I am formerly United States Navy, formerly I.T Engineer, both retired. Now an amateur writer who has been writing off and on for the last 25 years in the realm of Sci-fi/Fantasy and an avid reader as well, with a library of over 1000 books old and new that deal with many great works of all Genres. I have over 50+ stories to my credit, 4 novellas, and 2 serials to my credit. Enjoyed reading science fiction and fantasy for a long time, my favorite author and influence being Bradbury, Chalker, Asimov, Herbert, Clarke and C.S Lewis. -- looking to be published by at least 55.