1-2/1: "When Coyote Takes Back The World" (1983), early typescript (under old title of 'When Coyote Took Back The World') with handwritten edits

1-2/2: "When Coyote Takes Back The World" (1983), early typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript (both under old title 'When Coyote Took Back The World')

1-2/3: "When Coyote Takes Back The World" (1983), later typescript - 2 copies

1-2/4: "The Bad People" (1984), earlier typescript, and typescript with handwritten edits and revisions

1-2/5: "The Bad People" (1984), later typescript, and later typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/6: "Dark Shapes in The Road" (1984), early typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/7: "Dark Shapes in The Road" (1984), later typescript with handwritten edits (2900 words) - 2 copies

1-2/8: "Dark Shapes in The Road" (1984), later typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/9: "Dark Shapes in The Road" (1984), later typescript

1-2/10: "The Day It Rained Vaginas" (1984), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/11: "The Day it Rained Vaginas" (1984), early typescript and additional pages

1-2/12: "The End of the Yarn" (1984), early typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/13: "Facing It" (1984), early typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/14: "Facing It" (1984), later typescript - one with handwritten edits

1-2/15: "Harvest Child" (1984), early typescript with handwritten edits (under old title of 'The Hunger Child')

1-2/16: "Harvest Child" (1984), later typescripts, and photocopy of published story

1-2/17: "The Men and Women of Rivendale" (1984), early typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/18: "The Men and Women of Rivendale" (1984). early typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/19: "The Men and Women of Rivendale" (1984), later typescripts - one with handwritten edits

1-2/20: "The Overcoat" (1984), earlier typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/21: "The Overcoat" (1984), early typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/22: "The Overcoat" (1984), later typescript with handwritten edits, and letter from Martin H. Greenberg (December 9, 1999)

1-2/23: "Punishment" (1984), typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/24: "Punishment" (1984), typescript - 2 versions, one with handwritten edits

1-2/25: "Punishment" (1984), typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/26: "Punishment" (1984), typescript

1-2/27: "Rider" (1984), early typescript [under old title of "Kelpie"] with handwritten edits

1-2/28: "Rider" (1984), later typescripts - 2 copies, one missing the first page [under old title of "Kelpie"]

1-2/29: "Rider" (1984), later typescript - 4 copies, three with handwritten edits

1-2/30: "Rider" (1984), final typescript

1-2/31: "Spidertalk" (1984), typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/32: "Spidertalk" (1984), final typescript, and publisher's correspondence, 1993, 1999

1-2/33: "There's No Such Thing As Monsters" (1984), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and photocopy of published story in Fantasy and Terror #3

1-2/34: "There's No Such Thing As Monsters" (1984), later typescripts - 3 copies, two with handwritten edits, and photocopy of republished story

1-2/35: "The World Through The Tree" (1984), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-2/36: "Worms" (1984), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, , and later typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/37: "You Dreamed It" (1984), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript - 2 copies

1-2/38: "August Freeze" (1985), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and photocopy of published story

1-2/39: "The Battering" (1985), earlier typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/40: "The Battering" (1985), later typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/41: "Buzz" (1985), early typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/42: "Buzz" (1985), later typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/43: "Buzz" (1985), later typescript

1-2/44: "Father's Day" (1985), early typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/45: "Father's Day" (1985), later typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/46: "In a Guest House" (1985), earlier typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/47: "In a Guest House" (1985), later typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/48: "Piano Moon" (1985), early typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/49: "Piano Moon" (1985), typescript and photocopies of published story

1-2/50: "Pulled Down to Sleep" (1985), typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/51: "Pulled Down to Sleep" (1985), typescript

1-2/52: "Wake" (1985), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/53: "Bite" (1986), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/54: "Daddy" (1986), early typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/55: "Daddy (1986), later typescript - 3 copies

1-2/56: "Embrace of Clay, Embrace of Straw" (1986), early typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-2/57: "In Control" (1986), typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/58:"Katherine's Shadow" (1986), early typescript with handwritten edits [under old title of "Katerina's Shadow"], and later typescripts - 2 with handwritten edits

