Wayne
Faust -
Secret Career!
What
does Wayne do during those long days on the road?
He
writes fiction, mostly of the science-fiction, alternate history, and
light horror variety.
He's also written some Christian fiction
as well.
He's had over 50 pieces published and even won a
contest with one of his stories, with more being published all the
time, so stay tuned to this site.
If you're a fan of
tightly-written fiction, check out some great books and stories!
Many of his short stories are available below to read
online for free.
Books by Wayne Faust:
Wayne's
first full-length novel just published on Amazon!
Click
here to see book on Amazon!
(Available in Kindle and
Paperback Editions)
Wayne's
collection of modern Christian parables,
published by Healthy Life
Press
Click here to see on Amazon (Kindle and Paperback Editions)
Click here to get an autographed copy on Picklehead
A
fun and entertaining memoir of Wayne's life in
show-business!
Published in 2006. (He's had almost 50 years
without a real job now...)
Available only in paperback and
only from Picklehead Music for just $9.99
(Signed by the Author)
Click here to see the book on Picklehead
Books Co-written by Wayne Faust:
A sci-fi, space horror fiction epic, co-written with Charles Eugene Anderson
Available on Amazon - Kindle and Paperback Editions
Short stories written by Wayne Faust
Wayne
has had more than fifty stories published in various places around
the world.
Most of them are listed below, along with the
publications they appeared in.
You can read a lot of them for free
by clicking on the links (especially if you scroll down to earlier
stories).
There are even links to audio readings of two
stories.
Enjoy!
"On
A Quiet Street Where Old Ghosts Meet"
Wayne's
newest story was just published in the Bethlehem Writers Group
magazine, an excellent publication.
This is one of Wayne's
favorite stories he's written.
It has a lot of autobiographical
background because it concerns his Mom,
who died long ago, and
much too early.
Read
Online for Free by clicking here!
If
you like the story, please leave a comment below it on the website.
"Omaha"
Originally
published at Lodestar, and was their first place fiction contest
winner.
Also performed for "One Night Stand Theater" -
Aurora, Colorado - February 9th. 2014
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Wayne's story "Eight Bar Blues and You Ain't Goin' Home" was just featured in 'Wyldblood Magazine' in the UK. (Issue #6)
Click
here to go to Wyldblood's website
Click
here to find the magazine on Amazon
(Kindle
version just $3.99)
Wayne's
story "Al's All-Nude Barbeque" appears in a great new
anthology of wryly humorous horror stories,
"A Sharp Stick
In the Eye."
Wayne's tale takes place in Key West during
Fantasy Fest.
He performed for 8 of those over the years, so the
details should ring true...
Click
here to find the paperback on Amazon
Wayne's
story "Outside the Box" appeared in a great anthology from
Mad Cow Press about dinosaurs.
The anthology was called "A
Fistful Of Dinosaurs" and featured stories by some very
prominent and talented authors,
and Wayne too!
Unfortunately
it is no longer available for purchase,
but
you can read Wayne's story by clicking here!
Wayne
received a really nice honor from One
Night Stand Theatre - Denver.
He
is now a "7Nighter," meaning his stories have been
performed more than 7 times!
This means a lot to Wayne because he
always loves their treatment of his work.
"Good Things Happen Eventually"
Wayne
is a hockey player, playing in two beer league teams a week. He also
writes science-fiction. His real job is making people laugh.
So
it's no surprise that he wrote a funny science-fiction story about
hockey!
This one appears in the April 17th, 2017 edition of Piker,
a magazine that Wayne's been in six times!
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
A
nice, poignant and sentimental Christmas tale from Wayne.
It
appears in the Winter, 2016 edition of Halcyon Days, who also
published Wayne's story "Mother's Day" in 2014.
Originally read aloud for Colorado Home Grown Tales, December 2008.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
First
published in Horrified Press
Wayne also landed this story in a
great horror anthology.
This is a terrific project and he's
proud to be a part of it.
You can see it on Amazon by
Clicking
here or on the image below.
Featured
in a live performance for One Night Stand Theater's show on April
10th, 2016.
This was Wayne's NINTH story performed by One Night
Stand Theater!
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Published
in the September 2015 issue of Ealain, an excellent online magazine
in South Africa. The theme for this issue is "What If?" and
Wayne's story about a different outcome of the American Civil War
certainly fits the bill. You can by the magazine, which contains lots
of great stories from around the world, for only $1.99. Or you can
subscribe and get lots and lots more stories for a very reasonable
price.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story
title above.
Appears
in "Issues Of Tomorrow" Anthology,
featuring some well-known and terrific authors, released on
1/26/18
Click
Here to see it on Amazon
Featured
in an absolutely mesmerizing performance by actor Logan
Custer for
One Night Stand Theater's show on April 12th, 2015.
