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James S. Dorr

James S. Dorr

Dorr, James Suhrer

August 12, 1941 (age 84)

Birth place: Pensacola, Florida, USA

188 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
January 1986 12 Short Fiction Minushka SPWAO Showcase #6, 1986
June 1986 17 Poem A Neo-Canterbury Tale: The Hog Drover's Tale Fantasy Book, June 1986
May 1987 3 Poem Escape Velocity Star*Line, May-June 1987
May 1987 3 Poem Snapshot: The Voyagers Star*Line, May-June 1987
September 1988 41 Poem Ballade Royal: The Hangman to His Wife Deathrealm, Fall/Winter 1988
December 1988 22 Poem Crow Weather Cemetery Dance, December 1988
January 1989 |8 Poem Conscription: 2188 Dreams & Nightmares, January 1989
January 1989 k|23.11 Poem The Cat of Dragontorr: A Ballad in Style of Villanelle SPWAO Showcase #7, 1989-1990
January 1989 9 Poem View from Miranda The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, January-June 1989
June 1989 53 Poem 12:07 A.M. Deathrealm, Summer 1989
July 1989 18 Poem The Flight of Yuan from the Phoenix Tower The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, July-December 1989
November 1989 67 Poem Were-Being Split Personality Jazz Aboriginal Science Fiction, November-December 1989
1990 32 Short Fiction Fetuscam Pandora, #25 1990
January 1990 4 Short Fiction Alchemists' Gold Space & Time, Winter 1990
1991 40 Short Fiction A Magician from the Wuyi Shan Mountains Atopos #1, Spring-Summer 1991
1991 27 Short Fiction No Place to Hide Science Fiction Review, Summer 1991
July 1991 13 Short Fiction The Gentle Winds of Summer Encounters Magazine, July-August 1991
July 1991 19 Poem Vampire Thoughts Xenophilia, July 1991
September 1991 5 Short Fiction When Cats Are Away Haunts, Fall/Winter 1991
October 1991 67 Short Fiction Monster Terror Romance Stories Grue Magazine, Fall 1991
1992 29 Poem Wind-Song Weirdbook Encores #12, 1992
January 1992 48 Short Fiction A Christmas Story Cemetery Dance, Winter 1992
March 1992 14 Poem Summer Cancellations Palace Corbie v1 #1, Vernal 1992
May 1992 18 Poem Titanomachy Star*Line, May-June 1992
June 1992 42 Short Fiction Frankie Bizarre Bazaar, June 1992
August 1992 45 Poem Circles The Tome, Summer 1992
August 1992 18 Short Fiction Mandragora Fang #3, 1992
August 1992 11 Poem Rain The Tome, Summer 1992
August 1992 11 Poem The Birdcatchers The Tome, Summer 1992
August 1992 11 Poem The Guillotine, a Reflection by Moonlight The Tome, Summer 1992
September 1992 51 Short Fiction Crumbs Palace Corbie v1 #2, Autumnal 1992
September 1992 31 Short Fiction Ratso 2 AM, Winter 1992
September 1992 16 Poem Trolls Star*Line, September-October 1992
December 1992 41 Short Fiction Bitter Perfume Figment: Tales from the Imagination, Winter 1992
1993 54 Short Fiction Peds Harsh Mistress, Spring/Summer 1993
January 1993 27 Short Fiction A Rider Out from Circassia Prisoners of the Night, #7
January 1993 31 Poem Tamisina Xenophilia, January 1993
March 1993 14 Short Fiction The Blade of Gudrin Space & Time, Spring 1993
July 1993 57 Short Fiction Moons of Saturn Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, July 1993
September 1993 20 Poem Satanic Pastime Weirdbook 28, Autumn 1993
September 1993 213 Short Fiction The Swineherd's Tale Pulphouse, The Hardback Magazine: Issue Twelve, the Last Issue
October 1993 34 Short Fiction Urcheida Dead of Night, Fall/Winter 1993
1994 15 Short Fiction Golden Age Mindsparks, No. 4
1994 18 Short Fiction Top Secret Skull #2, 1994
January 1994 29 Poem Tree Palace Corbie, #5, 1994
March 1994 48 Short Fiction Pavlov's Dogs Gateways, Spring 1994
April 1994 42 Short Fiction The Ice Wraith After Hours, Spring 1994
June 1994 75 Short Fiction Tree of Dreams Haunts, Summer/Fall 1994
October 1994 22 Short Fiction Exiles Zero Gravity Freefall, October 1994
1995 34 Short Fiction Garbageman Plot, Summer 1995
May 1995 24 Poem There Is a Comfort Dead Lines, May 1995
June 1995 45 Short Fiction The Candle Room Terminal Fright, Summer 1995
July 1995 33 Short Fiction Flying Dead of Night #13, Summer 1995
August 1995 22 Short Fiction Jessie Aberrations, August 1995
January 1996 19 Poem Featured Poet Freezer Burn Magazine, Winter 1996
January 1996 27 Short Fiction Invisible People Fortress #1, 1996
April 1996 17 Short Fiction Annie Freezer Burn Magazine, #4
June 1996 24 Short Fiction Trolls Night Terrors, June 1996
July 1996 16 Short Fiction Kites Talebones #4, Summer 1996
July 1996 59 Poem Tarantella Freezer Burn Magazine, #5
July 1996 59 Poem The Technician Freezer Burn Magazine, #5
