Retired bilingual teacher with 24 manuscripts that just sit idly. Short stories: Midwest Literary, Eclectic Flash, Broomstick Books, Spectacular Speculations, Western Online, Bewildering Stories, EMG-Zine, Black Petal, Beyond Centauri, Deadman's Tome, Another Realm, Abandoned Towers, Circlet Press, the Crow's Nest, Alien Skin and Farspace2 Anthology. My pals: writetight and poet Harry Tennis, bicycler, jogger, tai chi, swimmer, ping pong, summer gardening. Studying German, Italian & French. (Mandarin flopped, but Spanish is passible.) Love Classical music & reading, cat-owned.