Don Waters was a prolific author of fiction, but he achieved great success as a sailboat captain and author of travel articles. Newspaper articles documented his visits to Sarasota...view moreDon Waters was a prolific author of fiction, but he achieved great success as a sailboat captain and author of travel articles. Newspaper articles documented his visits to Sarasota, Florida, where he was a frequent guest at social events. He traveled with his wife and daughter, Gypsy Waters (the boat’s namesake), who became a journalist in her own right.His first-known published story was “The Luck of Angus McKay” in the March 1924 issue of Sea Stories Magazine, from Street & Smith Publications. He was a frequent contributor to Railroad Stories Magazine between 1930 and 1934. “Clothes You Wear” appeared under the Georgia Rambler pseudonym. In 1945, Railroad published the next two “Georgia Rambler” stories giving proper credit to Waters.Magazines featuring his fiction included Sea Stories Magazine, Argosy Allstory Weekly, Adventure, Short Stories, Complete Stories, Railroad Stories, Submarine Stories, The Popular Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post.Don Waters’ last story in Railroad Stories (now retitled Railroad) was “End of the Line” in the October 1970 issue. His last-known short story, “What to Do with the Dead,” appeared in Southwest Review v92 #1, 2007, published by the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.view less