Carl Douglass
- Neurosurgeon Turned Author Writes With Gripping Realism
- Author Masterminds Charter Member
Articles & Book Chapters
Revenants
The New York Times found the remains of a suspected child revenant. In 17th century Europe, the dead were thought to rise again and bedevil …
DUTCH APOLOGY FOR ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE SLAVE TRADE
Dutch King Willem-Alexander offered an apology over the weekend in commemoration of the anniversary of the country’s abolishing of slavery. July 1 marked the 150th …
Mysterious Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Civilization
The Mystery of the Maya explores one of the greatest mysteries of all time and shows how the ancients still weave their spell upon the …
II BEAUTIFUL, EVEN IF SAD, QUOTES ON DEATH
The death of a beloved is an amputation -C. S. Lewis Death ends a life, not a relationship –Mitch Albom We understand death only after …
I POETIC LAUGHS, THOUGHTS, AND INSIGHTS
Limericks in Poetry: There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four …
The Accumulation of Knowledge
I have lived as part of the second millennium after Christ, the most complicated, technologically progressive, and violent thousand years in history. I have also …
Mysterious Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was born into the most elite segment of Russian society on June 18, 1901 as the youngest daughter of …
NATIONAL DEBT: SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM: 2023
The United States professes to be the richest, most successful, best economy, in the world and in history. By my Grandpa’s reasoning, that is baloney. …
On Old Age and Death VIII
“The human machine shall be more perfect the better that it defends itself against the penetration of influences from the external environment; when the organism …
On Old Age and Death VII
The following descriptors of aging are included here—taken from Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and AARP information sources and guidelines: Knowing what to expect as you …
On Old Age and Death VI
The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.” -W. Somerset Maugham “Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious …
On Old Age and Death V
“It is true that I am carrying out various methods of treatment recommended by doctors and dentists in the hope of dying in the remote …
All In Jest – Chapter 13
All In Jest CHAPTER THIRTEEN Sybil was nervous and cranky the morning of the deposition. She ran her preparations over and over again through her …
All In Jest – Chapter 12
All In Jest CHAPTER TWELVE There were seven continuances, in all, for the van der Hoef case, stretching over nearly as many years, before the …
All In Jest – Chapter 11
All In Jest CHAPTER ELEVEN Things were going too well, it seemed to her. Dr. Norcroft was now established officially as the region’s certified skull …
All In Jest – Chapter 10
All In Jest CHAPTER TEN Once again at home, Sybil took stock of her situation. She was overreacting to the outcome of the Evangelina …
All In Jest – Chapter 9
All In Jest CHAPTER NINE The war of attrition launched by Paul Bel Geddes started insidiously. Sybil’s deposition in the van der Hoef case …
All In Jest – Chapter 8
All In Jest CHAPTER EIGHT Gerrit van der Hoef’s grandfather had worked in the Westminister County boat yards making tug boats. Gerrit’s father had worked …
All In Jest – Chapter 7
All In Jest CHAPTER SEVEN 2013 was a good year for Sybil Norcroft, M.D., PhD, F.A.C.S. George and Dolly’s four-year-old filly, Moccasin Walker, sold for …
All In Jest – Chapter 6
All In Jest CHAPTER SIX Blackman Schwartz met Sybil in the hospital cafeteria a week after the verdict in the Brendan McNeely case was delivered. …
All In Jest – Chapter 5
All In Jest CHAPTER FIVE Pancho had become the de facto foreman of Sybil’s ranch, in part because he was the eldest and most experienced …
All In Jest – Chapter 4
All In Jest CHAPTER FOUR After the deposition, Sybil felt depressed. Her attorney, her friends, and her family all reassured her, told her not to …
All In Jest – Chapter 3
All In Jest Chapter Three As soon as Sybil put down the receiver after her conversation with the aide at the medical examiner’s office, she …
All In Jest – Chapter 2
All In Jest Chapter Two The courtroom was stuffy–hot and full of the smell of tension. Sybil Norcroft felt the worst she could remember, second …
I chose to use a pseudonym for personal reasons. I’m a retired neurosurgeon living in a rural paradise and am at rest from the turbulent life of my profession. I lived in an era when resident trainees worked 120 hours a week–a form of bondage no longer permitted by law. I served as a Navy Seabee general surgeon during the unpleasantness in Viet Nam, and spent the remainder of my ten-year service as a neurosurgeon in a major naval regional medical center. I’ve lived in every section of the country, saw all the inhumanity of man to man, practiced in private settings large and small, the military, academia, and as a medical humanitarian in the Third World.