Jon Worthyman is a flawed but basically good man whose church demands a penance for the sin of adultery. Jon is a Branch Davidian, and worships David Koresh.
Storming out of the house after a fight with my wife, I met a grimy old man wearing a shabby overcoat and playing the saxophone. His white hair stood straight out like a halo around his head, and a... More > thick, white mustache covered the instrument's mouthpiece as he played. I startled; that face belonged to the most famous intellect of modern times. If he was who he seemed, crowds should have been gathering, reporters clamoring for interviews, but nobody recognized him as anything other than an old homeless man--no one, that is, except me.< Less
Yitzi had growth factors injected into his brain when he was just born. The result was a misshapen head and the ability to speak English. However, even with the ability to talk, he is still just a... More > dog.< Less
Rodger Johnston had a goal, to head the National Department of Energy. As CEO of the power plant in Des Moines, he had solved the problems of high bills and frequent brownouts so his prospects of... More > going to Washington were bright. But the plant utilized an unusual power source, and unexpected problems developed...< Less
Dr. Donald Farber has a specialty, Mesmor therapy. Using this during an examination, he can uncover a person's most painful memories, change them into pleasant recollections, and make a neurotic... More > person happy. But Donald has his own unhappiness.< Less
Living in voluntary exile on a space station, the Earth looks so near, but is unobtainable. The view can drive people mad.
About Zvi Zaks
I've been writing on and off for decades with little luck in publishing. Evidently, there was too much off and not enough on. Internet workshops like sff.onlinewritingworkshop.com/ and www.critters.org improved my work enough to sell a few short stories, but what I really wanted was to publish a book. An unrelenting series of rejections almost had me ready to give up. Then Lilly Press accepted my novel IMPLAC, an evil robot story. I was ecstatic, but Lilly went bankrupt and it was back to the slush pile for me. At least now I knew that some professionals valued my work. "Query Tracker" - http://querytracker.net/forum/ - taught me how to write a decent query, I sent out a batch of letters, and in 2010 Eternal Press accepted A VIRTUAL AFFAIR. At age 68 I would finally have a book for sale. Since then, I've had two more novels published, and am looking for an agent for my fourth.
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