What I Write

Poesy, a clever scientific parody of Robert Burn's "My Love is Like a Red Red Rose", printed in Science News March 1, 1997, Volume 151, No. 9
Rumpelstiltskin Does Cold Fusion, one of four scientific fairy tales I wrote in college, printed in The Leading Edge March 2000, Issue 39
A Saucepan Under Observation Never Reaches a Phase Transition the first of a series of articles entitled Commonly Held but Seldom Tested Beliefs reprinted from The Journal of Extraneous Scientific Topics in The Journal of Irreproducible Results March 2005, Volume 49, No. 2
Revolutionary Alarm Clock, an amusing anecdote published in BYU Magazine, Fall 2007 issue.
I Had Trouble in Getting My P, H, and D, an epic poem printed in The Journal of Irreproducible Results, Volume 50 No. 6 August 2009.

Gifts of the Gospel, a religious historical anecdote bought by Friend magazine in Nov 2007.

The Journal of Extraneous Scientific Topics (JEST) A science humor magazine printed bi-monthly from June 1993 to November 1996. Back issues still available on request. Click here for sample articles, cartoons, and poems from JEST.
Memories of Jan Marie Peterson Barnhurst A life history, a compilation of collected memories from friends, neighbors, and relatives, and a record of the passing of Jan Barnhurst, my friend who died of cancer in September 2006. Three hardbound copies were made and given to immediate family members, and several more copies were distributed on CD-ROM.

Earthcrosser, a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel for middle-grade readers.

Corridor in the Closet, a contemporary fantasy for middle-grade readers.