Publication History

The following is a selected publication history. Excluded from the list are poems published at Songs of Eretz Poetry Review where I have been a frequent contributor since January 1st, 2016, and an associate editor since October 6th, 2018.

Poetry –

“Fury of a Language Isolate” and “Taboo” appearing in Nilvx: a Book of Magic – Words of Power issue.

“Rumble o! Conqueror” and “Ikea” appearing in the poetry anthology “Tiny Moments” available in March, 2016.

“Burning” and “For the Amusement of God” appearing as runnerups in the inaugeral 2015 Songs of Eretz Poetry Contest.

“Annihilation” appearing in issue 59 of “Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine”.

“Bristlecone” appearing in issue 16, July 2014 of “Bete Noire” magazine.

“The Head of a Wolf” appearing in volume 10, issue 3 of “Tales of the Talisman”.

“Will of the Shapeshifter” appearing in the Halloween Issue, October 2014 of “Bete Noire” magazine.

“Neo-Helot” appearing in volume 10, issue 1 of “Tales of the Talisman”.

“Spy not on Witches” appearing in the November, 2014 issue of Liquid Imagination.

New publications of “Mercury Rx” and “Artificiality”, and reprints of “Everywhere the Serpent Slain” and “The Dirge of Riders to Certain Death” are featured in a special featured poet issue of Songs of Eretz in July, 2014 exclusively consisting of my work.

“The Bone Cutter’s Lament” appearing in the 2013 Rhysling Anthology as a nominated poem in the short poetry category.

“Berserkergang” appearing in issue 21 of “Liquid Imagination”.

“Star Song of the Granger” appearing in vol. 9, issue 4 of “Tales of the Talisman”.

“God: The Divine Apostrophe” appearing in the February, 2014 issue of “Songs of Eretz”

“Seven Heartbeats and a Hundred Yards” and “The Bone Cutter’s Lament” (2013 Rhysling Nominated) appearing in the November, 2013 issue of “Songs of Eretz”.

“An Ode to Ham” and “Superior/Inferior” appearing in “Ape Shit!” a 2013 ape-themed collection by “Big Pulp” magazine.

“Rosemary’s Lobotomy”, “Goin’ to the Moon”, and “Salute” appearing in the “Kennedy Curse” collection from “Big Pulp” magazine.

“The Slaves of Cortagne” appearing in the June, 2012 issue of “Big Pulp” magazine.

“The Dirge of Riders to Certain Death” appearing in the March, 2012 issue of “Big Pulp” magazine.

“Everywhere the Serpent Slain” appearing in Issue #11 of “Heroic Fantasy Quarterly”.

“Why Fried Chicken Matters” appearing in the inaugural print issue of “Big Bulp” magazine in December, 2010.

“For the Amusement of God” appearing in issue #49 of “Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine”.

“The Head of a Wolf” appearing in volume 10, issue 3 of “Tales of the Talisman”.

“Drawing Inspiration from Connections and Context in Constructed Worlds” featured in issue 3 of “90D: The Yellow Pages of the Creative”. Published Februrary, 2014 in Saudi Arabia. http://issuu.com/monabalhamar/docs/3rd_issue-pop_art

“King over the Abyss”, “Gallows Song”, and “Effed by the F” featured in the Songs of Eretz Poetry Review in December, 2014.

“Typhon, a Prophecy”, “McPurgatory”, and “Fountain in the Closet” featured in the Songs of Eretz Poetry Review in January, 2015.

Fiction –

“The Worship of the Lord of the Estuary” and “Everywhere the Serpent Slain” appearing in the “Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly – Volume II”.

“The Price of Mockery in Dallium” appearing in “Heroic Fantasy Quarterly” #31 February, 2017.

“Spartha Stercae” appearing in “Heroic Fantasy Quarterly” #29 August, 2016.

“The Worship of the Lord of the Estuary and the Wages of Heroism” appearing in Issue #10 of “Heroic Fantasy Quarterly”.