Fantasy/SF

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“The Price of Friendship,” Seasons: All-New Tales of Valdemar, DAW Books, November 2019

“Who We’ll Become,” Choices: All-New Tales of Valdemar, DAW Books, November 2018

“Family, Fair and True,” Fiction River: Wishes, WMG Publishing, May 2018

“Woven Threads of Love and Honor,” Pathways: All-New Tales of Valdemar, DAW Books, December 2017

“Hidden Talents,” Fiction River: Superpowers, WMG Publishing, November 2017

“Get Inside,” Fiction River: Feel the Fear, WMG Publishing, September 2017

“So Many Ways to Die,” Fiction River: Pulse Pounders: Adrenaline, WMG Publishing, July 2017

“Still-Waking Sleep,” Fiction River: No Humans Allowed, WMG Publishing, March 2017

“Good Scrying Gone Bad,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 11: Bewitching Love, February 2017

“Girls That Glitter,” Fiction River: Tavern Tales, WMG Publishing, January 2017

“Unraveling the Truth,” Tempest: All-New Tales of Valdemar, DAW Books, December 2016

“Hedging the Witch,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 10: Fabulous Familiars, November 2016

“Land of the Living,” Fiction River: Haunted, WMG Publishing, October 2016

“Tendrils, Twining,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 8: Out of the Woods, May 2016

“Ignite the Night,” Fiction River: Sparks, WMG Publishing, March 2016

“Rhapsody in Blue,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 7: Happily Ever Afters, February 2016

“Queen and Fool,” Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix, January 2016

“Queen and Fool” was shortlisted in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Volume Nine!

“What You Wish For,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 6: Enchanted Emporiums, November 2015

“Never Alone,” Crucible: All-New Tales of Valdemar, DAW Books, December 2015

“These Chains,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 5: Magical Libraries, August 2015

“Proof of Devotion,” Soul’s Road Press, 2015

“Save a Prayer,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 4: Portals & Passageways, May 2015

“A Father’s Blessing,” Soul’s Road Press, 2015

“Soulsearching,” Soul’s Road Press, 2015

“This is the World Calling,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 3: Heartspells, January 2015

“Old Loom, New Tapestry,” No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar, DAW Books, December 2014

“Desperate Housewitches,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 2: Winter Witches, October 2014

“The story’s wonderful, funny, and a do-not-miss.” (USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch)

“Seeds of Hope,” Soul’s Road Press, 2014

“Bane, She,” Soul’s Road Press, 2014

“Masked,” Soul’s Road Press, 2014

“Living With the Past,” Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives, WMG Publishing, September 2014

“The Pumpkin-Carving Contest,” Crossed Genres, July 2014

“The Madness of Survival,” Uncollected Anthology, Issue 1: Magical Motorcycles, July 2014

“Leave a Candle Burning,” Fiction River: Fantasy Adrift, WMG Publishing, May 2014

“Hearth and Family,” Elementary: More Stories of the Elemental Masters, DAW Books, 2013

“The Sound of My Own Voice,” Fiction River: Hex in the City, WMG Publishing, 2013

“Berengere,” Soul’s Road Press, 2012

“Blood Relations,” Soul’s Road Press, 2012

“To Ride the River-Horse,” Elemental Magic: All New Tales of the Elemental Masters, DAW Books, 2012

“Famous Last Words,” Soul’s Road Press, 2011

“Matchmaker,” More Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications, 2011

“I Sing a Song of Mourning,” Breaking Waves: An Anthology for Gulf Coast Relief charity anthology, Book View Café, 2010

“The Devil Went Down to the Sunset Strip,” Retro Spec: Tales of Fantasy and Nostalgia, Raven Electrick Ink, 2010

“If the Shoe Fits,” The Trouble With Heroes, DAW Books, 2009

“Dayle A. Dermatis’s ‘If the Shoe Fits’ is a funny (and rather ingenious) semi-modern twist on Cinderella, in which we find out why that shoe was really so important to everyone.” (Errant Dreams Reviews)

“Proof of Devotion,” Fabulous Whitby, Shrew Press (UK), 2008

“Some Old Lover’s Ghost,” Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories, Lethe Press, 2008

“…unexpectedly romantic [and] heart-wrenching” (Rainbow Reviews)

“Hell’s Belles,” DeathGrip: Exit Laughing, HellBound Books, 2006

“The Sultan’s Sons,” Clash of Steel: Assassin, Carnifex Press, 2005

“I was particularly struck by the little gem, ‘Sultan’s Sons’ by Dayle A Dermatis. This was, in my opinion, the…strongest story in the entire collection.” (horrorreader.com)

“You want something new and something fresh and I think I got that when I accepted [a story] from…Dayle Dermatis. I’d like to think that someday these…writers will be at the forefront of the new age in Fantasy and I can say that I helped them in my own small way.” (Armand Rosamilia, Editor of Clash of Steel)

“Stitch in Time,” BattleCorps.com, 2005

“Dayle Dermatis weaves us a tale of ‘shear’ bravery and bravado.” (classicbattletech.com)

“Pledges of Allegience,” BattleCorps.com, 2005

“Mirage,” BattleCorps.com, 2005

“A Matter of Perspective,” Scheherezade, Autumn 2004 (Iss. 27)

“What the Tales Never Mentioned Was That She Had a Daughter,” Wicked Little Girls, Allegra Press, 2003

“Blood & Promises,” Glyph, October 2002

“Return,” Raven Electrick, March 2002

“Another awesome flash piece is, ‘The Return’ by Dayle A. Dermatis. This coming of age flash blends ancestor worship and lunar travel through a poetically inventive conceit of ‘speaking trees’. This piece is a flash SF triumph, recommended for both theme and technique.” (sfreader.com)

“…Of Human Sacrifice and Parents’ Tears,” The Witching Hour, Silver Lake Publishing, 2001

“Creative Arsenal,” Jackhammer e-zine, Oct–Dec 2000

Preditors & Editors Poll 2000
Author, ranked 34; Story, ranked 24

“The Power to Change the Shape of the Land,” Sword & Sorceress XVI, 1999, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley
reprinted in Breaking Waves: An Anthology for Gulf Coast Relief, Book View Café, 2010

“Bane, She,” Haunts, January 1996 (Issue 30)
reprinted in Vermont Voices III, 2000

“What Dragons Prefer,” Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine, Fall 1994 (Iss. 25)
reprinted in Dragons: A Celebration of the Greatest of Mythical Creatures, 1996
“reprinted” (kind of!) as a podcast at Podcastle, 2008

Cauldron Award, third place, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine

“Riding Into Faerie,” Lost Worlds, August 1994 (Vol. 6, No. 10)

“Accidental Victim,” Vermont Voices II, 1994

“Snowblind,” Lost Worlds, January 1993 (Vol. 5, No. 4)