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Scott Virtes - Writing
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BOOKS & CHAPBOOKS
  1. "Improbable Jane" (longpoem chapbook), SamsDot Publishing (11/08)
  2. "Peripheral Visions" (poetry chapbook), Assume Nothing Press (5/06)
  3. "Blank Spaces and other dangers" (story collection), RageMachine Books (5/06)
  4. "Afterlife 9" (poetry chapbook), self (3/06)
  5. "insomnia f/x" (poetry e-chapbook), truefire.com (9/01)
  6. "the Other secret house" (poetry chapbook), Lockout Press (7/01)
  7. "Year of the Twist" (story collection), iUniverse (6/01)
SCREENPLAYS
  1. "Left Behind", character dialog (& game mechanics) for major release by Left Behind Games (7/07)
  2. "Girl Trouble", short film: 20 minute Abbott & Costello style comedy (PhillipsFilms) (on hold)
  3. "Vincent", short film: 20 minute crime drama (Actors Playground) (1/08)
  4. "Nightbeat 2 & 3", short film: 30 minute crime noir serials (Phillips Films) (on hold)
  5. "The Siberians", short film: 8 minute comedy (Actors Playground) (8/04)
  6. "Just Relax!", short film: 9 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (6/04)
  7. "Tech Support Blues", short film: 9 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (4/04)
  8. "Ms. North", short film: 7 minute offbeat comedy (Actors Playground) (3/04)
  9. "Psyched Out", short film: 12 minute dark comedy (Actors Playground) (2/04)
  10. "Voice of the Dead", short film: 25 minute ghost story (Phillips Films) (12/03)
    Winner: Best Short Film at GoreFest 2004
  11. "Mr. Graves", short film: 10 minute paranoid fantasy (Actors Playground) (8/03)
  12. "Into the Dead Room", 20 minute student film (directed by Jeff Branch) (2/03)
  13. "Arthur: the King, the Sword, the Legend", Corel Corp (CD-ROM adventure game, 4 hours) (9/98)
  14. "The Adventures of Shrimp E. Shrimp", SCV Systems (children's game, 15 minutes) (5/97)
NONFICTION
    • Articles about Writing:
    1. "The Dreaded Outline" in The Creative Urge (2/87)
    2. "Pacing Yourself" in The Creative Urge (6/87)
    3. "The Value of Sporadic Thought" in The Creative Urge (8/87)
    4. "The Moebius Strip Genre Game" in The Creative Urge (12/87)
    5. "The Writer/Editor Creature" in The Creative Urge (7/88)
    6. "Pondering Poetry: focus & threads" in Star*Line (2006)
    7. "Pondering Poetry: pacing & spacing" in Star*Line (2006)
    • The DARK WINDOWS Series:
    1. "A Peel Crazy Window" in Nightmare Express (5/87)
    2. "A Window on Windows" in Nightmare Express (8/87)
    3. "A Window on Many Legs" in Nightmare Express (11/87)
    4. "A Window on Hands" in Nightmare Express (11/88)
    • Gaming Articles:
    1. "Almost Instant Towns" in DragonScroll, July 1999
    2. "Goethe" in GURPS Who's Who 2 (Steve Jackson Games), 1999
    3. "Almost Instant Motivation" in Mystic Ages, Sep 2001
    • Science & Nature Articles:
    1. "The Fermat Debate: Some History" in Mindsparks v1n3 (12/93)
    2. "Montana Sapphire Mines" in Rockorder (Vista Gem & Mineral Soc.) (5/06)
    • Stamp Articles:
    1. "Well Traveled" in Perfins Bulletin (10/91?)
    2. What are Stamps Worth? at Themestream, SCV Stamps
    3. Stamp buyer's guide, part one at Themestream, SCV Stamps
    4. Buying Stamps at Online Auctions at Themestream, SCV Stamps
    5. Selling Stamps at Online Auctions (posted 11/8/00) at Themestream, SCV Stamps
    • Misc:
    1. "Remember the Ancient Mariner" in Illumen (Aut 2008)
    2. "Unusual Vampire Lore" in Hungur 3 (12/07) - winner of the James Baker Award for nonfiction, 2008
    3. "Location: Salton Sea" in Expressions (6/05)
    4. "Out of the Closet" in Lil Demon Review #1 (11/87)
    5. "Starships & Moutain Hollows: A Profile of Bobby Warner" in The Creative Urge (4/88)
EDITOR/PUBLISHER
I was editor and publisher of the following magazine issues:
  • 1- SYCOPHANT #1, publ 9/86, 300 sold
  • 2- SYCOPHANT #2, publ 1/87, 84 sold
  • 3- ALPHA ADVENTURES #15, publ 2/87, 150 sold
  • 4- SYCOPHANT #3, publ 6/87, 400 sold
  • 5- ALPHA ADVENTURES #16, publ 7/87, 200 sold
  • 6- SYCOPHANT #4, publ 10/87, 300 sold
  • 7- ALPHA ADVENTURES #17, publ 5/88, 250 sold
  • 8- ALPHA ADVENTURES #18, publ 7/88, 250 sold
TOTAL copies sold = approx 2000
TOTAL mss read (and so forth) = approx 3300
QUIT the publications, 12/89 to get my own work done.
