This document provides a list of publications by Dr. Gregory Vance, including books, academic articles, fiction works, poetry, and reviews. It shows that Dr. Vance has written extensively in various genres, publishing in both academic journals and smaller literary magazines. His areas of focus include horror, fantasy, mythology, and literary analysis. The extensive list demonstrates Dr. Vance's prolific career as both a scholar and creative writer.
Live Hacking - Durch Refactoring zu sauberem CodeRoland Mast
Code wird viel öfter gelesen als geschrieben. Deshalb ist es wichtig, dass die Implementierungen leicht verständlich sind. Ansonsten kommt es zu immer längeren Entwicklungszeiten und vielen Fehlern. Das Einhalten wichtiger Design-Prinzipien sorgt für die Wartbarkeit der Software. Refactoring hilft bei der Wartung oder Erweiterung von weniger sauberem Code.
In meinem Vortrag werde ich kurz einige Clean-Code-Prinzipien vorstellen und ein paar wichtige Refactoring-Methoden aufzeigen. Den größten Teil wird jedoch ein Live-Refactoring einnehmen, in dem ein bestehendes Stück Java-Code nach und nach verbessert wird. Unit-Tests dienen dabei als unabdingbare Hilfe, um jederzeit die korrekte Funktionalität überprüfen zu können. Der nächste Entwickler, der diesen Code lesen muss, wird uns dankbar sein.
Melvan Tibbetts was a Union soldier occupying Pensacola for a portion of the Civil War. We are very lucky to have the 20 letters that he wrote home to his family in Maine. These letters supply a wealth of information about West Florida during the Civil War, but they also provide a strong sense of familiarity with Melvan himself. This presentation demonstrates how much of an author's personality is contained in historical documents and how this results in a more personal understanding of the past for the reader.
As this is designed to be given live, the information for each slide is filled in by the presenter.
Live Hacking - Durch Refactoring zu sauberem CodeRoland Mast
Code wird viel öfter gelesen als geschrieben. Deshalb ist es wichtig, dass die Implementierungen leicht verständlich sind. Ansonsten kommt es zu immer längeren Entwicklungszeiten und vielen Fehlern. Das Einhalten wichtiger Design-Prinzipien sorgt für die Wartbarkeit der Software. Refactoring hilft bei der Wartung oder Erweiterung von weniger sauberem Code.
In meinem Vortrag werde ich kurz einige Clean-Code-Prinzipien vorstellen und ein paar wichtige Refactoring-Methoden aufzeigen. Den größten Teil wird jedoch ein Live-Refactoring einnehmen, in dem ein bestehendes Stück Java-Code nach und nach verbessert wird. Unit-Tests dienen dabei als unabdingbare Hilfe, um jederzeit die korrekte Funktionalität überprüfen zu können. Der nächste Entwickler, der diesen Code lesen muss, wird uns dankbar sein.
Melvan Tibbetts was a Union soldier occupying Pensacola for a portion of the Civil War. We are very lucky to have the 20 letters that he wrote home to his family in Maine. These letters supply a wealth of information about West Florida during the Civil War, but they also provide a strong sense of familiarity with Melvan himself. This presentation demonstrates how much of an author's personality is contained in historical documents and how this results in a more personal understanding of the past for the reader.
As this is designed to be given live, the information for each slide is filled in by the presenter.
Lecture 18 - The Turn to Speculative FictionPatrick Mooney
Eighteenth lecture for my students in English 192, "Science Fiction," summer 2013 at UC Santa Barbara.
Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m13/
Sixth lecture for my students in English 192, "Science Fiction," summer 2013 at UC Santa Barbara.
Course website: http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/ta/m13/
Postapocalytic Curating: Cultural Crises and Permanence of Art in Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven by Carmen M. Mendez-Garcia. This is a study by Carmen M. Mendez-Garcia discussing the collection of artefacts in the post-collapsed society of Emily St. John Mandel's book Station Eleven. In the essay, Mandez-Garcia talks about her objection to many aspects within the text; however, she acknowledges that Station Eleven is a rare, hopeful, and positive post-apocalyptic text, about how life goes on––especicially human life, since we may not be ready to imagine a world without humanity, even if the texts it glorifies, or rather their celebration throughout history, are problematic, as she has attempted to show. These bastions of humanity are presented as to be preserved only through communal effort, not through individualistic forces that often drive the protagonists in this kind of text.
