Grosch, Ted

Ted Grosch

Science Fiction, Literary, Slice of Life, Animal short stories and novels

Ted Grosch was born and raised in small-town Pennsylvania.  He began writing in high school, but his career took a sidetrack with a stint in the U.S. Navy and three college degrees in Electrical Engineering.  After 20 years as an engineer, having worked on satellite communications, radar, and cellular systems, he picked up writing a few years ago by starting his first novel.  He now lives in the Boston area with his wife, son, daughter, and two dogs.

Says Ted about Sixty Seconds of Terror: “After two years, 60 Seconds of Terror is still difficult for me to read because I get all teary-eyed. I wrote this when I had Shelly, a lovely Australian Shepherd, who was on her way to becoming a champion athlete. She was diagnosed with kidney disease, glamerulonephritis, shortly after being diagnosed with Lyme disease. She lived less than a year after that. Please, please, immunize your pets against Lyme and protect them from ticks if you live in Lyme country.”

Ted Grosch short stories

My First Christmas on Mars by Ted Grosch

Stranded on watch, alone and forgotten while family and friends are far, far away back on Earth, everyone else is celebrating Christmas.  Welcome to Mars, 2062.  Is it some kind of joke when General Quarters sounds?  Incoming!  (Science Fiction)

Editor’s Note:    I first read this story in its original form in February of 2005.  I was delighted.  My wife, who loves science fiction and adores Christmas, reacted with tears of joy in her eyes and a great big smile.  Her reaction reflected my own sentiments.  Ted Grosch is a romantic.  Ted Grosch is also a pragmatist who has and will prove, time and again with his own patented inventions, the truism that what can be conceived in the mind will, in fact, actuate.  This story?  Without apology, Merry Christmas.  May this story and all Christmas magic fill your heart with unequivocal joy.  —zentao

Sixty Seconds of Terror by Ted Grosch

A dog, a man, a trial.  The bond of friendship, the empathy between them is pure and keen.  (Animal/Slice of Life)

Editor’s Note:  Precious, this true life vignette about a moment in the life of a man and his best buddy.   —zentao