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Rick’s short stories
have appeared in magazines like Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine,
Fantasy & Science Fiction, Elysian Fields Quarterly, Gulf Stream,
Science Fiction Age, Analog, Spitball, and others. Among the many
anthologies or collections that his stories have appeared in are the
book Joltin’ Joe Dimaggio (Carrol & Graf), edited by Richard
Gilliam;
Baseball Fantastic (Out of This World books), edited by W.P. Kinsella
and Edo Van Belkom; Phobias (Pocket Books), edited by Richard Gilliam;
Grails (Penguin/Roc), edited by Martin Greenberg and Richard Gilliam;
Adventures in the Twilight Zone (DAW), edited by Carol Serling and
Martin Greenberg; Alien Sex (Dutton), edited by Ellen Datlow; and
others. About fifty stories have appeared. Several of them have been
preliminary nominees for science-fiction’s Nebula Award.
SHORT STORIES
"Several Items of Interest" (novella),
Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, scheduled for October, 2010.
"Blind Spot" (reprint, 2010, co-authored
with Nick DiChario), Fantasy & Science Fiction, scheduled for late
summer, 2010.
“Blind Spot,” (2007, 108 Magazine,
co-authored with Nick DiChario).
“Somebody Lost,” (2006, Gulf Stream Review, Florida
International University).
“Prices” (2005, Gulf Stream Review, Florida International
University).
“Seven Sisters” (2000, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine).
“Arribada” (2000, in TO LEUCHARS collection).
“In Boise” (2000, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, and in
Elysian Fields Quarterly, and in BASEBALL FANTASTIC ((Quarry Press,
2000)), anthology edited by W.P. Kinsella).
“To Leuchars” (2000, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine).
“Stephen to Cora to Joe, or, The Truth As I Know It, or, Shifty
Paradigms The Use of Literary Icons and Sports Motifs in Speculative
Fiction” (2000, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and in collection WHERE
GARAGIOLA WAITS and in Elysian Fields Quarterly).
“Imagine Jimmy” (1999, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine).
“Straight Changes” (1998, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine).
“Where Garagiola Waits” (1997, Asimov’s Science Fiction
magazine).
“The Babe, the Iron Horse, and Mr. McGillicuddy” (1997, Asimov’s
Science Fiction magazine, co-authored with Ben Bova).
“Run Down West” (1996, World Fantasy Convention program and later
reprinted in WHERE GARAGIOLA WAITS).
“Learning to Love” (screen treatment optioned to Hearst
Entertainment as a true-life movie, 1996).
“Virolec and the Beast” (1995, Kings anthology).
“Mounting the Monkeys” (1995, Pulphouse magazine).
“Hope as an Element of Cold, Dark Matter” (1995, Ghosts
anthology).
“Elements of Self-Destruction” (1995, Science Fiction Age
magazine).
“With White Deer Gone” (1994, Tales From the Great Turtle
anthology).
“Bridging” (1994, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine).
“American Jokes” (1994, Science Fiction Age magazine).
“With Twoclicks Watching” (1993, Asimov’s Science Fiction
magazine).
“Stephen Comes into Courage” (1993, Riverworld anthology).
“Being Ernest” (1993, Pulphouse magazine).
“He Wonders, As He Cuts His Way” (1993, OffWorld magazine).
“Ice Covers the Hole” (1992, Fantasy & Science Fiction).
“Greggie's Cup” (1992, Grails anthology).
“Calculating Love” (1992, Analog magazine).
“Helmet” (1991, Aboriginal Science Fiction magazine).
“War Bride” (1990, Alien Sex anthology, edited by Ellen Datlow).
“Mary Alice Blue Eyes” (1989, Analog magazine).
“Suffer the Children” (1988, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine).
“Waiting for the Call” (1982, Analog magazine).
“Thinking of Romance” (1981, Analog magazine).
“Horatio Hornblower and the Songs of Innocence” (1980, Chrysalis
6, edited by Roy Torgeson).
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