1-2/59: "Katherine's Shadow" (1986), later typescript

1-2/60: "Late Night Thoughts on Horror Fiction" (1986), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/61: "Late Night Thoughts on Horror Fiction" (1986), typescript

1-2/62: "Little Cruelties" (1986), earlier typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/63: "Little Cruelties" (1986), later typescript, and letter from Lennart Sane Agency, 1994

1-2/64: "Night, The Endless Snowfall" (1986), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-2/65: "Self-Possessed" (1986), typescript - 2 versions with handwritten edits and comments, and photocopy of published story

1-2/66: "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" (1986), typescript

1-2/67: "Trickster" (1986), typescript with handwritten edits [under old title of "Animal Masks and Man Suits"]

1-2/68: "Trickster" (1986), typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-2/69: "Dinosaur" (1987), early typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/70: "Dinosaur" (1987), later typescript (5000 words) with handwritten edits - 2 copies

1-2/71: "Dinosaur" (1987). later typescript (5200 words) with handwritten edits

1-2/72: "Dinosaur" (1987), later typescript with handwritten edits, comments, and handwritten notes

1-2/73: "Dinosaur" (1987), workshop copy typescript with handwritten edits, 1981?

1-2/74: "Dinosaur" (1987), later typescript (5000 words) - 2 versions

1-2/75: "Dinosaur" (1987), final typescript, and proofs

1-2/76: "Excavation" (1987), partial early typescript drafts with handwritten edits [under old title of "Excavations"]

1-2/77: "Excavation" (1987), typescript with handwritten edits [under old title of "Excavations"]

1-2/78: "Fogwell" (1987), typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/79: "Hidey Hole" (1987), typescript with handwritten edits

1-2/80: "Last Dragon" (1987), typescript

1-2/81: "Leaks" (1987), earlier typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/82: "Leaks" (1987), later typescript

1-2/83: "Mother Hag" (1987), earlier typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/84: "Mother Hag" (1987), photocopy of later typescript, final typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-2/85: "Off The Subject" articles (1987), typescript with handwritten edits of "Off The Subject" #1, typescript of "Off The Subject" #2, and photocopy of published "Off The Subject" #2

1-2/86: "One View: Creating Character in Fantasy and Horror Fiction" (1987), typescript with handwritten edits [under old title of "Creating Character in Dark Fantasy Fiction: One View"

1-2/87: "One View: Creating Character in Fantasy and Horror Fiction" (1987), typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript [under old title of "Creating Character in Horror Fiction: One View"

1-2/88: "Woman on the Corner" (1987), early typescript with handwritten edits [under old title of "Corpse Child"]

1-2/89: "Woman on the Corner" (1987), later typescripts with handwritten edits

1-2/90: "Woman on the Corner" (1987), later typescript

This subseries consists of reference materials, correspondences, and other materials relating to specific stories by Steve Rasnic Tem.

1-4/17: Article on Arthur C. Clarke [The Virginia Tech, October 2, 1968] (photocopy)

1-4/18: "Carnal House" (1989), audio sample on audiocassette

1-4/19: Contracts, permissions, etc., 1995, 2010-2014

1-4/20: Convention Materials: MileHiCon [Denver, CO, 2019], program book

1-4/21: Convention Materials: World Fantasy Convention 2014 [Crystal City, CA: 2014], passport

1-4/22: Deadfall Hotel (2011), reviews, 2012, undated

1-4/23: Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award Finalist certificate, 2017

1-4/24: "Not So Dead" (unreleased audiobook, 1992), audiocassette

1-4/25: Public relations, 1993-1995

1-4/26: Signed bookplates, undated

2-10/1: Comfort Me with Peaches (play, w/Roberta Robertson, 2006), typescript, photographs, review in North Denver News, and other materials

2-10/2: "Dhost" (2007), typescript

2-10/3: "The County" (2008), typescript

2-10/4: "Monster" (2008), typescript - 2 copies

2-10/5: "The Pickers" (2009), typescript (4500 words), and typescript (4600 words)