September 1996 64 Short Fiction The Sidewalk Terminal Fright, Fall 1996
October 1996 38 Short Fiction Toast Aboriginal Science Fiction, Fall 1996
1997 42 Poem Canto (Evocare!) The Year's Best Fantastic Fiction, Vol. II, Issue I, 1997
February 1997 23 Short Fiction Seeds Keen Science Fiction!, February 1997
April 1997 34 Short Fiction Audrey's Cat Night Terrors, April 1997
July 1997 Short Fiction Icebox Worms The Darklands Project, #2
September 1997 9 Poem Leaves The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Autumn 1997
October 1997 29 Short Fiction Idle Hands Penny Dreadful, Autumn 1997
October 1997 36 Short Fiction The Galvanic Lore #8, Autumn 1997
1998 42 Poem A Little Night Music Mindmares, Fall 1998
March 1998 8 Poem Chinese Music Star*Line, March-April 1998
May 1998 39 Poem Musician Epitaph: Tales of Dark Fantasy and Horror #4, 1998
June 1998 18 Short Fiction The Ballerina Dread, Summer 1998
July 1998 22 Poem First Come First Served Penny Dreadful, Summer 1998
July 1998 4 Poem Flowers of Summer Penny Dreadful, Summer 1998
August 1998 22 Poem The Madwoman of Pontoise Indigenous Fiction #1, August 1998
September 1998 30 Short Fiction The Once and Future Bear Pulp Eternity Magazine #1, September 1998
November 1998 3 Poem Dust to Dust Flesh & Blood, #3
1999 29 Poem Ice Journey Amanita Brandy #4
January 1999 28 Poem Annchuck in Love Cenotaph, Winter 1999
January 1999 59 Poem Concerti Mindmares, Winter 1999
January 1999 45 Short Fiction Nixies Dark Regions & Horror Magazine, Winter 1999
January 1999 45 Short Fiction Tombs Prisoners of the Night, #11
February 1999 66 Short Fiction The Hunchback Frightmares, February 1999
April 1999 27 Short Fiction Flesh Maelstrom Speculative Fiction, Spring 1999
July 1999 41 Short Fiction Heliope Penny Dreadful, Summer 1999
October 1999 57 Poem The Ice Coffin Mindmares, Fall 1999
January 2000 118 Poem Arctic Landscape Penny Dreadful, Winter 2000
January 2000 81 Poem Craving Penny Dreadful, Winter 2000
January 2000 23 Short Fiction Sloppy Sally Maelstrom Speculative Fiction, January 2000
July 2000 140 Poem Vibrations Penny Dreadful, Summer 2000
October 2000 33 Short Fiction Victorians Enigmatic Tales, Autumn 2000
February 2001 Short Fiction In the Octopus's Garden EOTU Ezine, February 2001
March 2001 |1 Short Fiction Cat-Skinner Sweet and the Twirling Teacups of Deadwood City Nuketown, #49, March 2001
March 2001 10 Short Fiction Cindy Fantastic Stories of the Imagination #21, Spring 2001
April 2001 23 Interview An Interview with James Dorr Maelstrom Speculative Fiction, April 2001
April 2001 Poem The Madwoman of Pontneuf ChiZine, April-June 2001
May 2001 7 Poem The Worm in the Wood Star*Line, May-June 2001
September 2001 25 Short Fiction Rat Girl Dark Regions, Fall 2001
January 2002 Poem La Flamme Yellow Bat Review #2, Winter 2002
February 2002 Short Fiction Wolves Future Orbits #3, February-March 2002
April 2002 40|40.25 Review Rat Girl Science Fiction Chronicle, #223 April 2002
June 2002 24 Short Fiction The Master of Time Fantastic Stories of the Imagination #23, Summer 2002
December 2002 82 Short Fiction No Christian Thirteen Stories, December 2002
March 2003 3 Poem Firelight Roadworks, Winter/Spring 2003
July 2003 Short Fiction Waxworms ChiZine, July-September 2003
2004 4 Short Fiction The Plant Sitter Book of Dark Wisdom, Fall 2004
October 2004 |7 Poem The Collector Illumen, October 2004
November 2004 16 Poem Metal Vamp Star*Line, November-December 2004
March 2005 22 Poem Dating Tips for the Dead Aoife's Kiss, March 2005
April 2005 |1 Short Fiction City on Fire Shadows of Saturn, Issue #1, April-May 2005
April 2005 45 Short Fiction The Country Doctor Book of Dark Wisdom, Spring 2005
June 2005 15 Short Fiction And I Will Harden Pharaoh's Heart Kopfhalter!, #2, Summer 2005
June 2005 15 Poem Ratatouille Dreams & Nightmares, June 2005
December 2005 65 Short Fiction Oriental Mist Here & Now, Winter 2005
2006 7 Short Fiction The Worst Christmas Ever Dark Jesters, 2006
April 2006 Short Fiction Nanoflakes Abyss & Apex, 2nd Quarter 2006
May 2006 60 Short Fiction The Wind Dark Wisdom, Spring 2006
July 2006 15 Poem Alley Thoughts Star*Line, July-August 2006
November 2006 Short Fiction Shooting Fish Forgotten Worlds, #4
December 2006 22 Poem Cold Haven The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 2006
December 2006 20 Poem The Drowned City The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 2006
December 2006 44 Short Fiction The Frog Pond Hub Magazine, Christmas 2006
