Robert T. Jeschonek

Robert T. Jeschonek
Jeschonek in 2011
Born	September 12, 1965 (1965-09-12)
Nationality	American
Period	Early 21st century
Genres	Science fiction, fantasy, literary, young adult, horror, slipstream, poetry
www.robertjeschonek.com

Robert T. Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, essays, articles, comic books, and podcasts have been published around the world. He writes fiction in a wide range of genres, including fantasy, humor, literary, mystery, science fiction, and super-heroes. His work is intended for young readers, young adults, and adult readers.

His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, was published in 2011 by Clarion Books and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It was named a Top Ten First Novel for Youth in 2011 by Booklist and received excellent notices from review publications and sites including Publishers Weekly, The Bulletin of the Center of Children’s Books, and School Library Journal. A collection of his fantasy and science fiction stories, Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal, was released in 2008 by PS Publishing in England.

According to Mike Resnick, "(Jeschonek) sees the world like no one else sees it, and makes incredibly witty, incisive stories out of that skewed worldview." Jeschonek was long-listed for the British Fantasy Award in 2007 for his story, "Fear of Rain."

Jeschonek's credits include Star Trek fiction published by Pocket Books and Doctor Who fiction from Big Finish. Jeschonek's work appeared in three volumes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, winning the grand prize in Volume VI. He is one of a select few writers who have been invited to write stories in Peter David's New Frontier universe. His story, "Oil and Water," appeared in Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits.

Jeschonek is based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, where he served as editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, The Advocate.

Bibliography

Novels

• My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, Clarion Books (2011).
• Day 9, Pie Press (2011).
• Earthshaker, Pie Press (2011).
• Tannhäuser: Rising Sun, Falling Shadows, Fantasy Flight Games (2012).

Short story collection

Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal, PS Publishing (2008).

Short fiction

• "A Wall of Lisas" in Backroads (1983).
• "Wave a White Flag" in Backroads (1986).
• "Vincent's Secret Students" in Abyss & Apex (2004).
• "The Duck Lover" in Loyalhanna Review (2004).
• "Drifters" in Sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com (2005).
• "Fear of Rain" in Postscripts 8 (2006).
• "Zinzi-zinzi-zinzic" in Darker Matter 3 (2007).
• "The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe" in Postscripts 12 (2007).
• "Snakeskin" in Postscripts 13 (2007).
• "Why the Cop with a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose-Head Mask" in Helix Speculative Fiction Quarterly 8 (2008).
• "Acirema the Rellik" in Future Americas, DAW Books (2008).
• "Fear of Rain" in ESLI (Russia) (2008).
• "The Wish of a Wish" in Crime Spells, DAW Books (2009).
• "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake" in Space and Time 108 (2009).
• "Forced Retirement" in A Thousand Faces, The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction 9 (2009).
• "Ballad of the Groupie Everlasting" in The Trouble With Heroes, DAW Books (2009).
• "Snowman's Chance in Hell" in Postscripts 20/21, Edison's Frankenstein (2010).
• "One Awake in All the World" in Destination Future, Hadley Rille Books (2010).
• "Crimes in the Key of Murder" in Pulp Empire Volume 3 (2010).
• "Flight of the Black Coach" in Story Portals (2011).
• "The Secret of the Ultimate Male Enhancement" in Space and Time 115 (2011).

Comic books

• "Young Soldiers Never Die" in War, Saddle Tramp Press (2004).
• "Shit's on First" in Commercial Suicide (U.K.) (2005).
• "Redneck Neighbor" in Dead by Dawn Quarterly (2006).
• "Unstoppable" in Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2010 #1, DC Comics (2010).

Podcast fiction

• "Fear of Rain" in Podcastle 007 (2008).
• "Snowman's Chance in Hell" in Drabblecast 167 (2010).
• "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake" in Escape Pod 242 (2010).
• "Dionysus Dying" in Theme and Variations Opus 2 Episode 1 (2010).
• "Something Borrowed, Something Doomed" in Drabblecast 180 (2010).
• "The Bear in the Cable-Knit Sweater" in Podcastle 141 (2011).
• "A Matter of Size" in Drabblecast 195 (2010).
• "Playing Doctor" in Escape Pod 313 (2011).

Twitter Serial

Shave, in Thaumatrope (January 2010).

Star Trek fiction

• "Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story" in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Volume III, Pocket Books (2000). (Third Prize Winner.)
• "The Shoulders of Giants" in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Volume V, Pocket Books (2002).
• "Our Million-Year Mission" in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Volume VI, Pocket Books (2003). (Grand Prize Winner.)
• "Oil and Water" in Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits, Pocket Books (2003).
• "The Secret Heart of Zolaluz" in Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores, Pocket Books (2005).
• Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Cleanup, E-book, Pocket Books (2006).
• Star Trek: Voyages of Imagination, Pocket Books (2006).
• "The Cleanup" in Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Out of the Cocoon, Pocket Books (2010).

