Curt Strap was not a writer of stories. He was a modifier of stories. I know that first hand from email discussions with him over ten years ago. He took one of my stories without permission and turned it into one of his Nola series. He changed a few of the names but left the dialog word for word. He also added a section in the middle of it.
When I found out about it, I sent him an email complaining about what he had done. He answered my email and told me that he felt that he "improved" my story by adding a new part, and thus felt justified in now claiming himself as the author. He told me that his hobby was finding stories on the old Bulletin Boards that he personally enjoyed, and then modifying them to be parts of "his" Nola series. He apologized for any ill feelings I might have and and said he would give me credit in his story listing as "inspired by Dr. Phil". "Inspired by" should have read "plagiarized from" to be more accurate. I haven't seen any new modified stories by him in a long time. I guess he found a new hobby.

- Dr. Phil