Douglas C. Atkins is a former newspaper sports writer whose story “Heidi” won an honorable mention in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest. Now a widower, he volunteers a...view moreDouglas C. Atkins is a former newspaper sports writer whose story “Heidi” won an honorable mention in L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest. Now a widower, he volunteers as a hospice worker, mentors newly released criminal offenders, and serves as a homeless advocate. Doug lives in Massachusetts, where he is hard at work on his next novel.view less