  • 9- ALPHADRIVE 001, publ 12/97 (one of the first CD-ROM zines)
  • 10- ALPHADRIVE 002, publ 5/98 (moved to the web, one of the first well-illustrated webzines)
  • 11- ALPHADRIVE 003, publ 4/99
QUIT the publications, 6/99 to get my own work done. And web zines had become so commonplace, it was no fun anymore.
I think I learned my lesson this time.
During these ventures, I published works by Kevin J. Anderson,
Doug Beason, Dean Wesley Smith, J.N.Williamson, Bruce Boston,
and many more.
I was editor only for these productions:
  1. The Book of Tentacles, SamsDot Publishing (coming in 2009)
  2. Infradead: Tales of Human Extinction, SamsDot Publishing (coming in 2009)
  3. Appalling Limericks, SamsDot Publishing (2006)
ARTWORKS
  1. Cover art: "Jumping Bones", accepted at SamsDot Publishing (2008)
  2. Cover art: "Blue sky tentacles", accepted at SamsDot Publishing (2008)
  3. "Sunflower god", accepted for SamsDot Publishing 2008 calendar (not used)
  4. Cover design: "The Green Women", by Laura J. Underwood, SamsDot Publishing (12/07)
  5. Cover design: "The Ghost People", by James Steimle, SamsDot Publishing (11/07)
  6. Cover design: "The Phantom World", by Gary Crawford, SamsDot Publishing (11/07)
  7. Cover design: "Sometimes While Dreaming", by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, SamsDot Publishing (10/07)
  8. Cover design: "Potters Field #2", SamsDot Publishing (10/07)
  9. Cover design: "Hungur 3", SamsDot Publishing (10/07)
  10. "cereal", in Hungur 3 (12/07)
  11. "gargoyle", in Hahaku (8/07)
  12. "1-dimensional characters", in Hahaku (8/07)
  13. Cover design: "Wondrous Web Worlds #6", SamsDot Publishing (2/07)
  14. Cover art & design: "Ecotastrophe", SamsDot Publishing (9/06)
  15. Cover art: "Blank Spaces and other dangers", RageMachine Books (story collection) (5/06)
  16. Cover art: "Afterlife 9", self (poem chapbook) (3/06)
  17. "Fractal Expressions 1", (12-month graphic calendar) at DeviantArt.com (2/06)
  18. "sky trees", (with Marge Simon) cover art for Star*Line #28.1 (1/05)
  19. "cave poet", in Modern Art Cave (3/01)
  20. "sunrise kokopelli", in Modern Art Cave (3/01)
  21. "stick thing", in Modern Art Cave (3/01)
  22. "eyes on the beach", in Modern Art Cave (3/01)
  23. "medusa glyph", in Modern Art Cave (3/01)
  24. "fractal grasping", in Modern Art Cave (3/01)
  25. "bear pile", in Eotu (2/02)
  26. "series of frogs", in Eotu (2/02)
  27. "modern miser", in Eotu (2/02)
  28. "petroglyph mooses", one-panel cartoon in Futures #8 (2/02)
  29. "hi mom", one-panel cartoon in Futures #8 (2/02)
  30. "garden pests", one-panel cartoon in Futures #8 (2/02)
  31. Cover art: "insomnia f/x", truefire.com (poem e-chapbook) (9/01)
  32. "Burning Down the House" cover art for the Other secret house (7/01)
  33. Cover art: "First of Trees" in Xizquil #8 (9/92)
  34. "Taking Apart the City" in Starsong #7 (3/89)
  35. "Mutants" in Dreams & Nightmares (1989?)
  36. "Arachne" in Dreams & Nightmares (1989?)
  37. "Flamework" in Dreams & Nightmares (1989?)
  38. "untitled" in SPWAO Newsletter v10n6 (12/88)
  39. "Port of Call" in Other Worlds #2 (12/88)
  40. "Mutation" in Other Worlds #2 (12/88)
  41. "Fiberface" in Doppelganger #9 (11/88)
  42. "Life & Death" in Doppelganger #9 (11/88)
  43. "Gargoyle" in SPWAO Newsletter (10/88)
  44. "skeletal thing" in SPWAO Newsletter (10/88)
  45. "Patience" in Dark Starr (8/88)
  46. "Spaces" in Dark Starr (8/88)
  47. "Keeping Secrets" in Dark Starr (6/88)
  48. Cover art: "The Voyager" in Other Worlds #1 (4/88)
  49. "Butcher Knife" in Terror Time Again (1988)
  50. "The Art of Acting" in Pink Chameleon #4 (1988?)
