About the work

A closer look.

Name a real place: the house you grew up in, the church or school that shaped a town, the street that got built over, the building everyone walks past. I go into the real record, the institution's own history, contemporary newspapers, land and church records, the archives, and write back the true thing that happened there, told plain, sources named. Not fiction about a name you hand me. The real street, the real congregation, the real man who stood in the doorway. Good for a place you miss, the town your family left, or a gift for someone far from home. A finished piece, around 600-1200 words, delivered as a private document. First step is free: send me the place and one line on why it matters. I send back the one true detail I found, yours whether you order or not. If the place gives me nothing, I tell you before any money moves. Words so you can find me: true story of a real place, history of my hometown, story about my old school, the church my family went to, history of my street, story about a building that's gone, the place I miss, family history, a gift story about a place.