My Book List

As part of getting ready to serve as as Guest of Honor for the ConClave science fiction convention, I was asked by the organizers to provide a list of the various books I had authored! When I started going through the most recent list I had I realized it needed quite a bit of updating and, once I had done that, figured I should post it here. In any event, since 1998 I have authored or co-authored 46 titles covering many subjects and in multiple genres, including five novels or book-length works of fiction; 13 non-fiction books that include writers guides, history, and travel guides; and 28 games or game-related titles. Beyond that, I have also written hundreds of articles for dozens of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, blogs, websites, and other venues. 

NON-FICTION

Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, & Texas Hill Country (Clerisy Press, 2015)

Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction (Writer's Digest, 2013; w. Orson Scott Card)

Disunion (New York Times, 2013; w. multiple other authors)

Texas Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder, & Mayhem in the Lone Star State (Clerisy Press, 2011)

Life in Civil War America (Family Tree Books, 2011)

Ghosthunting Maryland (Clerisy Press, 2009)

Ghosthunting Virginia (Clerisy Press, 2008)

Shipwrecks & Lost Treasures: Great Lakes (Globe Pequot Press, 2007)

Civil War Armchair Reader (co-author, Publications International, 2007; w. multiple other authors)

Fire & Ice: The Korean War, 1950-1953 (Savas, 2000)

D-Day: June 6, 1944 (co-author, Savas, 2001; w. Randy Holderfield)

Everyday Life During the Civil War (Writer’s Digest, 1999)

The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference (co-author, Writer’s Digest, 1998; w. Terry Brooks)

FICTION/NOVELS

Swords of Kos Fantasy Campaign Setting (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2016; w. Jim Clunie, Brendan Cass, et al)

Opal of Light & Shadow (GP Adventures, 2016) Illustration for the cover by fantasy artist Lloyd Metcalf appears here! 

Returnto the Necropolis (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2014)

Swords of Kos: Hekaton (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2013; w. multiple other authors)

Swords of Kos: Necropolis (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2012)

GAMES/GAMING BOOKS

Men & Monsters of the Aegean (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2016; w. Clint Staples)

Jester Dragon's Guide to Defects (Pathfinder Role-Playing Game) (SkirmisherPublishing LLC, 2016; w. William T. Thrasher)

Men & Monsters of Ethiopia (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2016)

Cards & Quests Bestiary 1: Monsters of Kos (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2016; w. Todd and Allison Markello)

100 Oddities for a Creepy Old House (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2013; w. William T. Thrasher and Clint Staples)

d-Infinity Vol. #7: Holidays & Celebrations (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2015; w. multiple other authors)

d-Infinity Vol. #6: The Mythos (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2014; w. multiple other authors)

Heroes & Monsters of the Necropolis (Cardstock Characters^TM) (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2013)

d-Infinity Vol. #5: Full Circle (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2013; w. multiple other authors)

Jester Dragon's Guide to Defects (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2013; w. William T. Thrasher)

d-Infinity Vol. #4: Dark Future (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2012; w. multiple other authors)

d-Infinity Vol. #3: Children of the Night (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2012; w. multiple other authors)

d-Infinity Vol. #2: Lost Treasure (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2011; w. multiple other authors)

Adventures in Wonderland (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2010)

City Builder: A Guide to Designing Communities (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2010; w. Jim Clunie)

Dhanurvidya & Varman: The Arms and Armor of India (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2010; w. Alexander Melchor)

d-Infinity Vol. #1: The Adventure Begins (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2010; w. multiple other authors)

Tests of Skill v.3.5 (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2004; w. Paul O. Knorr and Shane O'Connor)

Chevauchee: Rules for Battles with Medieval Miniatures (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2008; w. Robert "Mac" McLaughlin)

Skirmish! (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2008)

H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2007; w. H.G. Wells)

Experts v.3.5 (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2007; w. Paul O. Knorr)

Nuisances: Director's Cut (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2007; w. Paul O. Knorr, Sharon Daugherty, William T. Thrasher)

Gary Gygax's Nation Builder (Troll Lord Games, 2005; w. Gary Gygax)

Nuisances (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2004; w. Paul O. Knorr, Sharon Daugherty)

Tests of Skill (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2004; w. Paul O. Knorr)

Warriors (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2003; w. Paul O. Knorr, Sharon Daugherty, Luke Gygax)

Experts (Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 2002; w. Paul O. Knorr)

A War of Many Names (Life In Civil War America)

Was chatting recently with my friend Pierce Tomas about some of the different labels that have been applied to what is officially called the U.S. Civil War. That prompted me to recall the following item, "A War of Many Names," which I wrote first for my Everyday Life During the Civil War and which currently appears in its successor, Life In Civil War America. 

"Few wars have been referred to in quite so many ways as this one, and its various names reflect a wide range of attitudes toward the conflict. The official name given to it by the victorious Federal government is, of course, the Civil War, a term that came into use in 1861. In the Southern states, however, the terms used in 1861 included the Revolution, the Second War for Independence, and the War of Secession.

A variety of other names came into use during the war and in the decades following it, most of which reveal partiality to one side or the other, a tone of reconciliation, humor or an emphasis on some aspect of the conflict. These include the Great Fratricide, the War of Northern Aggression, the War for Constitutional Liberty, the War Between the States, the War Between the North and the South, the War for Southern Independence, the Second American Revolution, the War for States’ Rights, Mr. Lincoln’s War, the Southern Rebellion, the War for Southern Rights, the War of the Southern Planters, the War of the Rebellion, the War to Suppress Yankee Arrogance, the Brothers’ War, the Great Rebellion, the War for Nationality, the War for Southern Nationality, the War Against Slavery, the Civil War Between the States, the War of the Sixties, the War Against Northern Aggression, the Yankee Invasion, the War for Separation, the War for Abolition, the War for Union, the Confederate War, the War of the Southrons, the War for Southern Freedom, the War of the North and the South, the Lost Cause, the Late Unpleasantness, the late Friction, the Late Ruction, the Schism, the Uncivil War and, especially in the South in the years since it ended, simply as the War. 

Overseas, the conflict was given still other names. For example, contemporary German writers refer to it as the North American War." 

Hopefully I have included some names for the Civil War that you had not yet heard before — and if you know of any that I have missed please add to the list by posting a comment here!