Links to some of D.K. Latta's writings
available for free around
the internet...
And, hey, if you like what you read, feel free to send an
e-mail to the editor of the magazine/webzine in question, and say so
-- REALLY (yeah, I'm not above a bit of shammeless plugging -- but if
you don't
tell them you like what I write...how're they gonna know, eh?)
Stories:
Here are free links to just some
stories that have been posted (or, in
some cases, re-posted as they were originally published in print
magazines) on various webzines. Actually, one of my best regarded stories
is a science fiction piece called "Marking Time on the Far Side of
Forever" (published in Prairie Fire).
But it hasn't been re-published by a webzine. Maybe I should post it
myself
here one of these days. Anyhoo...
Pvt.
Parker, Missing in Action...
Well regarded Twilight Zone-ish tale of
a medic during the Vietnam War who finds himself treating a most
mysterious
patient...
The
Google-Wumpf
(originally published in SpaceWays Weekly)
Darkly quirky tale of an inventor who finds himself in possession
of a
strange -- and possibly sinister -- device; if only he could
figure out what it does!
Something
on the Bed
Everyone tells their children that there aren't any monsters
under the bed...but what do monsters tell their children...? (This was included in a Best of...
anthology.)
Does
Anyone Remember Dash Summers, Time Tripper?
(originally published in Horizons SF)
Can a comic strip really be predicting the future? And if so,
what if
something from the future
doesn't want you to read it? (My
little
tribute to the Golden Age of Canadian comic books).
Hawk's
Wood
(originally published in Adventures of Sword & Sorcery)
Sword & Sorcery about a warrior escorting a woman through jungle
perils...the greatest of which may be awaiting at the end of their
journey! -- a story popular enough that it led to the further published
adventures: "The Skull of the Serpent" and "Something Dwells 'neath
Hannah Town"
The
High Tower
(originally published in Gauntlet)
Trapped in a warlord's keep, a mercenary with a demonic hand, and the
woman he has come to rescue, must seek an escape.
The
Stone Man
Follow up to the surprisingly popular "The High Tower" (see above) this has Zargatha and Vyanna uncovering a horrifying menace in the wreck of a deserted mining camp where something was unearthed.
The
Blood Marsh
Zargatha and Vyanna return and must cross a strange swamp haunted be an old curse.
The
Swarm
(originally published in Challenging Destiny)
Science fiction about a man, alone in an environment suit, facing a
swarm of energy-draining space amoebas.
The
Long Arm of the Law
(originally published in SpaceWays Weekly)
Historical Western/Science fiction/Supernatural
combo -- really -- about a gunslinger with a bizarre arm (again!)
pursuing a mysterious vendetta even he doesn't understand.
The
Fellowship
of the Midnight Sons
A couple of long form stories about a group of World War II era super
heroes.
These are links to just some of the stories available out there, but
there are others floating around (including at Pulp and
Dagger Webzine) -- just search google.
Non-Fiction Reviews and Essays
Dr.
Who: The Fearmonger (audio drama)
Claremont
Tales by Richard Lupoff (short story anthology)
Avengers:
The Kree/Skrull War (graphic novel)
Superman:
Red Son (graphic novel)
The Complete Peanuts (comic strip collection)
My
Interview with comic book and screenplay writer Jeph Loeb (as part of my review
of his hit Batman:
Hush story line)
Who Do You Trust?: Conspiracies and
Corruption in Captain Canuck's Future Reality (my little
attempt at an analytical essay about some of the themes in the Canadian
comic book, Captain Canuck)
As a regular contributor to UGO, you can just go there and, doing a
search for Latta (since the bill me as both D.K. and as Darren), find many more graphic novel
reviews. As well, I have different
reviews accumulated at The Masked Bookwyrm's
Graphic Novel Reviews
site and essays about Canadian film & TV at The Great
Canadian Guide to the Movies & TV.
HERE IS A LIST OF (SOME OF) D.K. LATTA'S
PUBLISHED
STORIES (NOT COUNTING THOSE HE PUBLISHED UNDER PSEUDONYMS...SHHHH!
