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Crawford writes with a certain ease, showing a world where the strange is considered normal…

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Published Stories

I’ve published a few stories in my day. I’m still waiting for my Big Breakout Story, but my name is starting to get out there. Many of my published stories are available for free at the online venue where they were published. Check them out.

Online Stories

I’ve also put a few of my stories online. These stories were never published, and while I’m offering them under a Creative Commons license, they are definitely NOT placed into the public domain.

Story of the Week

From July 27, 2008 through July 20, 2009, I wrote a short story a week every week. Yep, I wrote a story a week every week for a full year. Warning: Some of these stories are really, really bad.

SOTW #52: Baker’s Denouement (July 20, 2009)

SOTW #51.5: Pushing Dogs (Part Three) (July 16, 2009)

SOTW #51: Pushing Dogs (Part Two) (July 13, 2009)

SOTW #50: Pushing Dogs (Part One) (July 6, 2009)

SOTW #49: The Walls of Elsinore (June 29, 2009)

SOTW #48: Joseph Blaylock (A Fragment) (June 22, 2009)

SOTW #47: Little Fluffy Wiggletoes Conquers the World (June 15, 2009)

SOTW #46: Sparrow Court (June 8, 2009)

SOTW #45: Teh K1ng in Y3ll0w (Part Four) (June 1, 2009)

SOTW #44: Sangrilicious V: The Power of the Blood (May 25, 2009)

SOTW #43: Teh K1ng in Y3ll0w (Part Three) (May 18, 2009)

SOTW #42: Heart of Gold (May 11, 2009)

SOTW #41: Dark and Stormy (May 4, 2009)

SOTW #40: Ursula’s Razor (April 27, 2009)

SOTW #39: Little Fluffy Wiggletoes Triumphant (April 20, 2009)

SOTW #38: Queen of Roosterville (Sangrilicious IV) (April 13, 2009)

SOTW #37: How Bubba Handey’s Rogue Shithouse Saved the World (April 6, 2009)

SOTW #36: Pet Ghosts (March 30, 2009)

SOTW #35: A Philosophical Discourse (March 21, 2009)

SOTW #34: ESTJ (March 14, 2009)

SOTW #33: The Revisioned (March 7, 2009)

SOTW #32: Daggy Shog (February 28, 2009)

SOTW #31: Day of the Tuber (February 22, 2009)

SOTW #30: Vampire Pears and Other Diabolical Fruits (February 15, 2009)

SOTW #29: Little Fluffy Wiggletoes and the Revolution (February 8, 2009)

SOTW #28: Code Zombie (February 1, 2009)

SOTW #27: Once in a Lifetime (A Man Knows a Moment) (January 25, 2009)

SOTW #26: Mixed Signals (January 18, 2009)

SOTW #25: Terrible Tales for Tiny Trolls: Smasherella (January 11, 2009)

SOTW #24: TeH K1nG in y3110W (Part Two) (January 4, 2009)

SOTW #23: When Death Came to the Fast Food Franchise (December 27, 2008)

SOTW #22: The Littlest Christmas Tree (December 25, 2008)

SOTW #21: Trial By Sewer (Sangrilicious III) (December 14, 2008)

SOTW #20: The X of Doom (Take 2) (December 7, 2008)

SOTW #19: Thanksgiving with my Family (November 30, 2008)

SOTW #18: Terrible Tales for Tiny Trolls – Creepy Beauty (November 23, 2008)

SOTW #17: Little Fluffy Wiggletoes and the Big Revenge (November 16, 2008)

SOTW #16: Terrible Tales for Tiny Trolls – Moldylocks (November 9, 2008)

SOTW #15: The Prince’s Challenge (Sangrilicious II) (November 2, 2008)

SOTW #14: Emissaries (October 26, 2008)

SOTW #13: Ghoultown (October 19, 2008)

SOTW #12: Sir Reynold Fights Another Ogre (October 12, 2008)

SOTW #11: Terrible Tales for Tiny Trolls: Blood Red Riding Hood (October 5, 2008)

SOTW #10: The X of Doom (September 28, 2008)

SOTW #09: The Ants from Mars (September 21, 2008)

SOTW #08: Beach Wish (September 14, 2008)

SOTW #07: TeH K1nG in y3ll0W, Part One (September 7, 2008)

SOTW #06: Trying to Stay Dead (August 31, 2008)

SOTW #05: Sangrilicious (August 24, 2008)

SOTW #04: Floaters (August 17, 2008)

SOTW #03: Roosterville (August 10, 2008)

SOTW #02: Jenny Goes Home (August 3, 2008)

SOTW #01: On the Road to Orlgrunt (July 27, 2008)


Useful Links for Writers

Duotrope Another useful market information resource, with a nifty submission tracking tool

Forward Motion A great writers’ community, with critique cricles, market news, and more.

I Should Be Writing Mur Lafferty’s brilliant podcast about fiction writing. Check out the community as well.

Ralan’s Webstravaganza The most comprehensive listing of genre markets I’ve found online.

WordForge My local writers’ group


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