Stephen Lee Ostrowski

Karole Maidhof

I believe writers instinctively know from an early age that

writing is their calling.

While some diligently continue on their life's path working at their

craft, others of us follow a different road taking us wherever life

may lead. However, all roads lead home,

and eventually the writer in us pulls us back to our roots, our first

love-- the written word.

This site is dedicated to me and other writers who experience this reawakening and strive

toward the ultimate prize...publication.

In my particular circumstance, I began writing when I was

young. Was I any good at it? Honestly? ...No. I never completely

fleshed out my characters, and my plots were sketchy.

What can you expect from a ten year old? All throughout my school

years, I wrote: poems,

stories, essays, limericks, and lyrics. After graduation, swept away

by the flow of life, I had

abandoned writing. All remained quiet within me while I went

along, day-to-day, convinced I

had exhausted this means of self-expression...until almost twenty

years later. That's when

the beast woke up...

In 1981, I encountered a man down by the Nautical Mile in

Freeport, Long Island.

He had these incredibly intense eyes, and the feeling of deja vu--

that I knew this man --was overwhelming. However, I never

investigated this experience any further, and put the matter

out of my mind. In 1999, the memory of this man began creeping

into my thoughts, haunting me.

In an effort to exorcise this memory, I began constructing a

story around him.

Instead of making him go away, the story grew giving life to the

character I call Quentin Peace.

After three months of daydreaming, I began putting the story on

paper, and nine months and

tons of editing later, THE LEGION was complete.

LEGION'S NEMESIS followed, and

THE PATH is my work-in-progress. My horror short stories include

DEAD MAN'S FINGERS, DANGLING THINGS, THE NECKLACE,

CLUTTER, MOVING DAY, and WANDSCHRANKGESCHÖPFEN.

If you would like to more about Karole Maidhof and her

writing then click on the link below to go to Karole's site.

Karole's website is currently under reconstruction and a new link

will appear here when the site is ready for publication.

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