Down Goes The Mayor

Down Goes The Mayor

A New Tales From a Roundabout Story Cooper Langley brushed the debris off his shoulder and surveyed the damage he had caused. His Jeep had come to rest on a sidewalk leading away from the roundabout he had driven through. “Through” being the operative word as Cooper...
Tales From a Roundabout Episode 1

Tales From a Roundabout Episode 1

Nothing is On the House Sonny Kagan stepped into the crosswalk just as George Fillmore’s shiny white Buick SUV entered the roundabout. Sonny walked slowly, intentionally dragging his tattered lawn chair behind him. He liked the sound in made scraping across the...
Blow Stuff Up Eve

Blow Stuff Up Eve

It’s Blow Stuff Up Eve. Some of you think it’s simply July 3rd today,  but it’s really Blow Stuff Up Eve. It’s time to duck out of work early and prepare for a long weekend. It’s time to head to the fireworks store and fill up a...
I was kidding…

I was kidding…

The Story of Trolley Dodgers Back in the mid-1990s, I was writing a sports column for BC Magazine. The publication was owned by the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper. Most of the content was art, music, and politics. So, my column was both an odd fit and an...
I Bought a Chore

I Bought a Chore

A few nights ago, we made a trip to Lowes. Or maybe it was Home Depot. It’s all a blur. We went to purchase a new lawnmower. Its predecessor had a broken axle and had to be put down. I wanted to shoot it, but apparently, that sort of thing is frowned upon...
My New Cover Designer

My New Cover Designer

I wanted to take a moment and give a shoutout to my new cover designer, Mariah Sinclair. I stumbled across her work and was blown away by her talent. It started a conversation in which I told her I had always admired the work of Malika Favre but was also drawn to the...