DONALD J. BINGLE

Short Fiction

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• Buried, Cemetery Dance (forthcoming)

• Murky Business, Chronicles of Ballidrous Campaign Setting: Short Fiction (Tacitus Publishing 2024)

• Scavenger Hunt, Chronicles of Ballidrous Campaingn Setting: Short Fiction (Tacitus Publishing 2023)

• Gaming the World, A Roll of the Dice, Edited by Aaron Rosenberg (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2023)

• Flit, On Wings of Steam: Ears and Gears, Edited by Tracy R. Ross (Winter Wolf Publications 2023)

• Stress Fracture, Morse Code Mysteries and Missives (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2023)

• Widescream Projection (as Buck Hanno), Symphony of the Damned (Savage Realms 2022)

• Heartache (as Buck Hanno), Symphony of the Damned (Savage Realms 2022)

• Flower Girl, Rogue Artists! (Atthis Arts/Origins Game Fair Anthology 2022)

• Displaced, Chronicles of Ballidrous Campaign Setting: Short Fiction (Tacitus Publishing 2021)

• Buzz on the Street (A Prequel to The Love-Haight Case Files), Origins! (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2021)

• Campground Blues Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things, Vol. 4 (Empire & Great Jones Little Press 2021)

• The Really Old Ones (as Buck Hanno), Tales to Terrify Podcast #459 (2020)

• Jerk by the Side of the Road, Scary Stuff (Oddity-Prodigy Productions 2020)

• Star Chamber, On Time, Edited by Anthony S. Buoni and Alisha Costanzo (Transmundane Press 2020)

• Protest Seen, Strange Days (Midnight Street Press 2020)

• Story Choices, Quantum Shorts (Center for Quantum Technologies 2020)

• Mutatis Mutandis, Mystery Weekly Magazine, edited by Kerry Carter (Issue No. 49, September 2019)

• The Same Tears Flowing from Older Eyes, On Loss (The Anthology Team 2019)

• Blind Spot, LocalLit (Shaw Media 2019); Reprinted by The Infinite Bard (www.theinfinitebard.com 2019)

• The Waking Dread, Mystery!, edited by Chantelle Aimée Osman (Origins Game Fair Anthology/Down and Out Books 2018)

• Double D, Speakeasies and Spiritualists, Compiled by Nicole Petit (18thWall Productions 2017)

• Kayla's Quest, Dragons!, Edited by Jean Rabe (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2017)

• Santa Clauses and Phrases, (Book 4 in the Christmas Carol Critique Collection (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2016)

• Cruise Control, Robots!, Edited by Kelly Swails (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2016)

• Options, Bumps in the Road, Edited by Chad Lutzke (Black Bed Sheet 2016)

• Holiday Workshopping, (Book 3 in the Christmas Carol Critique Collection) (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2015)

• Remembering Well, The Bard’s Tale, Edited by Doc Meyers (Blackspoon Press 2015)

• Merry Mark-Up, A Sequel to "Season's Critiquings" (Book 2 in the Christmas Carol Critique Collection) (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2014)

• Future Futures, Apollo’s Daughters, Edited by Bryan Young (Silence in the Library 2014); Reprinted by The Infinite Bard (www.theinfinitebard.com 2020)

• Dark Energy, Beast Within 4: Gears & Growls, Edited by Jennifer Brozek (Graveside Tales 2014); Reprinted in On Wings of Steam: Ears and Gears, Edited by Tracy R. Ross (Winter Wolf Publications 2023)); Reprinted in The Lycanthropicon, Edited by Frank Coffman (Minds Eye Publications 2024)

• A Brief Biography of Baron Otto von Korek (1717-1783), Brigadier-General of the Prussian Army, Ret., Forging Freedom: Dimensions (Freedom Forge Press 2014)

• Ratfish (as Buck Hanno), Edited by Donald J. Bingle, Jean Rabe, and Mel Odom (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2013)

• Someday, The Crimson Pact:  Volume 5, Edited by Paul Genesse (Iron Dragon Books 2013)

• Second Banana Republic, Sidekicks! Edited by Sarah Hans (Alliteration Ink 2013)

• The Eye-Candy of Argon, Not-So-Heroic Fantasy (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2012)

• Rejecting the Anthropocene, Tales of an Altered Past Powered by Romance, Horror, and Steam (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2012)

• For Every Time, A Season, Time-Traveled Tales, Edited by Jean Rabe (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2012); Reprinted (Silence in the Library 2013)

• Makeshift (54º40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2012); Reprinted in Time-Traveled Tales II, Edited by Jean Rabe (Silence in the Library 2014)

• Season’s Critiquings (Book 1 in the Christmas Carol Critique Collection), Spec the Halls, Edited by Steven Saus (Alliteration Ink 2011); Reprinted (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2013)