2-10/6: "Bees From The Hive" (2010), typescript

2-10/7: "Braids" (2010), typescript - 2 copies

2-10/8: "The Shoes" (2010), typescript

2-10/9: "Afraid of Snakes" (2011), typescript

2-10/10: "Cousin Claudine" (2011?), typescript

2-10/11: "Keeping Corky" (2011), typescript

2-10/12: "Little Shit" (2011), typescript

2-10/13: "Dahilas" (2012), typescript

2-10/14: Straight Sitting: A Play in Two Acts (2012), typescript

2-10/15: "The Classmate" (2013), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/16: "Hypermnemonic" (2013), typescript

2-10/17: "Singularity" (2013), typescript (5100 words)

2-10/18: "Singularity" (2013), typescript (5500 words)

2-10/19: "Cantata" (2014), typescript

2-10/20: "The Dream" (2017), typescript

2-10/21: "Aliens" (undated), typescript

2-10/22: "Amy Honey" (undated), typescript

2-10/23: "As It Ends" (undated), typescript

2-10/24: "Back Home" (undated), typescript

2-10/25: "The Bears Are Crying" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits, typescript synopsis [under old title "Bear Bones"), and handwritten notes

2-10/26: "Beloved Monster" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/27: "But The Sun" (undated), typescript

2-10/28: "Bottle Sickness" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/29: "The Caretaker" (undated), typescript

2-10/30: "Cheryl's Mother" (undated), typescript

2-10/31: "Colors Don't Fade" (undated), typescript

2-10/32: "The Darkest Castle" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/33: "Death on the Menu" (undated), typescript

2-10/34: "Friends" (undated), typescript, and related correspondence (1993)

2-10/35: "I Am a Lady" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/36: "In the Still of the Night" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/37: "Into the Sunset" (undated), typescript - 2 copies, and art print of sunset

2-10/38: Kau'wa (undated, w/Nancy Holder), typescript synopsis

2-10/39: The Leap of Faith: Claiming and Bonding in Adoption, typescript, 2000

2-10/40: The Leap of Faith: Claiming and Bonding in Adoption, adoption research materials (1981-1999, undated)

2-10/41: "Let it Snow" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/42: "The Love of His Life" (undated), typescript synopsis

2-10/43: Making Love (w/Nancy Holder), typescript outline (under original title Beast) - 2 copies, related correspondence (1991-1992), and background materials

2-10/44: "The Other Portrait" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/45: "Paula Kay" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/46: Poems for my 50th (undated), typescript - 2 versions

2-10/47: "Round the Earth Roaming About" (undated), typescript synopsis

2-10/48: "Spaghetti and Roses" (undated), typescript

2-10/49: "To Play the Field" (undated), typescript

2-10/50: "Under Loyd's House" (undated), transcript

2-10/51: Untitled "Succubus" Novel" (unpublished, w/Nancy Holder), typescript pages

2-10/52: Untitled "Third Ana Novel" (undated), handwritten notes

2-10/53: "V" (undated), typescript

2-10/54:"What the Cat Saw" (undated), typescript - 2 copies, and art print of cat

2-10/55: "When He Comes, or The Man" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits

2-10/56: "A Woman Who Knows What She Wants" (undated), typescript

2-10/57: Assorted stories , photocopies of published stories

2-10/58: Various pieces of college fiction, typescripts with handwritten edits, 1968-1973, undated

2-19/59: Various poems, typescript with handwritten edits, 1962-1978

1-1/20: Book reviews by Tem, typescripts, 1992, undated

1-1/21: West Side Stories (collection from Tem's writing class), 2009

1-1/22: A Brief History of the Love Universe (unpublished), typescript, undated

1-1/23: Fry Day: Plays and Poems (unpublished), typescript, title page - page 141, undated

1-1/24: Fry Day: Plays and Poems (unpublished), typescript, pages 142 - 233, undated

