Solemn Coyote
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since: 04-23-06, id: 522038, Profile Updated: 04-05-13
country: USA
Author has written 59 stories for Fantasy, General, Supernatural, Fable, Sci-Fi, Horror, General, and Spiritual.

There used to be a long blurb about who I am and what I'm like taking up space on this page.

I've changed since I wrote it.

Here's who I am now:

Me.


Solemn Coyote's rules of literature:

1) This rule or the rule below it may be disregarded at any time.

2) Never assume that I know all the rules.


Current Projects:

-Queue is open.


Words Exchanged:

Ask me to write a story for you. Here's some proof I will.

-"The Rose of Whitekeep." Completed. Started as a tribute to my friend and fellow author, Sabraeal, this story eventually mutated into a 42 page beast. It even has a plot arc of sorts. Be forewarned, however. RoW is intended as a parody of fanfic and as such obeys many of the cliches of the genre. Elves, magical teenage girls, best friends forever, and dresses abound.

-"Stop the Press." Discontinued. Written by various folks, and championed by Burnt Bread. No longer serialized, but fourteen issues long. This thing was intended as a quirky magazine for writers, and gave a lot of us a chance to hone our non-fiction skills.

-"Getting Heated." Completed. A lot of the concepts worked into this story were inspired or borrowed from a friend of mine, who was working on a pen-and-paper rpg that I hijacked for my setting.

-"Reading Red." Not available. A marathon review of Burnt Bread's "Smoke and Mirrors" and an appalling lack of sleep swirled together to produce this aggregate. It's a pretty simple character study, and it's not posted anywhere at the moment. Perhaps if you prevail upon Bread's incredible carbohydrate-based magnanimity, it'll find its way onto ficpress.

-"Dig." Incomplete. Not exactly a sequel to "Getting Heated," but it features a few of the same characters and is part of the same continuity.

And here's some stuff that awesome people have created for me.

-"Knight of Wands" Drawn by: Burnt Bread. Unimpeachable proof of the faculty that wheat-based life-forms have for art.

-"Four Women Jarod Has Kissed." Written by: Sabraeal. Status: complete. It takes everything that my "Ashes to Emily" was supposed to be and makes it beautiful. And it has a Lazarus-hamster.


Stuff People Have Published:

-"Scheherazade": Debuted in the 2009 spring edition of the Short Cuts literary magazine from UMASS. Probably a little late to get a copy, but that's what this profile is for.

-"Prometheus Misplaced": Featured in the December '09 edition of Kasma magazine for the period of one year, which had me all kinds of psyched. Definitely check them out if you feel so inclined. Their site is at http://www.kasmamagazine.com/



