Does time move in a linear fashion or do events repeat themselves, trapping us into a cycle determined by the past? In this story, an officer assigned to Yongsan Garrison in South Korea discovers that his unit’s dark history threatens to pull him in, as well.
“The Mosquito Hunters of Korea” is coming this October in the anthology From Seoul to the World.Visit the anthology homepage.
New Article!
A magical journal is an unexpected ritual partner for the practitioner of the esoteric arts. Many of us keep grimoires or Books of Shadow – but the magical journal is not the same. Within the magical journal, the practitioner finds a sacred space of transmutation. Learn how to use your journal for self-discovery in my article in NILVX, forthcoming this Summer.
link coming soon
Publications
Publications
Fiction
Does time move in a linear fashion or do events repeat themselves, trapping us into a cycle determined by the past? In this story, an officer assigned to Yongsan Garrison in South Korea discovers that his unit’s dark history threatens to pull him in, as well.
A monk in medieval Japan has a vision of the Bodhisattva Kannon and must travel to a distant camphorwood forest to fulfill it. His journey leads not only into the heart of the forest, but into the nature of suffering.
“The Camphorwood Statue.” Leaping Clear. Fall 2018. Read online.
Non-Fiction
“Journaling as a Ritual Practice.” NILVX. Volume 2, Issue 3, October 2018. (forthcoming)
Ted has also published extensively on how to safely and effectively control pests in and around homes and businesses. Known for his down-to-earth writing style and practical insights, his philosophy is that the science and technology in an article should complement the reader’s understanding of the material, not undermine it. Show Entomology and Pest Control Publications
Q&A: Finding Small Flies in the Bathroom. Cabin Life Magazine. August 2015.
Tooling Around: Protecting Log Cabins and Wood Siding From Pests. Cabin Life Magazine. May 2015.
Q&A: Finding Mice in the Cabin After Building an Addition. Cabin Life Magazine. April 2015.
Tooling Around: Closing Up Your Cabin for the Winter and Keeping Critters Out. Cabin Life Magazine. October 2014.
Tooling Around: Dealing with Critters at the Cabin. Cabin Life Magazine. April 2014.
Auditing Your Pest Control Supplier’s Work. Food Safety Magazine. December 2012 / January 2013.
Using Public Speaking for Sales. Pest Control Technology Magazine. December 2012.
Rapid Identification of Challenging Insects. Pest Control Technology Magazine. April 2012.
Evicting Insects and Pests from the Cabin. Cabin Life Magazine. May 2012.
Is Your Training Mistake Free? Developing a Performance Based Training Program. Pest Control Technology Magazine, February 2012.
The Small Carpenter Ant. Pest Control Technology, February 2011.
The Lady is a Tramp. Executive Housekeeping Today, June 2010.
The Secret Code of Pest Management. Executive Housekeeping Today, November 2009.
Roach Baiting: Feast or Famine? NPMA Commercial Division e-Newsletter, 2007.
Creating a Teaching Pest Collection. Pest Control Technology, December 2005.
Stick it to Them: Insect Espionage. Pest Control Technology, July 2005.
The Little Ant That Could. Pest Control Technology, April 2005.
Subslab Ant Infestations. NPMA Commercial Division e-Newsletter, 2005.
Ants in Warehouses. NPMA Commercial Division e-Newsletter, 2005.
Exclusion as Part of an Integrated Pest Management Program. NPMA Commercial Division e-Newsletter, 2005.
Web Removal Works. Pest Control Magazine, August 2001.
What to Do When Ants Call for Improved Pest Management. Pest Control Magazine, May 2001.
Doing Pest Management in a Vacuum: Using This Tool Can Make Yellowjacket Control More Simple and Less Risky. Pest Control Magazine, June 2000.
Make a Clean Sweep of Old Methods: Using a Vacuum Cleaner can Enhance an IPM Program. Pest Control Magazine, May 2000.
Erasure Poetry
“Plate V. B. spinosus, a Bug.” Split Rock Review. Issue 9, Fall 2017. Read online.
“Plate VI. C. formosa, a Tiger Beetle.” Split Rock Review. Issue 9, Fall 2017. Read online.
Traditional Poetry
“Postcards from the Abyss.” Mosaic. University of California, Riverside. 1993.
“Blood & Water Blood & Sand.” Mosaic. University of California, Riverside. 1993.
“Drinking from a Dry Well.” Mosaic. University of California, Riverside. 1993.
“I, Attis.” Mosaic. University of California, Riverside. 1992.
About Ted
About Ted Snyder
Ted at Bodai-ji Temple, Osore-zan, Japan
Entomologist
Vincent Dethier once wrote, "...there has never seemed to be a taboo against pulling off the legs or wings of flies. Most children eventually outgrow this behavior. Those who do not either come to a bad end or become biologists."
Three decades ago, Ted took the latter of the Dethier's two paths, and ended up as a Board Certified Entomologist with a Master's Degree in urban entomology. Along the way he has worked as the senior manager responsible for training at a large, regional pest control company, and served as an entomology officer in the US Army. He has worked in the United States, Haiti, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and the British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego Garcia).
Educator
Whereas some scientists are interested in research and discovery, and others are interested in innovations and application, Ted's passion is for education.
As the training manager at a large, regional pest control company, he was able to put science education into practice, creating and facilitating performance-orientated courses for employees, using student-centered educational techniques. Pest control is a highly technical field, and Ted built classes on introductory biology, entomology, and pesticide toxicology in order to prepare employees to succeed in the field. As a result, new technicians had a 99% pass rate on the Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator test, compared to the state average of approximately 70%, and one of his programs won the Board Certified Entomologists of Mid-America Educational Project Award. But the best reward of all was the number of people he inspired to take an interest in entomology and the world around them.
His only regret was that he was not able to get to his students earlier in life, during adolescence, and inspire them to appreciate science then. Now, he is working toward gaining his teaching certification in Wisconsin, and will soon be in a high school or middle school classroom, living the dream of a biologist whose passion is education.
Writer
When Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands, he didn't have a camera to document the new species he discovered. He had to draw pictures of them. Once, scientists were trained in the arts; now those in STEM and those in the humanities compete for university funding and eye each other suspiciously, to everyone's loss.
Ted is a poet, with publications in Mosaic and Split Rock Review, and a fiction writer, with a short story in Leaping Clear. He has studied creative writing at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where he has tried to bridge the gap between science and the humanities.
He has also published extensively in popular and trade magazines, offering insights on how to safely and effectively control pests in and around homes and businesses.
