Midnight Fair Posts

Trip, trap, trip, trap Who goes over my bridge? ONCE upon a time… In a small village in the pines, lived a little girl and her grandmother. They loved to spend their days together walking…

And over in the burnt yellow tent by the frozen tractor the music was like electric sugar  …and I wish I had some whiskey and a gun, my dear I wish I had some whiskey…

I hear the train coming It’s rolling around the bend I haven’t seen the sunshine, since….I don’t know when. – Johnny Cash FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA One thing I always try to convey to people when…

Dark Horse (noun): A mysterious competitor about whom little is known; one who seemingly comes out of nowhere, and achieves unexpected success. CLEAR LAKE, IOWA  It’s sunny but extremely windy when I roll into Clear…

“A man deserves to go and see his country.” –  Charles Bukowski ***** Several years ago, I walked away from a promising, comfortable life in Canada, to return to my own country. America. I returned…

–   LAS VEGAS, NEVADA  –  1. GIRLS I lived in a motel not far off the Strip, next to a casino called the Silver Seven, in a neighborhood that called itself ‘Paradise’. Let me tell…

I have an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach as I arrive at the old Weston asylum, but not for reasons you might think. There are dark clouds circling the massive stone building,…

9 States, 9 Stories. Come with me as I take you thru Middle America, a journey into forgotten places & hidden tales. The land of frozen custard, roadside motels, dirt roads & unfortunately-named gas stations……

ONCE upon a time… There was a lone girl who lived in a castle on the edge of the wood. Though she had plenty of pies to eat and slept safely in her tower, she…

It’s a warm Las Vegas Wednesday evening; I’m driving down the Strip, past Old Vegas and Fremont Street, on my way to a boneyard where neon signs come to rest. You have to go in…