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This bibliography collects only the writing credits of J. Michael Straczynski. To get to the different sections just click on the links above or scroll down. This is not a complete bibliography, so if You have any additional information or find a mistake on this site (even if it's just a typo), please let me know (b5races@hot.ee). If possible, please also cite Your source. Thank You!

Television - Series

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The Twilight Zone - Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future - Jake and the Fatman - Murder, She Wrote - Walker, Texas Ranger - Babylon 5 - Crusade - Jeremiah

season	episode	title	co-author	date	additional notes
The Twilight Zone					^ up to TV - Series ^
2	3	What are Friends For?		1986
3	1	The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon	Haskell Barkin	1988	story: JMS & H. B. teleplay: H. B.
3	5	Dream Me a Life		1988
3	8	Our Selena is Dying	Rod Serling	1988	story: R. S. teleplay: JMS
3	9	The Call		1988
3	10	The Trance	Jeff Stuart	1988
3	11	Acts of Terror		1988
3	19	Something in the Walls		1989
3	21	The Wall		1989
3	23	The Mind of Simon Foster		1989
3	26	Rendezvous in a Dark Place		1989
3	27	Special Service		1989
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future					^ up to TV - Series ^
1	3	The Abyss		1987
1	4	Final Stand		1987
1	7	The Mirror in Darkness	Marc Scott Zicree	1987	story: JMS & M. S. Z. teleplay: JMS
1	8	The Ferryman		1987
1	10	The Intruder	Marc Scott Zicree	1987	story: JMS & M. S. Z. teleplay: JMS
1	11	Flame Street	Michael Reaves	1987	story: JMS teleplay: M. R.
1	12	Gemini and Counting	Christy Marx	1988	story: JMS teleplay: C. M.
1	15	A Summoning of Thunder (Part One)		1988
1	16	A Summoning of Thunder (Part Two)		1988
1	17	The Eden Road		1988
1	18	Freedom One	Christy Marx	1988	story: JMS teleplay: C. M.
1	21	Retribution (Part One)		1988
1	22	Retribution (Part Two)		1988
Jake and the Fatman					^ up to TV - Series ^
3	15	Who's Sorry Now?		1990
3	19	I Ain't Got No Body		1990
3	25	Danny Boy		1990
4	9	Goodbye (Part 1)	William Conway	1990	story: JMS teleplay: JMS & W. C.
4	10	Goodbye (Part 2)	William Conway	1990	story: JMS teleplay: JMS & W. C.
Murder, She Wrote					^ up to TV - Series ^
8	2	Night Fears		1991
8	5	Lines of Excellence		1991
8	9	The Committee		1991
8	13	Incident in Lot 7		1992
8	17	To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee		1992
9	4	The Wind Around the Tower		1992
9	11	Final Curtain		1993
Walker, Texas Ranger					^ up to TV - Series ^
1	4	A Shadow in the Night		1993
Babylon 5					^ up to TV - Series ^
1	1	Midnight on the Firing Line		1994
1	2	Soul Hunter		1994
1	4	Infection		1994
1	5	The Parliament of Dreams		1994
1	6	Mind War		1994
1	8	And the Sky Full of Stars		1994
1	13	Signs and Portents		1994
1	18	A Voice in the Wilderness (Part I)		1994
1	19	A Voice in the Wilderness (Part II)		1994
1	20	Babylon Squared		1994
1	21	The Quality of Mercy		1994
1	22	Chrysalis		1994
2	1	Points of Departure		1994
2	2	Revelations		1994
2	3	The Geometry of Shadows		1994
2	8	A Race Through Dark Places		1995
2	9	The Coming of Shadows		1995
2	11	All Alone in the Night		1995
2	12	Acts of Sacrifice		1995
2	13	Hunter, Prey		1995
2	15	And Now for a Word		1995
2	16	In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum		1995
2	18	Confessions and Lamentations		1995
2	19	Divided Loyalties		1995
2	20	The Long, Twilight Struggle		1995
2	21	Comes the Inquisitor		1995
