Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

-Invictus, William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)

Fire_Drifter (M.C. Jamesond) is  a college student. He has always enjoyed automobile racing, in many different forms from NASCAR and Rally racing, to Indy car, GT and Formula One. He also loves science fiction, and tries to stay current on some of the popular science fiction franchises that have recently aired on TV and streaming services. He used to reside in an apartment in the metropolitan area of the Treasure Valley in Idaho, but has since taken it upon himself to move to a small town in the east of the state for both writing inspiration and personal reasons. He has been to Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Colorado.