[Werewolves] Ghosts of London
Let me take you down ’cause I’m going to explore disappearing music landmarks, where nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Anti-Heroin Chic, Somewhere USA
A Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots
An interview and research piece inspired by a road trip through Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta.
Smithsonian Magazine, Washington DC
New Tourists of Hong Kong
I like to go beyond the official street art and Disneyfied installations and venture farther into the alleys where the wild things are.
Litro, New York • London
Laura Palmer Slept Here and So Did I
Surviving an overnight stay in the bowels of Twin Peaks country.
Scrawl Place, Everywhere USA
I Find Myself Behind the Wheel of a Mid-Sized Automobile
A solitary road trip story about Planet Utah, pissy coffee, blinding sunsets and Talking Heads.
No Contact Magazine, New York
Singapore in Black & White, 1994
Five photographs of mid-nineties Singapore, taken before everything went color. Starts on page 67 of the link.
Tiger Moth Review, Singapore
Alice’s Arm
The object of a teenage fetish disappears under mysterious circumstances. Content Warning: this story contains a depiction of the city of Buffalo.
Anti-Heroin Chic, Somewhere USA
Born to Be Wildish
A cautionary tale about running away from home on a bicycle, the Salvation Army and a semi-lost cat.
Moxy Magazine, Oxford
Just Another Late Inning Go-Ahead Run
A cross-country father & son road trip is punctuated by a Northern Ontario ice storm, a bucket of KFC and an amazing play at the plate.
The Twin Bill, Chicago
Exoskeletons
A palate cleansing micro-memoir piece about, yes, cicadas. Exactly 1 sentence of exactly 100 words describing 5 minutes of life.
Five Minutes. Salem MA
A Toronto Ghost
Another 100-word nonfiction story describing 5 minutes of life – and, in this case, death as well.
Five Minutes. Salem MA
The Puppy in the Basket in the Picture
A memoir piece about learning life lessons from animals and constantly dreaming about going over Niagara Falls.
La Piccioletta Barca, Cambridge UK
This Ain’t Cornball Crap
A story about working the graveyard shift and hearing John Prine for the first time on a plastic snack bar radio. Starts on page 46 of the link.
Ellipsis Zine, Birmingham UK and Blank Spaces, Ontario
Lost and Found: Rediscovering the Music of Peter Hammill
A nerdy remembrance of 1970s music, teen angst and listening again to a forgotten gem of an album.
F(r)iction, Denver and Drunk Monkeys, Los Angeles