A Bear Would Not Quit

A Bear Would Not Quit

Yesterday I took a late night stroll through Fremont. It was just before midnight and the moon, so super earlier in the week, was faltering. I passed a sad, lonely feeling bar, the sort that emphasized its sad loneliness by shamelessly blaring music and flashing...
Thank You Somebody

Thank You Somebody

There are moments when you feel exceptionally obliged to Whoever is in charge of the world around you. This is a story of one of those times. Several months ago I went on a date with a woman. We had met one night at a show, hit it off and exchanged numbers. Because...
And: Here We Go Again

And: Here We Go Again

Any dedicated visitor to this space will know that I am an inconsistent blog-writer. There are many reasons for my recent several-month lapse of posts, most of which can be explained by the World Cup and the wonderful summer that’s descended upon Seattle. The...
Long Time Coming

Long Time Coming

Our sincerest apologies to dedicated followers of this space. It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything here, but hopefully this will be the first baby-step back toward regular publishing. There’ve been many disrupting circumstances, the...
My Year’s Best

My Year’s Best

In the spirit of the end of days, at least as far as 2013 is concerned, I’m offering up an undeniably subjective take on some of my year’s highlights. Most fulfilling read: Iain Sinclair’s Downriver: it took me nearly 9-months to finish all...
Upside Down

Upside Down

This is the post where I happily announce the publication of my first story, Project Inversion. I wrote this story a couple years back and have been sitting on it since. Why? I don’t know. But it’s out now. Project Inversion is a very long short-story, or,...