Autumn Harbor Press

 

Walter G. Klimczak

 

I was born in New Jersey and spent most of my childhood in Monroe, New York. When I was twelve, I remember writing stories, stapling them together with hand-drawn covers and passing them around during class at school. They were bizarre tales inspired by memories of old Twilight Zone episodes I would watch late at night. What I really wanted to do was scare people. The crazier and more outlandish, the better. I thought then (and still believe) that writing should be fun. I'm not really surprised that I find myself writing about my hometown. Monroe was an oasis in my life, an island in the woods that surrounded me like a living sea. It's easy going back there with words, resurrecting the past.

     During my first year of college at The University of Maine, I saw my first three short stories published. One was about vampires and the other about a creature that travels between the stars as 'pure thought', eating up other beings as it touched down on unsuspecting planets. The third story was published in The Maine Review. I knew then that this was definitely what I wanted to do.

     I have been teaching for over 13 years and love working with children. I live with my wife and three children in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

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