Category Archives: NEW YORK

The Cost of Morality

February 11, 2023 – 4:04 am

In 1977 a Beacon Hill lawyer hired me to vanish his gas-guzzling Oldsmobile. $300 to never seen the Detroit pig again. It was grand-theft auto, but the risk was minimal. He’d report the car stolen the next day and collect on the insurance within a month. I had disappeared three of his friend’s lemons during […]

By Peter | Also posted in boston, New England, Sports | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

BAD BERNARD 1983

January 29, 2023 – 7:54 am

I never went above 125 Never had no reason Bad BERNARD beyonded Harlem To the Bronx. Torched buildings Latin gangs Jankee Stadium. The hardcore South Bronx. No one from the punk scene went that far north. No one from the Upper East Side. No one from the Village. Only Bad BERNARD. Bad BERNARD had his […]

By Peter | Also posted in 80s | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

A TRAIN STATION WITHOUT TRAINS by Peter Nolan Smith

January 10, 2023 – 6:29 pm

A TRAIN STATION WITHOUT TRAINS is a collection of four stories set in New York’s Grand Central Terminal. Millions of tourists come to view one of the largest open air interiors in the world and while I’ve traveled north from the station, I’ve also spent time eating and drinking at the fabled Oyster Bar and […]

By Peter | Also posted in Food, semi-fiction | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

NEW YEAR’S EVE ALL RIGHT by Peter Nolan Smith

December 31, 2022 – 1:10 pm

In the Spring of 1969 my teenage sweetheart’s mother was dating a Chilean pianist. One Friday evening the two adults left the brunette cheerleader in charge of the house and after she put her younger brother to bed, I came over for a study session. An hour at the books was our passport to a […]

By Peter | Also posted in 70s, rock, semi-fiction | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

SHORTEST FIGHT IN THE WORLD by Peter Nolan Smith

December 27, 2022 – 1:33 pm

The World on East 2nd Street hosted a screening of the Tyson-Spinks fight on June 27, 1988. The nightclubs’s door was handled by the tough guy mooks hired by the Bensonhurst fat boys hosting the event. The fee for televising the fight was $20,000. The Brooklyn boys wanted $25 a head. The NYFD occupancy limit […]

By Peter | Also posted in 80s, fights, Nightlife, semi-fiction | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)