The Insomnograph

Smoke & Mirrors

Craig Clevenger — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:03:14 +0000

A quick bit of news… the fine folks over at Six Finger Films are shooting a short based on a chapter of my upcoming novel. The Kickstarter campaign is live over here, and I’ll post more news as it makes … Continue reading →

You Are the Ninety-Nine Percent.

Craig Clevenger — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:42:12 +0000

My response to the Occupy Wall St. naysayers. Feel free to tweet/post/share or otherwise spread the word. Semper Occupare. -Craig

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Seventy-Two Hours Without a Blink

Craig Clevenger — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:26:08 +0000

A good friend turned fifty this weekend. If he was melancholy about hitting the half-century mark, he didn’t show it. All he wanted was some drinks with a few close friends and his wife, which is exactly what he got. … Continue reading →

Dispatch from Interzone: The Monster, the Shaman and La Casa Cero

Craig Clevenger — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:31:32 +0000

Peter Maravelis and I meet about once a month back in San Francisco. We exchange one or two brief messages to set a time and day; always the same location, known only to us. Nothing else is discussed until then. … Continue reading →

Dispatch from Interzone: Shopping for Centipede Meat

Craig Clevenger — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:20:17 +0000

Back in November of 2009, City Lights hosted a celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the publication of Naked Lunch, during which a mix of local authors, old friends and colleagues of the late William Burroughs gathered at San Francisco’s … Continue reading →

Dispatch from Interzone: Drinks with the General’s Son

Craig Clevenger — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:07:15 +0000

One dog in particular stands out in my neighborhood. Longish white fur mottled with hazy black spots, she looks like an out-of-focus Dalmatian. Her bright blue eyes are visible from half a block away like twin pinpoints of television static. … Continue reading →

A List of Things That Have Saved My Ass

Craig Clevenger — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:47:43 +0000

I’ve been meaning to append one of these travelogues with some tricks of the trade I’ve picked up over my years of travel, but the practicality of it came off as a real buzzkill after my other musings. So, this … Continue reading →

Dispatch from Interzone: Anarchy in Dog City

Craig Clevenger — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:29:58 +0000

The sky is backwards, the constellations upside down. I’ve been to the Southern Hemisphere before, spent several weeks in South Africa around ‘98-‘99, but I never looked at the stars. Standing outside alone at night in Johannesburg and staring up … Continue reading →

Dispatch from Interzone: Breathing on Mars

Craig Clevenger — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:47:14 +0000

I step off the plane in La Paz fifteen hours after leaving SFO. My carry-on feels ten times heavier than when I brought it on board and I’m having a tough time breathing. Inside the airport there’s an oxygen station … Continue reading →

God and Lung Cancer

Craig Clevenger — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:38:18 +0000

I shook a man’s hand Thursday night and that man was dead Friday morning. I’ll call him “T.” That I hardly knew T is an understatement. I met him for the first time at a hospital on Wednesday night and … Continue reading →