2-14/30: Electronic books, 1999-2000

2-14/31: Nichols, Dave ("Acceptance/Cancer of the Soul"), 2001-2002

2-14/32: Nichols, Dave, 2001-2002

2-14/33: Nichols, Dave ("Beginnings"), 2001-2002

2-14/34: Nichols, Dave ("The Book"), 2001-2002

2-14/35: Nichols, Dave ("Home"), 2001-2002

2-14/36: Nichols, Dave ("Outside World"), 2001-2002

2-14/37: Nichols, Dave ("Solitude"), 2001-2002

2-14/38: Nichols, Dave ("Travels/Changes"), 2001-2002

2-14/39: Nichols, Dave ("Writing"), 2001-2002

2-14/40: Publication correspondence, 1987, 1991-1995, undated

2-14/41: Schmalzried, George, 1994-1995, 2002

2/15/11: Abyss Newsletter, 1992-1993

2-15/12: Assorted college term papers, 1966-1968, typescripts with handwritten edits

2-15/13: Assorted college term papers, 1969

2-16/1: Assorted college term papers, undated

2-16/2: Article: "A Question of Sanity" (w/Judith Schwall), 1984

2-16/3: Child Placement Supervisor Qualification, 2011

2-16/4: Contracts, permissions, etc., A-G (alphabetical by story title)

2-16/5: Contracts, permissions, etc., H-R (alphabetical by story title)

2-16/6: Contracts, permissions, etc., S-Y (alphabetical by story title)

2-16/7: Fan mail, 1997-2000

2-16/8: "Fry Day" flyers, 2007

2-16/9: Interviews, 1991-1993

2-16/10: Medical report, October 2012

2-16/11: "Recipes from Grandma Melanie", undated

2-16/12: Roberta Robertson memoirs [1935-1997] transcripts, w/cover letter from Melanie Tem, 1997

2-16/13: Theater festival flyers, 2003, 2012

2-16/14: "Utopia: The Urge to Perfection" [college term paper], April 1970

2-2/14: Articles by Tem, 1973 - 1977, 1987, undated

2-2/15: Article by Tem on Marge Kubachko, 1982, with photographs and negative

• "Stories For All Seasons on Stage" event poster [Federal Theatre, Denver, CO, December 17, 2003]
• December 2021 Addendum
  • Poster for Comfort Me With Apples (play, Academy Theatre, May 2010), signed by cast members

2-17/10: Photographs, undated

This subseries consists of other materials relating to the joint writing career of Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem.

3-16/15: Article in Denver Business (April-May 1984)

3-17/1: Art and illustrations, 1988, undated

3-17/2: Bibliography, 2018

3-17/3: Contracts, permissions, etc., B-U (alphabetical by story title)

3-17/4: Convention materials, 2007

3-17/5: Meaning of "Tem", undated

3-17/6: Manuscripts, audio files, and images [digital files], 1999-2018 on flash drive

3-17/7: Pikes Peak Writer's Magazine (January/February 2008)

3-17/8: Reviews, 1993-2010, undated

3-2/6: Contracts, permissions, etc., 2012-2013

3-17/11: Photographs, 2011, undated

Steve Rasnic Tem:

Item 1: 1986 Horror Short Fiction Award

Item 2: International Horror Guild Award for Best Collection, 2000 (City Fishing)

Item 3: World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, 2001 (The Man on the Ceiling)

Melanie Tem:

Item 4: World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, 2001 (The Man on the Ceiling)

Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem:

Item 5: International Horror Guild Award for Best Long Form, 2000 (The Man on the Ceiling)

1. Steve Rasnic Tem

Manuscripts:

1-1/1: "The Way Station: A Homage to Stefan Grabinski" (2019), typescript draft, undated

1-1/2: "Writing in Bits and Pieces" (2021), typescript draft, undated

1-1/3: "Do You Remember?" (2022), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

1-1/4: "The Winter Closet" (2022), typescript draft, undated

2. Melanie Tem

Manuscripts:

1-1/5: College Writing: "The Way: A Study of Compassion", typescript with handwritten edits, November 1964

1-1/6: College Writing: "Sunflowers and Thistledown: Emily Dickinson and Amy Lowell", typescript with instructor's comments, undated

1-1/7: Early Poetry: It Struck Me As Odd, typescript, 1966

1-1/8: Early Poetry: A Poem Lives Here, typescript, 1966 or 1967?

