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rhfay's Journal

Created on 2008-03-09 21:46:54 (#15113543), last updated 2009-11-11

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Basic Info
Name:Richard H. Fay
Location:Troy, New York, United States
Website:Azure Lion Productions
Bio
I am a writer of speculative prose and poetry, as well as non-fiction articles about mythology, folklore, and history. I have had many science fiction, fantasy, and horror poems published in various genre publications. I have also illustrated some of my own published poems as well as works by other writers. Pen & ink is my favourite medium, and it has been said that many of my pieces have a "medieval woodcut" feel to them. I often find my artistic inspiration from myths and legends, and traditional fairy folklore. I also have a great love for the classics of speculative literature, especially the works of Tolkien, Dunsany, and Wells. I am also something of a medieval history buff. I love all things knightly.

Publications

Poetry 2009
Gathering of the Dead..........Tales From the Moonlit Path, Halloween Issue, October 2009.
The Haunted Castle..........The Absent Willow Review, October 15, 2009.
Coach-a-Bower..........Aphelion, October 2009.
Visages of Betrayal and Madness..........The Monsters Next Door, Issue 8, September, 2009.
Eldritch Mistress..........Aphelion, September 2009.
Roiling Gyre..........Aphelion, August 2009.
Electric Blue Sparks..........Aphelion, July 2009.
Yellow Eyes..........Every Day Poets, June 26, 2009.
Clattering Hooves..........Aphelion, June 2009.
Nightmares Fell my Fantasy..........Scattered Verses, Moonlit Curses Horror Poetry Anthology, May 2009.
Howling on the Moor..........Scattered Verses, Moonlit Curses Horror Poetry Anthology, May 2009.
When Wizards Dream at Night..........Tales of the Talisman, Volume IV Issue 4, Spring 2009.
Temporal Crack..........Aphelion, May 2009; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers, June 2009.
Labyrinthine Pile..........Aphelion, April 2009.
The Damnation of Daniel Brewster..........The New Bedlam Project, Vol. 1 Issue 1, April 2009.
Mother Earth's Children..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, March 2009.
Drifting Flakes..........Aphelion, March 2009.
Winter Crows..........Every Day Poets, March 10, 2009.
Serpent of Storms..........The Monsters Next Door, Issue 6, March 2009.
When Hunger Takes Me..........The Monsters Next Door, Issue 6, March 2009.
Scifaiku (clash of tempered steel)..........Scifaikuest, February 2009.
Two Dimensional Visitors..........Aphelion, February 2009.
Wandering Ole Willow..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 322, January 26, 2009.
Haiku (moaning hemlock tree)..........Every Day Poets, January 12, 2009.

Non-Fiction 2009
The Good and the Bad of Critiques..........Creator and the Catalyst, August 2009.
Speculative Poetry: Past, Present, and Future..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, January 2009.

Illustrations 2009
A Leviathan Ascendant..........Abandoned Towers Issue #3, July 2009 (cover and colouring page).
Memories of Camelot..........Abandoned Towers Issue #3, July 2009.
The Armour of Loki..........Abandoned Towers Issue #3, July 2009.
Polypod at Home..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, June 2009.
Temporal Crack..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, June 2009.
Barixas Hunt..........Dreams and Nightmares #83, May 2009.
The Faces..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, May 2009.
Warring Ants..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, January 2009.
Maginot Line Fortification Cross-Section..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, January 2009.


Short Stories, Flash Fiction, & Drabbles 2008
The Trouble With Unsolicited Messages..........The Drabbler #11, June 2008. Honorable Mention in the 11th Sam's Dot Drabble
Contest.