1. Dr. GREGORY VANCE
Publications:
Critical book of literary scholarship
Dread and Portent: Reading H. P. Lovecraft’s Necronomicon as Social Criticism. (2014). Pallid
Mask Publishing.
Academic articles
“DIVAnation: The Essence of Inner Divinity.” (2015). Faces of the Goddess. No. 70.
“A Leader on the ‘Shining Path’.” (2015). Faces of the Goddess. No. 69.
“Cinematic Life: The Hero Genre Translated into Film.” (2014). Faces of the Goddess. No. 68.
“Nature’s Elementals: Dragons.” (2011). Faces of the Goddess. No. 63. (reprint)
“Ride of the Valkyries: Icelandic Myths.” (2011). Faces of the Goddess. No. 62.
“The Moon Goddess & Me.” (2011). Faces of the Goddess. No. 62. (reprint)
“Nuclear Meltdown and Time Dilation: Did Japan’s Tragedy Modify Space-Time?” (2011).
Atlantis Rising No. 89.
“Lilith: Queen of Shadows.” (2011). Faces of the Goddess. No. 60. (reprint)
“Hitler’s Last Card: Did War’s End Prevent a Nasty Surprise?” (2011). Atlantis Rising No. 87.
“Rings of Fire.” (2011). Atlantis Rising No. 86.
“War: What Are You So Good For?” (2010). Faces of the Goddess No. 59.
“Left and Right: Brain Power at Work.” (2010). Faces of the Goddess No. 58.
“The Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking: Watchmen as a Mirror of Times.” (2009). Mania.com
(online journal). 5 March 2009.
“What Does it Mean to Love?” (2008). Faces of the Goddess No. 52. (reprint)
“Words That Start With “S”.” (2006). Writing Matters: Second Edition. (reprint)
“H. P. Lovecraft: A Checklist of First Editions.” (2006). Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine.
Vol. 16, No. 3.
“Words That Start With “S”.” (2004). Writing Matters.
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“Hanging Paintings on Literary Walls: Ekphrasis in J. K. Huysmans’s A rebours.” (2002). Essays
in Arts and Sciences. Vol. 31.
“When Cthulhu Calls: A Guide to Collecting H. P. Lovecraft in Paperback.” (2000). Paperback
Parade. No. 54.
“My Intro to Superheroes.” (2000). Comic Book Parade. No. 1.
“What Does it Mean to Love?” (2000). Faces of the Goddess. No. 29.
“The Search for the Elusive Unicorns or Collecting the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series.” (1999).
Paperback Parade. No. 51.
“The Moon Goddess & Me.” (1999). Faces of the Goddess. No. 27.
“The Devil Commands – A Comparison.” (1999). Open Tomb. No. 7.
“Ishtar: Goddess of Love and War.” [Co-author Sharon Niman]. (1998). Faces of the Goddess.
No. 23.
“Love and War: Some Notes From a Tortured Soul.” (1998). Faces of the Goddess. No. 23.
“Nature’s Elementals: The Dragons.” (1998). Faces of the Goddess. No. 22.
“Order From Chaos or The Death of Tiamat,” (1998). Faces of the Goddess. No. 22.
“Nights of the Living Dead: A Bone Picking View of the Old and the New.” [Co-author Scott H.
Urban]. (1998). Open Tomb. No. 5.
“Lilith: Queen of Shadows.” (1997). Faces of the Goddess. No. 20.
“A Brief Bit About Breakfast Cereals.” (1997). Spaghetti. No. 4.
“Critically Speaking.” (1997). Spaghetti. No. 4.
Reviews and Introductions
Martin Tropp. Images of Fear: How Horror Stories Helped Shape Culture (1818-1918). (2004).
FemSpec. 5.1.
S. T. Joshi. Ramsey Campbell and Modern Horror Fiction. (2002). Extrapolation. 43, 1.
Damien Broderick. Transrealist Fiction: Writings in the Slipstream of Science.
S. T. Joshi. Lord of the Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters – H. P. Lovecraft.
David A. Oakes. Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic.
(2001). Extrapolation. 42, 2.
Charles A. Carpenter. Dramatists and the Bomb.
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Phillip Wylie and Edwin Balmer. When Worlds Collide, and After World Collide. (2000).
Extrapolation. 41, 1.
Reel Frights: Boris Karloff Films. (1998). Open Tomb. No.6.
