Edward Lebowitz is a writer and physician currently living in San Francisco, CA. His previous publications have appeared in "Vistas and Byways" and "The American College of Radiology eNews." He has performed his solo show, "Dave, Muhammad, and I at The Americana Hotel," at The Marsh Theater in San Francisco and the San Francisco Fringe Festival Sneak Peek. Edward enjoys writing fiction because of the power it confers. In his stories, he is the creator, ruler, and source of all moral authority; he conjures up characters and controls everything that happens to them. That’s a lot different from ‘real life’ where try as you might, you can’t ensure things work out the way you want them to and a powerful inducement to inhabit a world of your own making, which is exactly what happens when you write a story. I can’t play God in the hospital, but I can play God in my stories.