I AM A writer by trade, starting with fiction then getting the opportunity to report what was happening in the real world through newspapers.  My passion, though, is probably art.  I discovered the thrill of digital painting around the same time I discovered Facebook, and created a collection I filed under "the Black Series."  In 2012, I wrote a whimsical short story entitled Despair and married the art with the writing.  In short order, Avarice and Foolish Heart joined the collection, not as splashes of colour on black canvas but written stories that saw darkness.  Sometimes to be laughed at; other times, not.

I do write other stuff too.

A whole bunch of writing happens 
here:  http://plus.google.com/102336886678863762993/posts
and here:  http://www.facebook.com/northdoor37publishing


And here's the other stuff:

Princess Fartalot http://www.amazon.com/3-2-1-Zero-Princess-Fartalot-Barrett-ebook/dp/B00GWA5YQM
Biography  http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Oscar-Hope-Barrett-ebook/dp/B005IJO5VI
Reality Bytes  http://northdoor37publishing.myshopify.com/collections/reality-bites