THEY'RE A SECRET)
(He is also a frequent contributor to Pulp and
Dagger -- the on-line webzine devoted to pulp magazine
style stories but with a modern sensibilities, where his stories of the
albino Mountie, Kit
Thunder (in "The Monster on the Tundra" and "Secrets of the
Forgotten Valley"), the World War II era super heroes, The
Fellowship of the Midnight Sons (in the serials, "When Walk the
Gods" and "Night of the Mind-Tyrants"), and the various slightly racy
tales of
the sword & sorcery heroine, Neekin, among
others, have garnered favourable
fan response.)
other works include...
(asterix - * - indicate the story was
honoured as among the "best of" of a publication's stories)
BOOK
ANTHOLOGIES
(Most of these books are readily available
from amazon.com and other stores or direct from the publishers)
"The Mad Queen of the Sky" published in Fantastical Visions,
ed.
W.H. Horner - 2001
"Echoes of the Dead" published in Playing Solitaire, ed.
Frank
Fradella
- 2001 - two stories, including...
"If a Tree Falls in
a Forest" published in Playing Solitaire, ed. Frank
Fradella
- 2001 - (this was subsequently selected forr inclusion in a Best
of... collection by the same publisher...but I don't think it's been
published)
"A Good Day" published in Land/Space, ed. Dorsey and
McCrosky - 2003
"Something on the Bed" published in Best
of Strange Horizons 2004 - (originally published in the
StrangeHorizons webzine)
"Something
Dwells 'neath Hannah Town" published in Lords of
Swords, ed. Daniel Blackston - 2004
MAGAZINES
AND WEBZINES
"Ancient Guardian" (Shadow Sword #9 - 1995)
"Beneath the Great River" (Bardic Runes #16 - 1997 and reprinted in
Gauntlet #5 - 2000)
"The Blood Marsh" (Flashing Swords #5 - 2005)
"The Burning Ones" (Space and Time #89 - 1999)
"Buy Out" (Pablo Lennis - 1996)
"The City of the Scarlet Sands" (Bardic Runes #15 - 1996)
"The Crystal Ship" (Under Shadowed Wings Webzine)
"Does Anyone Remember Dash Summers, Time Tripper?" (Horizons SF, vol
17, #1 - 1997)
"Einstein: The Sequel" (On Spec, vol. 9, #1 - 1997)
"Flower Show (Lightways)" (SpaceWays Weekly #176 - 2000)
"472" (Parsec, vol 2, #2 - 1997?)
"The Fury of the Faithful" (Bardic Runes #13 - 1996)
"The Google-Wumpf" (SpaceWays Weekly #119 - 1999)
"Hawk's Wood" (Adventures of Sword & Sorcery #4 - 1997)
"The High Tower" (Gauntlet #6 - cover story - 2001 - rep.
Flashing Swords, #1, 2005)
* "The Long Arm of the Law" (SpaceWays Weekly #68 - 1998)
"Loyalties" (Bardic Runes #12 - 1995 and reprinted in Gauntlet #3 -
2000)
"Malkai" (Challenging Destiny #9 - 2000)
"Marking Time on the Far Side of Forever" (Prairie Fire, vol 19, #4
- 1999)
"The Mouth That Roared" (Cabaret, vol 5, #8 - 1999)
"The Name of the Enemy" (E-Scape Webzine -
"The Oil-Spattered Corpse" (Challenging Destiny #7 - 1999)
"The Prophecy of the Beast" (ShadowSword (vol. 2) #1 - 2006)
"Pvt. Parker, Missing in Action" (Strange Horizons)
"Reflections in a Crystal Palace" (SpaceWays Weekly #98 - 1999)
"Richard 42128" (SpaceWays Weekly #144 - 2000)
"Scorcher" (Twilight Showcase #18 - 2000)
"The Skull of the Serpent" (Adventures of Sword and Sorcery #7 - 2000)
* "Something on the Bed" (StrangeHorizons - 2003 republished in Best
of Strange Horizons anthology, 2004)
"Small Sacrifices" (TransVersions #8/9 - 1998)
"The Solitary Castle" (upcoming in Flashing Swords #TBA)
"The Stone Man" (Flashing Swords #2 - 2005)
"Swarm" (Challenging Destiny #12 - 2001)
"The Temple of the Damned" (Bardic Runes #14 - 1996)
"The Test of the Pearl" (Bardic Runes #11 - 1995)
* "A Touch of Justice" (SpaceWays Weekly #35 - 1998)
"The Whales of Heaven" (The Leading Edge #36 - 1998)
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