Bibliography
PLATT TRIVIA:
John can turn his spleen off and on at will -- Amazing, but true!
Want to know where and when I have been published? Here's the semi-comprehensive list. (This bibliography was last updated in June 2008.)
BOOKS
DIE LAUGHING
Medium Rare Books -- July, 2002
Collected 34 humorous horror stories and poems,
many appearing in print for the very first time.
eBOOKS
PLAYS
Witch Obsession
Published in the Summer Fiction Issue of US1 -- July, 2002
SHORT STORIES
A Dream of Joy, Departed
GOTHIC.NET webzine -- August, 2001
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
A Group of Doctors is Called a Murder
HORROR WORLD.ORG -- January, 2006
A Hell-Fire Cure for Baldness
SATIRE, Vol. 3, Number 2 -- Autumn, 1996
Honorable Mention in the Tenth Annual YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR
GATHERING DARKNESS webzine -- Summer, 1998
PLANET RELISH webzine, issue 5 -- May, 2000
(voted 2nd best Planet Relish story of 2000)
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
The Phone-Book.com, issue 10 -- June 2003
All Hands
BORDERLANDS 5, edited by E. & T. Monteleone (Borderlands Press)
Signed & numbered limited edition -- December, 2003
Trade Hardcover -- December, 2003
FROM THE BORDERLANDS (Warner Books) -- September, 2004
Honorable Mention, Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 17
BEST OF BORDERLANDS 1-V (Borderlands Press) -- August, 2005
BOOK FIESTA QUARTERLY -- Forthcoming
The Phone Book.com -- Issue 12 -- December, 2003
Before the Beginning
GATEWAYS, Number 10 -- Spring, 1994
Alexandria Digital Literature -- Winter, 1997
IN A FEARFUL STATE anthology -- November, 2002
Catch Your Death
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
The Clown Walks at Midnight
BARE BONE 7 (Raw Dog Screaming Press) -- May, 2005
The Day the Laughter Died
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Honorable Mention, Years Best Fantasy & Horror 16
Dream Girl
DARK TERRITORIS -- June, 2008
Empty
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Fitness is its Own Reward
POSTCARDS FROM HELL -- October, 2007
Flames in the Night
THE ASYLUM, VOL. 1: THE PSYCHO WARD (Dark Tales Publications) -- June, 1999
BOUND FOR EVIL (Dead Letters Press) -- forthcoming
Flashes of Darkness
DEAD LINES MAGAZINE, Number 2 -- May, 1995
BARE BONES Magazine, Number 1 -- September 2001
Fruit of His Loins
FLASHSHOT issue 78 -- December, 2002
Going Straight
CYBERAGE ADVENTURES, Number 52 -- January, 2000
PLANET RELISH webzine -- July/August, 2001
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Good for the Soul
FROM THE ASYLUM, Number 3 -- January, 1996
The Great Hunt
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Growing Up Is Hard to Do
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Growth
TALES FROM A DARKER STATE (Garden State Horror Writers) -- October, 2003
The-phone-book.com, issue 7 -- September, 2002
Happy Birthday
SF Goth's ERRATA, Number 2 -- April, 1999
Hisssssssss
SMALL BITES anthology, September, 2004
The-Phone-Book.com -- web, mobile phone & audio distribution -- June, 2001
Best of The Phone-Book.com v. 2.1
Jersey Deviltry (with Shikhar Dixit)
IDW Publishing: story appears in the back pages of Remains # 1, Dawn of the
Dead # 2, Aleister Arcane # 2 and Silent Hill: Dying Inside # 4 -- May, 2004
IDW's TALES OF TERROR anthology -- October 2004
Learning to Fly
BLUE MURDER, Number 5 -- November, 1998
IN A FEARFUL STATE anthology -- November, 2002
Losing Himself
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Medicine Man
SLIP OF THE PEN, Number 3
Moving Day
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Murder 101
Dark Muse webzine -- November, 2000
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Oldest Living American Serial Killer Tells All
HELIOCENTRIC NET, Number 14 -- Spring, 1995
100 MENACING LITTLE MURDER STORIES (Barnes & Noble Books) -- Fall, 1998
Party Crash
DARK ANNIE, Number 1 -- May, 1998
WINEDARK SEA, Number 1 -- March, 2000
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Phone Tag
HORRORS: 365 SCARY STORIES (Barnes & Noble Books) -- Fall, 1998
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Pregnant Pause
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
BARE BONE 10 (Raw Dog Screaming Press) -- May, 2007
Shower of Affection
DELIRIUM Magazine, Number 4 -- February, 2001
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Snowblind Faith (with Shikhar Dixit)
DR. CASEY'S TALES FROM THE INTERNET -- April, 1999
Stormfront
NIGHT TERRORS magazine, Issue 6 -- Summer, 1998
AMAZON.com Shorts -- January 2007
That Old Black Magic
BELL BOOK & BEYOND anthology (Design Image Group) -- Fall, 2000
Honorable Mention in the Fourteenth Annual YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
PSEUDOPOD (podcast) -- August, 2007
To Each His Own
BLOODFETISH, Issue 2 -- July, 1999
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Tombs
CRAFTY CAT CRIMES (Barnes & Noble Books) -- August, 2000
