Chasing Byron
Chasing Byron exclusive excerpt from Jeb Harrison’s new novel Crazed snake charmers, crooked judges, chicken thieves, golf heroes, mythical Gods, dead voices: Chasing Byron, set in 1945 as WWII is […]
The Orange Peeler Meets Johnny Wadd
The Orange Peeler Meets Johnny Wadd fiction by J.S. Ryan The best unpublished short story I ever read was called “The Death of Johnny Wadd.” It was written by […]
SALONICA
Salonica by Marcel Alalof translated from the French by Helena Dunica I remember my grandfather, lying fully clothed in the semi- darkness of his bedroom, eyes staring at the ceiling, […]
The Pole
The Pole memoir by Kevin Lavely, Reno, Nevada So yeah, it’s only a piece of wood. But, this 72-foot-tall piece of wood has been stuck in my backyard since about […]
Washington Irving’s Alhambra, CA Connection
Note: Just above the Golden Gate Bridge, in San Anselmo, CA, the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood and streets are named in honor of Washington Irving and his stories. Irving was a […]
Spokes, Saddles and Cranks
In the Fall of 1981, two 23-year old girlfriends, recent graduates of UC Berkeley, embarked upon a six-week bicycle tour of England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland. Their curiously strong adventures […]