Michael B. Caffrey (1958-2004) was many things -- a writer. An editor. An artist. A contracts administrator . . . but if you asked him what was most important, he'd say none of those things.Instead, he'd say being Barb Caffrey's husband is all he'd ever aspired to be, granted with a twinkle in his eye and a whole lot of self-deprecating mockery besides.In his lifetime, Michael sold only one story, this a co-written effort with his wife, Barb, in BEDLAM'S EDGE (edited by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill). After his untimely passing, other stories were sold to the Written Word Online Magazine and to e-Quill Publishing.Two of those stories have been re-released as independent e-books here at Amazon, "A Dark and Stormy Night" and "On Westmount Station." These are in his Joey Maverick universe, which takes place in the far-future Atlantean Union, and are works of military science fiction. (His wife, Barb, finished up the second story, and edited and smoothed out the first. But they are substantially Michael's efforts.)Michael wrote other things, too, including humorous fantasy, alternate history/fantasy, straight science fiction and more. But his first love was for military science fiction, which is why these stories have been the first to be re-released.Michael was an effervescent presence, at once worldly wise and unassuming. He was a student of comparative religion, called himself a "Zen Sufi Pagan" and lived in San Francisco, California most of his adult life. He also loved to watch both professional baseball (Go, Giants!) and football (where the Joe Montana trade both irked and amused him, considering Steve Montana was waiting in the wings), was a witty and entertaining conversationalist, and was the type of guy who'd do anything for anyone without complaint.Michael had many interests. He loved to read, especially sailing adventures (past, present and future), and thought of ships in space as just another type of sailing ship, albeit with more technology. He was a person of principle who believed the unexamined life was not worth living -- but while you were examining your life, why not have as much fun as possible while you were going about all that dull and dreary stuff?If you're interested in reading more about Michael B. Caffrey, please stop by Barb Caffrey's Blog anytime as she often discusses Michael's influence on her life and career, and does her best to keep his spirit alive and well.