This was
Wayne's EIGHTH story performed by One Night Stand Theater!
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
This
is one of Wayne's personal favorites, a short, sweet vignette
inspired by his wife's ballroom dancing. It's also his first story in
Allegory,
a really nice online magazine.
READ ONLINE
FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Appears
in Volume X, Issue 1 of Tales Of the Talisman.
This was
Wayne's 6th story for Tales, a really nice, hard copy magazine,
complete with great illustrations
and lots of good stories. Click
on the cover to the left to go to their website.
This
story contains a lot of great background from Wayne about the music
business and playing in clubs -
and also about playing in Ohio!
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
This
story was also read aloud for Colorado Home Grown Tales, February,
2011.
Featured
in One
Night Stand Theater's
October,
2014 performance of "Alien's Among Us" at The Vintage
Theater in Aurora, Colorado,
with a stunning performance of the
story by Jeff Miller
This
story is one of the few that Wayne has written that firmly falls
under the category of "HORROR."
Not for the faint of
heart or stomach, it's a gripping tale that should keep you hitting
the 'page down' button on your computer.
It originally appeared in
the March 26th, 2010 issue of Afterburn Science-Fiction
Magazine.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
Appeared
in Episode Three of Fictionvale Magazine.
This is one of the
bigger magazines that Wayne has had a story in, and it was for their
Alternate History issue.
It's one of Wayne's best stories, and
concerns some travelers from the future who venture back to the Black
Plague years in France.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
Appears
in the Spring, 2014 issue of "Halcyon Magazine"
(Canada)
This is Wayne's first story in Halcyon. This tender,
family piece was inspired by an east coast comedy tour that took
Wayne to Virginia and Washington, DC.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Then
scroll through the pages. Wayne's story begins on page 20.
Appears
in the Fall, 2013 issue of "GlassFire Magazine."
This is
Wayne's first story in GlassFire. It was inspired by several of
Wayne's trips to Yuma, Arizona when his son and family lived down
there. There's also some ballroom dancing in this mysterious little
tale, inspired by his wife.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
Then click on the story name on
the cover.
Featured
in One
Night Stand Theater's
October,
2013 performance of "Ghosts" at The Vintage Theater in
Aurora, Colorado.
This
story is one of the few that Wayne has written that firmly falls
under the category of "HORROR."
Not for the faint of
heart or stomach, it's a gripping tale that should keep you hitting
the 'page down' button on your computer.
It originally appeared in
the September, 2013 issue of Cover Of Darkness Magazine.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
Appeared
in the Summer, 2013 issue of "Lissette's Tales Of the
Imagination."
This is Wayne's first story in Lissette's, an
excellent, hard copy magazine featuring historical fiction and
fantasy. "Arthur's Bane" is a whimsical story with a new
take on the King Arthur legend, and it improbably features a twist
for Chicago baseball fans!
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
This
is Wayne's first story for FlagShip, an excellent magazine.
You
can read this one online for free, but you can also download a PDF
version of the entire magazine for only $2.99, an MP3 audio
version of all the stories for only $2.99, or BOTH for only
$3.99.
This is a really good deal, and it's an attractive
magazine with great illustrations.
Click on the magazine cover
or the links to go to Flagship's website.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
This is Wayne's 35th published story! That's a lot of writing...
"Waiting
For the Next Move"
Appears
in the Anthology "Longest Hours" from Silver Boomer
Books.
Click on the book cover on left to find out more about
the book.
Originally
appeared in the August-September 2009 issue of AlienSkin
Magazine
Also featured on Charles Anderson's Mad Cow
Podcast, with a reading by Wayne Faust
(Charles Anderson Books)
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Click
here to listen to Wayne's reading! (Duration
6:06)
Appears
in the Spring 2013 issue of "Tales Of the Talisman."
(Click on the cover image to go to the Tales website)
This is
Wayne's 5th story in Tales, and the first time his name appears
first on the cover!
One
of Wayne's personal favorites,
this heartwarming tale was
originally read aloud for Colorado Home Grown Tales, May,
2010.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story
title above.
Wayne's
5th story with Piker Press. This one appears in the April 9th,
2012 issue. Piker seems to like Wayne's quirkier stories, and this
one definitely fits.
The narrator is a character created by
Wayne's brother Don, and he reminds us why it's not a good thing
to hate snow...
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on
the story title above.
The Weekly Journal of Literary Humor
This
is Wayne's first story for Eric's Hysterics, a humor magazine.
