Shelby is my hometown, not because I was born here, but because it became home. My wife, Sandra, and I moved here in 2018 after years of searching for a true small-town community, and we quickly found it in Shelby. We put down roots, embraced our neighbors and church family, and cannot imagine living anywhere else. I spent my career in software development during the rise of modern computing, an experience that inspired many of the questions behind my writing. While my stories are fiction, they explore timeless themes of purpose, meaning, love, loss, sacrifice, and memory. I write the kind of fiction I most enjoy reading: stories that entertain, but also leave you with something to think about.