2	22	The Fall of Night		1995
3	1	Matters of Honour		1995
3	2	Convictions		1995
3	3	A Day in the Strife		1995
3	4	Passing Through Gethsemane		1995
3	5	Voices of Authority		1996
3	6	Dust to Dust		1996
3	7	Exogenesis		1996
3	8	Messages from Earth		1996
3	9	Point of No Return		1996
3	10	Severed Dreams		1996
3	11	Ceremonies of Light and Dark		1996
3	12	Sic Transit Vir		1996
3	13	A Late Delivery from Avalon		1996
3	14	Ship of Tears		1996
3	15	Interludes and Examinations		1996
3	16	War Without End (Part One)		1996
3	17	War Without End (Part Two)		1996
3	18	Walkabout		1996
3	19	Grey 17 is Missing		1996
3	20	And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place		1996
3	21	Shadow Dancing		1996
3	22	Z'ha'dum		1996
4	1	The Hour of the Wolf		1996
4	2	Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?		1996
4	3	The Summoning		1996
4	4	Falling Toward Apotheosis		1996
4	5	The Long Night		1997
4	6	Into the Fire		1997
4	7	Epiphanies		1997
4	8	The Illusion of Truth		1997
4	9	Atonement		1997
4	10	Racing Mars		1997
4	11	Lines of Communication		1997
4	12	Conflicts of Interest		1997
4	13	Rumors, Bargains and Lies		1997
4	14	Moments of Transition		1997
4	15	No Surrender, No Retreat		1997
4	16	The Exercise of Vital Powers		1997
4	17	The Face of the Enemy		1997
4	18	Intersections in Real Time		1997
4	19	Between the Drakness and the Light		1997
4	20	Endgame		1997
4	21	Rising Star		1997
4	22	The Deconstruction of Falling Stars		1997
5	1	No Compromises		1998
5	2	The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari		1998
5	3	The Paragon of Animals		1998
5	4	A View from the Gallery	Harlan Ellison	1998	story: JMS & H. E. teleplay: JMS
5	5	Learning Curve		1998
5	6	Strange Relations		1998
5	7	Secrets of the Soul		1998
5	9	In the Kingdom of the Blind		1998
5	10	A Tragedy of Telepaths		1998
5	11	Phoenix Rising		1998
5	12	The Ragged Edge		1998
5	13	The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father		1998
5	14	Meditations on the Abyss		1998
5	15	Darkness Ascending		1998
5	16	And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder		1998
5	17	Movements of Fire and Shadow		1998
5	18	The Fall of Centauri Prime		1998
5	19	The Wheel of Fire		1998
5	20	Objects in Motion	Harlan Ellison	1998	story: JMS & H. E. teleplay: JMS
5	21	Objects at Rest		1998
5	22	Sleeping in Light		1998
Crusade					^ up to TV - Series ^
1	1	War Zone		1999
1	2	The Long Road		1999
1	4	The Path of Sorrows		1999
1	7	The Rules of the Game		1999
1	8	Appearances and Other Deceits		1999
1	9	Racing the Night		1999
1	10	The Memory of War		1999
1	11	The Needs of Earth		1999
1	12	Visitors from Down thr Street		1999
1	13	Each Night I Dream of Home		1999
Jeremiah					^ up to TV - Series ^
1	1-2	The Long Road		2002	double-episode
1	3	Man of Iron, Woman Under Glass		2002
1	4	...And the Ground, Sown with Salt		2002
1	5	To Sail Beyond the Stars		2002
1	8	Firewall		2002
1	10	Journeys End in Lovers Meeting		2002
1	14	Tripwire		2002
1	19	Things Left Unsaid		2002
1	20	Things Left Unsaid Part Two		2002
2	1	Letters from the Other Side		2003
2	2	Letters from the Other Side Part Two		2003
2	3	Strange Attractors		2003
2	4	Deus Ex Machina		2003
2	6	The Mysterious Mister Smith		2003
2	7	Voices in the Dark		2003
2	8	Crossing Jordan		2004
2	9	Running on Empty		2004
2	10	The Question		2004
2	11	The Past is Prologue		2004
2	12	The Face in the Mirror	Sara (Samm) Barnes	2004	story: JMS & S. B. teleplay: JMS
2	14	Interregnum		2004
2	15	Interregnum Part Two		2004

