Campfire Publishing: “After Dark, Vol. #2” – ANTHOLOGIES!

Posted on January 14, 2026

Happy New Year. I’m back with horror stories in some new anthologies. This time with a novelette, and published by the fine folks at Campfire Publishing. The name of the book is: After Dark, Volume #2. This is the second book in a series, and much of it is filled with novelettes and short novellas. There is quite the stable of literary talent here. My tale falls under the “historical vampire” category. It takes place in a POW camp in 1960s Vietnam. I’d been sitting on it for a while, but thanks to the editorial filter of publisher Aaron Crocker, it’s ready to see the light of day. It’s a big book, with stories running the gamut of 7500 to 20,000 words in length. Read Campfire Publishing’s latest anthology, After Dark, Volume #2. And my new story for 2026: “The Code of Conduct.” I’ll provide book pics and clickable links below. There’s also a Hugo/Nebula nominee in here, and a Star Trek writer.

Campfire Publishing presents…

AFTER DARK, Volume. #2 – Edited by Aaron Crocker

Featuring new Dagstine novelette: “The Code of Conduct”

Sample it out on Amazon – Available in Kindle AND print formats

For Campfire Publishing’s OFFICIAL Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091552677939

Edited to Add: I am pleased to announce that, pre-order wise, After Dark Volume #2 is breaking Amazon Sales numbers. It’s moving up the algorithm in sales. The release date is January 27th for the ebook, February for big-and-thick print if physical media is your thing.

Other New Entries: “Books & Anthos” and “Digital Credits”

Digital Science Fiction: “The Starship Hanoi” by Lawrence Dagstine – Now up!

Posted on February 18, 2017

I have a story currently up at the digital reprint market, DIGITAL SCIENCE FICTION. Also known as Digital Fiction Pub, since they do publish fantasy and horror (they deal in speculative fiction as a whole). You can read my “QuickFic” category story, The Starship Hanoi, online. It’s a tale about Vietnam in the far future. Other authors this period, in the “QuickFic” category, include: Krystal Claxton, Deborah Walker, Holly Schofield, Jeff Hill, Jay Caselberg, Melanie Rees, Kevin David Anderson, Brian K. Lowe, and Thomas Kleaton. Just click the link below the banner.

DIGITAL SCIENCE FICTION

Digital Fiction Pub: “QuickFic” (stories under 3,500 words)

LINK: http://digitalfictionpub.com/category/quickfic/

Tightbeam #268, November 2013… (appearances)

Posted on November 2, 2013

My science fiction story, The Starship Hanoi, is in the current issue of Tightbeam. Tightbeam is the official zine of the National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F), an organization created in 1941 with a very large audience in SF fandom (it’s also a club with dues); Tightbeam has been around since 1960, and has a pretty healthy circulation at numerous SF/F conventions. They have fiction, non-fiction, book reviews (all mostly unsolicited), and con reports between their pages. My story is about The Vietnamese Life Cycle and what inertia will bring to an Asian colony (and culture) in the far future. It’s a story of the burdens of technology and progress, really. Links to free download and N3F website below (also in print). Issue #268, edited by David Speakman.