Bright Light Shines Through The Blind

Having written technical documents for many years, the author tries his hand at fiction in Bright Light Shines Through The Blind. In this novella, Smoker’s interest in children’s causes, food, and unconventional thinking is on full display. As is his compulsion to explore the outer limits of the human experience.

Smoker presupposes we’ve all heard of, or known, someone who is succeeding despite the impact of a horrific accident. Or is capable of performing amazing mathematical calculations. Or can instantly recall reams of complex information. Or even, on occasion, exhibit preternatural abilities to glimpse the future.

In developing characters that check all of the above boxes, the author presents the reader with his version of a true supergirl. No flying through the air. No stopping bullets or speeding trains. Just extraordinary mental capabilities, a fierce determination to attack the problem of malnutrition, and the ability to convince others to join her in the battle. She wears an apron, not a cape.

While Smoker weaves a fictitious story, he presents ample evidence that the very real dilemma of child hunger in America has real solutions. And he shows the reader that those solutions, or similar ones, could be successfully implemented, if only the American middle class would shed their complacency, and let their conscience be their guide.