No, the "Spike" in spikeswife isn't a reference to the Buffy character, though I must admit I find him exquisitely appealing. My screen name came about in 1994 (pre-Buffy) when I married my husband, nick-named Spike. In a previous life (his teen years) he'd sported a Liberty-spiked mohawk and the moniker stuck. I'm a SAHM to three kids, part-time webmaster, avid reader of mystery/thriller fiction, scrapbooker and DIY-er. I have some ideas about stories related to my favorite shows, movies, etc. but I lack the patience to flesh them out into something readable. My journalism training took too well and now I can barely spew out more than the 5 Ws (Who, What, Where, When and Why). I love finding the amazing gems of stories scattered through this site and congratulate all of you who take the risk and expose your possibly fragile egos to the crushing criticism dealt by many of us.