Have you read this month's short story feature, Ghost in the Guitar, recently finished by Lee Wilson? I often feature older stories but sometimes you just have to put a light on the recent gems too! Share your thoughts below, but first enjoy this interview!

Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate; with chocolate syrup.

What’s something personal about you people might be surprised to know?
This is/was the hardest question, so it requires a preamble. “People” are all part of one of two very disparate groups for me. Those that know me here, and those that know the man behind the pen, pretending to be Lee Wilson. That man is buried so far deep in secrets, it’s hard to know what to share. Not that there’s much that’s all that surprising about me. I guess one that might be surprising is I’m probably going to be deaf at some point. I have almost no hearing in my right ear, and probably only about 60% and fading in the left.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing? 
Read, play games on my phone, watch sporting events, mostly hockey and NASCAR, and listen to music.

What has been the toughest criticism given to you as an author? What has been the best compliment? 
Toughest: Hands down the comments about how badly I ended ‘Rocked to the Core,’ before adding the extra chapter.
Best: Fortunately, it is a lot more common, simply hearing that people enjoy my writing.

What brought you to GA? 
When we were thinking about a place to retire… Oh, you meant the site, hee hee. I had written a few stories on nifty and one of my readers made a comment about this site. I was starting another story that didn’t fit clearly into their categories. After I checked GA out, I was hooked.

What’s the first thing you do when you start to write a story? 
Type letters on the keyboard? No, generally I just try to hash out the idea in a summary, making sure it sounds reasonable for where I initially expect the story to go.  Although sometimes it strays from that overall idea.

What made you choose ghosts as a paranormal theme for Ghost in the Guitar? 
The original idea was simply a young guitarist fills in for a deceased member of a band and the man’s ghost guides him.

Do you have a background with music since that is also a theme for this story? 
If you can call playing the clarinet somewhere around middle school age a background, yes. But nothing more than that. I just love music.

What’s your favorite line or scene in Ghost in the Guitar?
I think in chapter 6, where Russell is explaining what Fabian will need to do to solve his murder.

Can you share a little of your current work or upcoming with us?
I’m currently working on my entry for October’s anthology. I picked Horizons but am merging that with another of my series. I won’t say which series now, though. It’s kind of an unexpected turn in the story. I also have a story going continuing another series, going back to Carlo, Brandon, and Karl from ‘My Friend and Protector’ and its sequels.