Bewildering Stories welcomes...

Robert Barlow

What do you do for a living when you’ve graduated from college with a degree in English, specifically creative writing? Why, you become a computer programmer, of course!

In “Crawling,” Robert Barlow follows the well-known and much-disputed adage “Write about what you know.” Under pressure from his boss, a programmer is foiled at every turn by software bugs. And then the bugs become real. Finally the programmer blasts a hole through his bathroom wall, trying to exorcize them.

Those who work with computers — even if we’re only trying to get a website to work — sympathize mightily. In fact, that may explain some otherwise unaccountable holes we’ve noticed in various walls...

Robert lives near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has shown he still has a pretty good grip: he’s won short fiction contests and written poetry.

Robert’s bio sketch can be found here.

Welcome to Bewildering Stories, Robert. We hope to hear from you again soon and often! In fact, we may worry if we don’t...