He was born in
Beaumont, Texas, and attended the
University of Houston but did not graduate. He was one of the founders of
Houston's Inlet Drug Crisis Center, where he worked with
harm reduction pioneer
David F. Duncan. He has published science fiction and horror short stories in many science fiction magazines, some of which have been anthologized. His one novel,
Petrogypsies was published by Baen Books in 1989 and has since become a cult novel in and around the Texas oilfields. DarkStar Books released a new, partially illustrated trade paperback edition of
Petrogypsies in December 2009, and plans to continue the series with two more volumes (
Sprocket Goes International,
Sprocket Goes Interstellar) in 2010 and 2011. Harper is one of a group of regular contributors to the
Eat Our Brains blog. == Bibliography ==