T. G. Metcalf

T. G. Metcalf has lived in seven U.S. states and in Europe. His educational and career backgrounds are in linguistics and science. His recently published stories include “Oswald in Mexico City” (historical fiction), in the Feb. 10, 2024 issue of Sundial Magazine, and “Cleotis, The Secret Portraitist," in the Feb. 26, 2024 issue of The Metaworker Literary Magazine.

A Life Made of Words

To respect the privacy of the person I’m going to tell you about, I’ve given him the alias Dr. Theodore J. Ammon. If I tell his story well, after you’ve read it you will ask yourself whether you have known people whose lives have been affected in a similar way by the experiences of their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.