Novels

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ARIEL (Ace Books, 1983). A young man and a unicorn journey from Atlanta to Manhattan in a world where technology has been replaced by magic.

 
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THE ARCHITECT OF SLEEP (Ace Books, 1986). Alternate-evolution story that assumes primates didn't make it, but raccoons did. The first part of a projected trilogy; incomplete as published.

 
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ORPHANS (Scorpius Digital Books, 2001).
Seventeen stories (four previously unpublished), two novellas, an Afterword, and story notes.

» Listen to “Emerald City Blues.”

 
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THE GNOLE (William Heinemann, 1992). An ecological fantasy best described as “Bilbo takes Manhattan.” Profusely illustrated and gorgeously printed. Story & illustrations by Alan Aldridge. The byline is misleading; the novel was written by Boyett.

 
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TREKS NOT TAKEN (Harper Collins, 1998) answers the burning question, “What if the great writers of our time had written episodes for Star Trek: The Next Generation?”

» Listen to Herman Melville's “Moby Trek”

 

Short Fiction

"The View from On High," The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF), Aug 2000

"Current Affairs," F&SF, Jan 1998

"Drifting off the Coast of New Mexico," Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1995

"Ithaca Bound," Tampa Review #6,  Winter 1995

"Epiphany Beach," F&SF , May 1994

"The Madonna of Port Lligat," Asimov's, June 1994

"Man Overboard," Tampa Review #4, Spring 1993

"Like Pavlov's Dogs," Book of the Dead, ed. John Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989; Zeising Press limited hardcover, 1989

"Emerald City Blues," Midnight Graffiti, Fall, 1988; reprinted in Best of Midnight Graffiti, New American Library, Oct 1992

"The Answer Tree," Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow, Tor, 1988; Dark Harvest limited hardcover, 1988

"True Allegiance," Aboriginal, Nov.-Dec. 1988

"Minutes of the Last Meeting at Olduvai Gorge," Aboriginal, 1987; reprinted in Best of Aboriginal, 1988

"Prodigy," Borderland, ed. Terri Windling, Signet, 1986; Tor Books reprint, Dec 1992

"Bridge," Færy, ed. Terri Windling, Berkley, 1985

"Rocinante," Elsewhere, Vol. III, ed. Terri Windling, Berkley, 1984

Screenplays (Produced)

TOY STORY 2 (second draft), Pixar/Disney Studios, 1999

Comic Books

Ren & Stimpy Quarterly Special #4, Marvel, Jan 1995

Ren & Stimpy Quarterly Special #2, Marvel, June 1994

Ren & Stimpy #16, Marvel, Marvel, Jan 1994

Space Ark #5, Apple Comics, 1990

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