Bruce D Snyder, a retired physician, lives cautiously near Minneapolis where zinging bullets provide a nice breeze to help with the latest heat wave. He is married with three children and various grandchildren and works on the public health effects of climate change. He writes to try and forget the news. His stories Blue Man, Who the Hell Wants to Live Forever, and Aliens Have Landed have appeared in Spillwords Press; Ollie's Garden was published in Red Rose Thorns Magazine; stories Remainders, Reminders and Running on Snow appeared recently inLiterally Stories.