Doctor Who

• "Rock Star" in Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership, Big Finish Productions (2008).

Captain Midnight

• "Shipwreck in the Sky" in Captain Midnight Chronicles, Moonstone (2010).

Essays, articles, etc.

• "To Boldly Go Where No Comic Has Gone Before: Ten Of The Best Star Trek Comic Book Stories" in Amazing Heroes #181 (July 1990)
• "Here Come the Lower Deckers" in Star Trek Magazine #7 (Sept/Oct 2007)
• "Be Like House!" in House Unauthorized, Benbella Books (2007).
• "Time: The Final Frontier" in Star Trek Magazine #10 (Mar/Apr 2008)
• "Final Authority" in Star Trek Magazine #16 (Mar 2009)
• "Sympathy for the Devils" in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural, Benbella Books (2009).
• "Neelix & Kes" in Star Trek Magazine #32 (Mar 2011)
• "Fringe Double-Blinded Me With Science" in Fringe Science, Benbella Books (2011).
• "Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3" in Star Trek Magazine #37 (Oct/Nov 2011)

Poetry

• "Incongruity" in American Collegiate Poets, International Publications (Fall 1984).
• "Lighthouse" in Backroads (Winter 1984).
• "Desubstantiation" in Backroads (Winter 1985).
• "Night School" in Backroads (Winter 1985).
• "Memoriam" in Backroads (Fall 1985).
• "Weight for Me(at)" in Backroads (Fall 1985).

E-Books

• The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Fear of Rain, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Rose Head, Tsetse Press (2010).
• My Cannibal Lover, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The First Detect-Eve, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Forced Retirement, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Playing Doctor, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Blazing Bodices, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Serial Killer vs. E-Merica, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Trek This!, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Trek Off!, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Trek Fail!, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Dolphin Knight, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Genie's Secret, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Dicks, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Bloodliner, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Groupie Everlasting, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Earthshaker, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Masked Family, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Dionysus Dying, Tsetse Press (2010).
• 6 Fantasy Stories, Tsetse Press (2010).
• 6 Scifi Stories, Tsetse Press (2010).
• 6 Short Stories, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Lump, Pie Press (2010).
• Dancing With Murder, (as Samantha Shepherd), Pie Press (2010).
• Universal Language, Pie Press (2011).
• Diary of a Maggot, Pie Press (2011).
• Heroes of Global Warming, Pie Press (2011).
• Tommy Puke and the Boy with the Golden Barf, Pie Press (2011).
• One Awake In All The World, Pie Press (2011).
• Give the Hippo What He Wants, Pie Press (2011).
• The Teacher of the Century, Pie Press (2011).
• The Return of Alice, Pie Press (2011).
• Off the Face of the Earth, Pie Press (2011).
• Road Rage, Pie Press (2011).
• Something Borrowed, Something Doomed, Pie Press (2011).
• 6 More Scifi Stories, Pie Press (2011).
• Girl Meets Mind Reader, Pie Press (2011).
• The Sword That Spoke, Pie Press (2011).
• 6 More Fantasy Stories, Pie Press (2011).
• Day 9, Pie Press (2011).
• 7 Comic Book Scripts, Pie Press (2011).
• Backtracker, (as Jason Koenig), Pie Press (2011).
• Crimes in the Key of Murder, Pie Press (2011).
• Who Unkilled Johnny Murder? Pie Press (2011).
• The Foolproof Cure for Cancer, Pie Press (2011).
• The Other Waiter, Pie Press (2011).
• 6 Crime Stories, Pie Press (2011).
• Getting Higher, Pie Press (2011).
• The Shrooms of Benares, Pie Press (2011).
• Star Sex, Pie Press (2011).
• Trek Script!, Pie Press (2011).
• Trek Script 2, Pie Press (2011).
• Trek Novel!, Pie Press (2011).
• Trek You!, Pie Press (2011).
• Trek It!, Pie Press (2011).
• Tommy Puke and the World's Grossest Grown-Up, Pie Press (2011).
• Lenin of the Stars, Pie Press (2012).
• Forced Betrayal, Pie Press (2012).
• Beware the Black Battlenaut, Pie Press (2012).

External links

• Official homepage
• Author's Facebook Page
• Author's Twitter ID: @TheFictioneer
• You Tube Channel
• Author's Amazon Store
• Author's LiveJournal
• Author's blog
• Amazon Author Central Page
• Robert T. Jeschonek at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Tsetse Press