Author Bio
I’ve spent my life balancing logic and imagination. After forty years in high tech as a principal engineer, I traded predictive software for stories—still chasing the question: What if the truth is hidden in plain sight?
I live in Chama, New Mexico, with my wife, Maryann. We raised three kids and once spent a formative season in Jerusalem, where I grew fascinated by ancient texts and the tension between the sacred and the scientific.
I’ve loved stories since childhood—first mysteries like Christie and Conan Doyle, then the sweeping worlds of Tolkien, Moorcock, and Salvatore. RPGs and music have also shaped how I tell stories—whether rolling dice with friends or writing songs on my guitar.
Now I write full-time, crafting thrillers that weave mystery, myth, science, and suspense. My stories live on the edge of what we know—and what we’re afraid to find.
Genre focus
When people ask me what genre I write in, I usually smile and say, “Yes.” Because for me, the lines between genres aren’t walls—they’re seams meant to be stretched, frayed, and rewoven into something new.
At its heart, my writing lives in the tension between what we think we know and what we fear we don’t. I blend supernatural horror with high-tech science fiction, lace it with mystery, and drive it forward with the pulse of a thriller. One moment, you’re decoding quantum anomalies in a secret government lab; the next, you’re staring into the abyss—where the laws of physics feel more like suggestions and something ancient is watching from the dark.
I’m drawn to the question: What happens when the empirical collides with the unexplainable? That’s where I like to build stories—on the shifting ground between science and superstition, logic and dread.
In The Quantum Veil, for example, a cutting-edge scientific breakthrough peels back more than just layers of reality—it exposes what was never meant to be seen. The result isn’t just a sci-fi mystery or a thriller with gadgets—it’s a genre-twisting hybrid where the horror doesn’t knock on the door… it leaks through the walls.
That blend—deliberate, unsettling, sometimes unclassifiable—isn’t just a style. It’s the engine behind every story I tell.
Influences
My writing grew out of dice and character sheets—long nights of Dungeons & Dragons where storytelling was a living, collaborative world. That spirit of consequence and choice still shapes everything I write. From Weis & Hickman and R.A. Salvatore to Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Michael Moorcock, I learned that stories can be mythic, emotional, and dangerous all at once.
Sci-fi taught me to chase big questions—what it means to be human when faced with the unknown. Mystery and thrillers gave me a love of tension and precision, from Christie to Clancy. And living in Jerusalem deepened my fascination with ancient texts, archetypes, and the collision between the sacred and the scientific.
Years in the high-tech world added another layer—systems, AI, and predictive tools that keep my stories grounded even when they lean into the surreal. All of these influences blend together. I don’t keep them in separate boxes—neither does life, and neither should stories.
Writing style
My stories live at the crossroads—where high-tech meets high fantasy, where ancient myths haunt modern minds, and where science collides with the supernatural. I don’t stay inside genre lines.
I aim for that space where wonder becomes dread—and where the unknown doesn’t just threaten, it whispers.
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