1-1/9: Early Poetry: Get It?, typescript, 1967

1-1/10: Early Poetry: "I of the Purple Milkweed", typescript, 1968

1-1/11: Early Poetry: Assorted poems, typescript drafts with handwritten edits, undated

1-6/1: "Cats, Dogs, and Other Creatures" (2001), typescript

1-6/2: "The Far Side of the Lake" (2001), typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/3: "In These Final Days of Sales" (2001), early partial typescript with handwritten edits [under old title of "A Career of Sales"]

1-6/4: "In These Final Days of Sales" (2001), early typescript with handwritten edits, including Afterword

1-6/5: "Professor Potter's Lectures on Early Men (Decidedly NOT For Children)" (2001)/"The Mask Child" (2013), typescript

1-6/6: "The Crusher" (2002), early typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/7: "How To Survive A Fire At The Greenmark" (2002, as Astrid Halsey), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/8: "How To Survive A Fire At The Greenmark" (2002, as Astrid Halsey), photocopies of published story, and story source material

1-6/9: "Lexical Infestation" (2002), typescript with handwritten edits, typescript notes, and handwritten notes

1-6/10: "Lexical Infestation" (2002), comic-zine

1-6/11: "Origami Bird" (2002), typescript - 3 copies

1-6/12: "Origami Bird" (2002), earlier typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/13: "Outside" (2002), earlier typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/14: "Outside" (2002), later typescript, and photocopy of later typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/15: "This Thing Called Love" (2002), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-6/16: "The Bereavement Photographer" (2003), early typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-6/17: The Book of Days (2003), typescript original draft with handwritten edits, Folder 1

1-6/18: The Book of Days (2003), typescript original draft with handwritten edits, Folder 2

1-6/19: The Book of Days (2003), typescript original draft with handwritten edits, Folder 3

1-6/20: "Denegare Spasticus" (2003), early typescripts with handwritten edits, submission guidelines (2001), and correspondence, 2001

1-6/21: "A Dream of the Dead" (2003), early typescript with handwritten edits, and notes

1-6/22: "A Dream of the Dead" (2003), later typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/23: "Espectare Necrosis" (2003), early typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript - 2 copies

1-6/24: The Hydrocepahlic Ward (2003), typescript

1-6/25: The Hydrocepahlic Ward (2003), typescript

1-6/26: The Hydrocepahlic Ward (2003), typescript, 1996?

1-6/27: "Merry X" (2003), typescript with handwritten edits, and copy of typescript

1-6/28: "Out Late in the Park" (2003), earlier typescripts with handwritten edits

1-6/29: "Out Late in the Park" (2003), later typescript

1-6/30: "An Ending" (2004), early typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescripts

1-6/31: "Inside William James" (2004), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-6/32: "Yesterday" (2004), earlier typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/33: "Yesterday" (2004), later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-6/34: "The Carving" (2005), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/35: "The Company You Keep" (2005), early typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/36: "The Company You Keep" (2005), later typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/37: "Friday Nights" (2005), earlier typescript with handwritten edits [under old title of "Friday Night at Jack's"], and later typescript - 2 copies

1-6/38: "Invisible" (2005), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/39: "Mysteries of the Colon" (2005), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-6/40: "Mysteries of the Colon" (2005), galley proof with handwritten copyedits, and typescript

1-6/41: "A Small Room" (2005), typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/42: "A Small Room" (2005), later typescript, and photocopy of published story

1-6/43: "Spirited" (2005), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/44: "The World Recalled" (2005), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/45: "The World Recalled" (2005), typescript with handwritten sketches

1-6/46: "The Disease Artist" (2006), early typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/47: Excavation (2006), proofs

1-6/48: "Fish" (2006), typescripts - one with handwritten edits

1-6/49: "Garbage" (2006), earlier typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/50: "Garbage" (2006), later typescript - 3 copies, one with handwritten edits

1-6/51: "Head Explosions" (2006), early typescript (2200 words) with handwritten edits, and later typescript (3500 words) with handwritten edits