• Dark Garden, The Crimson Pact:  Volume 2, Edited by Paul Genesse (Alliteration Ink 2011)

• Day of the Shadows, Carnage & Consequences, Edited by Marc Tassin & Friends (Walkabout Publishing 2011); Reprinted in Triumph Over Tragedy, Edited by R.T. Kaelin (Terrene Press 2013); Reprinted in Myriad Lands Volume 1: Around the World, Edited by David Stokes (Guardbridge Books 2016); Reprinted in Out of Our Minds: Voices from the Mists (Volcano Writers Group 2020)

• Dashed Hopes, Hot & Steamy:  Tales of Steampunk Romance, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2011); Reprinted in On Wings of Steam, Edited by Tracy R. Ross (Winter Wolf Publications 2022) and Morse Code Mysteries and Missives (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2023)

• Solitary Life, The Crimson Pact:  Volume 1, Edited by Paul Genesse (Alliteration Ink 2011)

• Rural Route, Boondocks Fantasy, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2011)

• Means to an End, Blue Kingdoms:  Mages and Magic, Edited by Stephen D. Sullivan and Jean Rabe (Walkabout Publishing 2010)

• F Isn’t for Freefall, Love & Rockets, Edited by Kerrie Hughes and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2010)

• Foggy Goggles, Steampunk’d, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2010)

• Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone, Story #9 in The Chain Story Project, coordinated by Mike Stackpole (Blurb, Inc. 2010); Reprinted in The Gallery of Curiosities #3, Edited by Kevin Frost (Summer 2018)

• A Passion for Time Travel, Timeshares, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2010)

• BunRabs, Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies, Edited by Kerrie Hughes and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2009); Reprinted in Monsters!, Edited by Kelly Swails (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2014)

• Gaming Circle, Gamer Fantastic, Edited by Kerrie Hughes and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2009)

• Eye Witness, Catopolis, Edited by Janet Deaver-Pack and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2008)

• Suburban Legend, Imaginary Friends, Edited by John Marco and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2008)

• Attached to the Land, Future Americas, Edited by John Helfers and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2008)

• Homo, Front Lines, Edited by Denise Little (DAW Books, Inc. 2008)

• The Quest, Fellowship Fantastic, Edited by Kerrie Hughes and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2008)

• Cursory Review, Pandora’s Closet, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2007); Reprinted in Accursed (Jolly Horror Press 2020)

• Loser Takes All, If I Were an Evil Overlord, Edited by Russell Davis and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2007)

• Standing Still, Time Twisters, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2007)

• Running Free, Furry Fantastic, Edited by Jean Rabe, Brian Thomsen, and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, 2006)

• Fellow Traveler, Fantasy Gone Wrong, Edited by Brittiany Koren and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2006); Reprinted in Heroes!, Edited by Kelly Swails (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2013); Reprinted in Funny Fantasy, Edited by Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing 2016)

• Psycho Physics, Slipstreams, Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (DAW Books, Inc. 2006)

• Hell to Pay, All Hell Breaking Loose, Edited by Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2005)

• Grok, Renaissance Faire, Edited by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe (DAW Books, Inc. 2005)

• Parts, The Transformers Legends, Edited by David Cian (iBooks, Inc. 2004)

• Artists Only, Carnival/Circus, Edited by Jean Rabe (Lone Wolf Productions 2004)

• Perfect, The Players of Gilean:  Tales from the World of Krynn, a Dragonlance Anthology Edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast 2003)

• Patience, Sol’s Children, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2002); Reprinted in Space!, Edited by Kelly Swails (Origins Game Fair Anthology 2015) and in Detective Thrillers Short Stories (Flame Tree Publishing 2020)

• Dragon’s Throat, The Search for Magic:  Tales from the War of Souls, A Dragonlance Anthology Edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast 2001)

• Knowing She Would, Historical Hauntings, Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2000)

• Stew, Civil War Fantastic, Edited by Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2000); reprinted in Stalking the Wild Hare, edited by John Helfers, Chris Pierson, Marc Tassin, and Jean Rabe (Walkabout Publishing 2010)

• An Elemental Conversation, Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Tales of the Eternal Archives 2, Edited by Margaret Weis (DAW Books, Inc. 1999)

• Still Serviceable, MechForce Quarterly, Winter 1999, Edited by Jean Rabe (FASA, Inc. 1999)

 

Other Writing Publications and Experience

 

Screenplays:

• Ratfish (as Buck Hanno)

• Protest Seen

• GREENSWORD

• For Queen and Queenie (Semi-Finalist Fifth Annual Screenwriter’s Project Screenplay Contest; Quarter-Finalist 1998 Maui Writers Conference Screenwriting Competition)

 

Television Pilot Treatment:

• Avatars/Download

 

Memoirs:

