George J. Bryjak taught sociology at the University of San Diego for 24 years before moving to the Adirondack Park region of New York state with his wife, Diane. He is the co-author of three sociology textbooks and numerous scholarly articles. His opinion pieces have appeared in USA Today, the San Diego Union-Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Houston Chronicle and Baltimore Sun among other newspapers in the United States and Canada. Bryjak's short plays have been peformed in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo. This is his first collection of short stories.

Bryjak's one-act play, Close Encounter, was the second place winner in the 2009 Atwater Theatre (Los Angeles) playwriting contest and had a four week run in October and November.

Fundamentals of Criminal Justice: A Sociological View (with Stephen E. Barkan) was published by Jones & Bartlett in August 2010.

The Power of the Dark Goddess and Other Stories
Bryjak's stories turn on the intrigue and mysteries of the human condition --gree, the cruel realities of adulthood, even the challenge of adulthood of the last two people on earth.