The-phone-book.com, issue 7 -- September, 2002
The Truth Hurts
SMALL BITES anthology -- September, 2004
Two Dead Guys Walkin' Around Eatin' People
First Place Winner, 1997 Killer Frog Contest
A CLOCKWORK FROG anthology -- Summer, 1997
GOTHIC.NET webzine -- July, 1998
Winner, Pulp Eternity's BEST OF THE WEB 1998 CONTEST (10th Place)
100 HILARIOUS LITTLE HOWLERS, Barnes & Noble Books -- October, 1999
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Two Dead Guys Take a Bite Out of Crime
SMALL BITES anthology -- September, 2004
Two Pieces of Silver
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Video Doesn't Lie
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
BLACK OCTOBER Magazine, issue 3 -- September, 2002
Visiting Hours
U.S. 1 Summer Fiction Issue -- July, 2003
Waiting
STRANGE HORIZONS webzine -- May 21, 2001
Honorable Mention in the Fiftheenth Annual YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Witch Obsession
ETERNITY ONLINE, issue 9 -- May, 1998
JERSEY GHOULS, a Garden State Horror Writers Collection -- October, 1999
NASTY SNIPS anthology, MTE Enterprises -- November, 1999
Horrorfind.com website fiction section -- October, 2000
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
COMIC BOOK SCRIPTS
BAD GIRLS OF BLACKOUT # 0, Blackout Comics -- April, 1995
BAD GIRLS OF BLACKOUT # 1, Blackout Comics -- June, 1995
BAD GIRLS OF BLACKOUT ANNUAL # 1 (Plot only), Blackout Comics -- September, 1995
MS. CYANIDE & ICE # 0, Blackout Comics -- May, 1995
MS. CYANIDE & ICE # 1, Blackout Comics -- July, 1995
"Wrong Place, Wrong Time," -- GRAVE TALES -- forthcoming
POETRY
A Night Out
POETRY.ST CORNER, issue 13 -- April 16, 2000
A Writer's Haiku
THE INK BLOTTER -- June, 2000
STRANGE HORIZONS -- April 5, 2004
Bad Ending # 10: The Funny-Book Maker
BARE BONE 8 (Raw Dog Screaming Press) -- January, 2006
Bad Ending # 37
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
The Carpet Otters
BARE BONE 8 (Raw Dog Screaming Press) -- January, 2006
'Dem Werewolf Blues
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Emptiness
IN A FEARFUL STATE anthology -- November, 2002
Everyone Get Into It
YELLOW BAT REVIEW ONLINE 5.5 -- August, 2003
Ghostly Silence
SPACE & TIME MAGAZINE, issue 100 -- June, 2007
Last-Minute Shopping
EDGAR: DIGESTED VERSE, issue 1 -- January, 1999
VACANCY webzine -- with RealAudio voice track by the author -- April, 2000
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Laundry Day
BULLET POINTS athololgy (Wildside Press) -- forthcoming
Little Indians
FRIGHTNET webzine, issue 13 -- July, 1999
As "Skeleton Dance" -- IN A FEARFUL STATE antholgoy -- November, 2002
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Lovecraft Haiku
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Lucy in the Ground with Diamonds
MILLENNIUM SF & F, Volume VIII, Issue 2 -- March, 2000
The Man Who Lost His Skull
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Modification
NOT ONE OF US, issue 23 -- February, 2000
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
One Night at the Pub
BLOODY MUSE, issue 8 -- February, 2000
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Parts
MINDMARES, issue 8 -- October, 1999
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Santa's Got A Brand-New Bag
GORELETTER, issue 2.4 -- December, 2003
Serial Killer's New Year's Resolutions
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Sizing Us Up
EOTU webzine -- December, 2000
Skull Haiku
EDGAR: DIGESTED VERSE, issue 4 -- October, 1999
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Tree Talking
VOYAGE MAGAZINE (UK), issue 10 -- May, 2001
Two Dead Guys Walkin' Around Rhymin'
AS FINE AS KILLER FROG HAIR, 1999
DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) -- July, 2002
Typographer's Turn-On (with Colleen Crary)
CLEAN SHEETS webzine -- June, 2000
Yes Master
KILLER FROG 101 -- The 2000 Killer Frog Anthology -- December, 2001
AS EDITOR
JERSEY GHOULS -- 1999 -- anthology of stories by members of the Garden State Horror Writers
WHITE KNUCKLES Magazine -- 1995 to 1998 -- Eight issues
THE NEW JERSEY GRAVELINE -- The official newsletter of the Garden State Horror Writers -- November, 1993 to October, 1995 --24 issues
NON-FICTION
2,000-plus articles, reviews, essays, editorials, interviews and more, published by 2nd CHANCE 4 PETS, THE JOE-BOB REPORT, MYSTERY SCENE, JOBS IN HELL, GOVERNING, THE ASBURY PARK PRESS, DARK ECHO NEWSLETTER, THE EAGLE, JOHN PATRICK PRODUCTIONS, THE IGUANA INFORMER, THE INSTITUTE, NETWORK NEWS, and many others.
AND LEST WE FORGET, EVERYTHING ELSE...
Over the last (gulp!) fifteen years, I have worked as a Writer and Editor for corporate newsletters; published over 1,500 articles; won dozens of awards; written Web pages, print ads, direct-mail campaigns, brochures, email marketing campaigns and more; published 75-plus cartoons in various magazines; served short stints as a radio DJ and professional photographer; and a whole lot more. (In other words, I'm tired!)
