Retirement….. what then? My chance to be a beginner again. Dream as I did as a child, but now have the experience and skills to make my dreams come true. Carl Palmer, retired Army, retired FAA, now just plain retired, lives in the Northwest corner of the U.S., University Place, Washington State. To learn more, Google: "Carl Palmer, poet" or "Carl Palmer, flash fiction"      

Carl Palmer, professional hobbyist, full time Papa and hospice volunteer, spends his spare moments submitting flash fiction stories and poetry to magazines around the world. Over 200 literary journals worldwide have published his works to include Scotland, England, France, Germany, Algeria, India, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and the United States, with selected poetry translated into Arabic, Hindi and French. Carl is a 2008 nominee for the Pushcart Prize and the Micro Award, is the author of Telling Stories, Memory Moments, Family Matters and New Beginnings, books of flash fiction and poetry he has performed at open mikes in the Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.