Clayton Emery's Stories and Books
and a few Screenplays

Stories to read
Ebooks for free or sale
Paperbacks available
Podcasts to hear

A complete list of my works runs at the bottom.

Now in paperback
from Amazon!

Royal Hunt
A Robin & Marian Mystery

The unflagging foresters uncover
a witch cult bent
on the ultimate sacrifice!
 Royal Hunt - A Robin & Marian Mystery by Clayton Emery



Podcast

Flushing Scarlett
A Robin & Marian Mystery

Robin Hood's crazy cousins tear through pigsties, prostitutes, purses, and pratfalls.
 Flushing Scarlett - A Robin & Marian Mystery Podcast by Clayton Emery



Now a paperback
from Amazon!

Robin Hood
and the
Bells of London

Panic, pogroms, and peril
in the mean streets
of London!
 Robin Hood and The Bells of London by Clayton Emery



Now in paperback
from Amazon!

Pale Ghost

Joseph Fisher risks
Indian torture and Puritan wrath
to prove murder during a massacre!

Podcast of the
original short story!

 Pale Ghost: A Joseph Fisher Colonial Mystery by Clayton Emery



Now in paperback
 from Amazon!

Jumping the Jack

Hunted and hated,
two engineers fight
to save a space station
from disintegrating!
Jumping the Jack Ebook by Clayton Emery and Earl Wajenberg



Now a Free Ebook

Robin Hood
and the
Beasts of Sherwood

Swords, spirits, and sorcery
assail the Merry Men,
Women and Children!
 Robin Hood and The Beasts of Sherwood by Clayton Emery



Free Story and Podcast

True Zoo Revue:
Python Peril!

Rule #2: Don't get strangled.
 "Python Peril!" by Clayton Emery



Free Book Online

The Face at the Porthole

Two teens face a dilemma:
to be grounded for life
or dumped in the harbor?
 The Face at the Porthole - A Teen Mystery by Clayton Emery



Free Story Online

Jesus and the Warlord

The Man from Nazarus frees
a hostage to save a city.
 "Jesus and the Warlord" by Clayton Emery



Story and Podcast

Neighbor Ephraim

A mountain man is trapped between a starving grizzly and a screaming mother-in-law.

"Neighbor Ephraim" - A Mountain Man Story by Clayton Emery



Story and Podcast

Floating Bread and Quicksilver

Robin and Marian
follow the cries of seagulls
to find a drowned sailor.

Podcast read by the
sultry Susan Therriault!

 Maid Marian in "Floating Bread and Quicksilver" by Clayton Emery



Free Story Online

Dowsing the Demon

Robin and Marian find death by witchcraft in a locked room.
 "Dowsing the Demon" - A Robin & Marian Mystery by Clayton Emery



Now a paperback
from Amazon!

Mandrake and Murder
The Complete R&M Mysteries

Robin and Marian
track the deadliest killers
of the Dark Ages!
 Mandrake and Murder - The Robin & Marian Mysteries by Clayton Emery



Story and Podcast

Flyting, Fighting

Robin and Marian
fight each other
more than the enemy.
 "Flyting, Fighting" - A Robin & Marian Mystery by Clayton Emery



Free Story Online

Blood Sacrifice

Soldiers vs giant scorpions
- or something else?
 Blood Sacrifice



Free Story Online

Totaled

Tyger wants to know,
"What's up with this car?"
2004 Edgar® Nominee!
 Tyger Blake, PI in "Totaled" by Clayton Emery



Story and Podcast

Every Man a King

A suicide mission at the
Battle of New Orleans.
Every Man a King - The Battle of New Orleans by Clayton Emery



Story and Podcast

The Thing in the Furnace

What's a spaceship on the lawn
got to do with our heating bill?
"Furnace" - This Odd House by Clayton Emery



Free Story Online

Going Home

Hippies? Dead as dinosaurs. 		King Dinosaur in "Going Home"



A Descent Freespace
Story

A Thousand Years

In a galaxy far away,
a lone pilot takes on a fleet.
A Thousand Years - A Descent Freespace Story



Free Story Online

Couch

Power-napping can
lead to strange awakenings.
Couch by Clayton Emery



A Forgotten Realms Story

Forged in Fire

Even pirates can get ambushed.
"Forged in Fire" - A Forgotten Realms story by Clayton Emery



Story and Podcast

"Bring Me the Head
of Irongrip Goodfellow!"

Belgar and Tug
take on the town's
most popular wizard.
Belgar the Barbarian

Bonus: Belgar and Tug

The Heroic Version

Art by David
Didn't Get His Last Name
 Bonus pic: Belgar and Tug by David


 

A Lost
Forgotten Realms
Story

Bold as Brass

Never call an efreeti a genie.
Neverwinter Nights NEW Story



Free Story Online

Night School

In Sembia's Selgaunt,
business
is a cutthroat affair.
Tamlin Uskevren of Selgaunt



Free Story Online

If Serpents Envious

Joseph Fisher struggles
to save a slave from burning.
Joseph Fisher Colonial Mysteries



Free Story Online

Inwardly Ravening Wolves

Joseph Fisher tracks a wolf
that ate a dead man. 		Joseph Fisher Colonial Mysteries



Free Story Online

Vanished As She Sang

Joseph Fisher defends
Blackbeard
from a charge of murder!
"Vanished As She Sang" - A Blackbeard / Joseph Fisher Mystery by Clayton Emerya



