PinnedCory FryeTales of A Group Called SmithEDITOR’S NOTE: About a year ago, I posted a Smith-related Best Classic Bands link to my Facebook page, little suspecting, when an old…Jan 5, 20221Jan 5, 20221
Cory FryeGhosts of Ghosts of Ghosts of Ghosts (Basinski from the Rear-View Ahead)Excerpt from Thus, Across a Sea of Loss (Meditations in a Gen X Winter):Apr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
Cory FryeBaby, Baby, Baby, You’re Out of Time (March 2020)Another book excerpt:Mar 12, 2023Mar 12, 2023
Cory FryeMy Favorite Memory of the ’80sI’m not sure of the exact date, but this short story appears in a spiral Pen-Tab notebook labeled “April 2001.”Feb 3, 2023Feb 3, 2023
Cory FryeA Thin Lie Between Love and Hate: The Interrupted Legend of Beige ManciniEDITOR’S NOTE: Near the frazzled culmination of my journo career, I met a rabid freak of a bon vivant named Neil Zawicki. This…Dec 13, 2022Dec 13, 2022
Cory FryeBehind the Scenes of a Punk Rock Fantasy I Never FinishedHere I invented a punk band from scratch, using the Minutemen, Germs, and Violent Femmes as templates/inspiration, for a supernatural…Nov 30, 2022Nov 30, 2022
Cory FryeFrom Gen X to AARP (Alphabet Going Backward Ever-Forward)“And there will come a day And youth will pass away What will they say about me?”Nov 23, 20221Nov 23, 20221
Cory Frye49 Braces for 50, Gazes at 20 with Longing RegretHow’s this for new math: I’ve been a published writer now at least a decade longer than I haven’t. Whole chunks predate the multi-fanged…Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022
Cory FryeYou’ve Got Mail and Mail’s Got YouIt dawned on me recently that my primary email address is 26 (!) — three years older than its creator at conception, that long-ago evening…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022