1. Epidemonology » reviews
Diseases are sentient, technology runs on voodoo, and half the planet is a radioactive wasteland. Nevertheless, Jason Carol and the other members of a supernatural CDC fight to keep their city safe and free from infectious demons.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Suspense - Chapters: 16 - Words: 53,459 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 5-10-13 - Published: 4-5-13 - Complete
2. Emilies reviews
She was presented to the Smiths on Solstice morning; shivering and wrapped in ribbons to hide her feeding ports.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,520 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-28-13 - Complete
3. The Education
Our future is a very familiar place.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,543 - Published: 11-19-12 - Complete
4. Visitors reviews
Perfection costs a pretty penny.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,321 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-25-12 - Complete
5. Filtering
The purest form of history is the stories we tell to children.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,629 - Published: 9-21-12 - Complete
6. Malus
Garden of Eden, from a leafier perspective.
Fiction: Fable - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,342 - Published: 9-16-12 - Complete
7. A Brief Interruption of Transit
Going cross-country in a world where physics is on hiatus. Scratchwrite.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,276 - Published: 9-2-12 - Complete
8. The Show
Wherein we make believe that we are the predators.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Supernatural/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,800 - Published: 8-30-12 - Complete
9. Her Him, His Her
An aftermath to the apocalypse of self.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 756 - Published: 8-26-12 - Complete
10. Amorah
Llot's daughters, the angels, and tragedy. Heterodoxy.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,968 - Published: 8-22-12 - Complete
11. Corvidae reviews
Meant as a writing exercise, and cribbing pretty heavily from a lot of influences, including a soft drink commercial, my friend SteelKitsune's as-yet-unpublished novel, and Warren Ellis' "Transmetropolitan."
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,538 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-15-12 - Complete
12. And Then The Apple reviews
Our new gods will not be so kind.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 788 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-27-12 - Complete
13. Golem reviews
Sons and fathers made of stone.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 960 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-30-12 - Complete
14. The Patriot reviews
Morality may be simpler than you think.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,564 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-23-12 - Complete
15. Sound and Fury reviews
The dead are a worthwhile industry.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,415 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-21-12 - Complete
16. Brothers
A story in fits and starts.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,284 - Published: 10-28-11 - Complete
17. A Farewell to Astrology reviews
"Why do you think it is," asked the Head of Divinations, taking a careful sip of his latte "that no one wants to hear the future?"
Fiction: Fable - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 721 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-9-11 - Complete
18. Houseguest reviews
An old man learns to speak up.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,917 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-7-11 - Complete
19. Two Worlds reviews
For every decision, you kill a future.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,210 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-12-11 - Complete
20. Things We Don't Talk About Anymore reviews
By Kaylee Winters, Age 7 and 3/4ths.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,015 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-16-10 - Complete
21. A Dustbin of the Soul » reviews
Every writer has a wastebasket tucked in a corner of their mind. It contains the thoughts that never make it and the words that never manage to be spoken. Here are a few of my older poems, drawn from that wastebasket.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 6 - Words: 882 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 9-16-10 - Published: 6-7-06 - Complete
22. Afterglow reviews
Death isn't so bad, apart from the total cessation of being.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: M - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,292 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-16-10 - Complete
23. Among the Lonely Rocks » reviews
Shipwreck, amnesia, and the little ways in which we fall apart.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 6,293 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-13-10 - Published: 9-10-10 - Complete
24. Sunface » reviews
Subjective is the new real. Experimental.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,050 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-31-10 - Complete
25. Silver And You reviews
A little drabble about racism and chemistry.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 706 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-3-10 - Complete
26. The Night They Left The Oven On reviews
A look at quiet desperation.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,318 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-3-10 - Complete
27. Artifact reviews
Quantum and heartbreak.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,199 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-20-10 - Complete
28. Cyst reviews
Nanotechnology and the changing nature of beauty.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,717 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-19-10 - Complete
29. A Stream of Ghosts » reviews
They make for a most polite procession. This is my third collection of poetry, and it deals with the phantoms that remain after you defer a dream.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 14 - Words: 4,249 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 6-5-10 - Published: 1-4-10 - Complete
30. Heavy His Tread reviews
Asimov's laws can be quite unkind.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,966 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-2-10 - Complete
31. Copilot reviews
Truckers in space.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,155 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-27-10 - Complete
32. Permafrost » reviews
Yeah. Culture's tricky.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 8,461 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 5-11-10 - Published: 4-20-10 - Complete
33. The Mimic Rout » reviews
The play's the thing.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Horror/Suspense - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,554 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2-11-10 - Complete
34. Drifter reviews
This is actually classical fantasy. Can you tell?
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,029 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-21-09 - Complete
35. Hoard » reviews
