SHORT NONFICTION

Introduction to TEN TALES, ed. James Cahill, James Cahill Publishing, 1994.

"The Perils of EXQUISITE CORPSE" (accompanied by excerpt from novel), SUBLIMINAL TATTOOS #7, 1995.

"Sur le Decadence," TRIBE, October 1996.

"The Poetry of Violence," SCREEN VIOLENCE, ed. Karl French, Bloomsbury (UK), 1996.

"Sinsemilla and Sensibility," RAGE #1, 1996.

"Depraved in Dublin," RAGE, December 1996.

Introduction to THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY by Thomas Ligotti, Carroll & Graf, 1996.

Untitled dream, THE TIGER GARDEN: A BOOK OF WRITERS' DREAMS, ed. Nicholas Royle, Serpent's Tail (UK), 1996.

Review of William Gibson's IDORU, The Village Voice Literary Supplement, 1996.

"Journal Entry, 16 October 1988," THE FACES OF FANTASY, ed./photographed by Patti Perret, Tor Books, 1996.

Untitled (reply to the question "What would you do if you had a penis for one day?"), DICK FOR A DAY, ed. Fiona Giles, Villard, 1997/Random House (Australia) 1997.

Interview with Rodger Gerberding, THE SILVER WEB #14, 1997.

"Behind the Oval Offspring," SPY, June 1997.

"Guilty But Insane," ongoing column in CEMETERY DANCE, Vol. 8 No. 1 - present. (1997-2000)

"Would You?" www.nerve.com, 1997; reprinted in NERVE: LITERATE SMUT, ed. Genevieve Field and Rufus Griscom, Broadway Books, 1998.

"Enough Rope," CROSSING THE BORDER: TALES OF EROTIC AMBIGUITY, ed. Lisa Tuttle, Indigo Books (UK), 1998.

Review of Elizabeth Wurtzel's BITCH, www.nerve.com, May 1998.

Interview with Jean-Daniel Breque, TENEBRES #4, December 1998. (Text in French)

"An Appreciation of Ramsey Campbell," SQUANES JOURNAL, 1998.

"Poppy Z. Brite's Rules For Eating in New Orleans," THE BOOKLOVER'S GUIDE TO NEW ORLEANS, Susan Larson, LSU Press, 1999.

Introduction to DEEP INTO THAT DARKNESS PEERING by Tom Piccirilli, Terminal fright Press, 1999.

Introduction to THE THORN BOY by Storm Constantine, Eidolon Publications (Australia), 1999.

"A Few Closing Remarks," afterword to SILK by Caitlin R. Kiernan, Gauntlet Press, 1999.

"Art Can't Hurt You," introduction to KILLER ART by Lynn Powers, Pontalba Press, 1999.

"Advice to the Lovelorn," monthly column, Gothic.net, approx. dates March - December 1999.

Notes on Ramsey Campbell's "The Pattern," ed. Mike Baker and Martin H. Greenberg, Daw, 2001.

"The Last Halloween," OCTOBER DREAMS, ed. Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish, CD Books, 2001.

"Being Providence," introduction to WAKING UP SCREAMING: HAUNTING TALES OF TERROR BY H.P. LOVECRAFT, Del Rey, 2003.

Notes on "Optional Music for Voice and Piano," HORRIBLE BEGINNINGS, ed. Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg, Daw, 2003.

Foreword to LOUISIANA BREAKDOWN by Lucius Shepard, Golden Gryphon Press, 2003.

Introduction to THE FIVE OF CUPS by Caitlin R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2003.

Introduction to TOLD BY THE DEAD by Ramsey Campbell, PS Publishing (UK), 2003.

"Fine Dining in the Big D," New Orleans Times-Picayune (Sunday travel section), August 3, 2003.

"Funkytown, or How New Orleans Made Me a Birdwatcher," MY NEW ORLEANS, ed. Rosemary James, Touchstone Books, 2006.