I have been writing seriously for about twenty five years but couldn't wait to start public school to learn to read and write. I find getting words down on paper is the best way to get the spiders out of my head. I have been fortunate enough to have achieved success with poetry, essays, newspaper column, magazine articles, book reviews and short stories but my love is short stories. I tend to wander into a variety of genres but mostly find myself in horror/thriller and young adults. My first novel, The Summer of Grumps was published in February 2020.