Gene Breshears

Gene Breshears has been involved in publishing and small press activities (sometimes extremely small press) since the age of 12, and made his first fiction sale at 16. He has since discovered that working as a technical writer, graphic artist, and technical illustrator pays better, yet leaves him enough time and energy to pursue his creative interests for fun.

Born in a small Oklahoma town that was inexplicably located in northwestern Colorado, he attended ten different elementary schools in four different states, two high schools in different states, then finally abandoned his family's gypsy lifestyle to finish a bachelor's degree in Mathematics in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., where he settled because he likes the rain.

Gene lives with his husband, Michael. In his spare time he writes, composes music, rides bicycles, tries to raise roses, and is President and Editor-in-Chief of the non-profit Tai-Pan Literary & Arts Project, which produces the Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe fanzine. Gene was a staff member of Conifur Northwest. He was a Guest of Honor at Midwest Furfest in November 2005.

Published Tai-Pan stories

 * no. 1: "Interstellar Travel in the Tai-Pan Project Universe" (article), "Tech Notes for the Tai-Pan" and "The Tai-Pan" (articles co-written with Alan Chapman)
 * no. 2: "New Queensland Station", with Keith Alan Johnson and Whitney Ware, illustrations by Susan Woolard
 * no. 9: "Out of Place", illustrations by Terrie Smith
 * no. 11: "Such Revenge on You Both", illustrations by Steve Corbett
 * no. 15: "Sins of the Brother", illustrations by Annette Pschirrer and Susan Woolard
 * no. 16: "Anniversary Bash, Prelude", with Robert Luoma, Chas P.A. Melville, Julie Rampke, and Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Edd Vick
 * no. 17: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 1: Trembles", with Chas P.A. Melville, Jeffrey Cornish, Edd Vick, Ingrid Schwarz, Barb Cummings, and Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Jackie Duram-Nilsson
 * no. 17: "Out of Place, Chapter 2: Margin of Error", illustrations by Barb Cummings
 * no. 18: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 2: The Luminous Island" with Edd Vick, Jeffrey Cornish, Chas P.A. Melville, Dana Evans, Chris Geary-Durril, and Barb Cummings, illustrations by Tom Milliorn
 * no. 18 "The Subtlest Beast", illustrations by Barb Cummings
 * no. 19: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 3: The Moon Sank Behind the Sky", with Edd Vick, Anthony Waters, Gary Fletcher, Kristin E.H. Fontaine, Dana Evans, Chris Geary-Durill, Barb Cummings, Keith Alan Johnson, Chas P.A. Melville, and Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Terrie Smith
 * no. 19: "The Holly King", illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no. 20: "Phantom Pain", illustrations by David Zawitaj
 * no. 20: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 4: The Cold Light of Stars" with David Dailey, Edd Vick, Jeff Cornish, and Kristin Fontaine, illustrated by Chas P.A. Melville.'
 * no. 21: "Out of Place, Chapter 3: Partial Observer", illustrations by David Zawitaj
 * no. 22: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 5:  As Little Hunted Hares", with Chas P.A. Melville, Mark Allen Davis, Jeffrey Young, and Edd Vick, illustrations by Barb Cummings
 * no. 22: "A Bargain at Twice the Price", illustration by Troy D. Johnson
 * no. 23: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 6: Until the Last Gasp" with Kristin Fontaine, Barb Cummings, Chas P.A. Melville, Anthony Waters, Keith Alan Johnson, and Edd Vick, illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no. 24: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 7:  Like Fire Burning in the Night", with Julie Rampke, Mark Allen Davis, Dina Grozev, Chas P.A. Melville, Kristin E.H. Fontaine, and Keith Alan Johnson, illustrations by Kathy R. Coleman
 * no. 24: "Dancing on My Grave, Part 1", with illustrations by Dan Canaan
 * no. 25: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 8:  Where the Storm Drives Me", with Chas P.A. Melville, Mark Allen Davis, and Jeffrey Cornish, illustrations by Susan Woolard and Annette Pschirrer
 * no. 25: "Do You Hear?", illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no. 25: "Out of Place, Chapter 4: Variant Analysis", illustrations by Brian Carpenter
 * no. 25: "The Water of Life", illustrations by Terrie Smith
 * no. 26: "Speak of the Devil", illustrations by Tom Milliorn
 * no. 26: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 9:  The Dark Depths", with Edd Vick, Chas P.A. Melville, and Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by David Zawitaj
 * no. 26: "Dancing on My Grave, Part 2"
 * no. 27: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 10:  The Dying Lives", with Edd Vick and Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Kathy R. Coleman
 * no. 28: "Aniversary Bash, Chapter 11: No One Expects the Safety Weasel!", with Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Brian Carpenter
 * no. 28: "...And the Devil Appears", illustrations by Jackie Duram-Nilsson
 * no. 29: "Anniversary Bash, Chapter 12: Outride the Devil (the conclusion!)", with Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Chas P.A. Melville
 * no. 30: "Aftershocks (an epilogue to Anniversary Bash)", with Edd Vick, illustrations by Jackie Duram-Nilsson
 * no. 30: "Out of Place, Chapter 5: Empirical Evidence", illustrations by Chas P.A. Melville
 * no. 31: "The Snow Wives", illustrations by Barb Cummings
 * no. 31: "What I did on my Summer Vacation", graphic story with Bill Koonts
 * no. 32: "Kiss and Tell", illustrations by Sheryl Schopfer
 * no. 33: "Out of Place, Chapter 6: Dark Matter", illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no. 34: "The Throne of Osiris", illustrations by Barb Cummings
 * no. 34: "Night of Destiny", illustrations by Jeffrey Young
 * no. 35: "The Devil's Workshop", illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no. 36: "Playmates", illustrations by Jennifer Anderson
 * no. 38: "Danger Is His Middle Name", illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no. 40: "Not a Creature Was Stirring", illustrations by Bill Koonts
 * no. 41: "Dance with the Devil", illustrations by C.D. Woodbury
 * no. 42: "Wassailing the Lady", illustrations by Sheryl Schopfer
 * no. 45  "Dance Into the fire", illustrations by Annette Pschirrer
 * no. 47  "The Great Chip Caper (Director's Cut)", illustrations by James Brandt
 * no. 48  "The Shadow of Azrael", illustrations by Chas P.A. Melville
 * no. 49  "An Heir Raising Tale", illustration by Kristin Fontaine
 * no. 49  "A Safety Weasel Christmas", illustrations by James L. Brandt
 * no. 50 "Take Three," illustrations by Barb Cummings
 * no. 51-52 "Degrees of Obfuscation"
 * no. 51-52 "You Can Count on Me," illustrations by Jeffrey Young
 * no. 51-52 "The Second Coming of Jesus Hernandez"
 * no. 51-52 "Think Like a Spacer," illustrations by Jeffrey Cornish
 * no. 51-52 "The Color of Rain"
 * Tai-Pan Contraband: "As Water Flows to Low Places", illustrations by Phillip Shrock
 * Tai-Pan Eclipse: "A Shadow's Kiss", illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * Tai-Pan Rough Trade: "Chester's Night Out", illustrations by Terrie Smith
 * Tai-Pan Skulguggery: "Beside Himself", with Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Chas P.A. Melville

