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Robert T. Jeschonek
Jeschonek in 2011
Jeschonek in 2011
Born (1965-09-12) September 12, 1965 (age 59)
NationalityAmerican
PeriodEarly 21st century
GenreScience fiction, fantasy, literary, young adult, horror, slipstream, poetry
Website
www.robertjeschonek.com

Robert T. Jeschonek (born September 12, 1965) is an American writer and author of essays, articles, comic books, and podcasts. 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. Fantasy author Adrian Phoenix has called him "...the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman."[1]

Career

His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, was published in 2011 by Clarion Books.[2] It was named a Top Ten First Novel for Youth by Booklist and won first place in the Teen/Young Adult category of the 2012 Forward National Literature Awards.[3] His science fiction thriller, Day 9, won first place in the Fiction: Cross-Genre category of the 2013 International Book Awards.[4] Jeschonek also won the 2013 Scribe Award for Best Original Novel from the International Association of Media and Tie-In Writers for his alternate history novel Tannhäuser: Rising Sun, Falling Shadows.[5]

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."[6] Jeschonek was long-listed for the British Fantasy Award in 2007 for his story, "Fear of Rain."[7]

Jeschonek's credits include Star Trek fiction published by Pocket Books[7] 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.[8] He is one of a select few writers who have been invited to write stories in Peter David's Star Trek: New Frontier universe.[8] 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.[9]

Jeschonek was also part of the group that published Flood City Comics in the mid-1980s. Flood City Comics was billed as the first comic book series published and sold in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The series ran five issues, numbered backward from 100 (reverting to a forward-numbered sequence with the fourth issue), and featured stories by local writers and artists. Jeschonek edited four of the five issues and contributed stories including "Johnstown Man" (a local superhero) and "Chow World" (adventures on a planet of talking food).[10]

Bibliography

Nonfiction

  • Long Live Glosser's, Pie Press (2014).
  • Penn Traffic Forever, Pie Press (2015).
  • The Glory of Gable's, Pie Press (2016).
  • Richland Mall Rules, Pie Press (2017).

Johnstown, Pennsylvania short fiction

  • Christmas at Glosser's, Pie Press (2013).
  • Easter at Glosser's, Pie Press (2015).
  • Halloween at Glosser's, Pie Press (2015).
  • A Glosser's Christmas Love Story, Pie Press (2016).

Novels

  • Dolphin Knight, Pie Press (2010).
  • My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, Clarion Books (2011).
  • Bloodliner, Pie Press (2011).
  • Day 9, Pie Press (2011).
  • Earthshaker, Pie Press (2011).
  • Dick by Law, Pie Press (2012).
  • The Masked Family, Pie Press (2012).
  • Battlenaut Crucible, Pie Press (2012).
  • Tannhäuser: Rising Sun, Falling Shadows, Fantasy Flight Games (2012).
  • Death by Polka, Pie Press (2012).
  • A Pinstriped Finger's My Only Friend, Pie Press (2013).
  • Unbullied, Pie Press (2014).
  • Deathlands: Child of Slaughter, (as James Axler) Gold Eagle (2015).

Audio drama

  • Deathlands 124: Child of Slaughter, (as James Axler) GraphicAudio (2016).

Short fiction collection

  • Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal, PS Publishing (2008).
  • In a Green Dress, Surrounded by Exploding Clowns and Other Stories, Pie Press (2018).

Short fiction

Comic books

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).
  • "The Spinach Can's Son" in StarShipSofa 323 (2014).
  • "In A Green Dress, Surrounded By Exploding Clowns" in StarShipSofa 506 (2017).
  • "A Little Song, A Little Dance, A Little Apocalypse Down Your Pants" in StarShipSofa 529 (2018).

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

Captain Midnight

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)
  • "A Canvas as Big as a World" in Mars One, Humanity's Next Great Adventure, Benbella Books (2016).

