<em><strong></strong></em><strong>Robert J. Mendenhall</strong> is retired Air Force, a retired police officer, and a former broadcast journalist for the American Forces Network, Europe. Over the years he has had forty-seven short stories and five novels published, in addition to editing six anthologies. A member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, he writes across genres including science fiction, adventure, crime and suspense, and the occasional horror. He lives in Southwest Michigan with his wife and fellow writer, Claire. And many animals.<br>So many animals.
