Seek out ‘Strange Worlds’ at Auntie’s on Saturday

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When I left the print edition of The Spokesman-Review some 11 years ago, I was interviewed by a reporter from The Inlander (sorry, I can’t remember who it was). I actually remember only one of the questions that he (and it definitely was a he) asked.

It had something to do with what I was going to do next. And while I had several options, I recall mumbling something about working on a novel – about how all journalists had a novel-in-process tucked away in a drawer somewhere.

Mine, I added, would likely have zombies in it.

I was fibbing, actually. It was just something to say. I’ve written one book, a history , and contributed to a couple of others. And it’s hard work, something I’m not particularly interested in pursuing after a full career of writing for print and digital.

But if I were to write something, it might be similar to what James C. Glass has done.

Glass, who will appear at Auntie’s Bookstore on Saturday between the hours of noon to 3 p.m., is a retired physics professor at North Dakota State and Eastern Washington universities. After retiring in 1999, he became a full-time writer and has published widely in the realm of science fiction.

Glass will be signing copies of his latest story collection, “Strange Worlds, Near and Far.” You can get a feel for his entire body of work by clicking here.

Some of us who boast some facility with the written word are driven to delve into imaginative worlds and create.

James C. Glass is among their number. I, clearly, am not.