Chapter 1: “Son” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

  “Son, do you know what you’re doing?”   Pause.   When is the last time someone other than my mother called me that?   Granted, the speaker is an older, African American woman with an undeniable Big Apple accent. She’s a bank teller, but this is Columbia, South Carolina, so I can see how […]

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∞: “The End” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

BRONX NIGHTS by ARIK BJORN

    Note: Authors don’t usually publish their final chapter first, but this is a unique situation—and book. And, well, today marks the one-year anniversary of me moving to New York City to find a cure for Long-Term COVID. So, seems somehow fitting. Trust me, what you don’t get here at the end will become […]

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“Preface” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

BRONX NIGHTS ^ PREFACE

    For a time, the working title of this book was A Retard’s Guide to Moving to New York. You may find this difficult to believe, but several folks suggested I may want to rethink that.   I could make a case to apply the “R” word to myself. Just imagine waking up one […]

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The Bag (short story)

  Harvey Pinwheel was not the world’s best stand-up comedian. If anything, he was a bit middling. But he left his mark.   While Harvey wasn’t the most successful funny man, few artists leave an indelible mark on their artform. Harvey Pinwheel was the creator of The Bag Joke—or as it is sometimes known, one’s […]

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Audition Reel, Arik Bjorn, “Pulp Fiction” (2025).

  Audition Reel, Arik Bjorn (2025).   The “Ezekiel 25:17” Jules’ speech from “Pulp Fiction.”   {yellowbelly photography}   To follow Arik Bjorn on all his social media pages, please visit his LINKTR.EE 🔗:    

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