Elberta, Michigan We begin in the emerald dark forest. My grandmother’s cottage hidden, Baba Yaga cabin dwarfed by giant maples, ancient pines trembling aspen. We…
Standing on the dock at the end of Woodward, I watched the Georgian Bay Line's SS South American steam down the Detroit River. Her twin…
In The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas wrote, “We should not judge one age from the viewpoint of another.” I assume this was tongue-in-cheek, while young…
Passing Through a Prairie Country Dennis E. Staples Counterpoint Press One of the most persistent tropes in horror is that of the “Indian burial ground”…
Narrative Map Project / Nonfiction
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Perch Sandwiches, Baby Steps, and Other Memories of Growing Up on the Great Lakes
In western Lake Erie, on the south shore of Kelleys Island, a limestone rock covered with petroglyphs holds a few clues as to the first…