Television - Movies

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title	date	additional notes
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	1989
Captain Power: The Beginning / Against the New Order	1989
Babylon 5: The Gathering	1993	remastered in 1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning	1998
Babylon 5: Thirdspace	1998
Babylon 5: The River of Souls	1998
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms	1999
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For	2000
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight	2002
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark	2007	Direct-to-DVD

Motion Pictures

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title	date	additional notes
Changeling	2008

Animation

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors - She-Ra: Princess of Power - CBS Storybreak - The Real Ghostbusters - Spiral Zone

season	episode	title	co-author	date	additional notes
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe					^ up to Animation ^
2	8	Origin of the Sorceress		1984
2	28	Trouble's Middle Name		1984
2	29	Journey to Stone City		1984
2	46	Double Trouble		1984
2	49	Battle of the Dragons		1984
2	56	The Magic Falls		1984
2	58	Mistaken Identity		1984
2	63	The Games		1984
2	65	The Cold Zone		1984
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors					^ up to Animation ^
1	3	Steel Against Shadow		1985
1	10	Underwater		1985
1	22	Quest into Shadow		1985
1	33	Lightning Strikes Twice		1985
1	38	Appointment at Forever (Part 5)		1985
1	40	Dark Singer		1985
1	44	A Question of Conscience		1985
1	47	Do Not Disturb		1985
1	50	The Gardener		1985
1	54	Circus Planet		1985
1	64	The Squire Smith		1985
1	65	Final Ride at Journey's End		1985
She-Ra: Princess of Power					^ up to Animation ^
1	13	King Miro's Journey		1985
1	18	Horde Prime Takes a Holiday	Bob Forward	1985	story: JMS teleplay: B. F.
1	31	The Reluctant Wizard	Joseph Botsford	1985	story: J. B. teleplay: JMS & J. B.
1	35	Gateway to Trouble		1985
1	39	Into the Dark Dimension		1985
1	42	Enemy with My Face		1985
1	47	The Price of Power		1985
1	61	Darksmoke and Fire		1985
1	62	Magicats		1985
CBS Storybreak					^ up to Animation ^
1	22	The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek	Evelyn Sibley Lampman	1985	book: E. S. L. screenplay: JMS
The Real Ghostbusters					^ up to Animation ^
1	4	Slimer, Come Home		1986
1	7	Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream		1986
1	8	When Halloween Was Forever		1986
1	10	Take Two		1986
1	11	Citizen Ghost		1986
1	13	X-Mas Marks the Spot		1986
2	3	Ragnarok and Roll		1987
2	5	They Call Me Mister Slimer		1987
2	9	Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?		1987
2	16	No One Comes to Lupusville		1987
2	22	Doctor, Doctor		1987
2	26	Chicken, He Clucked		1987
2	38	The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic		1987
2	40	Knock, Knock		1987
3	3	Slimer, Is That You?		1987
3	10	The Grundel		1987
5	8	The Ghostbusters Live! from Al Capone's Tomb!		1989
5	9	The Halloween Door		1989
6	1	Janine, You've Changed		1990	as Michael J. Straczynski
6	4	The Haunting of Heck House		1990
6	8	Russian About		1990
Spiral Zone					^ up to Animation ^
1	4	Mission Into Darkness		1987	as Fettes Grey

Radio Drama

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Alien Worlds - Mutual Radio Theater - 2000^x - City of Dreams

season	episode	title	co-author	date	additional notes
Alien Worlds					^ up to Radio Drama^
3	3	A Question of Conscience		1979	unaired
Mutual Radio Theater					^ up to Radio Drama^
???	???	???		1980
2000^x					^ up to Radio Drama^
1	?	The Marching Morons	Cyril M. Kornbluth	2000	book: C. M. K. adaption: JMS
City of Dreams					^ up to Radio Drama^
1	1	The Damned are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight		2000
1	2	Rolling Thunder		2000
1	3	The Friends of Jackie Clay		2000
1	4	The Tolling of the Hour		2000
1	5	Night Calls		2000
1	6	MCSD 00121J		2000
1	7	Samuel Beckett, Your Ride is Here		2000
1	8	The Alpha and Omega of David Wells		2001