Poetry 2008
Stark Ebon Tower..........Aphelion, December 2008.
Peg Powler..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 316, December 1, 2008.
My Final Masterpiece..........Niteblade, December 2008.
Life is the Life..........The Monsters Next Door, Contest Issue 4.5, November 15, 2008. Poetry Winner, "Through My Eyes"
Writing Contest; also Scattered Verses, Moonlit Curses Horror Poetry Anthology, May 2009.
They've Come For Me Again..........Aphelion, November 2008.
Autumnal Woodland Morn..........Every Day Poets, November 9, 2008.
Chupa-Chupas..........Hungur, Issue 7, All Souls' Night 2008.
Midnight Encounter on Merais Minor..........Hungur, Issue 7, All Souls' Night 2008.
Consequence of Taking Too Much..........Macabre Cadaver, Issue 3, October 2008.
Sorceress Devolution..........The Lorelei Signal, October-December 2008 Issue; also A Time To...Volume 3: The Best of The
Lorelei Signal 2008.
Three Horrorku..........The Monsters Next Door, Issue Four, September 2008.
Lonely Fairy Rath..........Aphelion, Issue 124 Volume 12, August 2008.
Ethereal Journey..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 301, August 11, 2008.
My Alien Love..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 300, August 4, 2008; also Bewildering Stories Third Quarterly Review, 2008
Editors’ Choices: issues 297-307.
Gremlins in My Brain..........The Monsters Next Door, Issue 3, July 2008.
What Stirs There..........The Monsters Next Door, Issue 3, July 2008.
Death in the Forest..........The Monsters Next Door, Issue 3, July 2008.
Green Chitinous Domes..........Aphelion, Issue 123 Volume 12, July 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October
2008.
Galactic Road Trip..........Tales of the Talisman, Volume IV Issue 1, Summer 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers
October 2008.
The Faces..........The Ashen Eye, Issue 1, June 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Green Grass..........Aphelion, Issue 122 Volume 12, June 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Corpse-Candles..........Niteblade, June 2008; also Lost Innocence: A Niteblade Anthology 2007-2008.
Artificial Form..........Aphelion, Issue 121 Volume 12, May 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Infiltration..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 288, May 2008; ; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Scifaiku (minute murderer)..........Scifaikuest, Issue 20, May 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Scifaiku (wander the ether)..........Scifaikuest, Issue 20, May 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Demons of the Dark Nebula..........Hungur, Issue 6, Walpurgisnacht 2008.
Kamal Del and the Dark Elemental..........Sorcerous Signals, May - July '08 Issue.
The Phantom Dimension..........The Ashen Eye, April 11, 2008 (on-line promotional article w/ contributor's bio); also Horror
Bound Magazine February 2009.
The Collector..........DemonMinds, Spring 2008 Issue, April 10, 2008; also DemonMinds Spring 2008 print edition, featuring the
best of DemonMinds, Spring 2008.
Bearshirt..........Aphelion, Issue 120 Volume 12, April 2008; also Aphelion: The Best of 2008.
My Haunted House..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 284, April 2008.
The Haunted Isle..........Illumen, Issue 8, Spring 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008; also Horror
Bound Magazine February 2009.
Scifaiku (rainbow against black)..........Illumen, Issue 8, Spring 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Holiday on Phreetum Prime..........Star*Line, March/April 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Unidentified Funny Object..........Aphelion, Issue 119 Volume 12, March 2008; also (as scifaiku "zipping silver disk") on-line
version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Spirit of the Skull..........Night to Dawn, Issue 13, April 2008.
The Birth of Sentience on Aggraboth V..........The Fifth Di..., Edition 10, #1, March 2008.
Your Bloody Face..........Tales from the Moonlit Path, Issue 9, February 2008; also Scattered Verses, Moonlit Curses Horror
Poetry Anthology, May 2009.
A Horror Editor's Lament or One Heck of a Headache..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 278, February 18, 2008; also Bewildering
Stories' First Quarterly Review 2008, Editors' Choices: issues 273-283.
The Dark Host..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 277, February 10, 2008.
Intergalactic Getaway..........Aphelion, February 2008; also (as scifaiku "bubbling black pools") on-line version of Abandoned
Towers October 2008.
Horrorku (spirit of the night)..........Scifaikuest, Issue 19, February 2008.
Marriage of Earth and Antares..........Sounds of the Night, Issue 2, February 2008.
The Incubus..........Sounds of the Night, Issue 2, February 2008; also Scattered Verses, Moonlit Curses Horror Poetry Anthology,
May 2009.
Old Mother Elder..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 275, January 2008.
The Changeling..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 274, January 2008.
Things in the Swamp..........Champagne Shivers, 2008 Issue; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008.
The Accursed Castle..........Champagne Shivers, 2008 Issue; also Scattered Verses, Moonlit Curses Horror Poetry Anthology,
May 2009.

Non-Fiction 2008
Vampiric UFOs..........Hungur, Issue 7, All Souls' Night 2008.
Vampiric Creatures of Ancient Myth and Legend..........Hungur, Issue 6, Walpurgisnacht, 2008.
The Darker Side of Fairy Lore..........Doorways Magazine, Killer Holiday Issue, Issue 4, January 2008.

