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Lela E. Buis is an American speculative fiction writer , playwright , poet and artist who was born in Middlesboro, KY . She graduated from Florida State University (FSU) and the Florida Institute of Technology , and worked in engineering for a number of years at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida . She currently resides in Tennessee.
Background [ edit ]
Lela Buis was born the elder of two daughters of Joseph N. and Lena Grace Buis. When Joe was discharged from the army after World War II , the couple took ownership of a Century Farm in Claiborne County, Tennessee . Lela Buis attended Claiborne County High School,[1] [2] Computer Assisted Instruction [3] Alpha Lambda Delta [4] Phi Kappa Phi [5] Yoshukai Karate .[6] [7] Titusville, Florida , non-profit Community Dance Theater.[8] [9] [10]
Writing career [ edit ]
Buis' first listed short story sale in the science fiction and fantasy genre was in 1991.[11] [12] [13] Proteus Review , published by Brevard Community College .[14] Galaxy , Thirteenth Moon , Star*line and others.[15] [11]
Buis is a member of the Knoxville Writers Guild, the Tennessee Mountain Writers, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Science Fiction Poetry Association .
Bibliography [ edit ]
Selected publications include:
Book-length fiction [ edit ]
Hurricane Season (2013)
Storm and Shadow (2013)
Competitive Fauna (2014)
Moonshadows (2019)
Case Files of a Spirit Talker (2020)
The Ivory Pin (2021)
Short stories [ edit ]
"The Winter People" (1991)
"Mixed Heritage" (1993)
"Moonshadow" (1993)
"The Virgin Goddess Maria" (1993)
"The Hunt" (1993)
"Readings in the Night" (1993)
"Haunted" (1994)
"The Magic Sword" (1994)
"Wayside Gardens" (1994)
"Entwined" (1994)
"Hurricane Season" (1994)
"Viruses" (1994)
"Carnival" (1995)
"The Lay of Urth" (1995)
"Transmogrifying in Holopaw Florida" (1995)
"Enigma Variations" (1995)
"Ground Zero" (1996)
"Shadows" (1996)
"Dragon Rain" (1996)
"Hunted" (1997)
"Artifacts" (2013)
"Night at Sloan Pond" (2013)
"Poison" (2013)
"Souls" (2013)
"Survival" (2013)
"The Journal of Miss Emily Carlton" (2013)
"The White Owl" (2013)
"Nightside" (2013)
"Possession" (2013)
"The Hatchling" (2013)
"The Cabin" (2014)
"A Study of Competitive Fauna" (2014)
"My Little Town" (2014)
"That December" (2015)
"Flotsam" (2015)
"The Dress" (2016)
"Only a Signal Shown" (2016)
"Wine and Magnolias" (2016)
"Illegal Aliens" (2017)
"The Knight of Crows" (2017)
"The Offering" (2017)
"Death in Nairobi" (2017)
"Possession" (2020)
"The Investor" (2020)
"Haunted Halloween" (2020)
As Lee/Lena Crittenden [ edit ]
"Ascension" (1996)
"Dark Nights in Dallas" (1996)
"The Spring at Sloan Pond" (1996)
"The Stake" (1996)
"Stud Cops in Dallas" (1996)
"Anthem" (2000)
"The Lookout" (2013)
Silver Spurs (2013)
"The Mending Tool" (2019)
"Wild, primitive shore", Proteus IV , April 1977
"Light softens", Proteus IV , April 1977
"Leaf fall", Proteus V , April 1978
"Home...", Proteus V , April 1978
"The Face" Star*line [16]
Entwined: The Marriage of Dream and Vision (2013)
Defiance: A Narrative Poem (2013)[11]
"That Box" Silver Blade Magazine , 3 September 2013[17]
The Magic Sword: A Narrative Poem (2015)
"Love Flowers Amidst the Blight," Mobius: The Journal of Social Change , Fall 2015
"Living Forever," Star*line , Fall 2015
"Fear," Florida State Poets Association Anthology #33[18]
"The Haint," SFPA Halloween Poetry Reading , 2016
"Choosing Between Sins," Florida State Poets Association Anthology #34 , 2016[19]
"Facades," Florida State Poets Association Anthology #35 , 2017[20]
"Leaving," KWG Autumn Poetry Contest, second place winner, 2017[21]
"Storm," Florida State Poets Association Anthology #36 , 2018[22]
"Rush," Florida State Poets Association Anthology #37 , 2019[23]
"Zombie Love," Liquid Imagination #43, Nov. 2019
"Find Me in a Morning," Florida State Poets Association Anthology #38, 2020 [24]
"Deadwood Dick Meets the Ghost of His Dad," Eye to the Telescope #40, 2021
"White Buffalo Maiden," Florida State Poets Association Anthology #39, 2021 [25]
"The Last 1040" Florida State Poets Association Anthology #40, 2022 [26]
After the Rain: Borderlands" Maitland Public Library Annual Adult Poetry Contest (chapbook), April 28, 2023
Early Morning, Cold Coffee: A Play in One Act, 2001-02[27]
Articles and essays [ edit ]
