May 16, 2001 Writer's Biography: Mike Haran 42 Allen Ave.Toronto On M4M 1T4 1980 GAME DESIGN completed a number of strategy games of historical mode. Acclaimed by professional organizations. Intend to do own marketing in the near future. 1990 NHK SHORT WAVE SERVICE: Short article: Apple blossom time in Cherry blossom land. The author's first winter in Canada where he compares the harsh Alberta winter with the springtime appearance of Apple Blossom on a Vancouver sidewalk. 1994 RETURNED TO SCHOOL: OAC Creative Writing, History, World Issues, Community College law diploma. 1997 experimented with writing styles. Hit on short story format using historical events in order to portray strange phenomena. Studied those around regarding their reaction to real or imagined stress in order to create socially oriented type stories. So far have fifteen ready for publication. 2001 SHORT STORY ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION: 'Jimmy', a portrayal of a WWI naval officer aboard a seaplane tender where he, for hiding the presence of enemy airships, is sentenced to death and shot .Very descriptive and invocative of a distant technological age. Has a surprise ending regarding the supernatural qualities of technology. Published in: Blood and Aphorisms, issue number 42. PRESENT EMPLOYMENT. Free lance paralegal specializing in legal research. FUTURE INTENTIONS: I will be working on a book proposal encompassing roughly twenty short stories of the historical, sociological, psychological theme.