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Interviews

Online interview with Louis Maistros, April 2009

Essays, Short Fiction & Novel Excerpts
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Excerpts from "The Sound of Building Coffins":
(Note: the following excerpts are spoiler-free and need
not be read in order)


Chapter 1: Deliver the Children (full chapter)

Chapter 2: The Note (short chapter)

Chapter 15: Up From the Crib  (partial chapter)

Chapter 45: This is Blood (short chapter)

Chapter 56: The River (short chapter)

Lost Chapters from "The Sound of Building Coffins":
(Note: These are chapters that were removed from the final
draft, and can be found nowhere else but this site. Lost Chapters
with potential spoilers are noted.)

Interview with Buddy Bolden (Warning: Spoilers inlcuded)

Interview with Emmanuel Fred

All About Jim Jam Jump  (Warning: Spoilers included)

You and Yer Big Goopy Brain

Letter From Marshall Trumbo

Escaped Lunatic Found Wandering French Quarter

Axeman Strikes Again

The Hayes Journal

Articles:

How Much for This?
An personal account of the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen murders
Originally published in The New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12/1996


Elderly Evacuees: Handle With Care
Guest editorial for the Times-Picayune, published 10/7/2008  

Deliverance
Originally published in the Baltimore City Paper, 1986


Essays:

The Case for Kindness During Hurricane Season

Hot 8, Here Now

Sense of Place (A Tribute to Kaldi's Coffee House)

Tonight We're Gonna Party Like it's August 29
(The Great John McCain Birthday Bash Scheme of 2008)

This Hillary Thing

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before

Wild West Down South

Paper Levees

Leave it All Behind You

Billie's Final Tally

Christmas Eve, New Orleans, 1994


Short Fiction:

Gwen

Twitterheads

Gleeby Rhythm is Born