Anthropomorphic stories published elsewhere

 * "The Color of Rain" published in North American Fur and Best in Show
 * "A Romp of Otters" published in Conifur Northwest 2000 program book, accompanying doodles by Chas P.A. Melville
 * "A Business of Ferrets" published in Conifur Northwest 2001 program book
 * "A Mask of Raccoons" published in Conifur Northwest 2002 program book, illustrations by Sheryl Schopfer
 * "A Clutter of Cats" published in Conifur Northwest 2003 program book, illustrations by Sheryl Schopfer
 * "A Profusion of Canids" published in Conifur Northwest 2004 program book
 * "The Great Chip Caper" published in Midwest FurFest 2005 program book
 * "Omens & Overtures" a furry fantasy novel in progress, various chapters published in North American Fur
 * "So there I was..." published in North American Fur
 * "Double Deal" published in North American Fur
 * "The Zombie Lord's Stocking" published in North American Fur
 * "How Could I Forget?" published in Midwest Furfest 2009 program book and in North American Fur
 * "The Wolf Pup" published in North American Fur
 * "It's Always One More Thing" published in North American Fur
 * "A Midnight Clear" published in North American Fur
 * "The Ravenous Wolf" published in North American Fur
 * "The Luminous Pearl" published in North American Fur
 * "The Trickster Entanglement" a furry fantasy novel in progress, beginning chapters published in North American Fur
 * "The Headless Milkmaid" a Sealth City Yuletide Mystery published in North American Fur
 * "How Could I Forget?" published in North American Fur
 * "The Wolf Pup" published in North American Fur
 * "Whips for the Wicked" published in North American Fur
 * "Substitute Teacher" published in Rowrbrazzle
 * "Enough" published in Rowrbrazzle