Eligibility Post
I am eligible for awards in the short story category, and upon the urging of my Clarion smacklings, I'd like to throw my porkpie hat into the ring:
The year 2020 has been a tirefire, yet the most writing I have ever done. My up-and-coming stories won't be out until the beginning of next year, so I have two offerings.
Cossmass Infinities published a fantasy short, "heartsob playplayplay promisegift," in issue #3 in September of this year.
In a fae-scoured Earth, Caitlin plays several dangerous games with her fae counterpart, Aisling, in order to win her family back. But when stories and your own imagination can be turned against you, when even hope itself can lead you astray, what else is left?
Lamplight published a horror short, "Menobezoar," in Volume 9, issue 2 in December of this year.
Stephen receives an unusual offer, to help his brother Joe overcome all the things holding him back: his rage, his paranoia, his self-loathing. All it takes is for Stephan to eat the nails, wires, and metal shards of his brother's sins.
Who am I
Freelance Writer
Speculative fiction and nonfiction author
- "See With Your Eyes, Not With Your Hands" in Nightmare (TBD)
- "The Absentee Library" in the Buckman Journal (TBD)
- "Menobezoar" in Lamplight, volume 9, issue 2
- "heartsob playplayplay promisegift," published in Cossmass Infinities, issue 3
- Book review of C Pam Zhang's "How Much of These Hills Is Gold" in Strange Horizons
- "Adrift," sci-fi short story published in Flame Tree Press's Robots & Artificial Intelligence anthology
- Clarion West 2019 graduate
Copy editor for Angry Hamster Publishing
- Afterlife: Wandering Souls quickstart
- Afterlife: Wandering Souls, surreal tabletop rpg
Copy editor for Magpie Games
- Supplement for the Masks rpg, Masks: Unbound
- Zombie World, card based tabletop rpg
Contract Writer for Fantasy Flight
- Adventure writer for the Force & Destiny core book Star Wars rpg
- Content writer for Star Wars rpg supplement, Special Modifications
- Content writer for Star Wars rpg supplement, Endless Vigil
- Content writer for Star Wars rpg supplement, Fully Operational
- Content writer for Star Wars rpg supplement, Unlimited Power
- Content writer for Star Wars rpg Era supplement, Rise of the Separatists
- Content writer for Star Wars rpg Era supplement, Collapse of the Republic
- Content writer for Genesys rpg supplement, Shadow of the Beanstalk
- Content writer for Legend of Five Rings rpg supplement, Emerald Empires
- Content writer for Legend of Five Rings rpg supplement, Path of Waves
- Content writer for Legend of Five Rings rpg supplement, Celestial Realms
Copy editor for John Wick Presents' 7th Sea, Second Edition rpg
- Heroes & Villains
- Nations of Theah, Volume 1
- Nations of Theah, Volume 2
- Crescent Empire
- Lands of Gold and Fire
- Copy editor for up and coming rpg supplement (pub date TBD)
Writer for Cortex Prime
- Stretch Goal writer for Prime Spotlight Volume Three Cortex Kickstarter
Writer for Fate of the Remnants
- Content writer for the dark fantasy Fate RPG setting
- Monthly updates available on patreon
Writer for TableStar Games
- Content writer for the mobile tapper, Idle Outbreak
- Available on iTunes
Contract Writer for Wyrd Miniatures
- Primary writer, "Northern Aggression" adventure for Through the Breach rpg
- Writer for Through the Breach rpg supplement, A Night in Rottenburg
- Writer for untitled Through the Breach rpg supplement (pub date TBD)
Contract Writer for Watchtower Games' Fallen
- Wrote and designed some of the Story Cards
- Project fully funded on Kickstarter
Contract Writer for Rumpus' iPhone game Mo'Monsters
- Provided world-building and story background
- Provided sample NPCs and location descriptions
Contract Writer for Blue Shell Games' iPhone game "TinyTown"
- Provided NPC dialogue
- Provided quest descriptions
- Designed tutorial
Game Writer for EA Mobile/Centerscore Studios' mobile phone game titles
- Primary writer for Surviving High School '08
- Supplementary writer for Surviving High School '09
- Peer editor for Surviving Hollywood
- Supplementary writer and editor for Surviving High School for iPhone
Head Writer for Hazmat Games' mobile phone titles
- Level design and story design for Pegasus Lost
- Level design and story design for Pegasus Lost prequel
- Level design and story design for Zombie Noir, Chapter 1
- Level design and story design for Zombie Noir, Chapter 2
Miscellaneous work
- Rulebook editor for TableStar Games
- Wrote and designed "The Stink", a Dungeons & Dragons adventure in Dungeon magazine #105
- Wrote "The Spirit Speaker", a Dungeons & Dragons article in Dragon magazine #323
- Wrote "Dead Factions", a Dungeons & Dragons article in Dragon magazine #339
- Designed fan-playbook "The Radio" for the small press RPG Apocalypse World
Contact me
- mail: monte.lin.mail@gmail.com
- twitter: @Monte_Lin
