Many of you may know that one of my literary heroes is Kurt Vonnegut. He has and always will influence my stories at some level. His Slaughter House Five marked him as a literary icon but it also labeled him as a science fiction author.

However, the story is based on his experience in the Dresden fire bombing of 1945, a highly controversial act because "the city did not possess as much heavy industry as other potential targets, which was why Dresden had only been attacked two times previously ...