<p>Alan C. Williams is a widely published Australian author concentrating mainly on women&rsquo;s magazines where he pushes the boundaries way past &lsquo;boy meets girl&rsquo; love stories. He has had over forty short stories published in Australia&rsquo;s <em>That&rsquo;s Life</em> many of them included in <em>The Rain the Park and Other Things</em> his first collection. Since 2012 he has had stories published in Ireland Canada and Britain where he is also a regular contributor to <em>Take a Break</em> magazine. His quirky tales cover crime fantasy science fiction romance and thrillers usually set in the here and now. He has vowed never to write a western. Despite being both male and Australian he is a member of the RNA (Romantic Novelists Association). It seems that like many of his stories the impossible is possible after all. Alan is a retired science teacher currently exiled and living in France residing in a seventeenth-century stone farmhouse with his long-suffering wife Anne and maniacal cat Zorro. His continuing writing story can be found at acwilliams-author.com</p>