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External publishing under three names, 2005 to the present — novels, short fiction, poetry, essays, and the occasional live performance. Pen names are grouped openly because the underlying author is the same person and that fact is already public.
As Austen Crowder
Books
- The Painted Cat (2015) — novel, Argyll Productions / FurPlanet. FurPlanet · Amazon · WikiFur · review by Fred Patten (Dogpatch Press)
- A Fuzzy Place: Short Stories from a Life Shaped by Furry Subculture (2013) — short story collection. Amazon · Goodreads
Contains: Our Hope Chest; Dances; Counsel; Uploading; Parts of the Whole; Part and Parcel; The Day I Split in Two; Austen Writes Her Furry Story. - Bait and Switch (2010) — novel, Anthropomorphic Dreams Publishing. Amazon (paperback) · Kindle · Lulu · Goodreads · B&N · publisher announcement
Anthology contributions
- “Parts of the Whole” in Different Worlds, Different Skins, Vol. 2 (Will A. Sanborn, ed., Anthropomorphic Dreams Publishing, 2010). Amazon · Goodreads
The anthology was a 2010 Ursa Major Award finalist for Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work. Reprinted in A Fuzzy Place. - “Carl” in Alone in the Dark: Anthropomorphic Tales of the Things That Go Bump in the Night (Will A. Sanborn, ed., Anthropomorphic Dreams Publishing, 2008). Amazon · publisher page
Essays
- Contributor archive at The Bilerico Project — 106 essays from March 2009 through December 2012 on LGBTQ politics, trans issues, gaming, and furry identity, now hosted by LGBTQ Nation.
Selected pieces: Respect vs. Acceptance · Mind the Gap, Cross the Valley · Inside Baseball: the all-male-college gay problem · The “Trans Mafia” Stifles Allies · Interview with Erin Vaught · Nethacking through the anti-LGBT political climate. - “Austen Writes Her Furry Story” at [adjective][species] (October 2014). Also appears as a chapter in A Fuzzy Place.
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As Slyford T. Rabbit
Short fiction and poetry in Anthro magazine, 2006–2007.
Short fiction
- “Foxtails” — Anthro #13 (Sep/Oct 2007).
Poetry
- “Terry Never Came Back” — Anthro #13 (Sep/Oct 2007). ANTHROlogy THREE
- “Tryst Tail” — Anthro #11 (May/Jun 2007). ANTHROlogy TWO
- “Childhood Memories” — Anthro #10 (Mar/Apr 2007). ANTHROlogy TWO
- “Cat and Rabbit” — Anthro #9 (Jan/Feb 2007). ANTHROlogy TWO
- “For Those Who Stand Apart” — Anthro #8 (Nov/Dec 2006). ANTHROlogy TWO
Live appearances
- Writing Track participant, Mephit Fur Meet 2007.
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As Sly Rabbit
- “Velveteen” — live performance at the Midwest FurFest 2005 Variety Show. A sad tale of a plush bunny named Buster and his owner Max. No surviving recording is known.
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