Gene O'Neill (born 1938) is an American writer of

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. O'Neill's professional writing career began after completing the

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in 1979. Since that time, over 100 of his works have been published. His short story work has appeared in '' Cemetery Dance Magazine'', ''

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''. O'Neill has had many occupations besides writing including

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player,

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agent, and vice president of a small manufacturing plant. He also holds two degrees from

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and

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Awards and honors

Besides having his stories reprinted worldwide, including Russia, Spain, and France, he has received many other honors including: *''The Taste of Tenderloin'' received a 2009 starred review in ''

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'' *''The Confessions of St. Zach'' received a "Best Small Press Chill" Black Quill Award nomination from Dark Scribe in 2009

Bram Stoker Awards

*"Balance", received a

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nomination for Best Short Fiction in 2007 *''The Confessions of St. Zach'' received a Bram Stoker Award nomination for Best Long Fiction in 2009 *''Taste of Tenderloin'' won the

for Best Fiction Collection in 2010

Select bibliography

Novels and novellas

*''The Grand Struggle'' (

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, 2004) *''Collected Tales of the Baja Express'' ( Delirium Books, 2006) *''White Tribe'' ( Elder Signs Press, 2007) *''The Confessions of St. Zach'' (

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, 2008) *''Lost Tribe'' (Bad Moon Books, 2009) *''Not Fade Away'' (forthcoming, 2010)

Sacramento detective series

*''Shadow of the Dark Angel'' (Dominion, 2002 / Bad Moon Books, 2009) *''Deathflash'' (Bad Moon Books, 2009) *''Double Jack'' (Bad Moon Books, 2011)

Cal Wild series

*''The Burden of Indigo'' (Prime Books, 2002) *''The Armless Conductor'' (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) (September, 1987) *''The Confessions of St. Zach'' (Bad Moon Books, 2008) *''Doc Good's Travelling Show'' (Bad Moon Books, 2009) *''The Great Northern Sweetwater Raid'' novella featured in the collection called ''Sideshow Exhibits'' (Sideshow Press, 2010) *''Jade'' (Bad Moon Books, 2010)

Short stories

Stories from anthologies and magazines: *"The Burden of Indigo" ''Twilight Zone Magazine'' (October, 1981) *"The Affective Connection" ''Pulpsmith'' (1982) *"Dakota Safari" ''Twilight Zone Magazine'' (April, 1983) *"Alchemy" ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (May, 1983) *"It's in Their Eyes" from the anthology ''Damnations'' edited by R. K. Leming (Miskatonic University Press, 1984) *"300 S. Montgomery" ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (July, 1984) *"The Shadow of the Mountain" ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (March, 1985) *"The White Quetzal" ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (July 1985) *"The Armless Conductor" ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (September, 1987) *"Live Oak" from the anthology ''Men and Women of Letters'', edited by John Yewell (1988) *"With Grace" '' Tales of the Unanticipated'' (Spring/Summer/Fall, 1990) *"Awaken Dragon" ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''(May, 1990) *"The Beautiful Stranger" ''Starshore'' (Spring, 1991) *"The City Never Sleeps" from the anthology ''Dead End: City Limits'' edited by David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson (

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, 1991) *"New Kicks" ''Cemetery Dance Magazine'' #13 / Volume 4, #3 (Summer, 1992) *"Undercover" ''Science Fiction Age'' (November, 1992) *"In the Big Window" ''Eldritch Tales'' #29 (Fall, 1993) *"Down on the 01 Level" ''Science Fiction Age'' (May, 1994) *"The Ishikawa Proliferation" ''Tomorrow Speculative Fiction'' (October, 1995) *"Groundling Dancer" ''Science Fiction Age'' (July, 1997) *"The Hitchhiking Effect" ''Science Fiction Age'' (May, 1998) *"Flange Turner" from the anthology ''Hideous Dreams'' edited by L. H. Maynard, M. P. N. Sims (Cosmos Books/Wildside Press, 2001) *"The Apotheosis of Nathan McKee" from the anthology ''Unnatural Selection'' edited by Gord Rollo (Cosmos Books, 2001) *"Dead Cat Meets Frankenpup" from the anthology ''Dead Cats Bouncing'' edited by Gerard Houarner & GAK (Necro Publications/Bedlam Press, 2002) *"The Faceless Man" ''Redsine'' #8 (April, 2002) *"You Do the Math" ''Redsine'' #10 (October, 2002) *"When Legends Die" from the anthology ''Decadence'' edited by Monica J. O'Rourke (Prime Books, 2002) *"Jackie" from the anthology ''Darkness Rising Volume 5: Black Shroud of Fear'' edited by M. P. N. Sims and L. H. Maynard (Prime Books, 2002) *"Magic Numbers" from the anthology ''

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'' edited by Elizabeth E. Monteleone and Thomas F. Monteleone (Borderlands Press, 2003) *"Masquerade" from the anthology ''Bare Bone #6'' edited by Kevin L. Donihe (

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, 2004) *"White Tribe" from the anthology ''New Dark Voices'' edited by Shane Ryan Staley ( Delirium Books, 2004) *"Dance of the Blue Lady" ''Cemetery Dance Magazine'' #53 (2005) *"Balance" ''Cemetery Dance Magazine'' #55 (2006)

Collections

*''Rockers, Shamans, Manikins & Thanathespians'' (Silver Lake Publications, 2001) *''Ghost, Spirits, Computers and World Machines'' (Prime Books, 2001) *''The Grand Struggle'' *''The Taste of Tenderloin'' ( Apex Publishing, 2009)

References

External links

*
Gene O'Neill's entry on Fantastic Fiction
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Interview with Gene O'Neill by Apex PublishingInterview with Gene O'Neill by ''Fear Zone'Interview with Gene O'Neill by ''Really Scary''
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