Published: Nov 05, 2020
The Crash
featuring: Traelyn Nelsen
There was a flash, then a massive pop, before ground rose and fell in a wave. In a split second everything changed as an asteroid crashed through the ship. Metal screamed and ...
Stories
Published: Nov 04, 2020
Bird on the Sidewalk
featuring: Robin Travis
There was a bird on the sidewalk on our way home. It did not move when we approached. I nearly stepped on it before I saw it. Upon closer inspection, it looked ...
Published: Nov 03, 2020
Boarded Up
featuring: Eric Vernan
They boarded up the windows again. Riots were becoming a weekly occurrence. The mayor spoke about the benefits of preparing for the worst while also saying it was likely nothing would happen ...
Published: Nov 02, 2020
Cats Eyes
featuring: Monica Charles
Monica had the yellowest eyes I had ever seen. At times, I thought for a moment, she was a cat. Admittedly it was dark and we had two cats at the time. ...
Published: Oct 30, 2020
Terrisa
featuring: Larry Bernard
During 1971, Larry played in thirteen different blues clubs in Chicago. He drummed over 300 nights, behind many greats like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, gaining a ton of skill through ...
Published: Oct 29, 2020
First Show
featuring: Larry Bernard
The first time Larry Bernard played the drums in front of a crowd was the late 1960s, in a club on the South Side of Chicago. He was under 18, and had ...
Published: Oct 28, 2020
I Want to be a Drummer, Too
featuring: Larry Bernard
After the show we sat at the bar; I was only drinking water and had returned to sobriety. He had over fifty years of experience playing on stages, making the drums thump, ...
Published: Oct 27, 2020
Whiskey and Water
featuring: Larry Bernard
Larry had agreed to talk with me any time after a show, I'd just have to stop by the bar and see him play first. I was drinking whiskey sours because I ...
Published: Oct 26, 2020
The Drummer
featuring: Larry Bernard
Behind the drums he looked short. I had been meaning to meet him for weeks now, but this or that thing in life had kept me from entering the bar. For some ...
Published: Oct 23, 2020
Ugly Clumps
featuring: Jeffry Adoms
Jeffry lay in the park, near the top of the sledding hill, watching the clouds float through the sky. He was having trouble seeing anything but blobs of puffy whiteness. His mind ...