Mark Richard Siegel was an author and lawyer whose promising sci fi writing career was cut short when he passed away suddenly and before his time due to a heart issue which was likely caused by a prescription given to him for pain (the now acknowledged as deadly Vioxx). This website is a labor of love by his eldest son James & James’ husband Basil. Eventually we would like to have all of his published and unpublished works available here for download. We could use some help! If you know of any writings not listed here or better yet, have copies of any of his works, please contact us! If you want to share a memory of Mark, pictures, etc, we would also be happy to hear from you. He is sorely missed.

Bibliography

Published Short Stories

  • “The Monkey Who Loved the Monkey Who Typed Shakespeare“ (2003) – With Co-Author Eric Yetman  – Chiarascuro (aka ChiZine) #15, January-March 2003
  • “Displaced Persons” (2003) – Roadworks – NEED COPY
  • “Heat” (2003) – Intracities
  • “Victim of Fashion” (2003) – Fiction Inferno
  • “Wendy” (2002) – Ideomancer – NEED COPY
  • “Readers Anonymous” (2002) – Ideomancer Unbound
  • “Looks” (2002) – Darkness Rising Volume 5: Black Shroud of Fear
  • “Virus Hunter” (2002) – Other Dimension
  • “Ghost Writer” (2002) – This Way Up Issue 4
  • “The Ghost of My Sex Life With K” (2001) Coffeehouse Short Fiction Award
  • “Atlantis, Ohio” (2000) – L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol. 16, Bridge Publications ISBN 10: 1573182036 ISBN 13: 9781573182034
  • “Zombie and Son” (2000) – Jackhammer Issue 20 Vol 3 (May 15, 2000) – NEED COPY
  • “Insubstantial” (2000) – LC-39 #3
  • “Beernauts” (2000) – This Way Up Issue 1
  • “Amber” (1994) – Crossworlds Magazine #1

Published Books

  • Echo and Narcissus (2003) Aardwolf Press ISBN 10: 097062252X ISBN 13: 9780970622525 Cover art by Frank Wu (Nominated for Best First Novel, International Horror Guild Awards, 2003)
  • Rocky Point: A True Life Story of Murder (1999). Third Millennium Publishing ISBN-10: 1929381360 ISBN-13: 978-1929381364
  • Tax cheating: Hide & seek with the IRS (1988) Co-Author Barry Wolfson. Blue Sky Press ISBN 10: 0945165013 ISBN 13: 9780945165019
  • Hugo Gernsback, Father of Modern Science Fiction, with Essays on Frank Herbert and Bram Stoker (1988) Milford Series, Popular Writers of Today, Borgo Press ISBN 10: 0893701742 ISBN 13: 9780893701741
  • The World According to Evan Mecham (1987) Blue Sky Press ISBN 10: 0945165005 ISBN 13: 9780945165002
  • James Tiptree, Jr. (1986) Starmont Reader’s Guide ; 22. Starmont House ISBN 10: 0916732673 ISBN 13: 9780916732677
  • Sam Shepard (1985) Co-Author Vivian M. Patraka. Boise State Univ. ISBN 10: 0884300439 ISBN 13: 9780884300434
  • American Culture and the Classic Western Movie (1984) Annotated by Toshio Saito & Toshinori Tamai. Eihōsha Tokyo, ISBN ???
  • Tom Robbins (1980) Western Writers Series, No. 42. Boise State Univ. ISBN 10: 0884300668 ISBN 13: 9780884300663
  • Pynchon: Creative Paranoia in Gravity’s Rainbow (1978)  Kennikat Press, ISBN 10: 0804692130 ISBN 13: 9780804692137

Articles

  • “Love Was the Plan, the Plan Was Love: A True Story About James Tiptree, Jr.” (1989)
  • “Die Kurzgeschichten von James Tiptree, Jr.” [German] (1988)
  • “Carnal Knowledge: Dracula As Anti-Quest” (1988)
  • “Gernsback’s Influence” (1988)
  • “Hugo Gernsback, Editor and Publisher” (1988)
  • “Hugo Gernsback, Father of Modern Science Fiction: Introduction” (1988)
  • “Reactive Criticism: An Introduction to the Essays” (1988)
  • “Selected Bibliography (Bram Stoker)” (1988)
  • “Selected Bibliography (Frank Herbert)” (1988)
  • “Selected Bibliography (Hugo Gernsback, Father of Modern Science Fiction)” (1988)
  • “The Ecology of Politics and the Politics of Ecology in Frank Herbert’s Dune” (1988)
  • “The Man and His Times” (1988)
  • “The Science Fiction Writings of Hugo Gernsback” (1988)
  • “Science Fiction and Fantasy TV” in TV Genres: A Handbook and Reference Guide (1985)
  • “Foreigner as Alien in Japanese Science Fantasy” (1985)
  • “Fantastic TV: A Subversive Art?” (1983) – NEED COPY
  • “The Pornograpy of Violence” (1982) – FANTASY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 1982 VOL. 5 NO. 2, Whole #45, Edited by Robert A. Collins, Publisher: Florida Atlantic University, ASIN: B001DR866O 
  • “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”: More than a Lip Service / Le “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” du bout des lèvres (1980) Science Fiction and the Non-Print Media,Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 305-312. Published by: SF-TH Inc Available from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4239358
  • “Science-Fiction Characterization and TV’s Battle for the Stars” (Le travail de construction des personnages en SF et la bataille des “étoiles” à la télévision) in Science Fiction Studies Vol. 7, No. 3, Science Fiction and the Non-Print Media (Nov., 1980), pp. 270-277

Misc

    • Broadcasting House – BBC 4 Radio – Sunday 11 August, 2002: Mark reads from his story “Ghost Writer” which was “picked by Dan Damon of BBC Radio 4 to illustrate a point about the authenticity of artistic works.” – NEED COPY

  • Bijou : pop culture, University of Wyoming Television, 1983: Mark interviews Debbie Harty, writer for General Hospital turned history professor.

Thank you to ISFDB for cataloging many of Mark’s works.