Punk extraordinaire and lead guitarist for The Dynamite Chicks Annie Ocasia looks to buy a house with the help of her friend and recording studio colleague the fastidious Colleen. This story is featured in my collection of short stories entitled Short Songs, featuring characters from The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright series. “Window …
Author: termberkden
I am a writer, a software engineer, and a refugee from the punk/metal/new wave/my-God-what-did-we-do-last-night daze of the San Francisco scene.
I write, I run, I actually stop and smell the roses, I meow back at cats, and I pet strange yet friendly dogs.
Powell’s- A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs
Tandasil takes her boyfriend Larry to the West Coats’s largest bookstore. She takes a short but introspective bookworm journey, reviewing her life through books and literature. This story is featured in my collection of short stories entitled Short Songs, featuring characters from The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright series. Tandasil didn’t get far …
A Bear Walks Into a Lingerie shop
A true story that I have been inspired to tell because of the ongoing bear or man meme in which women are asked if they would rather find themselves in the woods with a random man or a random bear, and virtually all of the women asked have chosen the bear. Years ago I went …
A Higher Power – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs
Wacky tabbacy connoisseurs Annie and Roach discuss higher powers while getting stoned between studio sessions. An examination of twelve step credos from a collection of non-soberites. This story is featured in my collection of short stories entitled Short Songs, featuring characters from The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright series. Annie grabbed a few …
Visit – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs
This is part II of Gail Burp’s story, as it follows her first short story in this collection in The Closet. Gail goes to visit a lost friend of hers, as other ghost and body memories from the past seek to haunt her. This story is featured in my collection of short stories entitled Short …
Jemily’s – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs
Roach and Molly attend the last night of an iconic watering hole as they reflect on their culture, their city, their hometown’s rapid changes, and on their friendship as gentrification strips away yet another unique place in the ever-changing San Francisco ay Area. This story is featured in my collection of short stories entitled Short …
Getting Ready – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs
Musicians and punk power couple Preston and Miranda get ready for a show, going through everything about themselves as they select shirts and footwear and agonize over hair styles, as Preston reflects upon his relationship with the epic bass player of The Dynamite Chicks. This story is featured in my collection of short stories entitled …
The Closet – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs
Gail Burp, a rising alt-music star and wife of Dynamite Chicks singer Molly Mix, is agonizing over what to wear when she wants to honor a fallen punk friend at a nearby cemetery. Looking through her closet as she is in the throes of mourning brings back more feelings and memories than she bargained for. …
South Berkeley – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs
South Berkeley is a short story starring Gust, a supporting character of many of my novels and gutter punk extraordinaire. In this story, Gust makes an extra special edible purchase for her roommate and friends as she walked through the heavily gentrified South Berkeley, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area. This story is …
Punk Cheerleaders and a Tween Invasion – An Excerpt from my latest novel Nobody’s Hero
The following is an excerpt from my newest novel Nobody’s Hero, the continuing adventures of Skye Wright as she wrestles with burgeoning fame, flaky musicians, junkies, and all of the other chaos that comes with a rock and roll life. In this chapter, The Dynamite Chicks play their kickoff show for their cross-country tour by …