Winter (Dale) Hammell lives in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife, Sharon, and their furry four-legged friends. Several years back Dale had some short stories published, but then became quite ill, and was diagnosed with chronic depression and a personality disorder. From hospital, he was referred to a 'Vancouver Coastal Health' mental- health clinic where he has been a long-time consumer of local psychiatric services. In 1997 he completed a one-year-long film school program and wrote the first episode of an animated TV show called Cyber-6, which aired in 1998-1999 (you can still find it online)....