Writing
Novels
Me and King John
A novel about Bill’s family over the last thousand years—sort of—reviewed in the service of the karmic rehabilitation of his ancestor, evil King John.
See his blog entries for his views on history and fiction.
Download sample chapters:
Chapter 1: King John’s Memoir
Chapter 3: The Queen’s Lover
Me and Fidel
Cops, spooks, and comic hijinks, as a young Cuban-American tries to spring his father from a Havana prison.
Fiction
Dark Princess
An unfinished novel in which a thirteenth-century Welsh princess fights off the English.
Read a sample chapter.
In Search of Mozart
A novel serialized in Fiction-Online Vol. 1 No. 1 — vol. 4 No. 1.
Yes, Wolferl was really like that.
“Heritage”
A short story. Nebo Vol. 11 No. 2 Fall 1993, pp. 22-30.
“Etude”
A short story written as Yitzhak Herrera. Fiction-Online Vol.6, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1999.
“Marajo”
A short story written as Charles Maxwell. Fiction-Online Vol.5 No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1998, & Vol.5 No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1998.
Witchcraft in Brazil.
“The Shark”
A short story written as Yitzhak Herrera. Fiction-Online Vol.6 No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1999.
“Thirty”
A short story. Fiction-Online Vol. 2 No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1995.
“Vera’s Kiss”
A short-short story written as E. James Scott. Fiction-Online Vol.4 No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1997.
“XYZ”
A short-short story written as E. James Scott. Fiction-Online Vol.4 No. 4, July-Aug. 1997.
Verse
“Deux Bagatelles Africaines”
Verses written as Hamid Temembe. Fiction-Online. Vol.1, No.2, Sept./Oct. 1994.
An African psychiatrist, son of a tyrant, tells his thoughts.
“Fugitives”
A poem written as Wendy Hammersmith. Fiction-Online. Vol.6, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1999.
“Lines on Sand"
A haiku written with Jane Evans as Nigel and Wendy Hammersmith. Fiction-Online. Vol.6, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1999.
“Pensees”
Verses written as Hamid Temembe. Fiction-Online. Vol. 3. No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1996.
“Two Verses”
Written as E. James Scott. Fiction-Online. Vol. 5 No. 4, July-Aug. 1999.
Hellenistic Songs
“Achaean Songs"
Verses written as E. James Scott. Fiction-Online. Vol. 5 No. 5, 1998.
“Argive Odes”
Verses written as E. James Scott. Fiction-Online. Vol. 5 No. 6, 1998.
“Songs of the Elders of Argos”
Verses written as E. James Scott. Fiction-Online. Vol. 6 No. 2, 1999.
“Hellenic Songs”
Verses written as E. James Scott. Fiction-Online. Vol. 6 No. 4, 1999.
Plays
Agamemnon: the Curse of the House of Atreus
A gray comedy that had a six-week run at the Grace Church, Washington, D. C., 1999.
Clytemnestra didn’t think it was funny — but the audience did.
Felix’s Baby
A comedy that had a staged reading at the Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, 2000.
Read the script.
Felix wants to be gay — but there's a difficulty.
Perry’s Roots
A comedy, which was read at the N Street Theater, Washington, D.C., 1988.
A son looks for his father — but maybe he shouldn't have.
Sorry about the Cat
An evening of ten-minute plays written with O. Eskin. Performed at the Writers Center, Bethesda, MD, 1995.
Strength
A family drama. Read by the Foxhall Players, Washington, D.C.. 1996.
Through the Wormhole
A comedy. Staged reading at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, D.C., 1999.
Susie B.
A ten-minute play. Last performed at the 2002 FirstStageLA Short Play Festival.
Maybe don't feel so sorry for the homeless.
Now Hear This
A ten-minute play. Last performed at the 2008 FirstStageLA Short Play Festival.
Ship
A ten-minute play. Last performed at the 2008 FirstStageLA Short Play Festival.
Hip-Hoppety
A ten-minute play.
Red Blood
A screenplay.
An “Eastern”: an epic of a Revolutionary soldier captured by Indians.
Love is Like That
A screenplay.
A romantic comedy about Julia Sanchez, up from the barrio.
Non-Fiction
Books
Managing the Environment
Written with C. Anderson. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1972.
Unpaid Costs of Electrical Energy
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press for Resources for the Future, Inc., 1979.
Energy in America’s Future
Written with S. Schurr et al. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press for Resources for the Future, Inc., 1979.
Household Energy and the Poor in the Third World
Written with E. Cecelski and J. Dunkerley. Washington, D. C.: Resources for the Future, Inc., 1979.
Energy Strategies for Developing Nations
Written with J. Dunkerley, E. Cecelski, and L. Gordon. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press for Resources for the Future, Inc., 1981.
Fuelwood in Urban Markets
Written with M. Alam, J. Dunkerley, K. N. Gopi, and E. Davis. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 1985.
Bioenergy and Economic Development
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985.
Papers
Bill said, “I really thought one could do something serious about evaluating values in those days—maybe eventually...”“Economic Techniques for Solving Environmental Problems”
Written with Claude Anderson. Consulting Engineer (October 1971).
“Economic Analysis of Agricultural Penetration Roads”
Written with F. Mobasheri. Modern Government (April 1970).
“Priorities in Species Preservation”
Environmental Affairs Vol. V No. 4 (1976), pp 595-616.
“Time-Adjusted Health Impacts from Electricity Generation”
Written with Milton Russell. Public Policy Vol. 26 No. 3 (summer 1978), pp 387-403.
“Bitter-Sweet Taste of Saccharin”
New Scientist (June 16, 1977), pp.656-658.