What’s in a character’s name?
Author’s Intent, Character Names
Tag: David Cairo
Author’s Intent, Timing
Why it’s never a good idea to totally abandon a writing project.
Boom Town, Dark Knight
What was behind David Cairo’s fascination with the Kennedy assassination?
Worthy, Savage Jam
Several families converge for Thanksgiving and spend the following day jamming with the Savages.
Boom Town, Fox Tower
Which of Atlanta’s many historic demolitions hurt the author the most?
Boom Town, Cairo
How did David Cairo become one of the richest people in the world?
Boom Town, Sherman
Did David Cairo really compare a top developer in Atlanta to General Sherman?
Boom Town: Vampire Sisters
Leonard Stringer has worked for Atlanta papers for more than thirty years. How does he handle the end of his livelihood?
Boom Town: Introduction
10 January 2016: Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia. “Associated Press, Atlanta, Georgia, March 15, 2013: Officials with the Cairo Foundation will neither confirm nor deny reports concerning the disappearance of founder David Cairo and several associates during the recent uprising in the Congo. Sources report contact was lost on Saturday when rebels overran the compound the … Continue reading Boom Town: Introduction
Fox Tower
In the 1970s, in Atlanta, there was a run-down theater at the corner of Peachtree and Ponce called The Fox. It was apparently built earlier in the century as a Masonic Lodge, but became an entertainment venue, which showed movies and held live shows. By the early 70s, it had fallen on hard times and … Continue reading Fox Tower