Coming Soon...

Argument Mapping:
New Speaking and Writing Strategies for the TOEFL iBT
(non fiction; English test prep) @ Nova Press
http://novapress.net/
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Out There...

The Family (dystopian fiction; audio) @ The Tate Modern, London, UK
Short story selected for the Tate Modern 2058 Audio Book
Read by actor Christopher Eccleston (Dr. Who, Elizabeth, Gone in Sixty Seconds)

download the audiobook using iTunes
Listen to The Family read by Christopher Eccleston [mp3 download 3.1MB]

Woman-Want (crime fiction; print) @ Fish Publishing, Ireland
Co-Winner: The 2007 Fish-Knife Award - Best Very-Short Crime Story
as judged by the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain http://www.fishpublishing.com/index.php

Screw the Pepperoni (crime; film) @ Julian Grant Productions
Directed and produced by Julian Grant
Scored by Martin Atkins (NIN, PiL, Pigface)
Story by Bruce Stirling
http://juliangrant.com/portfolio.html

Screw the Pepperoni (crime fiction; print) @ Out of the Gutter Magazine #4 http://outoftheguttermagazine.blogspot.com/

Mother Blue (poetry) @ Underground Voices http://www.undergroundvoices.com/UVStirlingBruce.htm

Hills Like Pink Elephants (literary fiction; after Hemingway) @ Eclectica http://www.eclectica.org/v10n2/gnomon.html

Turning Annie (screenplay; comedy) @ Movie Script Contest
Finalist: 2008 Movie Script Contest
http://www.moviescriptcontest.com/winnerscircle.html

Milk Run (literary fiction; print) @ Fish Publishing, Ireland
Finalist: 2008 Fish One-Page Prize
http://www.fishpublishing.com/index.php

Milk Run (crime; film) @ Julian Grant Productions
Directed and produced by Julian Grant
Story by Bruce Stirling
Fish Publishing, Ireland
http://juliangrant.com/portfolio.html

Whatever Happened to Three-Gun Terry? (essay) @ Back Alley Web Zine Volume 1, #3
The story of Carroll John Daly, and why the acknowledged father of hard-boiled crime fiction has been eclipsed by Dashiell Hammett.

http://www.backalleywebzine.com/

Taxi (poetry) @ Underground Voices http://www.undergroundvoices.com/UVStirlingBruce2.htm

Say Goodbye to Omaha for Me (sports fiction) @ Big Pulp
http://www.bigpulp.com/fellowtrav_stirling_omaha.html


Baby eBaby (literary fiction) @ Bewildering Stories http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue247/baby_ebay.html

Tootsie Roll (crime fiction) @ Out of the Gutter Magazine: Flash Fiction Offensive
http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/2008/12/2.html

Jeremy's Spoken (literary fiction) @ Debris Magazine
http://debrismagazine.com/archives/magazine/short-stories/jeremys-spoken/

Jack and Jill (literary fiction) @ Thieves Jargon http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=980

Parked (crime fiction) @ Out of the Gutter Magazine: Flash Fiction Offensive
http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/2009/02/parked-by-bruce-stirling.html

Shemale (crime fiction) @ Out of the Gutter Magazine: Flash Fiction Offensive
http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/2009/02/shemale-by-bruce-stirling.html

Ouroboros (literary fiction) @ Mytholog http://www.mytholog.com/fiction/stirling_ouroboros.html

The Unbearable Evil of all that Stuff (humor fiction) @ Opium Magazine
best viewed with Firefox
http://www.opiummagazine.com/Index.aspx?storyid=2428

Tokyo A-Go-Go (humor fiction) @ Opium Magazine
best viewed with Firefox
http://www.opiummagazine.com/Index.aspx?storyid=727

Hills Like Pink Elephants (literary; after Hemingway) @ Shalla Magazine
http://www.shallamagazine.com/issues/winter_blooms_issue/toppicks/Bruce_Stirling.php

A Rude Awakening (crime fiction) @ Thieves Jargon http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=623

A Strawberry Will Kill You Dead! (micro fiction; humor) @ Cautionary Tale
http://cautionarytale.com/features/stirling_strawberry.htm

Harpoon (micro fiction) @ Bird and Moon http://www.birdandmoon.com/55words/guest174.html

Dear Valued Subscriber (humor fiction) @ Zygote in My Coffee
http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/90s/issue99dearvaluedsub.html

All Is (metafiction) @ Tate Modern, UK

http://blog.tate.org.uk/unilever2008/?p=142

The Burden of Manhood (micro fiction) @ Pen Pricks
http://www.grimgraffiti.com/pen_pricks/penprick165.html

And Eat It Too (micro fiction) @ Pen Pricks
http://www.grimgraffiti.com/pen_pricks/penprick109.html

Harpoon (micro fiction) @ Pen Pricks
http://www.grimgraffiti.com/pen_pricks/penprick108.html

Hell of Hells (humor fiction; print) @ Twisted Tongue
http://www.twistedtongue.co.uk/issue2.htm


Hell of Hells (micro fiction; humor) @ Opium Magazine
best viewed with Firefox
http://www.opiummagazine.com/Index.aspx?storyid=2415

Petey, You're Doing a Heck of a Job (humor fiction; print) @ Twisted Tongue http://www.twistedtongue.co.uk/competition.htm#75118778

Jack and Jill (literary fiction) @ Bewildering Stories http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue275/jack_jill.html

Route 66 (poetry) @ The Indie Underground
Eclipsed (poetry) @ The Indie Underground
Corner Man (poetry) @ The Indie Underground
Yankees Lost (poetry) @ The Indie Underground http://www.theindieunderground.com/brucestirling

Never More (poetry) @ Green Silk Journal http://www.thegreensilkjournal.citymax.com/page/page/5156907.htm

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Music

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=647439

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Plays

The Buddha in the Bear (1998)
- A one-act play about a single woman and her mentally-challenged son working for a panda researcher.
- First Prize and produced by The Albany Civic Theatre Playwrights Festival, the Albany Civic Theatre, Albany, New York .

Monkey Wrestling (1997)
- 10-minute play about the perils of trying to stop smoking.
- Produced, 10-Minute Play Festival, The Source Theatre, Washington, DC.

Skyline Symphony (1995)
- A full-length play about a middle-aged woman dealing with breast cancer and a sniper on the roof top of her Manhattan apartment building.
- First Prize and produced, the Coe College Playwrighting Festival, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Me and Bobby Lee (1993)
- A one-man, full-length play about General George Armstrong Custer and how he envied General Robert E. Lee
- Grand Prize and produced at The Great Platte River Playwrights Festival, University of Nebraska