David James Duncan, a lifelong Oregon resident, is the author of two novels, The River Why and The Brothers K. He lives in Portland with his wife, the sculptor Adrian Arleo, and their family.
The short story SCIENCE MEETS PROPHECY is from The Brothers K, copyright 1992, published by Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
It is reprinted in DREAMERS AND DESPERADOES, Contemporary Short Fiction of the American West, Edited by Craig Lesley, a Laurel Trade Paperback, published by Dell Publishing, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 1540 Broadway, New York, New York, 10036