May 2002 News

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Denver Stories has a couple new stories for your enjoyment. One is an insightful look into the religious experience behind riding Denver's public transportation system. "15th & Tremont" takes a look at what one passenger feels when riding the bus.

"The Great Social Equalizer" attempts to further analyze and investigate that all-too-strange phenomenon known as "karaoke".

MiamiStories.com was voted Reader Choice for Best Local Website in the Miami New Times Best of Miami 2002 Poll! We'll aim to keep you reading into the next year and beyond, with stories that evoke the music of the city. Fine, moving stories, like this one:

"My mom gave me the keys to the universe in a radio knob and the shotgun seat next to her, as we drove dark Miami streets in a '76 Charger, special edition. It was during her single-parent drives through las calles that she taught me to listen to music, and it's on the radio that she comes to me now." number one with a bullet by Bill Teck

Two new photos from Maximus Clarke capture the movement and light of everyday city life: Peace Rider and Allen's at Twilight.

New in Dublinstories...

"If there's one thing I hate about driving, it's the test"

I have tried and failed three times to pass my driving test. This new short story, The Test tells of this really lame non-achievement. Heh.

Continued...

Travel book publisher and friend to backpackers everywhere Lonely Planet loves the City Stories Project! They linked to us from their travel writing section, saying: "Get the backstory behind the bricks and mortar: real people tell real stories about the cities they live in and the cities they've visited at the aptly named City Stories." Thanks, Lonely Planet!

"...Nevertheless, I didn't think much of it until later that day, when my girlfriend Jeani emailed me. 'I have to ask,' she said, 'did you see an embryo on the sidewalk this morning?!?'" Sidewalk Embryo, a brand-spanking new tale at Chicago Stories.

I'd like to introduce Denver Stories to the rest of the City Stories community! We're very happy to be part of this effort, and look forward to becoming regular contributors!

As such, I'd like to invite you to take a look at our first "Denver Stories", including Route 66 to Denver and Small Towns. I hope you enjoy the site, and we'd welcome any feedback!

On a sad note, Denver lost one its most well known writers Sunday evening. Gene was famous for remembering Denver for what it was, and helping us understand what it has become.

"We were wheeled up US 1 in old school buses, shabby motor coaches, vans and cars. Like mice pouring out of a burning building, we spilled into Miami--small and gray and cowering." Welcome to Miami by Lissette Mendez.

"It was 1946 and Hollywood had just finished making the movie They Were Expendable, starring a fairly new guy named Morrison. They didn't think his name had pizzazz so they changed it to John Wayne. The movie was pretty good, and the battle scenes were too, but not as good as the ones that me 'n my buddies had on the movie set they'd left behind in Key Biscayne." A Child's Playground by Rick Magers

Our May Photo of the Month, Milan Balinda's Sitting, is a tribute to all Miamians scraping to get by.

New in SF Stories: Stories from the park: "The park changed from a faraway place I visited once a month to a daily haunt. And I changed, too."

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