David A. Hewitt was born in Germany, grew up near Chicago, and lived for eight years in Japan, where he studied classical Japanese martial arts and grew up some more. A graduate of the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program in Popular Fiction, he currently teaches community-college English, but has in the past worked as a translator of Japanese, an instructor of martial arts, a cabinetmaker’s assistant, a pizza/subs/beer delivery guy, and a pet shop boy. His fiction has appeared in Underland Arcana, Amazing Stories.com, and Metastellar. His translation credits include the anime series Gilgamesh, Area 88, Kingdom, Welcome to the NHK, and Kochoki: Young Nobunaga.

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“The Adventures of Zeedae and Them Gol-durned Genset‑D Boys” is a parody of a popular TV show of yore which, after one viewing, my father forbade me from ever watching because — and he was right about this — it was deeply, deeply stupid. Obviously, I proceeded to watch it with clockwork regularity at friends’ houses, but the subtle, yet permanent damage it did to my brain eventually mutated and metamorphosed into this deeply, deeply silly story. I would like to dedicate it to my most excellent writing group, the Phoenixes, who will read anything I write, no matter how bizarre and uncalled for.