David Castlewitz
I’ve been writing forever. Because I enjoy the journey, and that’s how I measure success. During my career, I’ve had two plays produced at small theaters, dozens of short stories published in various print and electronic magazines, and scores of articles, many of them about technology, particularly computers and information.
When I was young, I worked in a bookstore, spent all my time either reading or writing. As I matured, I moved onto a career track that led me from being a customer service representative for computerized payroll processing firms to a contract programmer and technical architect.
The "A PC for every person" computer revolution really did me a good turn. In the early 80s, all of this was new and amazing. I wrote about Visicalc, an early spreadsheet program that preceded Excel. I wrote a monthly column about the history of technology for the now-defunct Computer People Monthly, which, itself, was an innovative enterprise.
My interest in history took me in another direction and I wrote a dozen articles on military leaders, great battles, and the fortunes of war. A couple of these can be found on my web site, DavidsJournal.com. Others can be found archived in various places on the internet.
But my real love has always been SF and fantasy, so I turned to that field in earnest. My stories have appeared in Aoife's Kiss, Continuum, Tales of the Talisman, Encounters, and others. Most recently, I’ve concentrated on longer work. My novel Cat Rider and my novelette Revenge of the Fire Witch can be found on Amazon as Kindle Books.
When I was young, I worked in a bookstore, spent all my time either reading or writing. As I matured, I moved onto a career track that led me from being a customer service representative for computerized payroll processing firms to a contract programmer and technical architect.
The "A PC for every person" computer revolution really did me a good turn. In the early 80s, all of this was new and amazing. I wrote about Visicalc, an early spreadsheet program that preceded Excel. I wrote a monthly column about the history of technology for the now-defunct Computer People Monthly, which, itself, was an innovative enterprise.
My interest in history took me in another direction and I wrote a dozen articles on military leaders, great battles, and the fortunes of war. A couple of these can be found on my web site, DavidsJournal.com. Others can be found archived in various places on the internet.
But my real love has always been SF and fantasy, so I turned to that field in earnest. My stories have appeared in Aoife's Kiss, Continuum, Tales of the Talisman, Encounters, and others. Most recently, I’ve concentrated on longer work. My novel Cat Rider and my novelette Revenge of the Fire Witch can be found on Amazon as Kindle Books.
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Cat RiderScience Fiction Fantasy and Steampunk
Karyn Fitzmanner never wanted to be a circus performer or an actor, the usual careers for minifolk in a Biggie world, and the path followed by her family. To be true to herself, she became a cat rider, a soldier in the ongoing war against city vermin, an adventurous life that she found fulfilling. But when she joins an elite company of riders, she discovers a side of her miniature world that isn’t so appealing. Faced with the condemnation of her peers and overseers because of her views about life and religion, Karyn struggles against a world defined by the needs and expectations of the Biggies that surround and support her. Along the way, she seeks love as well as acceptance. She cannot merely serve the Biggies or the teachings of the Great Alchemist who created her forebears. She wants – and needs – something more, something important and rewarding. 
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Revenge of the Fire Witch
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Fantasy
With the empire reeling from another assault by the demon hawks of the North, Hoffman is called from retirement to uncover the secret of the pernicious sorceress and witches who command the giant birds and orchestrate this annual invasion decimating the northern territories. But Hoffman has been cursed by a past nemesis -- the Fire Witch. Though he defeated her, she exacted a terrible revenge that destroyed his family -- killed his beloved daughter, maimed his beautiful wife, and estranged him from his only son. Can discovering the secrets of the demon hawks restore him? Renew his spirit? Mend him? Can he overcome the witch's curse and rekindle the love of his wife and son? Can discovering the secrets of the demon hawks restore him? Renew his spirit? Mend him? Can he overcome the witch's curse and renew the love of his wife and son that may be forever lost. 
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A Boy's Best Book of Magic
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SF Time Travel
When ten-year-old Joey Trumbell finds a book of magic at a neighborhood garage sale, he inadvertently propels himself into the past, back to the childhood years of his grandfather. And he’s brought along his mother! While he’s still age ten, she appears as a twelve-year-old – an adult in a kid’s body. The time travel experience happens in an instant, and when it ends Joey is hard pressed to figure out what took place. Much about the present has changed. Mostly for the better. Why? What happened? Little by little, he understands more and more. 
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