Dragons and offshore casinos. Sorcerers and suburbia. Tragedy and jackalopes. Opposites attract.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 11 - Words: 20,408 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 7-26-09 - Published: 4-28-09
36. Prometheus misplaced reviews
Giving the average human time travel is a lot like dropping a small kid in a candy store with explicit orders not to touch anything.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,986 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-15-09 - Complete
37. Opera » reviews
A Frankenstein story about robotics and free will. Mary Shelley probably wouldn't approve, but Capcom might.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,893 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-23-09 - Published: 4-21-09 - Complete
38. Railways reviews
The proposal to run a subway line through hell was first introduced in January by a tastefully dressed man with a clipboard, horn-rimmed glasses, and a triangular tail.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,037 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 4-21-09 - Published: 12-4-08 - Complete
39. NDOGS »
Who says you can't force a vision quest?
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,764 - Published: 4-2-09 - Complete
40. Winterbrake » reviews
She bought the cabin on an impulse during the summer, back when she truly believed that all she wanted to do was get away from the world and paint. Unfortunately, elves don't care much for artistic retreats and they have no respect at all for privacy.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 7,293 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 2-7-09 - Published: 2-2-09 - Complete
41. Healing Hands reviews
An investigation into whether immortality and compassion are mutually exclusive. Also an exorcism of sorts. That title has been fluttering around the dusty corners of my brain for far too long.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,213 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-1-09 - Complete
42. Lilly and the Troll » reviews
There is a 50% chance that this story contains a cross-dressing troll.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 4 - Words: 7,606 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 12-18-08 - Published: 12-15-08 - Complete
43. Beneath Smoked Glass reviews
They say the jar is full of voices...
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,384 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-11-08 - Complete
44. Dig » reviews
An archaeological expedition departs from New Walpole University to study the ruins of Wheaton. It finds a little more than just dust and echoes. This is a post-apocalyptic Canterbury tale, with a cast of vampires, mutants, and timberwolf professors.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 5 - Words: 14,254 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 6-28-08 - Published: 6-23-08
45. Adelaide and the Ghosts reviews
The afterlife is a hassle.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,517 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 6-22-08 - Complete
46. Opening Winter's Box » reviews
Pandora and I exchange Christmas presents sometimes. She sent me an apple of discord last year, and I gave her these.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 21 - Words: 5,358 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 6-13-08 - Published: 2-5-08 - Complete
47. Getting Heated » reviews
Professor Edward Rasta is a wolf. He also teaches anthropology. These are the least of his problems.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 6,909 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 5-3-08 - Published: 4-12-08 - Complete
48. Boggelmann reviews
A shape in the closet. An arm under the bed. Some childish things are hard to leave behind.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,947 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-27-08 - Complete
49. The Beast In Ellison reviews
Appropriately, this is a story about fear.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,259 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-15-08 - Complete
50. The Rose of Whitekeep » reviews
A very romantical story about elves and magic and teenage girls and dresses and castles and bandits and pastries and more elves. Also a satire. Penned with the express permission and encouragement of Sabrael. Nine out of ten fangirls approve.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 10 - Words: 23,044 - Reviews: 30 - Updated: 3-31-08 - Published: 10-15-07 - Complete
51. Project: Bestiary » reviews
This is a story about monsters, and the dark beyond the campfire. It's also an account of hope, desperation, and impossible odds. It tells of humans being who they are, and who circumstance forces them to be. Mostly, though, it's about monsters.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 6 - Words: 13,420 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 3-31-08 - Published: 4-26-06
52. Faustus: Well, Not Exactly » reviews
A harmless little divine comedy about a king, a demon, and the strangeness of afterlives.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 10 - Words: 13,684 - Reviews: 50 - Updated: 3-31-08 - Published: 1-13-07 - Complete
53. Ashes to Emily reviews
This is the story of a warm, heartfelt apocalypse.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,599 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 3-31-08 - Published: 2-3-08 - Complete
54. A Scrapbook of Autumn » reviews
30% poetry by volume. Natural and artificial flavors. Sodium benzoate added to preserve freshness.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 42 - Words: 9,422 - Reviews: 108 - Updated: 3-27-08 - Published: 5-17-06 - Complete
55. Scheherazade reviews
She's her own work in progress.
Fiction: Fable - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,450 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 3-14-08 - Complete
56. I Do Believe In Faeries » reviews
This is a story about faeries, but without the usual wings, fluff, and sparkles. In fact, it's downright mundane. Perhaps this is an antifairytale.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 8,174 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 1-12-07 - Published: 1-8-07 - Complete
57. Older Than Dead » reviews
This is a story about the parts of people that stick around. Ghosts, you might call them.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Spiritual - Chapters: 5 - Words: 4,018 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 11-16-06 - Published: 11-13-06 - Complete
58. Hatchling » reviews
For children, magic is a simple. Where adults need starstitched robes and glittery staves, all any child needs is a trip to the ocean. This is a story about that, and maybe a few other things.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 4 - Words: 2,578 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 11-12-06 - Published: 11-9-06 - Complete
59. The Only God on the Windowsill » reviews
There are stranger things than the intersection between man and myth. Fiction is one of them. This is a story - short, but not brief - about a lost girl, a homeless trickster God, and the boundary between reality and fantasy.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 6 - Words: 7,648 - Reviews: 41 - Updated: 6-13-06 - Published: 5-2-06