Writing

Here you will find some short stories (mostly game-related fiction) and other writing.

Shadowrun Fiction

When one of Holly's contacts came to her with hot information, little did she know that she'd soon be dodging bullets from half the major crime organizations in the city.

The Heist

The Force of Nature team helps out their street gang pals, the Howlers, as they try to hijack an Ares weapons convoy.

End Run

The Denver-Aztlan route. Nearly 3000 klicks, through four nations, across three borders. Those who had done it before called it the "End Run", since it was the ending point for more than a few promising Shadowrun careers. And lives.

To Excess - Cyberware In the Modern World

A street doc's commentary on the dangerous and sometimes ludicrous effects of cyberware, and its increasing popularity.

Runner's Guide To Magic

One runner's perspective on magic in the shadows.

Family

A young medic's brother gets in over his head.

Earthdawn Fiction

Long Winter's Night

A group of adventurers are stranded in a remote inn during a winter storm in the Throal Mountains. But when one of the guests turns up dead, they must discover the killer before a great evil is unleashed.

Kalle's Story

The story of Kalle Dovar, a young troubadour.

MUSH Articles

See the MUSH page for a variety of articles related to online gaming.

Published
My publishing credits.


Shadowrun - Shadowland, Volume 2 December 1995 This volume of the Shadowland magazine contained the first version of our Learning & Improving Skills Rules as well as a fun perspective on Shadowrun magic entitled A Runner's Guide To Magic. These were the first works we ever had published.



Shadowrun - Shadowrun Companion 1996 The first official FASA sourcebook we were published in. The main thing we did for this was a re-print of the Learning & Improving Skill Rules and the Shadowrunner Retirement section. We also submitted a variety of optional rules, some of which appeared in the Companion. Our treatises on Docwagon or Cyberware were originally written for the Companion, but didn't make the final cut.



Shadowrun - Target: UCAS 1997 Our biggest work! John and I did the entire Chicago section for this sourcebook, including all of the fiction/color text and the optional rules regarding Strain III Beta, ghouls as player characters, Astral Voids, and Free Bug Spirits. There was even a brief appearance of Holly Kazinsky, the main character from Atlanta Blues.



Shadowrun - Target: Smugglers Havens 1998 Not much to speak of here - just a one-pager describing the End Run, a smuggler's route from Denver to Aztlan. The short story End Run was supposed to be a fictional intro to one of the sections, but didn't make it into the final version.


Behind the Crimson Veil 1999 I contributed the Enforcers pirate gang, as well as the Boarding Party rules for this sourcebook.



Aircraft Manual 2000 I did three planes for the CS aircraft book, including the Kingcobra, the Zion, and the Behemoth - the three planes featured in the Great Helium War web serial.



Blake Aviation Security 2000 A Crimson Skies campaign book featuring Paladin Blake and his premiere security firm, Blake Aviation Security. I wrote nearly all of this sourcebook.



Tinseltown Expose 2000 Though it was never published, I did some scenarios and characters for this sourcebook on the nation of Hollywood.

All content copyright 1996-2008 by Linda Naughton O'Meara unless otherwise noted. Shadowrun is a copyright and trademark of WizKids, LLC. Earthdawn is a copyright and trademark of FASA Corporation. Crimson Skies is a copyright and trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Babylon 5 is a copyright and trademark of Time Warner Entertainment. Battlestar Galactica is a copyright of Sci Fi / Universal.

Any use of characters, names, places, etc. from these systems is done with the greatest respect for their creators, and is not intended as a challenge to any copyrights or trademarks.

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