SECOND CHANCE
(Stage play co-written with Doug Redenius, a thirty-minute one-act in the style of Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" series. Performed in January and February 2005 as part of the "Darknight Gallery" evening of one-act plays, produced by Darknight Theatrical Productions.)
TOM
CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL
(Written under the pseudonym "David Michaels"
and published by
Berkley Books in 2004)
FACE
BLIND
(Original suspense novel published by Twenty First
Century Publishers Ltd. in 2003)
EVIL
HOURS
(Original novel written in 1998; published as an
e-book in 2001; revised and published by Twenty First Century
Publishers Ltd. in 2004)
AFTER THE GIG
(Short story on the Popcorn Fiction Website--check Read Previous Stories if not on the front page)
ANOTHER ROCK 'N' ROLL HIT
(Short story in "hit man" anthology THESE GUNS FOR HIRE published by Bleak House in 2006)
THE PLAGIARIST
(Short story written in 1986, now available from Amazon Shorts)
THUMBS DOWN
(Short story written in 1986, first published in Italian in the March 2003 issue of "M-Rivista del Mistero" Magazine, now available from Amazon Shorts)
THE
POCKET ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO JETHRO TULL
(A history of the rock band, published by Pocket
Essentials in 2002)
CLUE
(A musical based on the Parker Brothers board game;
book and music by Raymond Benson, Lyrics by Stuart
Howard)
(Produced at the University of Texas at Austin in
1977; withdrawn from circulation due to legal conflicts
with Parker Brothers)
CASINO
ROYALE
(Stage play based on the novel by Ian Fleming; commissioned
by Glidrose Publications; given a staged reading
in New York City in 1986; unproduced professionally)
KILLERS
(Computer game based on the FBI criminal profiling
methods; developed for various companies 1993-1996;
never produced)
MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND OTHER BOOK PROJECTS
"A
Visit to the Lilly Library" (BONDAGE #12, 1983)
"On
the Trail of Ian Fleming" (007, Vol. 2 #2,
1984)
"A
Dialogue with Kingsley Amis" (BONDAGE #13,
1984)
"Be
Your Own James Bond" (BONDAGE #14, 1985)
"Sold!"
(BONDAGE #15, 1987)
"The
Soundtracks to the Novels" (BONDAGE #16, 1989)
"Bond:
Back to Basics" (NY DAILY NEWS, July 9, 1989)
"A
Spy for Every Season" (NY DAILY NEWS, July
9, 1989)
"A
Visit to the James Bond Classroom" (BONDAGE
#17, 1989)
"Poetic
License--An Interview with Timothy Dalton"
(007 #21, 1989)
"Thunderball--The
Beginning" (007 #23, 1990)
"Benson
on Bond" (007 #24, 1992)
"Benson
on Bond" (007 #25, 1992)
"Benson
on Bond" (007 #26, 1993)
"Review
of Never Send Flowers" (GOLDENEYE #2, 1993)
"Meet
Me at Spi-Fi Con" (GOLDENEYE #3, 1994)
"Gardner's
World" (007 #28, 1995)
"Woodstock-Review
of 25th Anniversary Box Set" (GOLDMINE, Feb.
3, 1995)
"Blast from the Past" (007 short story) (PLAYBOY, Jan. 1997)
"Zero Minus Ten, Part One" (007 novel excerpt) (PLAYBOY, Apr. 1997)
"Zero Minus Ten, Part Two" (007 novel excerpt) (PLAYBOY, May 1997)
"The Facts of Death" (007 novel excerpt) (PLAYBOY, Jul. 1998)
"A
Canterbury Primer" (PROGRESSION, Spring/Summer
1998)
"Wim
Mertens Interview" (PROGRESSION, Summer/Fall
1998)
"Robert
Wyatt Reviews" (PROGRESSION, Fall/Winter 1998)
"Midsummer Night's Doom" (007 short story) (PLAYBOY, Jan. 1999)
"Dave
Stewart Interview" (PROGRESSION, Summer/Fall
1999)
"Live at Five" (007 short story) (TV GUIDE, Nov. 13, 1999)
"DoubleShot" (007 novel excerpt) (PLAYBOY, Jun. 2000)
"Spanish
Bond" (ABTA Magazine, Oct. 2000)
"The
Style of James Bond" (GQ Japan, Oct. 2000)
"Introduction" for the Italian publication of Lionel White's novel CLEAN BREAK (the basis for Stanley Kubrick's film THE KILLING) (published 2004 by Alacran Edizioni)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1960" (CINEMA RETRO, Jan. 2005)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1961" (CINEMA RETRO, May 2005)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1962" (CINEMA RETRO, Sep. 2005)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1963" (CINEMA RETRO, Jan. 2006)
"Discover Bergman" (CINEMA RETRO, Jan. 2006)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1964" (CINEMA RETRO, May 2006)
"Playboy Goes to Hollywood" (CINEMA RETRO, May 2006)
"Introduction" for Lois H. Gresh and Robert Weinberg's book THE SCIENCE OF JAMES BOND, published by Wiley Books in 2006.
Essay "Will the Cinematic Bond Ever Be the Literary Bond?" in Glenn Yeffeth and Leah Wilson's (editors) book JAMES BOND IN THE 21st CENTURY, published by BenBella Books in 2006.
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1965" (CINEMA RETRO, September 2006)
"Foreword" for John Griswold's book IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND--ANNOTATIONS AND CHRONOLOGIES FOR IAN FLEMING'S BOND STORIES (updated edition), published by Author House in 2006.
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1966" (CINEMA RETRO, January 2007)
"L.A. Law--An Interview with John Phillip Law" (CINEMA RETRO, January 2007)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1967" (CINEMA RETRO, May 2007)
"Foreword" for Robert Sellers' book THE BATTLE FOR BOND, published by Tomahawk Press in 2007.
The Essay "Bondage Paraphernalia" in the book HOW I GOT PUBLISHED, edited by Ray White and Duane Lindsay, published by Writer's Digest Books, 2007.
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1968" (CINEMA RETRO, Sep 2007)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1969" (CINEMA RETRO, Jan 2008)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1970" (CINEMA RETRO, May 2008)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1971" (CINEMA RETRO, Sep 2008)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1972" (CINEMA RETRO, Jan 2009)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1973" (CINEMA RETRO, May 2009)
"Harry Northup--the Acting Poet" (CINEMA RETRO, May 2009)
"Udderly Avant-Garde: The Story of Henry Cow" (PROGRESSION Magazine, Spring/Summer 2009)
"Benson Turns Back the Clock--The Best Films of 1974" (CINEMA RETRO, September 2009)
