shannan's writing
*works in progress
Alpha Flyer (working title), a science fiction novel

The Lost and the Found, a (maybe realist) novel

Descent, a fantasy novel

Tales as Old as Time: Myth and Gender in the Contemporary United States (working title),
a dissertation

Untitled Murder Mystery, screenplay
(with Christian Palma)

fiction
"Yours For Only $19.99!" Misspelled. Ed. Julie E. Czerneda. DAW Books. 2008. Click here to see the cover.

nonfiction
Movie Review. "Enchanted." Marvels and Tales: The Journal of Fairy Tale Studies. Forthcoming.

Book Review. "Screens Fade to Black: Contemporary African American Cinema." Film International. Forthcoming.

"Overwhelmed? The rising tide of faculty responsibilities." Academic Exchange, volume 10 issue 5. April, 2008.

"Julie E. Czerneda," "Lynn Flewelling," "Mary Ann Mohanraj," and "Zenna Henderson." The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Greenwood Press. Forthcoming.

Book Review. "From the Alien to the Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film, by Roz Kaveny." FemSpec 7.2.

"Unpopular Culture: Graduate students, risky topics, and professional cachet." Academic Exchange, volume 9 issue 5. April, 2007. Available online, click to access.

"Cecilia Brainard.” The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature. Greenwood Press. 2005.

“Queens.” The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Themes in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Greenwood Press. 2005.

“Hollywood and the Hero: A Case of Mistaken Identity.” Essay. The New St. Martin's Handbook. Lunsford, Andrea, and Robert Connors. New York: St. Martin's. 1999.

poetry
“Mother.” Poem. Published in Star*Line v25.1. December/January (2001-2). Misprinted as "Untitled," with "Mother" as the first line. Click here to read it.

*works in progress means just that. these are works. in progress. not finished. no deadline at the moment. all going concurrently and to be finished whenever i gosh-darned feel like it. Translation: "i multi-task and so my progress is slow."

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