: About Me

Traversing the known parts of the world, I've come into contact with many people and done many great deeds, only to remain anonymous, like a stranger in the night.

I've rescued children from the jaws of death, defied gravity to save a couple from a burning house, and had tea with English royalty.

I've climbed Everest, swam the Atlantic, dodged mines in the DMZ. I've delivered babies, performed open-heart surgery, defended the innocent in court. I've loved a lover, hated a hater, and everything in between.

I feed the hungry. I give to the poor. I fight poverty with the power of my fist.

I retired from professional sports at the age of twenty-four, feeling I've contributed my share. I received my second doctorate at twenty-five, putting my stock in cryptozoology.

I've talked to spirits, exorcised demons, and felled dragons. I provide voice-acting for animation, and stunt work for big budget movies. I sing in a band.

I've seen it all and done it all.

I am a fiction writer.

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Heroes

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UNSUNG HEROES I charge the battlefield as, one by one, my comrades fall beside me. I'm in the moment, as that saying goes. It's too fast to see, but I feel a bullet whiz past my face and disappear into the space behind me. Another flies past, closer. I count my lucky stars I've been able to survive this long. I carry on, fully aware of the fear that resides within me and around me. Someone has to do it. I knew I would see combat when I signed up. It was part of the package. Something flies into my shoulder hard. Its impact is felt immediately as I scream in pain. A flood of thoughts pour i...

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