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Gary Corbin is a freelance writer and editor in Vancouver, WA, a suburb of Portland, OR. Gary's work includes:

  • Assignment work for private sector, government, and not-for-profit clients
  • Articles on globalization, beer and wine, and topics of general interest published in BrainstormNW, the Portland Tribune, The Oregonian, and Global Envision
  • Novels, short fiction and creative non-fiction
  • Plays, several of which have been produced

Creative writing and publications

Lying in Judgment

Sat, 02/18/2012 - 11:14pm — portermaker

Peter Robertson serves on the jury of a murder trial -- for the crime that he committed.

Peter Robertson, 33, discovers his wife is cheating on him. Following her suspected boyfriend one night, he erupts into a rage, beats him and leaves him to die – or so he thought. Soon he discovers that he has killed the wrong man – a perfect stranger.

Thriller
All audiences

The Mountain Man's Dog

Sat, 02/18/2012 - 11:22pm — portermaker

The Mountain Man’s Dog

Lehigh Carter, a forester in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, fears two things: women and dogs. Then his former fiancée, Stacy, convinces him to adopt a stray. Her father, gubernatorial front-running candidate Sen. George Lindsay McBride, objects almost as much as her most recent boyfriend Paul (the Senator's trusted aide). When he stumbles into witnessing illegal campaign contributions, Lehigh's simple life gets entangled in the complex world of romance, politics, arson, and pet ownership.

Thriller
All audiences

The Incident

Sun, 02/19/2012 - 11:50am — portermaker

Valerie Dawes carries a serious emotional scar from being molested in her youth by a family "friend." Her namesake uncle Val, a well-known Hartford Police Detective, helped her through “The Incident” before being gunned down in the line of duty. Resolving to continue in his footsteps, she becomes a Hartford policewoman at the age of 22.

Thriller
All audiences

Short fiction

Sun, 02/19/2012 - 4:40pm — portermaker

Take a look at some samples of Gary's shorter fiction:

Mainstream fiction
All audiences

Beer and Wine

Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:16am — portermaker

A homebrewer as well as a maker of wine, mead, cider, and soft drinks, Gary is a member of the Oregon Brew Crew and a BJCP National Beer Judge. He won the blue ribbon at the National Homebrew Competition in 2000 for his Prohibition Porter, and he designed and brewed (with Michael Rasmussen) what is now Widmer’s Collaborator “Hallucinator”, a perennial favorite at the Holiday Ale Festival on Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square in December.

Nonfiction
Adult audience

Articles about the Pacific Northwest

Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:04am — portermaker

In addition to assignment work for private sector, government, and not-for-profit clients, Gary's creative and journalistic work has been published in BrainstormNW, the Portland Tribune, The Oregonian, and Global Envision, among others.

Articles published in BrainstormNW include:

  • Catalogs and Websites, Unite: November, 2008
  • An Experience in the Kitchen: September 2008
  • Survive (Even Thrive) in Today's Economy: August 2008
  • Home Away from Home: July 2008
  • Living the Suite Life: June 2008
Comedy

Political and social issues

Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:10am — portermaker

On Global Envision.com:

Other articles of interest:

  • "Clearing the Air at Boardman," Oregonian Op-ed on Emissions Trading
Nonfiction
All audiences

Travel articles

Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:25am — portermaker

Gary loves to travel - and it shows in some of his most passionate writing, including:

Nonfiction
All audiences