March 2007 19 Poem Can Monsters Not Love? Star*Line, March-April 2007
November 2007 Short Fiction The Glory Hand The Willows, November 2007
January 2008 Poem The Fox Raven Electrick, January 2008
April 2008 |9 Poem É mile's Ghosts Illumen, Spring 2008
September 2008 88 Short Fiction Abandoned Ships Tales of the Talisman, Volume IV, Issue 2
January 2010 Poem Don't You Laugh at Me Star*Line, January-February 2010
March 2010 23|23.2 Poem American Beauty Star*Line, March-April 2010
March 2010 23 Poem Origins Star*Line, March-April 2010
July 2010 87 Poem Annchuck's Dream Tales of the Talisman, Summer 2010
August 2010 Poem Sestina for Death Strange Horizons, 30 August 2010
September 2010 52 Poem Chagrin du Vampire Star*Line, September-December 2010
September 2010 114 Short Fiction The Window Dark Valentine, Autumn 2010
November 2010 19 Poem Requiem for a King Paper Crow, Fall/Winter 2010
2011 44 Short Fiction Bernice Allen K's Inhuman Magazine, #5 Fall 2011
January 2011 31|31.2 Poem Jumping Jack Star*Line, January–March 2011
January 2011 34 Poem The Poet's Cat Beyond Centauri, January 2011
March 2011 38 Interview Meet the Writers: James S. Dorr Aoife's Kiss, March 2011
April 2011 |117 Poem If Only People Weren't Made Out of Meat ChiZine, April-June 2011
April 2011 25 Poem Saving Places Star*Line, April–June 2011
June 2011 20 Short Fiction Atoms Tales of the Talisman, Summer 2011
August 2011 65 Poem Bloody Birthday Night to Dawn, August 2011
August 2011 20 Poem Dangerous Liason Night to Dawn, August 2011
August 2011 51 Poem Dating Sometimes Opens Up Unexpected Horizons Night to Dawn, August 2011
August 2011 9 Short Fiction Killer Pot Daily Science Fiction, August 2011
August 2011 45 Poem Monkey See Space and Time, Fall 2011
September 2011 16 Poem And Suddenly the Poem I Was Working On Turned Into a Killer Robot Dreams & Nightmares, September 2011
October 2011 13 Review Vamps: A Retrospective Star*Line, October-December 2011
October 2011 11 Review Vamps: A Retrospective Illumen, Autumn 2011
December 2011 21 Short Fiction Naughty or Nice? Daily Science Fiction, December 2011
2012 26 Poem California Vamp Focus, #59
2012 19 Poem Souvenir The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Autumn 2012
January 2012 10 Poem No One Wants to Run Through the Woods Naked Under a Full Moon Anymore Star*Line, January-March 2012
January 2012 23 Poem The Last Typewriter Star*Line, January-March 2012
April 2012 21 Poem How Things Change Star*Line, April-June 2012
May 2012 9 Poem "Venus flytrap" Scifaikuest, May 2012
July 2012 6 Poem Proper Perspective Star*Line, July-September 2012
October 2012 9 Poem Burning Down Woods on a Snowy Evening Star*Line, October-December 2012
November 2012 Poem Why Not Let Zombies Vote Space and Time, Fall 2012
2013 Poem The Well-Dressed Vampiress Hungur, Summer 2013
June 2013 58 Short Fiction It Would Be Wrong Disturbed Digest, June 2013
June 2013 24 Poem Seasonal Confection Paper Crow, Volume 3, Issue 1
June 2013 54 Poem The Specialist Disturbed Digest, June 2013
July 2013 23 Poem "no wonder we eat brains" Star*Line, Summer 2013
November 2013 Poem In the Company of Wolves Bloodbond, November 2013
2014 28 Poem Beware of the Dog Focus, #63
April 2014 10 Short Fiction Casket Girls Daily Science Fiction, April 2014
April 2014 6 Poem You Can Never Go Back Star*Line, Spring 2014
July 2014 12 Poem Sign Me Up as Well, Quickly Star*Line, Summer 2014
September 2014 1 Short Fiction Rocky Road Daily Science Fiction, September 2014
October 2014 7 Poem Paranormal Botany Star*Line, Fall 2014
October 2014 35 Poem The Vampire Inventor Star*Line, Fall 2014
November 2014 40 Poem Entertain the Concept, or, A Vampire's Dilemma Bloodbond, November 2014
November 2014 79 Poem Sinister Bloodbond, November 2014
November 2014 41 Poem The Vampire Muses Bloodbond, November 2014
November 2014 41 Poem The Vampire's Suggestion ( Don't Forget Breath Mints) Bloodbond, November 2014
November 2014 79 Poem Valentine Vamp ("And So to Bed") Bloodbond, November 2014
April 2015 21 Short Fiction Dead Lines Daily Science Fiction, April 2015
January 2016 18 Poem Plus-Size Dreams & Nightmares, January 2016
May 2016 10 Poem Godzilla vs. King Kong Dreams and Nightmares, May 2016
November 2016 Poem Her First Time Bloodbond, November 2016
December 2016 18 Poem Zombie Trouble? Disturbed Digest, December 2016
January 2018 Short Fiction Matches Grievous Angel, January 5, 2018
December 2021 139 Short Fiction Hanging Vines Black Infinity, Winter/Spring 2022
May 2023 18 Short Fiction The Great Man Nightmare Abbey, Summer 2023