Theatre

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title	date	theatre	additional notes
Snow White	1979	?, San Diego	dramatization of the Brothers Grimm story; published by Baker's Plays
The Apprenticeship	?	Marquis Public Theatre, San Diego

Non-Fiction

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title	date	additional notes
The Complete Book of Scriptwriting	1982	totally re-written in 1996

Novels

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title	date
Demon Night	1988
Othersyde	1990
Tribulations	2000

Short Stories

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title	co-author	date	first published in	additional notes
A Last Testament fo Nick and the Trooper		1983	Shadows 6
Your Move		1985	Amazing Stories Nov 1985
The Wall		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
The Trance	Jeff Stuart	1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
Special Service		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
Something in the Walls		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
Rendezvous in a Dark Place		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
Our Selena is Dying	Rod Serling	1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
The Mind of Simon Foster		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
Dream Me a Life		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon	Haskell Barkin	1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
The Call		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
Acts of Terror		1989	Tales from the New Twilight Zone
Say Hello, Mister Quigley		1992	Midnight Graffity
We Killed Them in the Ratings		1998	Blowout in Little Man Flats and Other Spine-tingling Stories of Murder in the West
The Shadow of His Thoughts		1999	Amazing Stories Summer 1999	Babylon 5 story
Space, Time and the Incurable Romantic		2000	Amazing Stories Summer 2000	Babylon 5 story
Genius Loci		2000	Amazing Stories Winter 2000	Babylon 5 story
Hidden Agendas		2000	Official B5 Magazin #22	Babylon 5 story
Cold Type		2000	Outside the Box
The Salvation of Lyman Terrell		2004	Straczynski Unplugged
The Darkness Between the Stars		2005	Book of Dark Wisdom #7

Graphic Novels

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title	date	publisher
Delicate Creatures	2001	Top Cow

Comics

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Teen Titans Spotlight - Star Trek - Second Series - Twilight Zone Vol.2 - The Real Ghostbusters - Babylon 5 - Babylon 5: In Valen's Name - Rising Stars - Midnight Nation - The Amazing Spider-Man - Supreme Power - Strange - Fantastic Four - Dream Police - Supreme Power: Hyperion - Book of Lost Souls - Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - Marvel Knights Spider-Man - Squadron Supreme - Daily Bugle Civil War Newspaper Special - Bullet Points - Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Ham - Ultimate Power - Silver Surfer: Requiem - Thor - Sensational Spider-Man - The Twelve - The Red Circle: The Hangman - The Red Circle: The Inferno - The Red Circle: The Web - The Red Circle: The Shield - The Brave and the Bold

