Welcome. I am Lazarus.Black, an author of fine fiction and non-fiction based in the Seattle area. I, my wife, and two children, manage a charcuterie of small pets at the edge of a forest. It hasn't always been this way. Having lived in the midwest, New York City, and Florida, and traveled frequently to Southern California for both work and pleasure, I strive to learn from and write stories about the breadth of human experience.