So many of us are kinda stuck staying home a lot, and that means more reading time! Or, at least, time spent reading so you don’t go batshit because you’re stuck staying at home a lot……
As one possible thing to read, how about my writing? I’ve already posted about my Star Trek work, and now we move on to other TV show tie-ins, which are listed below in alphabetical order, and include: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI: NY, Doctor Who, Farscape, Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Heroes, Leverage, Orphan Black, Sleepy Hollow, Stargate, Supernatural, The X-Files, Xena, and Young Hercules.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Novels:
- The Xander Years Volume 1 — novelizing three Xander-focused episodes, “Teacher’s Pet,” “Inca Mummy Girl,” and “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”
- Blackout — a novel focusing on previous Slayer Nikki Wood, who worked in New York in 1977 and faced off against Spike and Drusilla
- The Deathless — on Ring Day at Sunnydale High School, an evil Russian sorcerer is attempting to be resurrected
Nonfiction:
- The Watchers Guide Volume 1 (written with Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder) — a guide to the first two seasons of Buffy
- “‘Fool for Love’: Railroaded” in Outside In Takes a Stab: 139 New Perspectives on Buffy by 139 Writers — the final diary entry of Nikki Wood’s Watcher in 1977 New York when Spike killed her
- “‘Darla’: One Bad Day” in Outside In Gains a Soul: 127 New Perspectives on 127 Angel and Firefly Episodes by 127 Writers — the final diary entry of Xin Rong’s Watcher in 1900 China when Spike killed her
CSI: NY
Novels:
- Four Walls — Mac Taylor and his team of CSIs have two cases, a murder in a medium-security prison on Staten Island and another one in a café in the Bronx
Doctor Who
Short stories:
- “UNITed We Fall” in Decalog 3: Consequences — the Fourth Doctor must defuse a time bomb (literally) in the United Nations, aided by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- “Life from Lifelessness” in Short Trips: Destination Prague — the First and Fourth Doctor both encounter the Golem of Prague
Anthology editing:
- Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership — I edited this anthology but did not have a story in it, as the First through Eighth Doctors meet various leaders from throughout time and space
Nonfiction:
- “A Moment of Heroism: Thinky Thoughts on Doctor Who‘s ‘The Day of the Doctor’” on Tor.com — a piece on the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special in 2013
- “Brave Heart: Why Tegan Jovanka was a 21st-Century-Style Companion Before the 21st Century” in Children of Time: The Companions of Doctor Who — an examination of how Tegan Jovanka was a companion ahead of her time
Farscape
Novels
- House of Cards — taking place during the late second season, the gang goes to a gambling planet where Rygel loses Moya in a card game
Short stories:
- “Many a Mile to Freedom” in Farscape: The Official Magazine #1 — the gang must escape from a crime lord’s prison
- “Brotherly Love” in Farscape: The Official Magazine #2 — a story that focuses on Captain Bialar Crais
- “Ten Little Aliens” in Farscape: The Role-Playing Game — Crichton, D’Argo, and Crais are among those kidnapped for a contest among aliens to capture a prize
Comic books:
- Farscape Omnibus Volume 1 (written with Rockne S. O’Bannon) — collecting four post-finale storylines, “The Beginning of the End of the Beginning,” “Strange Detractors,” “Gone and Back,” and “Tangled Roots” — Rygel returns home to claim his throne, a vicious disease spreads through the Uncharted Territories, Crichton visits an Unrealized Reality, and Aeryn learns a shocking truth about the Peacekeepers — and the three D’Argo miniseries D’Argo’s Lament, D’Argo’s Trial, and D’Argo’s Quest — which provide D’Argo’s backstory as well as what he did between seasons three and four
- Red Sky at Morning — Moya returns to the homeworld of the Pilots and learn of a new threat to the Uncharted Territories
- Compulsions — Moya teams with another Leviathan to deal with a new foe
- The War for the Uncharted Territories — the Peacekeepers have a surprising new leader, the Kkore are invading, and Crichton must bring the species of the UTs together or risk losing everything
Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda
Novels:
- Destruction of Illusions — a prequel to the series, showing what both Tyr Anasazi and Beka Valentine and the crew of the Eureka Maru were doing in the nine months leading up to the discovery of Andromeda Ascendant and the time-frozen Dylan Hunt
Heroes
Novellas:
- Save the Cheerleader, Destroy the World — the untold story of what happened between the final episode of Heroes and June 15th disaster in Heroes Reborn, from the point of view of Claire
Leverage
Novels:
- The Zoo Job — a small zoo in central Massachusetts didn’t get the black rhinos they paid for, leading half the Leverage crew to west Africa and the other half to the world of the uber-rich who illegally purchase wild animals
Orphan Black
Reference:
- Classified Clone Report: The Secret Files of Dr. Delphine Cormier — a guide to the TV series through reports, e-mails, memos, photographs, articles, and more
Sleepy Hollow
Novels:
- Children of the Revolution — toward the end of the first season, Ichabod Crane and Detective Abby Mills must find a series of medals that were issued during the Revolutionary War before they’re used to resurrect Serilda of Abaddon
Stargate
Novels:
- SG-1: Kali’s Wrath — toward the end of the fifth season, Jacob Carter and Bra’tac must team up to help SG-1 face off against Kali and the return of the Reetou
Short Stories:
- “Time Keeps on Slippin'” in SG-1/Atlantis: Far Horizons — a story that takes place between seasons three and four, explaining Carter’s non-regulation haircut and Teal’c’s soul patch
- “Sun-Breaker” in SG-1/Atlantis: Homeworlds — on board the General George Hammond, Carter and Teal’c must stop the Lucian Alliance from acquiring a Go’auld weapon
Nonfiction:
Supernatural
Novels
- Nevermore — in the second season, the boys go to the Bronx to solve some Edgar Allan Poe-themed killings and stop a haunting
- Bone Key — two demons super-charge the ghosts that haunt Key West, but one becomes too powerful and the Winchester brothers must work with the demons to stop it
- Heart of the Dragon — a violent spirit appears in 1969 San Francisco and is banished by the Campbell family of Samuel, Deanna, and Mary; it returns in 1989, and is banished again by John Winchester; and it comes back again in 2009 in the midst of the angel-demon war and must be stopped by Sam, Dean, and Castiel
Nonfiction
- “Not Just a Pretty Face (or Two)” in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural — the introduction to this essay collection talking about the show’s broad appeal
- John Winchester Hardcover Ruled Journal — this is a mostly blank notebook, designed to look like John Winchester’s journal, but it also includes several pages of text from that journal, which I wrote
The X-Files
Short stories:
- “Back in El Paso My Life Would Be Worthless” in Trust No One — a second-season story where Mulder and Scully are to work alongside an FBI agent who’s not thrilled at being stuck with the weirdos in the basement
Xena/Hercules
Novels:
- Young Hercules: Cheiron’s Warriors — Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason go on spring break only to have it ruined by Strife, Discord, and Ares
- Young Hercules: The Ares Alliance — when Cyane’s Amazon tribe is kidnapped by a West African god, Ares and Hercules reluctantly team up to rescue them
Short stories:
- “Recurring Character” in The Further Adventures of Xena, Warrior Princess — a mercenary keeps getting beat up by Xena no matter where he goes