Emily Short

Emily Short is one of the most renowned authors in the IF community. Emily's nickname on the ifMUD is Emily.

Author Credits

Not Made With Hands (2000; Z-code).
Galatea (2000; Z-code). 2000 IF Art Show: winner of Best of Show. Winner of Best Individual NPC at the XYZZY Awards 2000, and finalist for Best NPCs and Best Game.
Metamorphoses (2000; Z-code). IF Comp 2000: 2nd place. Winner of Best Writing at the XYZZY Awards 2000, and finalist for Best Puzzles, Best Setting, and Best Use of Medium.
Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle (Ola Sverre Bauge, Steve Bernard, Jon Blask, John Cater, Liza Daly, David Dyte, Stephen Granade, Iain Merrick, Rob Noyes, Dan Schmidt, Dan Shiovitz, Emily Short, J. Robinson Wheeler; 2001; Z-code). Finalist for Best Use of Medium at the XYZZY Awards 2001.
The Last Sonnet of Marie Antoinette (2001; Z-code). Speed-IF 16.
The Crescent City at the Edge of Disaster (2001; Z-code). Speed-IF 2001.
A Day for Fresh Sushi (2001; Z-code). Speed-IF Without Number.
Banana Apocalypse and the Rocket Pants of Destiny (2001; Z-code). Speed-IF Y.
A Dark and Stormy Entry (as "Lord Lobur-Bytton"; 2001; Z-code). LOTECH Comp 2001: 2nd place.
Pytho's Mask (2001; Z-code). SmoochieComp. Winner of Best NPCs at the XYZZY Awards 2001, and finalist for Best Individual Puzzle, Best Setting, Best Story, Best Writing, and Best Game.
Marble Madness (2001; Z-code). IF Arcade.
Best of Three (2001; Glulx). IF Comp 2001: 7th place. Finalist for Best Individual PC, Best Use of Medium, Best Individual NPC, Best NPCs, Best Writing, and Best Game at the XYZZY Awards 2001.
Savoir Faire (2002; Z-code). Winner of Best Puzzles, Best Individual PC, Best Story, and Best Game at the XYZZY Awards 2002, and finalist for Best Use of Medium, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Setting, and Best Writing.
Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus (with Dan Shiovitz, illustrator: J. Robinson Wheeler; 2003; TADS 3). Spring Thing 2003: 1st place. Finalist for Best Writing and Best Individual Puzzle at the XYZZY Awards 2003.
City of Secrets (2003; Glulx). Winner of Best NPCs at the XYZZY Awards 2003, and finalist for Best Individual NPC, Best Writing, Best Setting, Best Story, Best Use of Medium, and Best Game.
Mystery House Possessed (2005; Z-code). Mystery House Taken Over.
Bronze (21-Jan-2006; Z-code). Speed-IF Gruff.

Other Credits

Organizer of SmoochieComp in February 2001.
Organizer of WalkthroughComp in May 2001.
One of the official judges for RomanceNovelComp (2002).
Organizer of SwashComp in August 2003.
Organizer of Speed-IF Gruff in January 2006.
Contributed a dream sequence to Narcolepsy (2003) by Adam Cadre, along with Stephen Bond, Liza Daly, Jennifer Earl, Stephen Granade, Jon Ingold, Nick Montfort, Paul O'Brian, Andrew Plotkin, Dan Shiovitz, Bridget Sweeney, and J. Robinson Wheeler.
One of the judges for the IF Art Show in 2003 and 2004.
Participant, Interactive Fiction Walkthroughs. A reading of IF with Star C. Foster, Nick Montfort, Daniel Ravipinto, and Emily Short. Hosted by Scott Rettberg. Kelly Writers House, 27 October 2004.
Maintains the Cheese-friendly Game Directory.
Frequent games reviewer for Baf's Guide and IF-Review. Also has a non-comp reviews page (with links to her reviews of comp games), and a Recommended Playing List that showcases games with unusual features.
One of the people behind feelies.org, "your one-stop shop for interactive fiction feelies".
Librarian in charge of selected pages at inform-fiction.org.
Chief Editor of the IF Theory Book.

Links

Interviews

Interaction is better than plastic explosive - Interview by L'avventura è L'avventura, October 2001. (Also in Italian.)
PC Gamer UK Interview: Emily Short - by Richard Cobbett for PC Gamer UK, issue 118, January 2003.
Interactive Fiction and Feelies: An Interview with Emily Short - by Bill Loguidice for Armchair Arcade, Issue #2, March 2004.