I'm a 55-yr-old Canadian.  Worked at many jobs until my early 40s... none of them long-term.  I'm on a pension now due to bi-polar mood disorder (which explains why the novel took so long: write-destroy, write-destroy... ad nauseum).  I am 3 times a father and I also have 2 granddaughters.  I am twice-divorced but this has not made me jaded towards matrimony. 

When in public school, i wrote my first two novellas, which were naive to the extreme. My principal's friend, who was a published author, was kind enough to read one and told me he could see potyential there...and I never wrote anything else for almost 40 years!

My major influences are J. R. R. Tolkien, Frederik Pohl, Larry Niven and Stephen King.  Any "hard science" in the novel comes from the writings of the physicist, Stephen Hawking.

Tthere were times when I truly hated this novel... which, by the way, has grown to a paperback book of 318 pages!  I wanted to write a story containing dark fantasy and speculative fiction. A couple of messages ended up getting slipped in, also: one about brotherhood, with the rewards and sacrifices involved plus another about redemption.  I'd like to point out to those of you who check out the preview: this work is not an H.P. Lovecraft pastiche...the prologue and it's Cthuhlu/Dagon elements are just part of the story leading to the stange things poor old Paul Baker Colson is going to have to face. It ties in later in the novel.   I hope I have given H. P. Lovecraft his due. The prologue originally was a short story homage.

The novel is now available for Kindle and in paperback on amazon.com.

As of now, I'm not a Gold member here, due to my credit situation. I do plan to re-subscribe once that's cleared up later this year.

I have been working on the sequel and woking at getting my novel noticed. I was pleased when I recently found out I have 5 fans!

P.S. Please give me reviews on my poems, articles, etc. I want feedback, people!