Jack Temple is not a place of worship.

He's an operative for Blackwell Ops. His favorite bit of self-deception is, "Hey, I don't pick which nails to hit. I'm only the hammer."

In Blackwell Ops 31: Jack Temple, my publisher introduced Jack to the world.

In Blackwell Ops 33: Temple's Way, tragedy struck and Jack's life changed traumatically. He considered taking his life in a new direction.

In Blackwell Ops 36: Temple's Dream, what if that tragedy had never happened? Or what if it had turned out differently?

This alternate history answers those questions in a mind-twisting dramatic fashion.

Still, a tragedy can seldom be set aside without another one taking its place.

Now, in Blackwell Ops 37: Temple-Schiff, Jack's story finally comes to a close. Or does it?

As always, only the more sensitive parts of the story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Harvey Stanbrough was born in New Mexico, seasoned in Texas and baked in Arizona. For a time, he wrote under five personas and several pseudonyms, but he takes a pill for that now and writes only under his own name. Mostly.

Harvey is an award-winning writer who follows Heinlein's Rules avidly. He has written and published over 100 novels, 10 novellas, and over 270 short stories. He has also written 18 nonfiction books on writing, 8 of which are free to other writers. And he's compiled and published 27 collections of short fiction and 5 critically acclaimed poetry collections.

These days, the vendors through which Harvey licenses his works do not allow URLs in the back matter. To see his other works, please key "StoneThread Publishing" or "Harvey Stanbrough" into your favorite search engine.

Finally, for his best advice on writing, look for "The New Daily Journal | Harvey Stanbrough | Substack."