(Q) Why use the pseudonym, "Milton Pariah"?
(A) Simply for anonymity. It's also a reference to John Milton, English poet and scholar, best known for his epic poem, Paradise Lost (1667). Look up "pariah" in the dictionary....

(Q) What are you currently studying?
(A) My most recent project is currently in the works, which will involve a 2-dimensional study of the relationship between basic socio-political substructures and human emotional development. Look for postings on this web site sometime soon.

(Q) Where do you work?
(A) I have my own humble studio in Boca Raton, Florida. All the work currently posted on this web site, however, was actually work I produced in school, with the exception of the "Spiritual Emotions" series.

(Q) Can I hire you to do commissioned work?
(A) Currently, yes. Click here for information.

(Q) Are you still in school?
(A) Yes. I'm still an undergraduate at Florida Atlantic University, pursuing an MA in the Visual Arts. I'm pursuing my own independent endeavors on the side.

(Q) What do you try to convey in your short stories?
(A) Each story is very different. Of the three I have posted: "A Diminutive Predicament" outlines the notion I once had that throughout history there certainly must have been undiscovered literary greats, undiscovered because of tragedy, perhaps. The "Percy" reference is of course to Shelley.  Overall, the story symbolizes an unrecognized writer's struggle with a pervading sense of ineffectualness.
    "The Passage" is my attempt at writing a creepy folk-tale. The tale basically is supposed to portray a fear of isolation, mixed with elements of the supernatural.
     "That Old Tree" is my attempt at a story with an environmental directive. The story is supposed to be set in a post-apocalyptic future, and the shock of seeing a "tree", something that actually survived the holocaust, momentarily captures the narrator's interest (only to find out it's just the ash remnants of a tree following a nuclear bomb).