I was born just after man landed on the moon. I grew up with New Wave and Friday Night Videos as the soundtrack to my teen years. My first computer was a Commodore 64 that I bought with money I earned from Sea Cadet camp. I was a geek when it wasn't cool, tapped into an international FidoNet and an Internet no one knew about at 1200 baud.

My Mom was a Navy Wife; my Dad was an Officer and a gentleman. I stole my Dad's National Geographic and Popular Science magazines. My Mom gave me her wisdom, patience and and enough rope.

The Berlin Wall fell during my first try at University. I served during the Persian Gulf War as the first shocks of the New World Order started rippling outwards.

I was married, had a wonderful son, and divorced. I've gotten remarried, to an amazing friend and bright light in my world.

I'm into Steampunk, the Society for Creative Anachronism, table-top Role-Playing Games, and MMORPG gaming. Hal-Con, WolfCon, NovaCon, ConSeption, DraCONis, Steamcon.

I'm a 30-mumbleyear IT professional that started with NetWare. I ran my own consulting company for a decade. I'm an author, writing people-positive action-adventures and romantic fiction.

I've been around the world in 180 days. I'm thinking about building an Earthship. I still fight with swords.

I'm a bit complicated, a bit hard-nosed and a bit soft-hearted. My friends are my awesome.

The autumn of Denver 1997 finds the Court and Community of Spring Castle enjoying their hard-won peace and prosperity of their collective struggles of the previous year. Friendships deepen, loves grow, and dreams begin to be realized.

However, with little warning, all of that is thrown into jeopardy by machinations and vendettas far older than any of the Afterliving or their allies. Plunged into the middle of it all is young, idealistic and dedicated Sheriff's Deputy Emerret Moore, who leads a double life as the Deputy Reaper of Eden.

As the tempo and gravity of events begin to swirl like an early fall blizzard, Emerret finds his friendship with Dämonvülf Healer Rosie Stennard deepening and growing into more. As the tensions and dangers rise, so do their attraction for each other.

With the prospects of his own murder looming over his head, Emerret and Rosie are racing against time to unravel the mystery of what is going on, why, and how to stop it. Otherwise, everything they care for and cherish, including each other, will be lost like ashes in the wind.

Will the Court and Community survive? If they do, what will it cost them in blood and tears? Can Emerret and Rosie hold trust in each other and what they believe in, when confronted by the monsters hiding among them? Find out in the story of "Red September".