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Harden Taylor
Yes, I was a cog in the industrial machine, grinding out reams of technical and business writing to support the once mighty American manufacturing colossus. But something happened in the early spri...view moreYes, I was a cog in the industrial machine, grinding out reams of technical and business writing to support the once mighty American manufacturing colossus. But something happened in the early spring of 1995 – a bolt of lightening from the god of letters. "Fiction," She said. Bit-by-bit I tried it, a little more each year till it became for me the quixotic enterprise it is today. Yet, I can't complain, though my family may from time-to-time, because I found in this experience a liberation of style and content that is very appealing, drawing me into a new kind of grinding – a love/hate enterprise that wears the repetitive trudge down to fine dust.
Recognition for my short stories (in descending chronological order):
• "One Dish at a Time" – Honorable mention in the 2007 New Millennium Writings Short-short Story Contest.
• "Mentors" – Honorable mention in the 2006 New Millennium Writings Short Story Contest
• "What Will You Do for Me Yesterday?" – Published in the 2005 Dan River Anthology and was in the top five out of 75 submissions to Jerry Jazz Musician Magazine, June 2004 short story contest.
• "A Rock by Moon World" – Honorable mention in the SpecFicWorld.com's 2005 Speculative Fiction Contest magazine out of 93 entries.
• "Where's Jason" – Finalist in the 2005 Abroad Short Story Writing Contest. All finalist attended workshops & lectures given by Michael Bishop, Dan Chaon, Margaret Drabble, Anne LeClaire and Margaret George in Bourdeilles, France.
• "Experiments of the Mad Chemist" – Semi-finalist in the 2005 New Millennium Writings Short Story Contest.
• "In an Instant" – In the top five in Jan. 2005 Jerry Jazz Musician short story contest.
• "Numbers Four and Five" – In the top 10 out of 90+ submissions to Jerry Jazz Musician Magazine, March 2004 short story contest.
• "Stones, New and Old" – Honorable mention in the Whim's Place on-line short-short story contest, May 2004 and published online 2004 by Whim's Place.
• "Theraxis Comes to Visit" – In the top 14 for the SpecFi World magazine 2nd quarter 2004 short fiction contest and was in top 10% out of 1200 entries in the 18th Consecutive New Millennium Writing competition closing July 2004
• "Flying Flowers" – In the top ten in the September 2004 Jerry Jazz Musician short story contest.
My body of work (Fiction only):
v Four full-length novels under my copyright –
ÿ Project 334 – The first person to leave the sol...view less
Books by Harden Taylor
The Children of Cerulea A Cerulean Hug Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProject 334 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSwim in the Lake of Fire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTangled Hearts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Rock by Moon World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings