Behind Every Writer Stands A Very Large

If Asked To Name The Worst Moment Of His Life, Michael Fisher Wouldn't Have Hesitated To Give His Answer: It Was When The Lights Went Out.

I Was A 'planet Of The Apes'-obsessed Kid.

And I Grew Up On A Steady Diet Of Science Fiction, Especially Apocalyptic And Postapocalyptic Fiction.

We Live, We Die. Somewhere Along The Way, If We're Lucky, We May Find Someone To Help Lighten The Load.

There Was Something In The Pages Of These Books That Had The Power To Make Him Feel Better About Things, A Life Raft To Cling To Before The Dark Currents Of Memory Washed Him Downstream Again, And On Brighter Days, He Could Even See Himself Going On This Way For Some Time. A Small But Passable Life. And Then, Of Course, The End Of The World Happened.