In Search of a Coffin

David D. Ross is a freelance journalist and the editor of the Escondido Times Advocate and Valley Center Times Advocate, community newspapers. He has been a newspaper editor and journalist for more than 30 years. He founded and edited the Boulevard magazine, a lifestyle publication, for five years. He is the author of two science fiction novels: The Eighth Rank and The Argus Gambit. A resident of Palomar Mountain, Ross is knowledgeable on San Diego's back country and has written articles on tourism in Julian, Palomar Mountain and the San Diego Safari Park. One of his specialties is writing about the local food scene. He recently earned his masters degree in military history from Norwich University. He is working on another science fiction novel, entitled Cranium. He enjoys writing prophetic fiction and being proven right.