  51. "Data Skies" in Pink Chameleon #4 (1988?)
  52. "Balloons" in Pink Chameleon #4 (1988?)
  53. "Totem" in Dark Starr (12/87)
  54. "Better Luck in the Next Life" in New Word #3 (12/87)
  55. "Thin Man" in New Word #3 (12/87)
  56. "Tracks" in Panoply #2 (10/87)
  57. "American Koan" in Alternative Fiction #3 (4/87)
  58. "Coming Home" in Convergent Realities #6 (4/87)
  59. "Coasting" in Convergent Realities #6 (4/87)
  60. "Sleepers" in Dark Starr (8/87)
  61. "Airlock Humor" in Dark Starr (3/87, back cover)
  62. "Squirrel #117" in Portents #2 (1/87)
  63. "A Signal of Change" in Scavenger's Scrapbook 1987
  64. "Green Eyes" in 1130 Club #4/5 (12/86)
  65. "The Twist" in Not One Of Us (10/86)
  66. "A Signal of Change" in Golden Isis (Fall/86)
  67. "Greetings" in Golden Isis (Fall/86)
GRAPHICS FOR SOFTWARE
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  1. 95 Animated Cursors & 95 Icons for Windows 95, DSR, 11/95 (some animated cursors)
  2. 365 Days of Off-the-Wallpaper, DigiDay, 1/96 (a few wallpaper patterns)
  3. DayBrowser (1.0), scv systems, 10/96 (1.1: 2/97)(all icons & splash image)
  4. ZipAdvisor (1.0), scv systems, 2/97 (1.2: 5/98) (all icons & splash image)
  5. ClipBar (1.0), scv systems, 3/97 (1.1: 2/98) (all icons & splash image)
  6. Delphi CodeBar (1.0), scv systems, 4/97 (all icons & splash image)
  7. WinRuler (1.0), scv systems, 12/97 (design, all icons & splash image)
  8. NGBuilder (1.0), philatelic.com, 7/98 (design, all icons & splash image)
  9. AlbumPager (1.0), scv systems, 12/98 (design, all icons & splash image)
  10. Space Tycoon, Komodoware [AOL], 2/95 (design, icons & some interface graphics)
  11. Gerbil Wars, freeware, 5/95; online edition 11/97 (design, all graphics)
  12. Splatt!, Komodoware/WizTech, 8/95 (some incidental graphics)
  13. ARTHUR: The King, the Sword, the Legend: Corel Corp (game design, graphic & video fixes)
  14. Stamp Tycoon, scv systems 7/96 (design, all graphics)
  15. The Adventure of Shrimp E. Shrimp, scv systems 5/97 (design, backgrounds, some character animations)
  16. Beat the House 2, Interplay/Cetasoft 11/97 (decks of cards, incidental graphics)
  17. Caesar's Palace Video Poker, Interplay/Cetasoft 2/98 (decks of cards, incidental graphics)
  18. Caesar's Palace Imperial Slots, Interplay/Cetasoft 9/98 (graphics fixes, incidental graphics)
GRAPHICS FOR WEB SITES
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  1. PBEM Engine 2006 (main logo)
  2. SCV Systems, 1997-date
  3. SCV Stamps, 1997-date
  4. AlphaDrive, 1997-date
  5. Lunar Traders, 4/99
  6. many more. can't keep track of them all.
Sorry, there really are too many of these to name easily.
SOFTWARE MANUALS + DOCUMENTATION
  • 1. OSHA Training Manager (Windows v1.1), CSI, 2/94
  • 2. OSHA Training Manager (DOS v1.0), CSI, 3/94
  • 3. EHS Training Director (v2.0), EHS Software, 10/94
  • 4. EHS Training Reference Guide, EHS Software, 11/94
  • 5. EHS Training Regs, EHS Software, 12/94
  • 7. DayBrowser (1.0), scv systems, 10/96 (1.1: 2/97)
  • 8. ZipAdvisor (1.0), scv systems, 2/97 (1.2: 5/98)
  • 9. ClipBar (1.0), scv systems, 3/97 (1.1: 2/98)
  • 10. Delphi CodeBar (1.0), scv systems, 4/97
  • 11. WinRuler (1.0), scv systems, 12/97
  • 12. Newsgroup Builder (1.0), philatelic.com, 7/98
  • 13. AlbumPager (1.0), scv systems, 12/98
  • 14. Space Tycoon, Komodoware [AOL], 2/95
  • 15. Stamp Tycoon, scv systems 7/96
  • 16. Caesar's Palace Imperial Slots, Interplay/Cetasoft 9/98
SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING / DESIGN
See my software credits page for details.
 
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