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About Me

Hello! Thank you for stopping by!

Now, to the writing: Nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar for best short story (Ruth Rendell won), I've had innumerable short mysteries published. ("Innumerable" means that I lost count.)
Also I wrote weekly humor columns for two newspapers in MD for 23 years.
They were "Annie's World" and "Utter Chaos."
People are impressed by the mystery stories. It's far more difficult to write humor, especially with a twice-weekly deadline. As someone famous once said as he lay dying, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." (Actually he's famous just for saying that.)
Oh, and I almost forgot to say, my twin sister writes GREAT children's stories!

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Richard Dawkins

("WE ARE GOING TO DIE, AND THAT MAKES US THE LUCKY ONES. MOST PEOPLE ARE NEVER GOING TO DIE BECAUSE THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO BE BORN. THE POTENTIAL PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE BEEN HERE IN MY PLACE BUT WHO WILL IN FACT NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY OUTNUMBER THE SAND GRAINS OF ARABIA. CERTAINLY THOSE UNBORN GHOSTS INCLUDE GREATER POETS THAN KEATS, SCIENTISTS GREATER THAN NEWTON. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE THE SET OF POSSIBLE PEOPLE ALLOWED BY OUR DNA SO MASSIVELY EXCEEDS THE SET OF ACTUAL PEOPLE. IN THE TEETH OF THESE STUPEFYING ODDS IT IS YOU AND I, IN OUR ORDINARINESS, THAT ARE HERE. AFTER SLEEPING THROUGH A HUNDRED MILLION CENTURIES WE HAVE FINALLY OPENED OUR EYES ON A SUMPTUOUS PLANET, SPARKING WITH COLOR, BOUNTIFUL WITH LIFE. WITHIN DECADES WE MUST CLOSE OUR EYES AGAIN...WHO, WITH SUCH A THOUGHT, WOULD NOT SPRING FROM BED, EAGER TO RESUME DISCOVERING THE WORLD AND REJOICING TO BE A PART OF IT?)
Sam Harris, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Stephen Hawking. I was fortunate that I got to meet Isaac Asimov (he was one of my editors).=================================================== ========
Your Quirk Factor: 68%
You're so quirky, it's hard for you to tell the difference between quirky and normal.
No doubt about it, there's little about you that's "normal" or "average." How Quirky Are You?
=========================================================Her e's a site from Belief Net---20 questions that'll tell you what religion your beliefs say you actually ARE.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

My Blog

Published on MysteryNet.com 02-17-1999

I knew Rosie was bad, bad trouble the minute I laid eyes on the rotten creature. If there's one thing I pride myself on, it's my ability to size up people. Well, that and my ability to make money. Al...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:16:00 GMT

Road Kill

ROAD KILL I can't believe I'm taking these two characters out on the road. If they'd cast a married couple in "Deliverance," these two would have won Oscars. "Didja floor it, Ba...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:12:00 GMT

Yet another mystery.

House Call She dialed the number and waited. Two rings, threeMaybe he wasn't in this Saturday morning, maybe "Hello? Dr. Reed? This is Joe's mother, Mrs. Forte. Yes. Well, please, you...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:24:00 GMT

This one was nominated for an Edgar

A Night Out with the Boys The lights were dim, so low I could hardly m...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:08:00 GMT

Yet ANOTHER Mystery Poem

Tidy Gerald McBye Was a really neat guy. (Socks and shorts stacked just right in his drawer.) Liked his closets just so. Hangers all in a row. (God forbid one should be on the floor!) F...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:40:00 GMT

Yet Another Mystery Poem

Living off his wife's dough (working gave him the willies), Gambler Gerald McGeorge loved the cards and the fillies. What a life! It was great! What a wife! She was rich! But into Gerald's life came ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:50:00 GMT

Another Mystery Poem---The Manilow Murders

Jazz buff Gerald McPage, In a murderous rage, Killed his wife and his best friend Bill Clancy. It was Valentine's Day, Hearts and flowers all the way, And our Gerald was feeling romancy. ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:57:00 GMT

Utter Chaos column

"You still practicing that speech?" Viola asked as I stood before the hall mirror holding my notes. "Yes, and I'm having a terrible time!" "Look, " Viola said, "you'll never memorize the entire speec...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:33:00 GMT

Mystery Poem

I like writing mystery poems. Here's one of mine that was printed in Malicious Intent Mystery Magazine. The English Maven Murder by Elsin Ann Perry Let's meet Gerald McSquinn, The most bookish ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:50:00 GMT