Front Porch Review
A literary magazine for the young at heart and mind

Charles Shepherd, after a successful career as a lawyer and an investment banker, retired and pursued a creative writing talent which had burbled to the surface in the past but was never satisfied. After pursing writing classes at Northwestern University as well as numerous writing seminars, he found that his latent talent was of interest to others, too.

Charlie's sense of humor thrives in the ironies of life he sees and laughs at daily. His philosophy, "Life is too serious to take serious," is the common denominator of most everything he writes.

A number of his essays, short stories, and articles have been published, and his first novel, In the Shadow of Ambition, has been well received.