Lawrence C. Connolly

 

Selected Bibliography

 

Coming this August

Veins

 

 

"Beerwulf"

“vivid characterss ... lush dialog - Tangent Online


Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy

ed. William H. Horner III

Fantasist Enterprises, 2007

 

"The Break-In Artist"

One of the “distinctive mystery stories of 2001.” – The Best American Mystery Stories


HandHeldCrime

26 October 2001

"Buckeye and Spitball"
“… a beautifully frightening story…” – Intercom, Amazing Stories July 1981


Amazing Stories

Jan 1981

 

"Change Thy Shape"


Dissections: The Journal of Contemporary Horror

October 2006

 

"Circle of Lias"
“… should solidify [Connolly’s] status as a true craftsman.” – Thomas F. Monteleone


Borderlands 4

ed. Thomas F. Monteleone

Borderlands Press, 1994

 

Also published in paperback

 from White Wolf Publishing, 1995

"Cockroaches"


Amazing Stories

May 1980

 

"Daughters of Prime"

“nice world-building” – Tangent Online


Fantasy & Science Fiction

July 2007

 

"Decanting Oblivion"
“…breathtaking, absolutely topnotch .” – The Fix


Fantasy & Science Fiction

March 2003

 

Also available from  

Audible.com

 

"Die Angle"


Darkness on the Edge: Tales Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen

Coming Soon from PS Publishing

 

"Great Heart Rising"

“… sheer gritty believability….” – Tangent Online


Fantasy & Science Fiction

January 2002

 

 "Echoes"

“… shows us the power that can be communicated in 1,000 words.” – Karl Edward Wagner


Twilight Zone

 Jan/Feb 1983

 

100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories

ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg

Doubleday, 1984

 

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII

ed. Karl Edward Wagner

DAW, 1984

 

Horrorstory: Volume 4

ed. Karl Edward Wagner

Underwood-Miller, 1990

 

Echoes

Film version directed by Steve Muscarella.

Produced by Victory Theatre, Hollywood, 1990

 

100 Fiendish Little Frightmares

ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg

Barnes & Noble, 1997

 

Galaktika

 (Hungarian Translation: "Visszhangok") 1987

 

Ai confinidell'orrore

(Italian Translation: "Echi")

Rome:Newton & Compton, 1999

 

Les Mejores Historias de Terror VI.

(Spanish Translation: "Echos") 2003   

 

Die Gruselgeschichten des Jahres 

(German Translation: "Echos") 2003  

 

"Errors"


Triangulations 2003: A Confluence of Speculative Fiction

ed. Diane Turnshek

Parsec Publishing, 2003

 

"Flames"


Shades of Darkness

Coming Soon from Ash-Tree Press

 

"Flashback"

“a great psychological tale of deception” – DreadCentral.com


Thou Shalt Not ...

ed. Lee Howard

Dark Cloud Publishing 2006

 

"Flow"

“An interesting read….”-- Tangent Online


Beyond the Last Star

ed. Sherwood Smith

SFFnet 2001

 

"Ghosts"


Sewickley Magazine
October 1985

"Gwythurn the Slayer"

“… at once therapeutic and disturbing.” – John DeChancie

 

Castle Fantastic

ed. John DeChancie & Martin H. Greenberg

DAW, 1996

 

"Horror by Sunlight"


Horrors: 365 Scary Stories

ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg

Barnes & Noble, 1998

 

"Hungry Ann"


The Horror Show
Summer 1988

 

"Julie of the Shadows"


Amazing Stories March 1982

 

 

Optioned for film in 1988, never produced

 

"Lesions"

“Honorable Mention.” – Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

 

Asylum II: The Violent Ward

ed. Victor Heck 

DarkTales 2002

 

Reissued by House of Dominion 2003

 

"Mercenary of Dreams"


Elf Fantastic

ed. Martin H. Greenberg

DAW, 1997

 

"Moon and the Devil"   


The Horror Show

Spring 1987

 

"Mrs. Halfbooger's Basement"

“… a realization of every child’s fears….” – Publisher’s Weekly

 

Twilight Zone

June 1982

 

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XI

ed. Karl Edward Wagner

DAW, 1983

 

Horrorstory: Volume 4

ed. Karl Edward Wagner

Underwood-Miller, 1990

 

"On the Brink"


New Amazons

ed. Margaret Weis

DAW, 2000

 

"Painkeeper"


Cemetery Dance Magazine 59

 

"Prime Time!"

“… a crafty short-short….  Clever stuff.” – The Fix

 

Fantasy & Science Fiction

July 2001

 

"Rope the Hornet"

 

Fantastic

July 1980

 

"Reckoning"

 

Terrible Beauty, Fearful Symmetry

ed. Lisa Mannetti

coming soon from DarkHart Press

 

"Shooting Evil"

 

Horrors! 365 Scary Stories

ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg

Barnes & Noble, 1998

 

"Smuggling the Dead"

“Honorable Mention.” – Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

 

Terminal Fright

Fall 1996

 

"The Soothsayer"

“Honorable Mention.” – Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

 

The Fortune Teller

ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg

DAW, 1997

 

"Step on a Crack"

 

Pirate Writings 13


"Striking Terror"

“… a clever satire of the terrorist threat, oh so speedy and to the point.” – Phil Soletsk, Tangent

 

Cemetery Dance Magazine 49

 

"Things"

“… chilling …” – The Fix

 

Cemetery Dance Magazine 46

 

"Traumatic Descent"

“… one of the finest scare stories ever written.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

 

Borderlands 3

ed. Thomas F. Monteleone

Borderlands Press, 1993

 

Reissued in mass market paperback edition from

White Wolf Publishing, 1995

 

Best of Borderlands

ed. Elizabeth Monteleone

Borderlands Press, 2005

 

Optioned for film in 2001

Feature in development

 

"Wayward Wilder"

The Splendour Falls

ed. Erin E. Kelley

White Wolf, 1995

 

"We Sail With the Tide"

Sails and Sorcery

ed. W.H. Horner

Fantasist Enterprises, 2007

 

"Wired for Fear"

 

Horrors! 365 Scary Stories

ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg

Barnes & Noble, 1998

 

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