Author, filmmaker, screenwriter, poker player, poet, biker, Travis Heermann is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, an Active member of SFWA and the HWA, and the author of the Shinjuku Shadows series, Ronin Trilogy, The Hammer Falls, and other novels. His more than thirty short stories appear in Amazing Monster Tales, Apex Magazine, Tales to Terrify, and others. His freelance work includes a metric ton of contributions to such game properties as the Firefly Roleplaying Game, Legend of Five Rings, EVE Online, and BattleTech, for which he’s been nominated for a Scribe Award.
In 2021, he launched a film production company, Bear Paw Films LLC. Its first project was a horror comedy short film called Demon for Hire, which debuted in 2022.
He enjoys cycling, collecting martial arts styles and belts, torturing young minds with otherworldly ideas, and monsters of every flavor, especially those with a soft, creamy center.
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Media kit includes author bio, media appearances, book information, bibliography, and other tasty details.
The list of personal appearances at conventions such as the World Science Fiction Convention, World Fantasy Convention, Dragon Con, Denver Comic Con, and numerous smaller events has grown too long to include here. In 2022, he was Author Guest of Honor at Mile High Con 54.
Suffice to say, the author is highly experienced in participating in panels, readings, and other events.
Novels
Rogues of the Black Fury – Bear Paw Publishing, March 2022
Tokyo Monster Mash – Shadow Alley Press, March 2021
Tokyo Blood Magic – Shadow Alley Press, December 2020
Heart of the Ronin – Bear Paw Publishing, September 2021
Where the Devil Resides – Bear Paw Publishing, January 2020
The Hammer Falls – Bear Paw Publishing, June 2019
Death Wind – WordFire Press, 2016
Spirit of the Ronin – Bear Paw Publishing, 2015
Sword of the Ronin – Bear Paw Publishing, 2013
The Wild Boys – Damnation Books, 2012
Rogues of the Black Fury – Open Road Integrated Media, 2012
Heart of the Ronin – Open Road Integrated Media, 2010
Heart of the Ronin – Gale-Cengage/Five Star, 2009
The Ivory Star – Commonwealth, 1997
Comics
Legend of the Ronin #1-3 – Bear Paw Publishing, Summer 2019
Anthologies (as Editor)
Cthulhu Passant – Trade Paperback and E-book – Bear Paw Publishing, 2014
Short Fiction
“An Idol for Emiko” – Amazing Monster Tales: Into the Briny Deep, Borogrove Press, April 2022
“Heart Magic and Cardboard People” – Street Magic, Camden Park Press, 2021
“The Avenger” – Stoker Con 2021 Souvenir Anthology, Hex Publishers, 2021
“Pagliacci’s Joke” – Unmasked, WordFire Press, 2021
“Daubs of Color” – Hauntings, Blackbird Publishing, 2020
“Daybreak on Shining Mountain” – Shrapnel Issue 2, Catalyst Games, 2020
“Void Song” – It Came from Outer Space, Amazing Monster Tales, 2020
“Void Song” – Tales to Terrify Podcast, Episode 418, 2020
"Void Song" – Amazing Monster Tales: It Came from Outer Space, Borogrove Press, January 2020
"Blood Lust and Gold Dust" – Straight Outta Deadwood, Baen Books, October 2019
"Arms of the Destroyer" – BattleTech: Kill Zone, BattleCorps Vol. 7, Catalyst Games, 2017
"Void Song" – Tales to Terrify Podcast, 2019
"A Cold, White Dome" – Who Knocks? Magazine, 2019
"Kiss of the Sow" – Blood and Gasoline, Hex Publishers, 2018
"Bones of Change" - Stars in the Darkness, Blackbird Publishing, 2017
"Swords of Light and Darkness" – BattleTech: Legacy, Catalyst Games, 2017
"Three Orcs in a Boat" – Words, Hex Publishing, 2017
"Redline" – Pulse Pounders – Adrenaline, Fiction River, 2017
"Death Bunnies of Toxic Island" – Last Stand, Fiction River, December 2016
"The Ballad of Osmosis McGuire" – Superpowers, Fiction River, 2017
"Demon-touched" – Visions of the Apocalypse, Fiction River, August 2016
"Screaming Without a Mouth" – Apex Magazine, March 2016
“For the Honor of a Geisha” – Tokyo Yakuza, January 2015
"The Metal of a Man" – Electric Spec Magazine, September, 2015
"The Sharpest Horn" – A Game of Horns, WordFire Press, September, 2015
"Aisa's Beast" – Legends of the Dragon, Volume 1 – Gilded Dragonfly Books, 2015
"Athena’s Children" – Perihelion SF, 2015
"The Girl with No Name" – New Myths magazine, 2015.
"The Girl with No Name" – Second Runner Up, Baen Fantasy Award, 2014
"Patterns of Threat" – Cthulhu Passant, Bear Paw Publishing, June 2014
"Shadows of the Deep" – New Myths magazine, June 2014
"Shadows of the Deep" – Protecting Project Pulp Podcast, March 2014
"Deus Ex Machina" – How to Save the World, Fiction River, June 2013
"Legs" – Bear Paw Publishing, March, 2013
"That Long Black Train" - Shivers Vol. VII, Cemetery Dance, 2013
"Snakes" - Damnation Books, June, 2011
"An Idol for Emiko" - Historical Lovecraft, Innsmouth Free Press, 2011
"The Song" - Runner-up British Fantasy Society Short Story Contest, 2010
"Punishment" - Malicious Deviance, Library of Horror Press, April 2011
"An Incident in a Small Town" - Pulp Empire, Volume III, Pulp Empire, September 2010
"The Hammer" - OG's Speculative Fiction, May, 2010
"Fragile" - On the Premises, 2008
"Zombies on a Plane" - The Harrow, 2008
"Forever Dead" - The Harrow, 2007
"Uncle Frank" - Redbridge Review, 2006
Creative Nonfiction
"A Haiku Pilgrimage"- Healing Waves, Sky Warrior Books, 2011
Screenplays
Where the Devil Resides
– Winner, Best Feature Screenplay – Fade In Horror Awards, 2019
– Winner, Best Horror/Fantasy Feature Screenplay – Silver Scream Festival, 2018
– Finalist, Best Unproduced Feature Screenplay – Crimson Screen Film Festival, 2019
– Finalist, Best Horror/Thriller Feature Screenplay – Shriekfest Film Festival, 2018, 2019
– Finalist, Best Horror/Thriller Feature Screenplay – Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenplay Competition, 2019
That Long Black Train
– Winner, Best Unproduced Short Screenplay – Crimson Screen Film Festival, 2019
– Finalist, Best Horror Short Screenplay – GenreBlast Film Festival, 2019
Death Wind (in collaboration with Jim Pinto)
– Winner, Screenwriting Contest - Cinequest Film Festival, 2012
Stage Plays
The Nightshade Tapes (in collaboration with C.B. Davis, Katie F-S, Shayne Kennedy, Timothy Schaffert, and Scott Working) - The Witching Hour, Blue Barn Theater, June 7-July 10, 2010
Freelance Work in Existing IPs
BattleTech
Firefly Roleplaying Game: The Smuggler's Guide to the Rim
EVE Online
Legend of the Five Rings
Swashbuckling Adventures
D&D Third Edition
Writing as T. James Logan
Night of the Hidden Fang – Bear Paw Publishing, 2018
Dawn of the Deadly Fang – Bear Paw Publishing, Fall 2019
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