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Steve Amos is the moderator for Crossroads Writers because the prior moderator asked Steve to "fill in for a while, until I tell you different," and died not long thereafter. So far, Steve hasn't heard differently. Another reason Steve moderates is the fact that, as a CPA, he is very good at watching the clock to see that everyone gets a turn. He attended college at the University of Arkansas and has lived in Tulsa since 1976. Currently, there are 2 parakeets, 1 mouse "we can't catch" and a mother-in-law living with Steve, his wife and 2 kids just down the street from where Crossroads Writers meet. Steve has been writing fiction for others since the 4th grade, which was a long time ago. Most of his stories explore the questions of the world and the ideas with which we struggle. However, since that description scares editors, Steve's stories usually hide in the clothing of either mysteries or mainstream novels. Steve's agent is pushing two of his novels, but so far just rejections. The Southern Yankee is a historical mystery set in the week just before Abraham Lincoln's first inauguration and in it an Army Captain from Virginia, struggles between conflicting duties to his country and his home state as he chases down a plot against the president's life. One Down, Six to Go is a modern mystery in which a pattern killer is murdering some of Tulsa, Oklahoma's most prominent individuals. In reporting on the murders, a young reporter finds a pattern that includes both her paper and herself. Presently, Steve is working on three novels. Job's Dilemma
tells the story of a man with no memory who is pulled into the
search for the murderer of a blackmailing bookstore owner. The
Reluctant Messiah is a novel of short stories, written in
different styles and points of view, all about the impact of
a young minister coming to a small town in Texas in the middle
1970s. The Second Coming is the near-future science fiction
story of a government "special" team sent to the Middle
East to investigate the stories of a "holy" man, around
whom many common people are rallying, only to be faced with the
possibility that the religious leader was "cloned"
from DNA found in the Shroud of Turin. You can reach me at : Steve_Amos@JUNO.COM Here are two stories from The Reluctant Messiah: |
