Thunderbird -- Artist/creator Bill Galvan's superhero character is coming to you soon via Atlantis Studios. Aero-engineer Eric Siegle is forced to put on the top-secret Thunderbird suit to catch the mercenaries who killed his employer. Check out an art preview at ThunderbirdComics.com; see the script for issue #1 here.


The Scrapyard Detectives -- A public service title for a nonprofit foundation promoting diversity and tolerance. Created by Bill Galvan and Chad Denton; I came back on board with issue #2. The script is available here, and a full PDF download of the completed comic is also available at the official website. Coming soon: Issue #3!

Other Men's Demons -- An ex-cop with unwanted psychic abilities is forced to fight a sadistic serial killer with the same abilities. Preview the first thirty pages here.


Alone -- When a young man is shipwrecked alone on an island for most of a year, only his imaginary friends keep him from snapping. But once he's rescued and brought back to civilization, those friends refuse to fade away. Preview the first thirty pages here.


Arena -- Thrilling space adventure! An interstellar rogue is caught and forced into illegal gladiatorial combat on a desert planet against a host of alien criminals. This screenplay spent two years under paid option to a Hollywood producer; it's now on the market again. Preview the first thirty pages here.


Brain Invaders -- Horror/sci-fi with the flavor of the classic B-movies of the 1950's. When a meteorite touches down in an isolated Nevada town, it brings with it an insidious organism that starts taking over the locals. Preview the first thirty pages here.

Cold Fusion Video Reviews -- Over five years' worth of lengthy movie reviews at this popular cult movie site, concentrating on sci-fi, horror, and general whoopass. Plus book reviews and occasional other goodies.

"Frankenstein as 'Lucy': The Formation of Science Fiction" was written as a senior-level paper for my English Lit degree, examining the pedigree of what we now call science fiction. It later saw publication in The Fractal, a science fiction/nonfiction magazine published by George Mason University. Available here.


"Homegrown: The Proliferation" began as a small profile of fan-created Web-published supplements for the White Wolf Storyteller role-playing system for my friends at Masters of Role-Playing magazine; it grew so massive, they had to publish it in three parts. Available here.

"Party Favors" was published in the Fall 1994 issue of Amazing Stories (the TSR incarnation, not the current Wizards of the Coast publication). Available here. Bonus: click here to see the cover (on which, alas, my name is not featured).


"The Burial of the Dead" is probably the best piece of short fiction I've written. I couldn't find an editor to agree with me at the time, alas, and I'm no longer pursuing short fiction publication. Available here.


Avalon & Company is a mostly-weekly fiction serial which ran for 33 installments. Unfortunately, serialized fiction has a hard time finding an audience, and I couldn't afford the time to continue it with the press of other projects. The entire site is archived here.

Tachyon City is a braindump for just about everything: Media reviews, political sideswipes, religious ponderings, and bits of personal history. Check it out here.

All contents © 1994-2005 Nathan Shumate.

Graphic by Guy Davis, first published in Sinergy #2 from Caliber Press, 1993. Used by kind permission.