Aaron was born on the Ides of March, 1975. As a youth, he enjoyed Saturday morning cartoons, especially the short-lived Dungeons and Dragons series. Just before he began kindergarten in the Fall of 1980, Aaron's father began a long battle with brain cancer, ultimately dying in 1989. Meanwhile, the young Aaron destroyed many toys and found a way to scrape, cut, or bruise most of his body. Halloween and the Fourth of July quickly became his favorite holidays.

In high school, Aaron decided to inflict copious amounts of self-pain by joining the cross-country team. He also hired someone to kill him, but only as the lead in the school play, Deadly Earnest. Eventually they gave him a diploma.

As Aaron toddled off to college, he quickly realized he had inheritated the family curse--teaching in public schools. Earning his B.S. in secondary education and English, Aaron has taught English at McLouth High School in Northeast Kansas for the past nine years, serving as forensics (speech and drama) sponsor for eight of those years. During the 2006-07 school year, he was district nominee for Kansas Teacher of the Year.

Although Aaron dabbled before, his writing career began in earnest during the summer of 2007; since that time his short fiction has found homes in various print and online venues. Most of Aaron's work falls in the darker side of the ledger, whether you would consider it dark fantasy or horror. Many life events color his writing, not least of all his father's protracted battle with a debilitating disease and the effect that had on the family unit.

Aaron currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his beautiful wife and two energetic sons.

You can contact Aaron here.

• Reading Chair, School Improvement Committee, 2000 – current
• Adjunct Instructor, Highland Community College, 2001 – current
• Secondary Language Arts Chair, 2002 – current
• Secondary Principal’s Advisory Council, 2005 – current
• District Mentor Teacher, 2005 – current  

• Instructed 9-12 students in reading, writing, and literature, 1999 – current
• Presented various in-district reading workshops, 1999 – current
• Developed secondary curriculum, Spring 2004
• Led textbook selection committee, Spring 2005
• Collaborated to develop and revise school improvement plan, 2000 – current

• Speech & Drama Sponsor, McLouth High School, 1999 – current
• Head Track & Field Coach, McLouth Middle School, 2000 – 2002

• Kansas Teacher of the Year Nominee, USD 342, 2006
• Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Manhattan, Partner of Youth, 1997