At an early age I demonstrated a definite above average athletic ability.  I joined the Peanut League and became well known for my hitting, fielding, and later pitching ability, winning many league championships.  So good in fact that  the Expos were coming out to look at  me. At least that's what my father told me on the night of a championship.  We won.  Unfortunately,  I found that I sincerely despised aggressive, obnoxious competition.  I hated the in-your-face attitude so I quit

At the age of ten I fell in love with the movie "The Wizard of Oz."  I then went on to read all of Frank Baum's books.  There were many a time when my father caught me late at night with a flashlight and book beneath my bed covers.  With my eyes darting back and forth, and my imagination soaring, I was so spellbound I would not even hear my father come into the bedroom, and of course he would scare the hell out of me and request that I finish my book the next day. I would agree.  When he left I would quickly retrieve my book and flashlight and soar back into the fertile imagination of Frank Baum.  These were important memories for me and assuredly shaped my childhood and continued interest in the field.

The other books I enjoyed reading as a child were Hardy Boys Mysteries, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mystery of the Lost Mine, Alice in Wonderland, and Alfred Hitchcock's short stories. By the sixth grade I was reading Ray Bradbury's The October Country, The Illustrated Man, I Sing The Body Electric, and the rest of his books.  The other writers who I'd come to enjoy were Fritz Lieber, Roger Zelazny, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Bloch, Andre Norton, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fredrick Brown, and many more.  Of course, "The Twilight Zone" blew me away, and I still love to kick back and watch the old reruns.

By around eighteen I started working for my father at Atlas Engraving Company, a stationery engraving shop in San Francisco where he once pronounced, "You're reading Lord of the Rings again?" To him I responded "Yep. It's a better world than this place!" He didn't understand.  It was at this time that I started to learn my father's trade and became an excellent stationery engraver.  After quite a few years I found out how physically exhausting the job could be.  I saw how tired my father was becoming, and I suddenly realized I didn't want to be a stationery engraver forever.  I moved on, but not very far, or far enough in my opinion.  I purchased a small A.B. Dick friction feeding press from the Contra Costa Newspaper want ads and taught myself how to print. 

In the early '80s I'd found an issue of The Horror Show Magazine at Tower Books, and inside of it was an ad for the SPWAO. Marge Simon was president of the organization at the time, I believe. I joined and read the SPWAO newsletters and purchased a number of small press magazines. My love for H/F/SF soon became entwined with the small press.  It was only a matter of time before I had the monumental realization that I could become a publisher myself.  I owned a printing press, didn't I?  There were plenty of other people doing it, right?  Why not me!  But I didn't realize how difficult and complex publishing a magazine and books were until I published my first little chapbook, Regions, but by that time I was a goner -- a die-hard.  I was soon living and breathing ink and the written word.   At that time I couldn't get enough.  In 1985 Dark Regions Press came into existence.

The title was thought up by me and my friend Keith one dark and stormy night. You might say it was rather an intoxicating blend of the pitter-patter of raindrops, wind, Foster's beer and Cinnamon Schnapps, and "The Twilight Zone."  I am afraid I cannot remember the actual conversation that took place. Unfortunately, like Keith it has been lost to time.

I have been asked "Why do you do it?" I think I have explained that above. Love and passion.  Finding good short stories reminds me of when I was a child finding shining agates in the pristine waters of Washington's New Walkum River. It is like finding hidden treasure in someone's imagination, and great art if you are lucky. For me, it is an extremely intellectual and enjoyable experience.

I have always felt Dark Regions Magazine has been a place for beginning writers to have their work published. Our commitment of integrity to publish the best work we receive has been our standard, and many writers who have been published in Dark Regions have gone on to have novels and short stories published by major magazines and book companies. We're proud of this fact and hope to continue on publishing into the next century.

Currently, we own and operate Orinda Press in California printing many magazines, books, and business papers as well as continuing my work with Dark Regions Magazine and related projects.  I would like to have more time to write, and hope to find the time in the near future.  My other passion is astronomy.  I am a member of the Mt. Diablo Astronomical Association and try to stargaze as much as possible with my friend John. I own two telescopes.  The universe is an astounding place full of beauty and knowledge. I love to go there. I am married to my lovely and sweet wife Bobbi Sinha-Morey, and I have a son, Chris, who is a computer and game wizard. Without Bobbi there would be no Dark Regions.  I am a lucky man.