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He used the invitation from editors M. Jerry and Helen Weiss, to contribute a short story to their fantasy anthology, Dreams and Vision, which examines the morality of going to war versus terrorism.

The story, “ Baseball in Iraq ,” is a somber depiction of a newly dead American soldier facing a life review by a six foot tall rooster and a sympathetic Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh.

Writing in The Washington Post, longtime Book World reviewer Paul di Filippo states, “ Overall, the Weisses exhibit fine taste and editorial restraint, although ... their selection of the opening piece is puzzling ... But then a challenging story such as John H. Ritter's ‘ Baseball in Iraq ( Being the True Story of the Ghost of Gunnery Sergeant T. J. McVeigh )’ comes along and dispels all cant and cliché with its elegant portrayal of the reviled terrorist working out his karma .”