Darrell Schweitzer, ed. Discovering Classic Fantasy Fiction. (1998). Extrapolation. 39, 2.
Cult of the Cobra. (1998). Faces of the Goddess. No. 21.
Reel Frights: Burn Witch Burn. (1998). Open Tomb. No. 4.
Darrell Schweitzer, ed. Discovering Classic Fantasy Fiction. (1997). Extrapolation. 38, 4.
George Zebrowski. Beneath the Red Star: Studies on International Science Fiction.
R. A. Lafferty. It’s Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs: Essays and Speeches on Fantastic Literature.
L. Sprague de Camp. Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants: Essays on Literature, Film, and
History.
Jeffery M. Elliot and Robert Reginald. The Work of George Zebrowski: An Annotated Bibliography
and Literary Guide. (1997). Extrapolation. 38, 3.
Bette B. Roberts. Anne Rice. (1996). Extrapolation. 37, 2.
Darrell Schweitzer. Pathways to Elfland: The Writings of Lord Dunsany. (1990). Extrapolation.
31, 2.
Novalyne Price Ellis. One Who Walked Alone. (1989) Extrapolation. 30, 4.
Malcolm Smith. Mythical and Fabulous Creatures. (1989) Extrapolation. 30, 4.
Darrell Schweitzer. Discovering H. P. Lovecraft. (1989) Extrapolation. 30, 4.
Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman. Robert E. Howard.
Sheldon Jaffery, ed. The Weirds.
Michael R. Collings. The Stephen King Phenomenon. (1988). Extrapolation. 29, 1.
“Forward.” (1985). Minor Apocalypes and Other Small Horrors. Unnameable Press.
Fiction (book and anthology appearances)
Fear of Flying Coach. (2009). Book: the Sequel – First Lines from the Classics of the Future by
Inventive Imposters. Public Affairs/Perseus Books Group.
The Missing Narrative of Neptune. Contains both the novella The Missing Narrative of Neptune
and the story “The Missing Treasure of Aztlan.” (2008). Scrybe Press.
“The Letter.” Lost Worlds of Space and Time Vol. 2. (2006). Rainfall Publications.
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“The Adventure of the Yellow Sign.” (2006). Rehearsals For Oblivion: Act One.. Elder Sign
Press.
“R.I.P.” Demonology: Grammaticus Demonium. (2004). Double Dragon Publications.
“Scratch.” [Co-author Scott H. Urban]. Demonology: Grammaticus Demonium. (2004). Double
Dragon Publications.
“The Tunnel Back.” [Co-author Scott H. Urban]. Enter the Realm. (2004). Sells Publications.
“The Wind Has Teeth.” [Co-author Scott H. Urban]. The Ithaqua Cycle. (1999). Chaosium
Books. [originally published in When the Black Lotus Blooms, 1990]
“The Scorched Smell of Dreams.” [Co-author Scott H. Urban]. The Conspiracy Files. (1998).
Daw Books.
Book Binding. (1995). Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Press.
“The Wind Has Teeth.” [Co-author Scott H. Urban]. When the Black Lotus Blooms.. (1990).
Unnameable Press.
Fiction (magazine and online appearances)
“Interpreting the Signs of Life and Death.” (2015). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
The Missing Narrative of Neptune. (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“Fish Wish.” (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“From Land’s End to the Other Side.” (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“Wherever You Go, There You Are.” (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“Until You Hear the Sound of My Gun.” (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“In the Wee Wee Hours of the Night.” (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“The Missing Treasure of Aztlan.” (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“The Adventure of the Yellow Sign.” (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
Scratch. [Co-author Scott H. Urban]. (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask Publishing.
“The Tunnel Back.” [Co-author Scott H. Urban]. (2014). Amazon/Kindle. Pallid Mask
Publishing.
“Courage.” [Co-author Brian Leno]. (2005). Lunatic Chameleon. No. 6. Two Cats Press.
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“Blind Man’s Bluff.” (2000). Agents of the Shadow. No. 10. Joseph McCullough Press.
“The Divinity of Words.” (2000). Faces of the Goddess. No. 28. La Tigre Press.
“Heartbreak for Emily.” (1998). Frightmares. No. 5. John Bingham Publishing.
“How They and Tracey Swim.” (1997). Not Dead, But Dreaming. No. 7. Dead Asleep
Productions.
“Familiar Faces.” (1997). The Darklands Project. No. 1. The Darklands Press.
