Al Past turned to fiction after a life as a husband and father, musician, Naval officer, and professor of English for 30 years. His first book was of music: his arrangements of baroque classics in treble clef duets (Charles Colin Publications). He has also collaborated with author Barry Yelton, providing photographs to accompany Mr. Yelton's lovely poetry in On Wings of Gentle Power (Strider Nolan Media).
His first work of fiction, Distant Cousin, is the highly readable and original tale of Ana Darcy, the young woman who returned to Earth after her ancestors had been removed thousan more...
