A great number of attempts exist to capture the story of Nickel and the days of William St. I hold a bead on this also, but will for the first time, properly compile the story of these events, as they occurred correctly, from the start. During the days of the William St. Strip there was […]
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Emily Fridlund: Lake Arcturus Lodge
It wasn’t my husband that wanted the bear, it was me. Erich has always been so generous, so optimistic about people. When we opened for business, the lodge was empty as a lost castle, but he just said, “People will come when they do.” He talked like this sometimes, which is one of the reasons […]
Christine Flanagan: The Woods
I have always been afraid. In my childhood bedroom, streetlight against sycamore trees created frightening shadows on my walls: men, I imagined, breaking into our home, creeping soundlessly. Huddled under heavy blankets and bedspread, I waited for the creak of a loose floorboard, sounds of shattering glass, gunshots. These were not reasonable fears. We lived […]