Poetry

E-Books

  • The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe, Pie Press (2010).
  • Fear of Rain, Pie Press (2010).
  • Rose Head, Pie Press (2010).
  • My Cannibal Lover, Pie Press (2010).
  • The First Detect-Eve, Pie Press (2010).
  • The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake, Pie Press (2010).
  • Forced Retirement, Pie Press (2010).
  • Playing Doctor, Pie Press (2010).
  • Blazing Bodices, Pie Press (2010).
  • Serial Killer vs. E-Merica, Pie Press (2010).
  • Trek This!, Pie Press (2010).
  • Trek Off!, Pie Press (2010).
  • Trek Fail!, Pie Press (2010).
  • The Dolphin Knight, Pie Press (2010).
  • The Genie's Secret, Pie Press (2010).
  • Dick by Law, Pie Press (2010).
  • Bloodliner, Pie Press (2010).
  • Groupie Everlasting, Pie Press (2010).
  • Earthshaker, Pie Press (2010).
  • The Masked Family, Pie Press (2010).
  • Dionysus Dying, Pie Press (2010).
  • Six Fantasy Stories Volume 1, Pie Press (2010).
  • Six Scifi Stories Volume 1, Pie Press (2010).
  • Six Short Stories, Pie Press (2010).
  • Lump, Pie Press (2010).
  • Death by Polka, 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).
  • Six Scifi Stories Volume 2, Pie Press (2011).
  • Girl Meets Mind Reader, Pie Press (2011).
  • The Sword That Spoke, Pie Press (2011).
  • Six Fantasy Stories Volume 2, Pie Press (2011).
  • Day 9, Pie Press (2011).
  • Seven Comic Book Scripts Volume 1, 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).
  • Six Scifi Stories Volume 3, Pie Press (2011).
  • The Other Waiter, Pie Press (2011).
  • Six Crime Stories Volume 1, Pie Press (2011).
  • Getting Higher, Pie Press (2011).
  • The Shrooms of Benares, Pie Press (2011).
  • Star Sex, Pie Press (2011).
  • A Grain from a Balance: A Trek Screenplay, Pie Press (2011).
  • Vendetta: A Trek Screenplay, Pie Press (2011).
  • Sticks and Stones, A 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).
  • Flight of Ideas, Pie Press (2012).
  • Forced Partnership, Pie Press (2012).
  • The Wife Who Never Was, Pie Press (2012).
  • Seven Comic Book Scripts Volume 2, Pie Press (2012).
  • Six Superhero Stories, Pie Press (2012).
  • Mr. Sandman: The Dream Lord Awakens, Pie Press (2012).
  • Heaven Bent, A Novel, Pie Press (2012).
  • Snowman's Chance in Hell, Pie Press (2012).
  • The Bear in the Cable-Knit Sweater, Pie Press (2012).
  • Scifi Motherlode, Pie Press (2012).
  • Seven Comic Book Scripts Volume 3, Pie Press (2013).
  • Warning! Do Not Read This Story! Pie Press (2012).
  • Tijuana, Massachusetts, Pie Press (2013).
  • The Secret of the Ultimate Male Enhancement, Pie Press (2013).
  • A Pinstriped Finger's My Only Friend, Pie Press (2013).
  • Luminaria, Pie Press (2013).
  • The Memory of You Lingers, Pie Press (2013).
  • Undercrowd, Pie Press (2013).
  • The Slaughterers, Pie Press (2013).
  • Daddy's Little Girl, Pie Press (2013).
  • The Walking Bomb, Pie Press (2013).
  • Christmas at Glosser's, Pie Press (2013).
  • Six Scifi Stories Volume Four, Pie Press (2014).
  • The Spinach Can's Son, Pie Press (2014).
  • Cock-a-Doodle Die, Pie Press (2014).
  • Long Live Glosser's, Pie Press (2014).
  • Easter at Glosser's, Pie Press (2015).
  • Comic Book Motherlode, Pie Press (2015).
  • The Dancing Dead, Pie Press (2015).
  • The Messiah Business, Pie Press (2016).
  • Monkey Sea, Monkey Do, Pie Press (2017).

References

  1. ^ Jeschonek, Robert (September 9, 2011). "Seven Comic Book Scripts Volume One". Pie Press. Retrieved May 7, 2017 – via Amazon.
  2. ^ admin. "Back from New York - The Fictioneer". Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "International Book Awards - Honoring Excellence in Independent & Mainstream Publishing". Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Scribe Award Winners Announced - Lee Goldberg". July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "SF Signal: MIND MELD: What Was the Last SF/F Book That Surprised You?". Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b "Robert T. Jeschonek, Fiction Writer". Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b Ayers, Jeff. Star Trek: Voyages of Imagination. New York: Pocket Books, 2006: 557-558. ISBN 1-4165-0349-8
  9. ^ Hunter, Robert J. (1996). The Evolution of a College: A Chronicle of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 1927–1993. Johnstown, PA: University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Press.
  10. ^ Jeschonek, Robert T. (2012). Seven Comic Book Stories Volume One. Johnstown, PA: Pie Press Publishing
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