Free Story Online

Robin Hood's Treasure

A comedy of errors
in Sherwood Forest. 		"Robin Hood's Treasure" by Clayton Emery



Free Story Online

Robin Hood and the Pirates

Blood and danger in the sun-drenched Mediterranean.
"Robin Hood and the Pirates" by Clayton Emery



Free Story Online

Robin Hood and the Hobyas

The Merry Men suffer
a swarm of evil. 		"Robin Hood and the Hobyas" by Clayton Emery



Published Stories

"Flushing Scarlett", podcast, June 2009
"Night School" reprinted in THE HALLS OF STORMWEATHER, February 2007
"Neighbor Ephraim" in Muzzleloader, July/August 2005
"If Serpents Envious" with JF reprinted in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF NEW HISTORICAL WHODUNITS, 2005
"Every Man a King" in Muzzleloader, July/August 2003
"Totaled" in Thrilling Detective Magazine (online), Summer 2002
"Against Flesh and Blood" with JF, Muzzleloader, Jan/Feb 2002
"Night School" in THE HALLS OF STORMWEATHER, July 2000
"Every Man a King" in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SWORD AND HONOR/HONOUR, 2000
"Flyting, Fighting" in MURDER THROUGH THE AGES, 2000
"Plucking a Mandrake" in MURDER MOST MEDIEVAL, 2000
"Fathoming Fortune" with R&M in EQMM, July 2000
Vanished As She Sang Chapbook, self-published, 2000
"Forged in Fire" in REALMS OF THE DEEP: THE THREAT FROM THE SEA, March 2000
"Vanished As She Sang" with JF in EQMM, March 2000
"If Serpents Envious" (shortened) with JF in Muzzleloader, Sept/Oct 1999
"Squaring the Circle" with R&M in Crimestalker Casebook, Winter 199
"Tilting the Tournament" with R&M in EQMM, July 1999
"The Pale Ghost Escapes" with JF in Muzzleloader, Nov/Dec 1998
Descent: Freespace: "A Thousand Years" formerly on Interplay's website, August 1998
"Abjuring Justice" with R&M in EQMM, August 1998
"If Serpents Envious" with JF in EQMM, July 1998
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #58 (Rob O' the Hedge) with Ken Penders, May 1998
"Inwardly Ravening Wolves" with JF in Muzzleloader, March/April 1998
"Flushing Scarlett" with R&M in EQMM, March 1998
"Dowsing the Demon" reprinted in "StoryBytes" on Internet, Sept 30 1997
"Shriving the Scarecrow" with R&M in EQMM, Sept/Oct 1997
"A Loaf of Quicksilver" reprinted in ONCE UPON A CRIME II, August 1996
"A Loaf of Quicksilver" with R&M in EQMM, October 1995
"Grinding the Ghost" with R&M in EQMM, March 1995
"Dowsing the Demon" with R&M in EQMM, November 1994
"Robin Hood's Treasure" in THE FANTASTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, June 1991
"Jesus and the Warlord" originally published in TALES OF ROBIN HOOD


Stories and Concepts Not Previously Published

"True Zoo Revue: Python Peril!"
"Bring Me the Head of Irongrip Goodfellow!"
"Couch"
"Furnace"
"Blood Sacrifice"
"Robin Hood and the Pirates"
"Bold as Brass"
"Going Home"
"Robin Hood and the Hobyas"
WindWolf
The Face at the Porthole - A Teen Mystery

Ebooks

Pale Ghost: A Joseph Fisher Mystery
Royal Hunt: A Robin & Marian Mystery
Robin Hood and the Beasts of Sherwood
Robin Hood and the Bells of London


Published Novels

PALE GHOST: A Joseph Fisher Colonial Mystery
ROBIN HOOD AND THE BELLS OF LONDON
JUMPING THE JACK
Magic: The Gathering: Magic Legends Cycle: Book 1: JOHAN, April 2001
Magic: The Gathering: Magic Legends Cycle: Book 2: JEDIT, December 2001
Magic: The Gathering: Magic Legends Cycle: Book 3: HAZEZON, August 2002
Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires: STAR OF CURSRAH, February 1999
Forgotten Realms: Arcane Age: Netheril Trilogy: Book One: SWORD PLAY, June 1996
Forgotten Realms: Arcane Age: Netheril Trilogy: Book Two: DANGEROUS GAMES, November 1996
Forgotten Realms: AA: Netheril Trilogy: Book Three: MORTAL CONSEQUENCES, January 1998
CARDMASTER, February 1997
Magic: The Gathering: WHISPERING WOODS, January 1995
Magic: The Gathering: SHATTERED CHAINS, March 1995
Magic: The Gathering: FINAL SACRIFICE, May 1995
Shadow World Book One: THE BURNING GODDESS, July 1994, as Ian Hammell
Shadow World Book Three: CITY OF ASSASSINS, October 1995, as Ian Hammell
Runesword Volume One: OUTCASTS, July 1990
TALES OF ROBIN HOOD, April 1988
THE 4D FUNHOUSE with Earl Wajenberg, September 1985

Kids' Books

Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? THE TALE OF THE CAMPFIRE VAMPIRES, July 1997
Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack: FATHER-DAUGHTER DISASTER! June 1997

Plays Performed

"Vanished As She Sang", The Player's Ring, Portsmouth NH, July 2006

Nonfiction

Contributor, HOW TO WRITE KILLER HISTORICAL MYSTERIES by Kathy Lynn Emerson, 2008

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