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Book cover of "The Hanging City" novel written by Charlie N. Holmberg with a yellow snake weaving in and out of a conceptual bridge with stairs leading down.

The Regular Joe author, Book Reviews, Fantasy, fiction, Writing

Here There Be Trolls: Lark finds danger at every Turn in Charlie N. Holmberg’s “The Hanging City”

by Shannon Bond I usually don’t read stories written in the first person present tense. It throws me off for

Charlie and the Stingrays Band members sitting at diner countertop.

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The Regular Joe Events, music, musician, Q&A

Rock and Roll with Charlie Stendebach

Charlie Stendebach, a Saint Joseph, Missouri native, has been playing music since the 1970s. His longest stint was as lead

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The Regular Joe author, book review, review, Story, Terry Pratchett, Writing

Nation is an Apocalyptic Coming-of-Age Story Filled With Sorrow, Love, and Laughter

By J. Christe What happens when cultures collide? Sir Terry Pratchett explores this in his often-hilarious book, Nation, released in

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Art Review: Trish Nixon’s boi blue, paintings, collage, manipulated photographs, and found objects

by Json MyersSt. Joseph, Mo. – The title piece, boi blue, is twice the size of most of the paintings

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The Regular Joe Coltrane, jazz, music, review

Good Bait from the Coltrane Station

I recently acquired a lot of new music, on vinyl and CD. My mother moved out of the house we’d lived
in since 1958, and gave me a lifetime’s collection. The vinyl included some iconic recordings from my
childhood. There are albums from Jonathan Winters, Frank Sinatra, and the Baja Marimba Band, not to
mention Beethoven and Bach.