Illustrations 2008
Unicorn Enwreathed..........Abandoned Towers, Issue 1, November 2008.
The Professor Speaks..........Abandoned Towers, Issue 1, November 2008.
Tom-Tit-Tot (also part of the Fairies and Dragons Series)..........Macabre Cadaver Issue 3, October 2008:also Horror Bound
Magazine January 2009.
Eldritch Miasma..........on-line version of Abandoned Towers, August 2008.
Viking Sword Series..........Flashing Swords, Issue 11, August 2008.
Fairies and Dragons Series..........Flashing Swords Special Edition, Summer 2008; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers
August 2008.
Viking Age Weapons Series..........Flashing Swords, Issue 10, April 2008.
Wander the Ether (aka Ethereal Journey)..........Scifaikuest, Issue 20, May 2008; also Macabre Cadaver Issue 3, October 2008;
also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008; also Horror Bound Magazine January 2009.
Demons of the Dark Nebula..........Hungur, Issue 6, Walpurgisnacht 2008; also Horror Bound Magazine January 2009.
Tyler's Ghosts..........Flashing Swords, Issue 9, February 2008.
John Humble Versus Wolf-Head..........Flashing Swords, Volume 2 Issue 8, January 2008.
Things in the Swamp..........Champagne Shivers, 2008 Issue; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008; also
Macabre Cadaver Issue 3, October 2008; also Horror Bound Magazine January 2009.

Poetry 2007
Interdimensional Visitors..........Aphelion, December 2007.
The Lambton Worm..........Aphelion, December 2007.
Gothic Window..........Aoife's Kiss, Issue 23, December 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008.
Book of Dimensions..........Niteblade, December 2007; also Abandoned Towers Issue 2, March 2009.
Cosmic Tricksters..........Aphelion, November 2007.
The Iltrox..........Hungur, Issue 5, All Souls' Night 2007.
Battle in the Dark Castle ..........Sorcerous Signals, Nov. '07 - Jan. '08 Issue; also Arcane Whispers, Volume 1, Best of Sorcerous
Signals 2007.
The Black Dog..........Tales from the Moonlit Path, October 2007.
A Haunted House..........Tales from the Moonlit Path, October 2007.
The Banshee's Cry..........Sinister Tales, October 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008.
Nanomite 323..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 259, September 10, 2007; also Bewildering Stories' Third Quarterly Review,
Summer 2007, Editors' Choices: issues 251-261, Part II; ; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Cosmic Journey..........The Sword Review, September 3, 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008.
Horrorku 2 (incubus passions)..........Aphelion, September 2007; also Aphelion "The Best of 2007", February 2008.
Explorers..........The Fifth Di..., September 2007. Issue's winner "best poem". Also Wondrous Web Worlds Volume 8, June 2009.
Fantasyku..........Niteblade, September 2007.
Worrying..........Skyline Magazine, Autumn 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers March, 2009.
Darkling Dale..........DemonMinds, August 21, 2007.
West Dingleton's Loss of Humanity..........Bewildering Stories, Issue 256, August 20, 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned
Towers October 2008.
Horroku (sinful seduction)..........Aphelion, August 2007.
Sorcerous Evolution..........The Sword Review, July 16, 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008.
Haiku (heaven's bright jewels)..........Asahi Haikuist Network, July 7-8, 2007.
Scifaiku 3 (purple methane swamp)..........Aphelion, July 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Scifaiku 2 (slip free of time's grasp)..........Aphelion, June 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
The Unseelie Court..........Fantastic Horror, June 2007; also Horror Bound Magazine February 2009.
several haiku..........Haiku Haven, May 2007.
Scifaiku (ray gun destruction)..........Aphelion, May 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers October 2008.
Midnight Sabbath..........DemonMinds, April 20, 2007. Tied for 1st Runner Up in the 2007 DemonMinds Horror Poetry Contest;
also Horror Bound Magazine February 2009.

Non-Fiction 2007
The Battle of Stamford Bridge..........myArmoury.com, January 8, 2007.

Illustrations 2007
Gothic Window..........Aoife's Kiss, Issue 23, December 2007; also on-line version of Abandoned Towers August 2008; also
Horror Bound Magazine January 2009.
Book of Dimensions..........Niteblade, December 2007; also Abandoned Towers Issue 2, March, 2009.
Battle Crows Gather..........Flashing Swords, Volume 2 Issue 8, November 2007.
Forest of the Damned..........The Willows, September 2007; also Macabre Cadaver Issue 3, October 2008; also Horror Bound
Magazine January 2009.
The Unseelie Court..........Fantastic Horror, June 2007; also Macabre Cadaver Issue 3, October 2008; also Horror Bound
Magazine January 2009.



Your result for The What Middle Earth race do you belong to Test...

Elf

You scored 0% Size & Strength, 65% Morality, 65% Aggression, and 71% Intelligence.

You're an Elf! You scored low in size, high in morality, high in aggression and high in intelligence to get here. The first and favorite race created by the Valar, the Elves have been in Middle Earth for many ages, and are currently the only race allowed to join their creators in Valinor. Blessed with eternal life, enhanced senses, great beauty, wisdom and skill, the race of Elves still has several black marks on it. (Kinslaying, anyone?) But hey, no one is perfect, right? Of course not, but the Elves are damn close to it.
FYI, your polar opposite is the Troll.

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