named Franky draws
the The Hanged Man from the ocean. Will he learn more about the nature of man,
or the nature of beasts?
Published: The Deepening, Vol 1 #5
Published: AnthologyBuilder
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The Last Warrior
Summary: The Last Warrior is captured as he attempts to deliver the Begotten Seraph
from their savage enemies. Can his unwavering convictions save him from defeat?
Published: The
Deepening , Vol 1 #6
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Stafford's Hands: A Tiny Little Novel in Black and White
Summary: Stafford's hands were made for poetry, not all this.
Published: Show and Tell, Vol 1 #11
Published: The Deepening, Vol 1 #7
Published: Wanderings Magazine, Vol 4 #2
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Shree Selvanti and the Numinous Lake
Summary: Five brothers questing for a magical artifact share a night of adventure
with an unexpected guest while a dark prophesy haunts their leader.
Published: Bewildering Stories , Issue 211-212
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Ballad of the Melting Man
Summary: Like a candle, he burns . . .
Published:
The Deepening, Vol 1 #8
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Nominated for the Million Writers Award.
Gaolbirds: A Tiny Little Novel in Black and White
Summary: How prison set two men free.
Published: The Deepening, Vol 1 #9
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Love of the Dead
Summary: A midnight seduction brings desire and with the desire comes a dark life
change for Joseph. Love of the Dead is a wink and a nod to the pulp vampire genre.
Published: The Deepening, Vol 1 #10-11
Published: AnthologyBuilder
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November Gray (or the Fairy who ate a Toad)
Summary: Sedrick meets a fairy, does she share his taste for toads?
Published:
The Deepening, Vol 1 #11
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Earned Apples
Summary: Wess may be wise beyond his years, but does the Apple Lady know it?
Published: The Deepening
Published: Shalla Magazine, Winter Bloom 2008
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Twice Buried, Once Shy
Summary: Murder, murder most foul.
Published: The Deepening, Vol 2 #14
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Rum Dum: A Tiny Little Novel in Black and White
Summary: A priest struggles with the future, the present and the past, in an attempt to
discover what truly defines him.
Published: The Deepening, Vol 2 #16
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In the Shadow of the Red Rock
Summary: An afternoon in
the desert.
Published:
The Deepening, Vol 2 #18
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The Bone Tree
Summary: Mother told me that when Great Grandpa died they had no doctor or undertaker . . .
Published: Insolent Rudder, Summer 2007
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The Scarecrow Rebellion
Summary: A short horror sketch on the nature of rebellion.
Published: Bewildering
Stories, Issue 267, chosen for the Fourth Quarter Review
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With Mars in his Hand
Summary: Can a witch on Mars truly raise the dead?
Published: Forbidden
Speculations, Anthology
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Little Snapshots
Summary: A world of introversion papered with his little snapshots.
Published: Thirteen Human Souls
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Dragon's Food
Summary: Noah has an ark with a very hungry dragon in it.
Published: Reflections Edge, Issue 34, 2008
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Queen of the Damned
Summary: Lestat, eat your heart out. :)
Published: My Strange Stories
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Jocko Homo
Summary: God made man, but he used the monkey to do it . . .
Published: Bewildering Stories, Issue 293
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Other Credits:
Old Tom Cat
Summary: A stray cat wanders the city.
Published: Wanderings, Vol 2, #6
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Summer Ice
Summary: A poet says goodbye to his mentor.
Published: Wanderings, Vol 2, #7
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Stained by Cain
Summary: A prose poem charting a hidden form of life.
Published: Bewildering
Stories, Issue 242,?
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Her Name is Rio
Summary: Rio Grande, NM, Llarona Park
Published: Literal Translation, Vol 10, June 2008
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Pending Publication:
Particular Tastes (audio)
Peer groups:
Z7, since 6/2006
Notable Work in Progress:
Bound
A speculative romance noir, a study of love, fear, and loneliness.(~90k)
Summary: A man's search for love carries him across the boundaries of his own spirit.
Published: FIRST DRAFT DONE!
Available Rights: All
Cannibal Lesbian Zombies from Outer-Space
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Doc Clockwork and his Furious Plastic Surgeons of Doom
My Attempt at NaNo approximately 50k
Summary: A young 'could be' filmmaker examines his life in a small town.
Published: Seeking Publisher or Agent
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Bohemian Rhapsody
A short novel length MS (~90k) inspired by the labors of Queen
Summary: Toby "Amadeus" Howell, musical prodigy, con man, street busker, master of
martial arts, and illiterate, tells his tale of coming of age on the streets.
Published: FIRST DRAFT DONE
Available Rights: All
Anima Venti
A dark parable involving a man's quest to surpass God. (~17k)
Summary: Seward Stacy and his wife Brandi Wyne seek a new life on a mountain top,
But fate frowns upon them, and Seward takes things into his own hands with horrifying results.
Published: Seeking publisher or agent
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Tears of Adonis
A short novel length MS (~70k) somewhat inspired by the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Summary:
Harold "Harley" Scotts is a beautiful introverted stock broker who has always
feared change, and people.
Published: Minor rewrite in progress
Available Rights: All
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