And
yes, this is a very funny story inspired by his years back in
Chicago, hanging out after shows with his friend Dave Schneider.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
This
is Wayne's first story for Niteblade, a great online Horror and
Fantasy magazine. It's also his first which takes place back at dear
old Taft High School in Chicago, where Wayne went to school a long,
long time ago... This story appears in the March, 2012
issue.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
"Eight Bar Blues And You Ain't Goin' Home"
Wayne's
5th story for Tales Of the Talisman.
This is a really nice
magazine, and if you like good writing and good speculative fiction,
you should order yourself a copy.
Wayne's story relies a lot on
his early days on the Chicago music scene, and takes place in a
future Chicago, with a blues singer that seems really out of
place.
Wayne considers this one of his best tales.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
This
is the 3rd story of Wayne's that was performed by One Night Stand
Theater in Denver on April 17th, 2011.
This is a VERY short piece.
See how soon into the story you can figure out who the subject is...
This
story also appears in Piker Press.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
Wayne's
3rd story with Piker Press. This one appears in the March 14, 2011
issue. Piker seems to like Wayne's quirkier stories, and this one
definitely fits.
But there's a strong underlying message to this
one.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story
title above.
Wayne's
first story for The Absent Willow Review, a very cool online
magazine.
This story appears in the December 15th, 2010 issue and
is a creepy little tale that takes place in Chicago.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Wayne's
first story in "Encounters" Magazine, a nice, slick, sci-fi
publication.
This story appeared in the November / December 2010
issue.
"Wind Like Dry Bones" is a spooky, atmospheric
piece that takes place just before Christmas in a remote,
southwestern village.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
"Peace
Of Heart"
Published
in the November, 2010 issue of "Joyful" Magazine.
This
is a touching non-fiction story about Wayne and his daughter going to
the cemetery to visit the grave of his Mom.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Wayne's
3nd story in "Tales
Of the Talisman." It appeared in the August 2010
issue.
This is his first published story using Carthage
College as a backdrop.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
"Saxman"
Originally published at Quantum Muse
Translated
into Norwegian and published in the August 2010 Issue of "Pegasus"
Magazine in Scandinavia.
(Click on pics 2, 3, and 4 above to see
Wayne's name, story, and bio in a Norwegian magazine!)
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
"Armageddon
- The Short Version"
Published
in the September, 2010 issue of "Eclectic Flash" Magazine.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
(Story
begins on Page 14 in the online issue)
"The
Valley"
Published
in the September, 2010 issue of "Joyful" Magazine.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
"Symphony
Of the Water Buffalo"
Wayne's
2nd story with Piker Press - this one features a story about Chester
P. Farnsworth, one of Wayne's creations way back in high school.
In
this story, Wayne experiments with a quirky, humorous writing style
not found in his other stories.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
"Safe
Harbor"
Published
in the August, 2010 issue of "Joyful" Magazine.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
"The
Wall"
Published
in the April 2010 issue of "Joyful" Magazine.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
This
little story was inspired by all the times Wayne visited his wife's
family dairy farm in Dane County, Wisconsin. There's lots of
Scandinavian humor, which should probably ring true, since Wayne has
been doing this kind of humor in his shows for over thirty
years!
With this published story, Wayne was the featured cover
author for the March, 2010 issue of Piker Press.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
The
first fiction story Wayne wrote when he got back into writing.
It
was published in the November, '09 issue of the Australian Horror
magazine, "Midnight Echo,"
even though it's all about
driving across Nebraska in the middle of the night.
Go
figure.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
"Jake and Russell Take A Peek"
Wayne's
2nd story in "Tales
Of the Talisman." It originally appeared in the August '09
issue.
This is his first published story using Colorado as a
backdrop.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Honorable
Mention - Writer's Digest Magazine Story Contest, Inspirational
Category - 2008.
Published in the September 2009 issue of "Joyful"
Magazine.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Originally
published at Another Realm (anotherealm.com)
Performed
August, 2009 for Sci-Fi Theatre, Lakewood, Colorado
Also read
aloud for Colorado Home Grown Tales, February, 2009.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
Published
in the October, 2008 Issue of Hungur Magazine.
Also read on
the radio by actor Guy Williams at KGNU - Boulder, Colorado for their
"Stories For All Seasons" program.
Click
here to listen to the KGNU radio recording
(duration
11:25)
Also
read for Colorado Home Grown Tales, December, 2007, December 2009,
upcoming December 2010.
READ
ONLINE FOR FREE by
clicking on the story title above.
Originally published in the April '08 Issue of Tales Of the Talisman.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Rocky Mountain News "Scare Up An Ending" Contest
Originally published in the Denver Rocky Mountain News, October 2007.
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
"Tom"
Originally published at Another Realm (anotherealm.com)
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
Originally
published at Another Realm (anotherealm.com)
and
at Quantum Muse
READ ONLINE FOR FREE by clicking on the story title above.
