 Selby continued to write short fiction, as well as screenplays and teleplays at his apartment in West Hollywood.His work was published in many magazines, including "Black Mountain Review", "Evergreen Review", "Provincetown Review", "Kulchur", "New Directions Annual", "Yugen", "Swank" and "Open City".In the 1980s, Selby met punk rock singer Henry Rollins, who had long admired the writer's works and publicly championed them.