Author Archives: Jeff Stewart

  I ordered us drink after drink she talked about her pets and about her job and smelled like perfume, cold air and cigarettes and it occurred to me there that she could have had any man on earth, but there was … Continue reading →

Few things in the morning get me in a better mood than solitude, coffee and Slayer.  I’ve been fortunate enough to be staying with my buddy and his girl in southern California while I wrap up a few journalism gigs … Continue reading →

  As we get older the more things, pets and people we know or love go to their graves one by one they leave us like limbs dropping from an old trunk or you will know or love someone who … Continue reading →

It’s the spine of a dog while he sleeps back to back with you.  It’s a strong cup of coffee and a beam of sun ripping across your typewriter.  It’s the first look at the inside of a beer glass … Continue reading →

Hungover in a hot room with no sleep.  I have driven across Texas to get here.  Every time I saw a dead armadillo on the shoulder, I had to weigh the pros and cons of pulling over and taking a … Continue reading →

103 degrees in the high plains.  Cup of cold instant coffee, a stack of rough pages written from the weeks past, and my dog snoring under the kitchen table.  I hear him between track changes and breaks in Nothing’s Shocking by … Continue reading →

Sunday.  Hot as Hell in middle America.  Up this morning going over some pages I am working on, and waiting on a mechanic to look at my engine that started talking back last week.  I killed time and waited, browsing YouTube, where I usually get sucked … Continue reading →

I made 830 miles in one shot, after getting almost no sleep in a rest area an hour south of Needles.  Seeing a tall palm standing still in the heat from upside down is inspiring by itself, let alone the … Continue reading →

Alright.  Just after 11 in the morning.  Coffee, post-punk 80s then a shift to Neurosis, Enemy Of The Sun.  Up until 2 in the morning, getting the covers and PDFs lined up for The Book Patch.  As far as luck … Continue reading →