Tornado

Merle Turner is a retired academic with a background in Experimental Psychology and the Philosophy of Science. If called upon to append a label to himself he would reach into literary tradition to style himself a ''romantic realist.'' i.e. the admixture of invention and realism. When asked if there is a single theme that might percolate through his stories, he responded that ''ventures into quandary'' might come close. He is the author of Psychology and the Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and the Science of Behavior, Realism and the Explanation of Behavior, and in his search for romance, Celestial for the Cruising Navigator. Other publications include two collections of Quatroons (quatrains illustrated by a cartoon).