My Writing
By Geoff Porter


Short Stories
THE WOODS || BANE WARRIOR || THE VANGUARD
BEETLES (horror) || BEETLES Revised (horror - different point of view than original)
(These stories have all been taken down because I hope to sell them to an ezine...)

Second Year Short Stories
For a Lizard || RACETRACK || O-MART

Novels
The Witch of the Woods || Juxta, Magi || The Vampire Menace || RAECE: Genesis


Writing
     I started writing while I was in the hospital for a disease of the brain, bi-polar schizoaffective disorder. With just notepads and pens I wrote two novels: Juxta, Magi and The Vampire Menace. I wrote RAECE:Genesis next. While I was motivated to write and get published it seemed like I had no chance, and I had the bright idea of returning to school to study English and Literature. Since I'm disabled I have time for both school and writing. I learned a lot in my first year of school. I am taking more classes this year and will likely step up to university next year.

Stories on the site:

     THE WOODS is my first effort at writing a short story. It's about a girl that goes camping and gets chased by wolves. I told my teacher that I intended to make a novel out of it, and he just smiled and nodded. I don't think he thought I could do it. But, I did it.

     BANE WARRIOR is the second short story I wrote for Ed Davis. It's about a magic slinging bounty hunter. Some people love the story and ask where's the rest of it, while other people don't like it so much. It's a bit of an acquired taste I guess. I intend to make a novel out of this one too, but I don't know when.

     THE VANGUARD is what I call "battle-lore". It's about a young warrior who fights in a great battle. It's rather simple, but a fun read. Originally it jumped between the here and now and flashback a whole bunch, and everybody in class said it was too many flashbacks. This is the revised version without a ton of flashbacks.

     BEETLES and BEETLES (revised) are my first attempts at horror. I want to write horror in the worst way, to me it is the pinnacle of achievement in writing. When I did the revision I literally started with a blank page and rewrote the entire story. I may expand this into a short novel, or a series of short stories. I don't know. I think it's a good premise for a novel I'm just not sure if I can squeeze enough pages out of it.


Year Two Stories -- All three of these stories are attempts at surreal humor. They aren't serious, nobody dies, there is no magic, nothing supernatural happens.

Contact Info
geoffporter@yahoo.com || AIM: TrulyJuxta


Copyright 2007 Geoffrey C. Porter