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Forklift On Fire

by Paul Talbot | Dec 4, 2025 | Chronicles

Forklift On Fire 2025

Punch Drunk At High Tide

by Paul Talbot | Dec 3, 2025 | Chronicles

Punch Drunk At High Tide 2025

The Desperate Delicatessen

by Paul Talbot | Dec 2, 2025 | Chronicles

The Desperate Delicatessen 2025

December 1943

by Paul Talbot | Dec 1, 2025 | Chronicles

December 1943 2025 It is December 1943, a tragic month on America’s rails. The eastbound Santa Fe Chief pulls in to Union Station in Kansas City. Fats Waller’s manager comes to check on his client and finds Fats dead in his berth. The composer of “Ain’t Misbehavin’”...

Counterclockwise Courage

by Paul Talbot | Nov 30, 2025 | Chronicles

Counterclockwise Courage 2025

Borrowed Passports

by Paul Talbot | Nov 29, 2025 | Chronicles

Borrowed Passports 2025

Silent Egyptians

by Paul Talbot | Nov 28, 2025 | Chronicles

Silent Egyptians 2025

The Troubled Valley

by Paul Talbot | Nov 27, 2025 | Chronicles

The Troubled Valley 2025

Midnight Sunburn

by Paul Talbot | Nov 26, 2025 | Chronicles

Midnight Sunburn 2025

Breathless Cargo

by Paul Talbot | Nov 25, 2025 | Chronicles

Breathless Cargo 2025

A Warm Night In Toronto

by Paul Talbot | Nov 24, 2025 | Chronicles

A Warm Night In Toronto 2025 We are out on the little back porch, off the kitchen of my top floor lodgings on Palmerston Boulevard. It is a hot, uncomfortable night in Toronto. We have a bottle of Wild Turkey and a case of Miller High Life, those little pony bottles....

Three Blind Bartenders

by Paul Talbot | Nov 23, 2025 | Chronicles

Three Blind Bartenders 2025

Closing Time

by Paul Talbot | Nov 22, 2025 | Chronicles

Closing Time 2025 The devil strolled in with his lobbyist friend And caught the neon light The barback set off running Pool cues warped and the chalk blew apart The eight ball sailed across the room like a cannon ball aglow And then it was closing time.