Gary J. Kirchner
Gary J. Kirchner striking a pose on a mountain road above an alpine valley

Gary J. Kirchner

An author obsessed with physics & football.

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Cromby’s Axiom

Before we were all connected, before we were The Hive, there was individualism, privacy, ‘personal space’ . . . so quaint, so unnecessary . . . so dangerous . . .

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In the Shadow of the Goalposts

  1. Pacing the Sidelines

    Part 1

    Arne Viimets has a passion for opera, he owns a dog named Chopin, and he quotes Thoreau at dinner parties. He also happens to have a brilliant football mind.

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  2. First and Ten

    Part 2

    In his second season at the helm of the struggling Redmen, Arne Viimets does what Arne Viimets does: He ignores the advice of his alumni, his staff, and his athletic director. He benches experienced starters in favour of undersized and unproven back-ups.

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  3. The Music of the Gridiron

    Part 3

    Coach Viimets enters his third season with his career on life support, bickering within his coaching staff ballooning into unfettered animosity, and circumstances from his past threatening to destroy his personal life. Will the surprising success of his team be the glue that keeps things together, or the catalyst that blows everything apart?

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Throwing the Hammer

Mark Patterson wants to do nothing more than to surf and to ski, needs money, and believes that high school teaching will be the cushy job of his dreams. He receives a rude awakening when he becomes a physics teacher at Winston Grant, a begrudging little brother among private school heavyweights.

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