Hiding from Eddie - Eddie's hand reached through the open pantry door. His eyes never left Roger. Roger heard the blade of a knife sing as Eddie yanked it from its holder. When Eddie's hand reappeared from behind the door, it was followed by twelve inches of steel. The blade gleamed blue in the moonlight. Eddie charged.

Roger fell to his left as Eddie sprawled onto the table. The knife slashed. It missed Roger by inches. He ran around the table and into the living room.

Eddie's footfalls pounded after him ...

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Reality Check - Father Troy's voice came out of the darkness. "Please stay."

John cast a worried glance over his shoulder. "Father, who is that! What's going on here?" He tried to get out of the old man's grip, but fear - - or perhaps that overwhelming longing in his heart - - made him weak. "Let me out!"

Then another smell assailed him. Musk. Heavy, like a bear or badger.

The door opened and a sudden bulk filled it. John looked up, impossibly up. A hair-covered face. Not fur. Hair. Hair that hung all the way down to ...

He backed away from the door until a pew stopped him. His knees buckled ...

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As a writer, Ron won his first acclaim at the tender age of six when he took first prize in an Annapolis Valley student writing contest. He immediately abandoned all forms of written communication and spent nearly all of his adult life bouncing from one profession to another. He still doesn't write letters, something his mother rides him about to this day.

Ron spent most of his childhood in Bear River, the Nova Scotia town featured in "Hiding from Eddie." At fifteen, he ran away from home and never looked back (well, not often). Living on the streets of Halifax, one of his most vivid memories is the November night he slept under a tree outside an elementary school. He awoke the next morning to find curious children staring. It was time to rejoin society.

He made it as far as the periphery and decided that was where he would stay. He's led the life of an artist every since.

A graduate of the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, the same alma mater as Douglas Copeland, Ron hasn't earned one single penny as an artist. However, he has had numerous other careers: musician, actor, computer programmer, cab driver, biology lab assistant, salesman, skip tracer, industrial video director, graphic designer, car rental clerk, short order cook, underage waiter in a strip joint, paste-up artist (okay, so he earned a few pennies as an artist), stock clerk, truck driver, technical writer, and mowing around the tiger cages at the Calgary Zoo. In short, after collecting so many varied experiences, he had no other choice but to once again embrace writing as a career.

Ron holds a black belt in Uechi-Rye Karate Do and two diplomas in interpersonal skills from Integro International. From these roots (as well as others) came the inspiration for the physical training and philosophy depicted in "Hiding from Eddie."

Currently, Ron lives a quiet life with his wife and their cat in a small town in Ontario.

Ron Tarrant
August 19, 2002

As well as writing, I also enjoy acting. I'm listed in the Internet Movie Database, both as a writer and an actor. The highlight of my acting career was playing a speaking role for one scene in Brotherly Love. The 1984 movie starred Judd Hirsch. I also made an appearance in an episode of Lies from Lotus Land, starring Jackson Davies, Candice Bergen, Bruno Gerussi and Keanu Reeves. Ron Tarrant