1-6/52: "Head Explosions" (2006), later typescript

1-6/53: "Head Explosions" (2006), typescript

1-6/54: A Hideous Idea (play, 2006), earlier typescripts with handwritten edits

1-6/55: A Hideous Idea (play, 2006), later typescript with stapled addition, and later typescript with handwritten edits

1-6/56: A Hideous Idea (play, 2006), later typescripts

1-6/57: "The High Chair" (2006), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript

1-6/58: "Introduction (Some Of Your Blood)" (2006), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, and later typescript - 2 copies

1-6/59: "The Masque of Edgar Allan Poe" (2006), typescripts with handwritten edits - 2 versions, and publisher's correspondence, 2005

1-6/60: "Shadowhouse" (graphic story, 2006), prints and photocopies of prints

1-6/61: "Sometimes I Get Lost" (2006), typescript - 2 copies, one with handwritten edits

1-1/1: "Ancient Astronomies" (1988), reprint

1-1/2: "Asleep" (unpublished), typescript with handwritten comments, undated

1-1/3: Autopsies: A Sequence of Poems (unpublished), typescripts, undated

1-1/4: "The Current State of Computer Game Documentation" (1982), photocopy of published article

1-1/5: "The Dark at the Door" (unpublished), typescript with handwritten comments, undated

1-1/6: Early manuscripts, undated

1-1/7: "Gallbladder"/"Pancreas"/"Liver"/"Hair"/"Blood" (unpublished), typescripts rejected by The Journal, undated

1-1/8: "The Messenger" [abandoned writing project with Jason Van Hollender), typescript of planning documents, correspondence, and CDs of Van Hollender photographs, 2007, 2015-2017, undated

1-1/9: "Nose"/"Foot" (unpublished), typescripts rejected by Thirteenth Moon Magazine, undated

1-1/10; Notebook, undated

1-1/11: "Poe's Grave" (1995), typescript with handwritten comments, undated

1-1/12: Poems, typescripts with handwritten comments, undated

1-1/13: Poems, typescripts, undated

1-1/14: Poems, typescripts, undated

1-1/15: Ubo (2017), workshop notes, undated

1-1/16: "Writing from the Dark Side: The Horror Short story" (unpublished), typescript with handwritten edits, typescript (undated), and editorial correspondence (1982)

1-14/28: Correspondence with Charles L. Grant, 1979-1990, undated

1-14/29: Publication correspondence, 1978-2006, undated
--Correspondents include: Brian Aldiss, Robert Bloch, Algis Budrys, Thomas Disch, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, and Robert Silverberg.

Illustrated Poem: "Graveyard", undated

Illustrated Poem: "In Yorktown (For Ruth)", undated (partially torn)

Untitled drawing on board, undated

1-17/9: Photographs, undated

This series consists of materials, including manuscripts, correspondence, and other materials, relating to the life and career of Melanie Tem.

This subseries consists of manuscripts and related materials from Melanie Tem.

2-9/1: "The Leap of Faith: Claiming and Bonding in Adoption" (1986), typescript (photocopy), correspondence (1986), and typescript of book chapter 'The Fallacy of No-Fault Adoption'

2-9/2: "Aspen Graffiti" (1988), typescript, various reviews, and correspondence (March-September 1987)

2-9/3: "The Better Half" (1989), typescript with handwritten edits, and correspondence (1986, 1991)

2-9/4: "Lightning Rod" (1990), photocopy of published story

2-9/5: "Rain Shadow" (1990), partial photocopy of typescript

2-9/6: "Rain Shadow" (1990), typescript (photocopy)

2-9/7: "Rain Shadow" (1990), typescript, introduction to story from Women of the West, and fan letter (1990)

2-9/8: "Renting the Basement" (1990), typescript

2-9/9: "Reunion" (1990), typescript with handwritten edits

2-9/10: "Reunion" (1990), photocopy of published story

2-9/11: "Christmas with Jeremy" (1991), typescript with handwritten edits, and related correspondence (1988-1995)

2-9/12: "Daddy's Side" (1991), typescript, and correspondence (1989, 1992, undated)

2-9/13: "Fry Day" (1991), typescript, correspondence (1992), and spare typescript pages (photocopy)

