James Douglas Aikin (born 1948) is an American

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writer based in

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. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes articles for various music industry magazines, including ''

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'', '' Keyboard Magazine'', and ''Mix''. Aikin sold his first fiction story to ''

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'' where it appeared in the February 1981 issue.

Bibliography

All titles listed chronologically.

Short works

*Cleaving, '' Amazing'', November 1984 *Statues, ''

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'', November 1984 *Dance for the King, '' Omni'', November 1984 *My Life in the Jungle, ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', February 1985 *A Place to Stay for a Little While, ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', 1986 *Dancing Among Ghosts, ''

'', February 1988 *Run! Run!, ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', September 2008 *An Elvish Sword of Great Antiquity, ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', January 2009 *Leaving the Station, ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', December 2009

Collections

*''Beyond Armageddon'' (1985, "My Life in the Jungle") *''The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 13'' (1987, "A Place to Stay for a Little While") *''The Omni Book of Science Fiction 6'' (1989, "Dance for the King") *''The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection'' (1989, "Dancing Among Ghosts")

Novels

*''Walk the Moons Road'' (May 1985, , Del Rey) *''The Wall at the Edge of the World'' (March 1993, , Ace Books)

Interactive fiction

*''Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina'' (1999) *''Last Resort'' (2006) *''Lydia's Heart'' (2007) *''Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret'' (2008, with

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) *''April in Paris'' (2008) *''A Flustered Duck'' (2009; winner of the Spring Thing) *''The Only Possible Prom Dress'' (2022)

Non-fiction works

*''Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming'' (January 2004, , Backbeat Books) *''A Player's Guide to Chords & Harmony'' (June 2004, , Backbeat Books) *''Picture Yourself Playing Cello'' (2012, , Course Technology) *''Csound Power!'' (2013, , Course Technology)

As editor

*''The Guide To MIDI Orchestration'' (3rd Edition, August 2004, , Musicworks Atlanta) *''Real World Digital Audio'' (2005-11-30, ,

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