Collaborations

Sometimes two authors will decide to collaborate on a project thinking each will only have to do half the work. If only it were that easy. Some might say a good literary collaboration is even harder to come by than a good marriage. Blending two disparate voices, approaches, and egos can be a daunting undertaking. Literary history--both written and unwritten--is littered with aborted collaborations. But when you imagine the possibilities--say, Samuel Beckett teaming up with Jim Thompson--what a crime novel, or play, that would be!

Over the next few months you'll find further exploration of collaborations on this page of the Melanie & Steve Tem web site, including the possibility of participating in one of these collaborations. For now, here's a bibliography of collaborations Steve and Melanie have done together, and with other authors.

COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN STEVE & MELANIE TEM:

"The Man on the Ceiling" -- Novella in chapbook form.  Woodstock, IL:  American Fantasy Press, 2000.  Winner of the World Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, and the International Horror Guild Award!

"Prosthesis," Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1986.

"Resettling," Post Mortem, ed. Paul F. Olson and David B. Silva, New York: Dell, 1989. Reprinted in Nursery Crimes, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1993.

"The Sing," SF International 1

"Kite," Starshore Magazine, Fall 1990.

"This Icy Region My Heart Encircles," The Ultimate Frankenstein, ed. Byron Preiss, New York: Dell, 1991.

"The Tenth Scholar," The Ultimate Dracula, ed. Byron Preiss, London: Headline Books, 1992. Reprinted in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, ed. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, New York: St. Martin's, 1992.

"Mask of the Hero," Chilled to the Bone, ed. Robert T. Garcia, Niles, IL: Mayfair Games, 1991.

"Beautiful Strangers," (chapbook), Arvada, CO: Roadkill Press, 1993.

"Safe at Home," Hottest Blood, ed. Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett, New York: Pocket Books, 1993.

"More Than Should Be Asked," Scream Factory 15

"The Marriage," Love in Vein, ed. Poppy Z. Brite, New York:HarperPrism, 1994.

"Mama," Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly and Martin H. Greenberg, New York: Warner Books, 1995.

"Nvumbi," Xanadu 3, ed. Jane Yolen, New York: Tor Books, 1995.

"Lost," Imagination Fully Dilated, ed. Alan M. Clark and Elizabeth Engstrom, Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 1998.

COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN MELANIE & OTHER AUTHORS:

"House Full of Hearts" (with Joseph R. Tem), Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Jill M. Morgan, and Robert Weinberg, New York: Random House, 1995.

And, of course, the novels written with Nancy Holder, Making Love and Witchlight, from Abyss (look under Melanie Tem: Works).

COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN STEVE & OTHER AUTHORS:

"Silhouettes" (with Roma Felible), Flesh Fantastic, ed. Amarantha Knight, Masquerade Books, 1995.