• Consequences of Inconsequential Words, Latitudes: Hawaii Writers Guild’s Literary Review (Hawaii Writers Guild 2021)

• Tree of Enlightenment, Father’s Day 3-Story Collection (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2013)

• Work Mode, Father’s Day 3-Story Collection (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2013)

• Father’s Day, 1st Place, California Literary Arts Society Memoir Contest (2009); 2nd Place Non-Fiction, West Suburban Living Annual Writing and Photography Contest 2005; Reprinted in Father’s Day 3-Story Collection (54°40’ Orphyte, Inc. 2013); Reprinted in Life After Ashes (Alliteration Ink 2015)

 

Writing Articles and Reviews:

• Cause Ways, Eighth Day Genesis: A Worldbuilding Codex for Writers and Creatives, Edited by Sabrina Klein (Alliteration Ink 2012)

• The Right Rites for Writing Groups (with Richard Holinger), The SFWA Bulletin, (Vol. 44, Issue 4; Fall 2010)

• How Role-Playing Gaming Makes You (Or, at Least Me) a Better Writer, The SFWA Bulletin, (Vol. 44, Issue 3; August-September 2010)

• A Gamer’s View of the Movies, Film Review Column in Knights of the Dinner Table (Comic Book), Issues #14 to #27 (Kenzer and Company 1997-1999)

• Parliamentary Debate Is More Serious Than You Think: Forensics at the University of Chicago, Speaker and Gavel, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1978); Re-printed in Reasoned Rationales: Exploring the Educational Value of Debate, Edited by Joseph P. Zompetti (International Debate Education Association, 2011)

 

Judge:

• Project Publish (BATV)

 

Gaming Materials:

 

• Battle of the Bones, Elminster’s Ecologies:  Appendix I (AD&D 2nd Ed.) (TSR, Inc. 1995)

• Undermountain II Adventures, Ruins of Undermountain II:  The Deep Levels Boxed Set (AD&D 2nd Ed.) (TSR, Inc. 1993)

• Beneath the Twisted Tower,  Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Boxed Set (AD&D 2nd Ed.) (TSR, Inc. 1993)

• Rainy Days and Mundanes Always Get Me Down, Polyhedron #77 (RPGA® Network 1993)

• Darkest Before the Dawn, Timemaster® (54°40' Orphyte, Inc. 1991, 1992)

• Dark Creeper, Dark Stalker, Dune Stalker, Faux Faerie, Firedrake, Fog Giant, Gambado, Gibberling, Monstrous Compendium, Fiend Folio Appendix (AD&D 2nd Ed.) (TSR, Inc. 1992)

• Hero (with Jay Tummelson), Polyhedron #68 (RPGA® Network 1992)

• Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him (with Linda Bingle and Jay Tummelson), Timemaster® (54°40' Orphyte, Inc. 1990, 1991)

• Additional Material, Chill® 2nd Edition (Mayfair Games, Inc. 1990)

• No Dice (with Richard Bingle), Polyhedron #52 (RPGA® Network 1990)

• Food Vat 42/X, The DOA Sector Travelogue, Paranoia® (West End Games 1989)

 

RPGA® Network Sanctioned Game Tournaments:

 

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition:

  • ​Night of the Living Kender

  • Hero (with Jay Tummelson) (1st Place, 1989 RPGA® Network Scenario Design Contest)(Published in Polyhedron #68)

  • Don’t Go There (with Saul Resnikoff)

• Battle Cattle:

  • Let Loose the Sheep of War (with Tom Prusa)

• Bond:

  • Bond, Fluffy Bond (with Richard Bingle) (1991 Gamers' Choice Award for Best RPGA® Network Tournament)

• Chill:

  • Down on the Farm (with Linda Bingle and Jay Tummelson)

  • I Lost My Heart in San Francisco (with Linda Bingle and Jay Tummelson)

  • Til Death Do You Part (with Linda Bingle and Jay Tummelson)

• Dream Park:

  • The Modern Pirate Game (with Tim White)

• Paranoia:

  • Vat's Entertainment

  • Role: Die Six

  • Red Dawn's Early Lite

  • Beyond (1st Place, 1990 Invitational Game Masters Design Contest)

  • Gratuitous Sects and Violets (2nd Place, 1992 Invitational Game Masters Design Contest)

  • Flee Market

  • Nothing Complex

  • No Dice! (with Richard Bingle) (Polyhedron #52)

  • Down into the Depths (with Richard Bingle)

• Timemaster:

  • Darkest Before the Dawn (2nd Place, 1991 RPGA Network Club Scenario Design Contest)

  • Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him (with Linda Bingle and Jay Tummelson)

  • J'Adoube (I Adjust) (with William A. Sherman)

  • Thirty Seconds and Counting (with William A. Sherman)

  • White Star Crossing (with Mary Terese Zalapi)