“A Peer Amid the Gods.” (1996). Gaslight: Tales of the Unsane. (Fall/Winter). Straight-Jacket
Publications.
“The Parlour de l’Occult.” (1995). Terminal Fright. No. 9. Terminal Fright Press.
Poetry (book appearances)
“Left Alone to Rot.” (2004). Epitaphs. Padwolf Publishing.
“On the Right Side of the Tracks.” (1996). On the Right Side of the Tracks. Settlement Acres
Society Press.
“Down and Away (My Queen),” “My Body Goes on Forever.” (1995). Once Upon a Midnight.
Unnameable Press.
“The Window.” (1986). All the Devils are Here. Unnameable Press.
“Rigor Mortis,” “It Glistens,” “Undertow,” “Violent Motion.” (1985). Minor Apocalypes and
Other Small Horrors. Unnameable Press.
Leng. (1984). Unnameable Press.
Poetry (magazine appearances)
“Stage Fright,” “Down There.” (2010). Between the Lines. Art Soup.
“Fear 127,” “Fear 712” (2010). Beautiful Scruffiness. No. 3. Morbid Maiden Publishing.
“I Confess” (2010). Port City Poets. 31 March 2010. [e-zine]
“Extra Sensory Perceptions” (2010). Port City Poets. 15 March 2010. [e-zine]
“333” (2010). Faces of the Goddess. No. 57. La Tigre Press.
“God & Goddess” (2009). Faces of the Goddess. No. 56. La Tigre Press.
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“Lovely Lotus” and “Praying For Your Return.” (2009). Faces of the Goddess. No. 55. La Tigre
Press.
“No End in Sight.” (2008). La Lune Bleue Planete. [e-zine]
“333.” (2008). La Lune Bleue Planete. [e-zine]
“15 August 1945.” (2008). La Lune Bleue Planete. [e-zine]
“He Who Sleeps Long Awakens Hungry.” (2006). Lovecraft’s Disciples. No. 3. Rainfall
Publications.
“The Duct Tape Mummy or A Tale of the Sticky Stuff.” (2005). Lunatic Chameleon. No. 5. Two
Cats Press. [e-zine]
“Cat*as*trophy,” [Co-author Tamara Wiandt]. (2004). Lunatic Chameleon. No. 4, Vol. 2. Two
Cats Press.
“He Who Must Not Be Blamed.” (2004). Lunatic Chameleon. No. 4, Vol. 1. Two Cats Press.
“Lounge Lizard.” (2003). Lunatic Chameleon. No. 3. Two Cats Press.
“The Nine Signs of Desire.” (2002). Luna Negra. Spring issue. Kent State University Press.
“Kite-Like.” (2002). Yellow Bat Review. No. 3. Richard Geyer Publications.
“True Love,” [Co-author Tamara Wiandt]. (2002). Lunatic Chameleon. No. 1. Two Cats Press.
“A Mongolian Ghost Story.” (2001). Frisson: Disconcerting Verse. No. 23. Skull Job
Productions.
“Ode to a Love Found in the Dark.” (2000). Faces of the Goddess. No. 29. La Tigre Press.
“Damned Litany.” (2000). Frisson. No. 19. Skull Job Productions.
“What Goddess May Bring.” (2000). Faces of the Goddess. No. 28. La Tigre Press.
“Angels Hold Us.” (2000). Not Dead, But Dreaming. No. 11. Dead Asleep Publishing.
“God(dess)Head.” (1999). Faces of the Goddess. No. 26. La Tigre Press.
“A Subtle Key.” (1999). Frisson. No. 16. Skull Job Productions.
“Ginger Bread,” “Theory’s Fragile Ground,” “God(dess)head.” (1999). The Catbird Seat. No. 7.
Two Cats Press.
“What Spirit Left,” “A Look That Kills.” (1999). Not Dead, But Dreaming. No. 10. Dead Asleep
Publishing.
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“Lucifer (at the World’s Twilight).” (1999). Frisson. No. 15. Skull Job Productions.
“Open Tomb: The Sequel.” (1998). Open Tomb #3. Steve Gans Publishing.
“Between Destiny & Chaos,” “Upon Finding the Mummified Remains of an Old Messiah.” (1998).
The Catbird Seat. No. 6. Two Cats Press.
“Salomé,” “As Shadows Fall.” (1998). Not Dead, But Dreaming. No. 9. Dead Asleep Publishing.
