Thomas C. Stone Titles To the Stars Stolen Worlds Minerva's Soul (Release TBD) Song of the Elowai The Gender Wars Smolif (Release TBD) Rolling Thunder A Writer's Life I developed a fascination for alternative fiction as a boy. Hot Texas summers were filled with baseball, fishing, and reading. In college, I was a mediocore student, studying writing, classical literature, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. Struggling with finances, I dropped out my senior year and enlisted in the Navy, serving two tours of duty with the Seventh Fleet in the closing years of the Vietnam War. Afterwards, I returned to school to complete my first degree and subsequently landed a position as a teaching fellow in the English Department at North Texas State University. It was either that or go to Fiji with the Peace Corps. To be honest, I always regretted that decision because I think I would have preferred Fiji. I have worked as a teacher, technical writer, systems analyst, martial arts instructor, and various other odd jobs. For a while, I thought I would end up as a musician, but music would have been a poor career move, sort of like deciding to be a fiction writer. My stories are primarily in the science fiction genre depicting characters under stressful and extraordinary settings. Even in a fantastic setting, I strive for honesty in my writing, aiming for characters who respond to their circumstances as I believe actual people would. Thomas' author site can be found here . Return