A BANDERSNATCH ON THE ROAD by Steven Steinbock I know it sounds dirty. In fact, in one of Ed McBain’s last novels – titled The Frumious Bandersnatch – there was this beautiful piece of dialogue between two characters, Jefferson and Loomis, about the title of pop diva Tamar Valparaiso’s new album, “Bandersnatch.” McBain’s dialogue was […]

GOOD BAD GUYS by Deborah Elliott-Upton “A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains – absolutely.” – Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths, 1903 Let’s talk about the Bad Guys. The villains with a capital V. The ones who don’t always wear a black hat, although they […]

TAKING IT PERSONALLY by Rob Lopresti A few months ago I had to work on the weekend. Not such a tragedy, but it was a rare thing in Bellingham: a May Saturday that was warm and sunny. (Old joke: In Washington state what do they call the day after two days of rain? Monday.) No […]