2-9/14: "The Ice Downstream" (1991), typescript with handwritten edits

2-9/15: Prodigal (1991), typescript synopsis, and typescript revisions

2-9/16: "Secrets" (1991), earlier typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and related correspondence (1989-1991)

2-9/17: "Sitting With the Driver" (1991), typescript, and related correspondence (1989-1991)

2-9/18: What Lived Under Lloyd's Porch (children's book, 1991), typescript

2-9/19: Blood Moon (1992), galley proofs

2-9/20: "Repentance" (1992), typescript with handwritten edits, and related correspondence (1989, 1991)

2-9/21: "Trail of Crumbs" (1992), early typescript with handwritten edits, later typescript, and correspondence

2-9/22: "The Changelings" (1993), typescript, correspondence with Ellen Datlow (1991, 1993), and review of anthology (January 1993)

2-9/23: "Jenny" (1993) typescript

2-9/24: "Jenny" (1993) typescript

2-9/25: "Phantom" (1993), typescript

2-9/26: "Phantom" (1993), typescript, and related correspondence (1991-1992)

2-9/27: "Fingers" (1994), typescript, 1988?

2-9/28: "Orphan" (1994?), typescript - 2 copies, and background materials

2-9/29: "Pele" (1994), typescript (under old title "The Curse of Madam Pele")

2-9/30: "The Rock" (1994), typescript submitted to Cemetery Dance

2-9/31: "The Rock" (1994), revised typescript, 1992

2-9/32: "The Rock" (1994), typescript (7300 words) - 2 copies, and related correspondence (1994-1995)

2-9/33: Revenant (1994), typescript synopsis

2-9/34: "The Empty Tomb" (1995), typescript, and acceptance letter from The Urbanite, 1994

2-9/35: "House Full of Hearts" (w/Joseph R. Tem, 1995), typescript

2-9/36: "Half-Grandma" (1995) typescript, and galley proofs with copyedits

2-9/37: "Half-Grandma" (1995), typescript

2-9/38: "Intimates" (1995), typescript

2-9/39: "Presence" (1995), early typescript, and photocopy of published story

2-9/40: "Presence" (1995), typescript

2-9/41: "Presence" (1995), typescript sent to Pam Kesey, and correspondence from Kesey (1995)

2-9/42: "Presence" (1995), typescript (1700 words)

2-9/43: "Presence" (1995), early typescript

2-9/44: "Presence" (1995), typescript sent to The Silver Web

2-9/45: Desmodus (1995), typescript synopsis, outline, and notes, with handwritten edits, 1994

2-9/46: "The Name" (1995?), typescript

2-9/47: "Pandorette's Mother" (1996), original typescript, 1995

2-9/48: "Pandorette's Mother" (1996), typescript sent to Harcourt, Brace, 1995

2-9/49: "Pandorette's Mother" (1996), typescript, and correspondence w/Bruce Coville, 1994

2-9/50: "Pandorette's Mother" (1996), revised typescript sent to GLC, 1995

2-9/51: Witch-Light (w/Nancy Holder, 1996), typescript outline, 1993

2-9/52: "Delia's Daughter" (later renamed "Loving Delia", 1997), typescript with handwritten edits

2-9/53: "The Game" (1998), typescript - 2 copies

2-9/54: "Hegoday" (1998), earlier typescript, and rewritten typescript, 1996

2-9/55: "Memento Mori" (1998), typescript

2-9/56: "Sweet" (1998), typescript (19 pages), typescript (24 pages), and related correspondence (1997)

2-9/57: "Sweet" (1998), typescript

2-9/58: "The Lonely Gorilla" (1999), photocopy of published story

2-9/59: "Neighborhood Witch" (1999?), typescript

2-9/60: "The Psychic Magic Show" (1999), typescript, and related correspondence (1999)

2-9/61: "The Willful Child, the Black Dog, and the Beanstalk" (1999), typescript

2-9/62: "The Willful Child, the Black Dog, and the Beanstalk" (1999), typescript

2-9/63: "Alicia" (2000), typescript - 2 copies

2-9/64: The Ice Downstream (2001), typescript [missing "Trail of Crumbs"], and related correspondence (1990)

