Science fiction has always been a favorite form of prose. When I was young, I’d buy used paperbacks for a nickel or dime at bookstores or flea markets and was greatly entertained for hours on end. I used to stack them on my bookshelves as one did tape cassettes with their titles visible. I would then select a favorite to enjoy discovering ever more as I did so. This collection of stories, and psalms, portray the range of influences, which affected my writing. I grew up watching the Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Star Trek, and One Step Beyond. I read authors such as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, A.E. Van Vogt, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and a great number of Sci-Fi anthologies. Then too, I enjoyed H.P. Lovecraft, Poe and works such as Paradise Lost, The Odessey, Frankenstein, and Grimm’s Fairy Tales. I also read a great deal of poetry over the years. Altogether, in this volume, there is evidence for each of those influences. In it you’ll hear those voices, behold such visions and virtual vistas as they come to life. This selection of bizarre tales takes one from the beginning of time to its end and beyond. Yes, there may be stranger things yet to come, as well as the time to tell of them, but I hope this collection will be memorable, for all that. May you grok and enjoy! I read Sci-Fi rather avidly during my late elementary years and into high school. Those inexpensive books were bought with the small amounts of money I scraped together. I would go to flea markets and there I could buy 10 or more for a dollar. Science fiction was my favorite form of prose as I was growing up. I'd buy used paperbacks for a nickel or dime at bookstores or, at flea markets where they were three for a dime and was greatly entertained for hours on end. I used to stack them on my bookshelves as one did tape cassettes with their titles visible and occasionally select a favorite to enjoy rediscovering details more as I did so. This collection of stories, and psalms, portray the range of influences, which affected my writing. I grew up watching the Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Star Trek, and One Step Beyond.I read authors such as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, A.E. Van Vogt, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and a great number of Sci-Fi anthologies. Then too, I enjoyed H.P. Lovecraft, Poe, and works such as Paradise Lost, The Odyssey, Frankenstein, and The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, and, of course, I also read a great deal of poetry over the years, that is where the psalms I include, come from. Altogether, in this volume, there is evidence for each of those influences. In it you'll hear wild voices, behold a wide array of visionary vistas and meet aliens as they come to life. This selection of bizarre tales takes one from the beginning of time to its end and beyond. Yes, there may be stranger things yet to come, as well as the time to tell of them, but I hope this collection will be memorable, for all that. May you grok and enjoy! With a long time interest in Science Fiction, I collected a set of my favorite short stories and created this future history. I am motivated by the belief that the right words at the right time and place is one of the ways society, indeed civilization, evolves for the better; my intention has been to develop my craft so as to make a positive impact on this world of ours. In Tales of Earth, I speculate on the nature of a grand future, which, though yet to come, provides a glorious vision of the greatness humanity can evolve into. I have retired after working as an educator for 34 years in San Francisco and live there along with my wife, happily enough. I've been active in the literary arts scene, organizing readings, performances, hosting events, and curate Sacred Grounds, the world's longest running open mic poetry series, now on zoom. My poetry has been published over the past 50 years in a variety of formats and locations and I have self-published collections of poetry, haiku, short stories, and sci-fi novels. I have manuscripts for children's and picture books as well as a Classic Collection of Internet Humor, a most recent effort, which is a-building. I trust you are well; if not, that circumstances amend themselves unto your needs Keep on keepin' on