“Supplication,” “By Love and Lust Consumed,” “Pantomime.” (1998). Faces of the Goddess. No.
23. La Tigre Press.
“A Glimpse of Glory,” [Co-author Jennifer Wise], “Divinity.” (1998). The Catbird Seat. No. 5.
Two Cats Press.
“(In) Morning Star,” “The Little Death.” (1998). Not Dead, But Dreaming. No. 8. Dead Asleep
Publishing.
“Azathoth’s Black Laugh.” (1998). Frisson: Disconcerting Verse. No. 11. Skull Job Productions.
“We,” “A Space for Love,” “Eloquence: The Plane of Pain.” (1998). The Catbird Seat. No. 4.
Two Cats Press.
“A Dragon Poem.” (1998). Faces of the Goddess. No. 22. La Tigre Press.
“The Unbalanced Self-Portrait of a Still-life Surrealist.” (1998). Dead Blue Eyes. No. 1. Doorway
Productions.
“Spidery Scrawl,” “A Universe of Chance,” “Mortal (Plane).” (1998). The Catbird Seat. No. 3.
Two Cats Press.
“That Matters All Over.” (1998). Mindmares. No. 4. Tracy Martin Publishing.
“Medusa of the Hard-Ons,” “Sphinx,” “Burn.” (1998). Faces of the Goddess. No. 21. La Tigre
Press.
“The Flesh That’s Left.” (1998). Frisson. No. 9. Skull Job Productions.
“Refreshment.” (1998). Mindmares. No. 3. Tracy Martin Publishing.
“I Dig it All: Alone,” “To a Goddess in the Missionary Position.” (1997). Not Dead, But
Dreaming. No. 7. Dead Asleep Productions.
“Linear Science Destiny,” “OR • ION • LOVE,” “Stygian Physics,” “Sacred Soul (So-So). (1997).
The Catbird Seat. No. 2. Two Cats Press.
“A Heart and Soul (Unknown),” “With Your Words.” (1997). Not Dead, But Dreaming. No. 6.
Dead Asleep Publishing.
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“Dark Lilith.” (1997). Faces of the Goddess. No. 20. La Tigre Press.
“Birthday Suit,” “Blood of Her Blessed-Self.” (1997). Faces of the Goddess. No. 19. La Tigre
Press.
“A Cage of Bones,” “Birthday Suit.” (1997). Blunt Trauma. No. 1. Doorway Productions.
“In Starlight Isis Smiles.” (1997). Faces of the Goddess. No. 18. La Tigre Press.
“Vagari in Dementia Nos.” (1997). Mindmares. No. 1. Tracy Martin Publishing.
“The Bride in White.” (1997). Frisson. No. 7. Skull Job Productions.
“Left Alone to Rot.” (1997). Epitaphs: Tales of Dark Fantasy & Horror. No. 2. Pirate Writings
Publishing.
“The Art of Knife Throwing.” (1997). Frisson. No. 6. Skull Job Productions.
“A Pattern to Lonely Thought,” “Sunbeam Dreams,” “Shrug it Off as Nothing,” “A Faith in What’s
to Come.” (1997). The Catbird Seat. No. 1. Two Cats Press.
“Love’s Conclusion.” (1996). Frisson. No. 4. Skull Job Productions.
“Conjuration #54.” (1996). Frisson. No. 3. Skull Job Productions.
“Time2.” (1996). Spaghetti. No. 2. Francis Biscotti Publishing.
“Ode to Syvia Plath.” (1996). Frisson. No. 1. Skull Job Productions.
“A Poem For the Sleepless Night.” (1990). New Kent Quarterly. Spring issue. Kent State
University Press.
“Intro to Sleep,” “Appalling?,” “Under-Water,” “Vampire’s Own,” “Hum a Few Bars of that Poem,
Man,” “Undying Love,” “Sacrifice to a Suburban Deity.” (July 1985). Under Water Magazine.
No. 4. Under Water Press.
“The Meeting,” [with Ray DiCillo], “Coleridge,” “Drought Dream,” “Second-Sight.” (Nov. 1984).
Under Water Magazine. No. 3. Under Water Press.
“War,” “Game,” “It Glistens,” “Brain-Drain,” “Three Things.” (Aug. 1984). Under Water
Magazine. No. 2. Under Water Press.
Audio Books
The Missing Narrative of Neptune (April 2009). Read by Michael Glagola. Produced by
Magnificent Story Graphics & Genre World Venues.