2-9/65: "Pioneer" (2001), typescript (6800 words) sent to Beyond, and response letter (1995)

2-9/66: "Pioneer" (2001), typescript outline, and editorial comments

2-9/67: "Pioneer" (2001), typescript (6800 words), and background materials, 1987

2-9/68: "Blue Shadows on the Tongue" (2002), typescript

2-9/69: "Blue Shadows on the Tongue" (2002), typescript

2-9/70: "Gardens" (2003), typescript

2-9/71: "Gardens" (2003), typescript, and related correspondence (1996)

2-9/72: "Wandering Child" (2003), typescript (4300 words) - 2 copies

2-9/73: "Wandering Child" (2003), typescript (4300 words), and correspondence, 1996

2-9/74: "The Country of the Blind" (2005), typescript

2-9/75: "Groupie" (2005), typescript

2-9/76: "Visits" (2004), typescript

2-4/1: Diaries, November 8, 1972 - December 1, 1974

2-4/2: Diaries, December 3, 1974 - December 8, 1975

2-4/3: Diaries, December 12, 1975 - September 7, 1978

2-4/4: Diaries, April 8, 1988 - February 14, 1989

This subseries consists of reference materials, correspondences, and other materials relating to specific stories by Melanie Tem.

2-14/6: "The Co-Op" (1990), 1987, 1990-1991

2-14/7: "Lightning Rod" (1990), 1988-1994

2-14/8: "Rain Shadow" (1990), 1990

2-14/9: Prodigal (1991), 1988-1993, 2005, undated

2-14/10: Blood Moon (1992), 1987-1997

2-14/11: Wilding (1992), 1992-2000

2-14/12: Making Love (1993, w/Nancy Holder), 1992-1997

2-14/13: Demon Lovers Romances (1993, 1996), 1994

2-14/14: Revenant (1994), 1992-1994, undated

2-14/15: Desmodus (1995), 1992-1995

2-14/16: Eros in the Underworld (proposed anthology, 1995, w/Nancy Holder), 1995

2-14/17: "House Full of Hearts" (1995), 1994-1995

2-14/18: Witch-Light (1996, w/Nancy Holder), 1989-1997

2-14/19: *Witch-Light (1996, w/Nancy Holder), background materials, 1974-1975, 1989, 1993, undated

2-14/20: Black River (1997, originally titled There Be Dragons), 1996-2001

2-14/21: The Tides (1999), 1995-1999

2-14/22: The Society of Lost Positives (2003), 2003-2004

2-14/23: Comfort Me With Peaches (2010), includes CD-ROM

2-14/24: Straight Sitting (play, 2012), research materials, 2001, 2005, undated

2-14/25: Round the Earth, Roaming About (undated), 1996, 2003, undated

This subseries consists of various recorded interviews, and readings and performances of work by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem.

3-12/1: The Man on the Ceiling (2000), typescript

3-12/2: The Man on the Ceiling (2000), typescript pages 187-233 with handwritten edits, and editorial correspondence (2003)

3-12/3: The Man on the Ceiling (2000), typescript - 2 copies

3-12/4: The Man on the Ceiling (2000), galleys (1999)

3-12/5: The Man on the Ceiling (2000), typescript (photocopy), and extra pages 19-20

3-12/6: "North" (2001), early typescript with handwritten edits

3-12/7: "North" (2001), typescript, and proof of published story

3-12/8: "Manhattan Beach" (2002), typescript with handwritten edits

3-12/9: "Empty Morning" (2004), typescript (5000 words) with editorial correspondence (2003), and typescript (5800 words)

3-12/10: "Pit's Edge" (2006), early typescript with handwritten edits

3-12/11: "Pit's Edge" (2006), typescript

3-12/12: "Pit's Edge" (2006), final (?) typescript, and editor's letter to Tems

3-12/13: "In Concert" (2008), typescript with handwritten copyedits, and galley proofs of published story

3-12/14: The Man on the Ceiling (2008), 'fake galley' proofs with handwritten edits (2007)

3-12/15: The Man on the Ceiling (2008), galleys for story's inclusion in Poe's Children with handwritten copyedits, notes, and extra pages (2008)