nr.	title		co-author	date	publisher / additional notes
Teen Titans Spotlight on Cyborg					DC	^ up to Comics ^
13	Face to Face to Face to Face			Aug 1987
Star Trek - Second Series					DC	^ up to Comics ^
16	Worldsinger			Feb 1991
Twilight Zone Vol. 2					NOW	^ up to Comics ^
2	Blind Alley			Dec 1991
The Real Ghostbusters					NOW	^ up to Comics ^
?	?			?
Babylon 5					DC	^ up to Comics ^
1	In Darkness Find Me			Jan 1995
Babylon 5: In Valen's Name					DC	^ up to Comics ^
1	In Valen's Name			Mar 1998	Book 1 of 3
Rising Stars					Image > Top Cow	^ up to Comics ^
0	Rising Stars			Mar 1999
Preview	Visitations & Midnight Thoughts.			Mar 1999
1	Nova Placenta			Aug 1999
2	Can't Touch This			Oct 1999
3	Whatever Happened to Lee Jackson?			Dec 1999
½	Special			2000
4	Masques			Jan 2000
5	The World Between			Mar 2000
6	Things Fall Apart Part One of Three			Apr 2000
7	Things Fall Apart Part Two of Three			May 2000
8	Things Fall Apart Part Three of Three			Jun 2000
0	Initiations: A Lost Tale of the Specials	Rising Stars		Jun 2000	contains #0 from Mar 1999 and an extra story
9	Choices Made			Aug 2000
10	Reversals of Fortune			Oct 2000
Prelude	Visitations & Midnight Thoughts.			Oct 2000	same as Preview
11	What Goes Around...			Nov 2000
12	A, B, C and D			Jan 2001
13	Stalingrad			Mar 2001
14	Things Change			May 2001
15	Power			Jul 2001
16	Selah			Sep 2001
17	Time Passes			Jan 2002
18	Fire and Ash			Apr 2002
19	Terminal Error			Sep 2002
20	Blood Calls out for Blood			Oct 2002
21	Conversations on the Hill of Dreams			Jan 2003
22	Phoenix in Ascension - 1 of 3			Nov 2004
23	Phoenix in Ascension - 2 of 3			Dec 2004
24	Phoenix in Ascension - 3 of 3			Feb 2005
Midnight Nation					Image > Top Cow	^ up to Comics ^
1	Living in the Material World			Oct 2000
2	Falling Through the Cracks			Nov 2000
3	Wait for Me			Dec 2000
4	The Devil You Know			Jan 2001
5	Past Present, Present Tense			Mar 2001
½	Precious Objects			Mar 2001
6	Midway to Judgement			Apr 2001
7	Decisions, Decisions, Decisions			Jun 2001
8	Somewhere Between Nearly There and There			Jul 2001
9	Explanations, Valid and Otherwise			Jan 2002
10	Drifting Away			Mar 2002
11	The Wheel			Jun 2002
12	Beyond the Road			Jul 2002
The Amazing Spider-Man					Marvel	^ up to Comics ^
30/471	Transformations, Literal & Otherwise			Apr 2001
31/472	Coming Home			May 2001
32/473	The Long, Dark Pizza of the Soul			Jun 2001
33/474	All Fall Down			Jul 2001
34/475	Meltdown			Jul 2001
35/476	Coming Out			Sep 2001
36/477				Nov 2001	Sept. 11th issue
37/478	Interlude			Jan 2002
38/479	The Conversation			Feb 2002
39/480	Meanwhile...			Mar 2002
40/481	Sensitive Issues			May 2002
41/482	Looking Back			May 2002
42/483	A Strange Turn of Events			Jun 2002
43/484	Cold Arms			Jul 2002
44/485	Arms and the Men			Aug 2002
45/486	Until the Stars Turn Cold			Sep 2002
46/487	Unnatural Enemies			Nov 2002
47/488	The Life & Death of Spiders			Nov 2002
48/489	A Spider's Tale			Dec 2002
49/490	Bad Connections			Jan 2003	Special thanks to: Samm Barnes
50/491	Doomed Affairs			Feb 2003
51/492	Digger			Mar 2003
52/493	Dig This			Apr 2003
53/494	Parts and Pieces			May 2003
54/495	The Balancing of Karmic Accounts			Jul 2003
55/496	Unintended Consequences		Fiona Avery	Jul 2003	story: JMS & F. A. script: F. A.
56/497	The Revolution Within		Fiona Avery	Aug 2003	story: JMS & F. A. script: F. A.
57/498	Happy Birthday Part One			Aug 2003
58/499	Happy Birthday Part Two			Sep 2003
500	Happy Birthday, Part Three			Oct 2003	switched to original numbering
501	Intermezzo Number One: Saturday in the Park with May			Nov 2003
502	Intermezzo Number Two: You Want Pants With That?			Dec 2003
503	Chasing a Dark Shadow		Fiona Avery	Jan 2004	story: JMS & F. A. script: F. A.
504	The Coming of Chaos		Fiona Avery	Feb 2004	story: JMS & F. A. script: F. A.
505	Vibes		Fiona Avery	Mar 2004	story: JMS & F. A. script: F. A.