1 English-language book

Year Type Title Author(s)
2011 Collection Vamps: A Retrospective James S. Dorr

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1996 Rhysling Award Long Poem The Westfarer Nominee
1998 Rhysling Award Long Poem Medusa's Daughter Finalist
1999 Rhysling Award Long Poem Chinese Music Nominee
1999 Rhysling Award Short Poem Kiki in the Museum of Life's Pain Nominee
2001 Rhysling Award Long Poem Maya Runner-up
2003 Rhysling Award Short Poem Annchuck, by Daylight Nominee
2006 Dwarf Stars Award Best Poem Jazz Girl Nominee
2006 Rhysling Award Short Poem Ratatouille Nominee
2007 Dwarf Stars Award Best Poem Cold Haven Nominee
2007 Rhysling Award Long Poem The Drowned City Nominee
2007 Rhysling Award Short Poem The Edge of the World Nominee
2008 Dwarf Stars Award Best Poem Auld Lang Syne Nominee
2008 Rhysling Award Short Poem Les Fantômes (29 August 2005) Nominee
2009 Rhysling Award Short Poem Emile's Ghosts Nominee
2011 Rhysling Award Long Poem Eight Top Vampire Hobbies Nominee
2012 Dwarf Stars Award Best Poem California Vamp Nominee
2012 Rhysling Award Short Poem Monkey See Nominee
2013 Rhysling Award Short Poem Burning Down Woods on a Snowy Evening Nominee
2014 Dwarf Stars Award Best Poem The Werewolf Explains Nominee
2014 Rhysling Award Short Poem The Specialist Nominee
2015 Rhysling Award Short Poem Beware of the Dog Nominee
2017 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Tombs: A Chronicle of Latter-Day Times of Earth Nominee
2017 Rhysling Award Short Poem Godzilla vs. King Kong Finalist
2019 Dwarf Stars Award Best Poem Never Trust a Vampiress Nominee

American writer & poet.
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