Author:Shauna Roberts

—"Slipping Into Love." (romance) published in the anthology Pleasure of the Heart and Other Stories. Douglas, MA: NovelBooks, Inc., 2002.

Roberta Sanchez believes she can honor her heritage only by staying in Santa Justa Pueblo and living according to the old ways. Then former flame Antonio Diaz moves back to the Pueblo, awakening old feelings—until she discovers how much of non-Indian culture he has embraced. Can she find a middle path that will allow her to be with Tony?

—"Insipid Love Songs." (science fiction) published online in the August 2003 issue of Fables at http://www.fables.org/autumn03/insipid_love_songs.html.

In a future dystopian America in which conservatives have won the culture war and women are severely repressed, the singer Melisima learns the revolutionary power of simple pop songs.

—"My Father's New Wife." (science fiction) published in the February/March 2004 issue of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.

When Tina's father marries a tentacled squidlike alien, she resorts to increasingly desperate measures to break them up, only to have each plan play out opposite her intentions.

—"Hero Home." (fantasy) published in the anthology Clash of Steel, Book One: Reluctant Hero. Ormond Beach, FL: Carnifex Press, 2005.

Trouble in Limly draws former hero Jaspert back home after a long absence. He hopes to once again save his village, but he cannot live up to the legends that have arisen about him over the years.

—"The Hunt." (science fiction) published in Continuum Science Fiction in Fall 2006.

In a run-down spaceport, an assassin hunts for a bag of stolen pearls as two spoiled teenagers take part in a scavenger hunt while their mothers' spaceship is in port.

—"A Llama's Tale." (science fiction) published online in the 27 January 2008 issue of Space Westerns at http://www.SpaceWesterns.com/articles/45/.

Kella is sure she'd be chosen to be a rider for the prestigious Llama Express Service—until the training school pairs her with the aging, scruffy, flatulent, half-deaf llama Buddy.

—"Coyote and the Gamblers." (science fiction) in the anthology Return to Luna. Overland Park, KS: Hadley Rille Books, December 2008.

The people of Santa Justa Pueblo are happy to accept temporary sanctuary on the moon after their pueblo meets with disaster. They're less happy when it's time to give the moon colony back to its rightful owners.

The blog Out of the Cradle named "Coyote and the Gambler" winner of Best of the Moon 2008 in Moon Fiction.

—"Ennui." (fantasy) published in the April 2009 issue of Night to Dawn.

When eternal life loses its charm, a vampire must decide what course to choose.

—"Elessa the Restless." (science fiction) in the anthology Barren Worlds. Overland Park, KS: Hadley Rille Books, 2008.

This story is a retelling of the English folk song "The Maid on the Shore" (Child Ballad #43). On a distant planet in the far future, a human spaceship captain becomes obsessed with an alien woman who is driven to wander the seashore incessantly.

—"The Hunt." (science fiction) reprinted in Jim Baen's Universe in February 2010 at http://baens-universe.com/articles/The_Hunt. (first published in Continuum Science Fiction in Fall 2006.)

In a run-down spaceport, an assassin hunts for a bag of stolen pearls as two spoiled teenagers take part in a scavenger hunt while their mothers' spaceship is in port.

—"Global Warming." (fantasy) published in 10Flash Quarterly in January 2011 at http://10flash.wordpress.com/genres/10flash-science-fiction-stories/global-warming/.

A man and his recently orphaned nephew prepare for a Christmas that seems less and less likely to happen.

—"Fractures." (science fiction) published in 10Flash Quarterly in July 2011 at http://10flash.wordpress.com/genres/10flash-science-fiction-stories/fissures/.

A woman faces the collapse of her marriage and her career.

—"Bosphorus Dreams." (slipstream) in the anthology A Quiet Shelter There. Overland Park, KS: Hadley Rille Books, forthcoming in 2012.

A Katrina survivor moves to Istanbul to escape her guilt and grief, but finds herself caught up in a disaster of another kind.

--Shaunaroberts 04:08, 17 June 2010 (UTC) --Shaunaroberts 20:21, 8 August 2011 (UTC)