"Realistic Self-Defense: The Bottom Line in Personal Safety" (writing and photography), Black Belt Magazine [28]
"Improved Design for Corrosion Control" (writing and photography), Materials Performance [29]
Letter: "On Laura Mixon's Glass House ", Scavenger's Newsletter
"Making it in a Free Market," Scavenger's Newsletter , May 1993
"Science Fiction Inequities," Hear and Now , July 1993
"Sex and the Female Agenda," Hear and Now , September 1993
"Misogyny in Discover Magazine," NOW Times , Winter 1993
Letter: "Connie Willis and Kandis Elliot", Asimov's Science Fiction , December 1993 (as Lena Crittenden)
Letter: "On Simultaneous Submissions," Scavenger's Newsletter , March 1994
Letter: "Salutations from the Boo-Boo Brigade", Scavenger's Newsletter , July 1995
Letter: "Silverberg's Article on Gresham's Law," Asimov's Science Fiction
Letter: "On 'Love This'", Scavenger's Newsletter , October 1996 (as Lena Crittenden)
"Science Fiction - Shaping the Future", The East Tennessee Writer , January 2014
"When Is a Dog Not a Dog?", The East Tennessee Writer , August 2014
"KWG vs. the Demons", The East Tennessee Writer , July 2015
"What I Did on My Summer Vacation", The East Tennessee Writer , August 2015[30]
Illustrations [ edit ]
13 untitled photos, Black Belt , February 1988
"Raven", Scavenger's Newsletter , July 1992
"Bat", Scavenger's Newsletter , March 1994
"Girl's Face", Spectre Fall 1994
"Man's face", Spectre , Fall 1994
"Cat", Scavenger's Newsletter , September 1995
"Pier with Children" (photograph), Florida State Poets Association Anthology #33 , 2015
"Demon Face," SFPA Halloween Poetry Reading , 2016
"Spot Sleeps on Burroughs (plus Frazetta)," File 770
"Cats Sleep on SFF: Avram Davidson," File 770 , 2019
"Masked Filers Reading SFF: Star*Line." File 770 , 2020
2017 Knoxville Writers’ Guild Autumn Contest 2017 - 2nd place for "Leaving"
FSPA Glidden Award 2020 - Honorable Mention for "Mama Has Gone Off the Deep End Again"
Poetry Society of Tennessee January 2021 Contest - 2nd place for "Starman Drives"
References [ edit ]
^ Claiborne County farm joins state's Century Farms Program: 110-Year-Old Buis Ridge Farm Recognized for Agricultural Contributions , retrieved 24 April 2015
^ CAI Center Annual Progress Report (PDF) , 1 April 1972, retrieved 24 April 2015
^ Full text of "Tally-Ho" , retrieved 24 April 2015
^ Phi Kappa Phi , retrieved 6 May 2015
^ Randall, H.P. (1991), Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges , p. 188
^ Dance Theatre Idioms , retrieved 24 April 2015
^ Community Dance Theatre, Inc. , retrieved 24 April 2015
^ Production History of Playwrights Workshop (1985-2014) (PDF) , 2014, retrieved 25 April 2015
^ Mind the Gap: Cumberland Gap hosts Arts & Wine Festival , retrieved 23 January 2023
^ a b c "Lela E. Buis - Summary Bibliography" . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 23 June 2013 .
^ Borcherding, D. H. (1996). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Sourcebook: Where to Sell Your Manuscripts ISBN 9780898797626 . Retrieved 23 June 2013 .
^ "The Best of Soft Science Fiction Contest" . Retrieved 23 June 2013 .
^ Proteus Review the original on October 15, 2002, retrieved 24 April 2015
^ Heldreth, Leonard; Pharr, Mary (1999). The Blood Is the Life: Vampires in Literature ISBN 9780879728038
^ Star*line, Volume 35, Issue 2 April/June 2012 , retrieved 18 June 2015
^ That Box , retrieved 18 June 2015
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Thirty-three . FSPA. 2015.
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Thirty-four . FSPA. 2016.
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Thirty-five . FSPA. 2017.
^ "Leaving, Lela Buis" . Knoxville Writers Guild. 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Thirty-six . FSPA. 2018.
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Thirty-seven . FSPA. 2019.
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Thirty-eight . FSPA. 2020.
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Thirty-nine . FSPA. 2021.
^ Florida State Poets Association Anthology Forty . FSPA. 2022.
^ Brevard Playwrights Workshop Production History (PDF) , retrieved 18 June 2015
^ Black Belt , retrieved 24 April 2015
^ Materials Performance ISBN 9780915567386 , retrieved 24 April 2015
^ Newsletter Archive , retrieved 4 July 2014
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