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GHOULS OF PERE LA CHAISE by Peter Nolan Smith

June 26, 2023 – 1:35 am

The 1980s were thirty years in the past from the 2010s and when I told stories at the 169 Bar, my young listeners suspected that I was lying about jumping off the Quincy Quarries cliffs or nearly making love with Darryl Hannah in Jamaica or watching bears eat garbage at a Maine dump. Sometimes I […]

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Hotel Des Ecouffes 1982

June 16, 2022 – 7:43 pm

In the early 80s I often resided at a Marais hotel particular on Rue Des Ecouffes off the Rue Des Rosiers. The top follor offered a view of the rooftops and the bell towers of St. Gervais. As a true Shabbas Goy I loved waking to the gangs fighting on the street and the nearby […]

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IN ABSENCE OF AMNESIA – Chapter 3 by Peter Nolan Smith

August 7, 2021 – 6:25 am

Bernard was waiting at Charles De Gaulle Aeroport. He had arranged a week’s stay at a hotel in Paris’ old Jewish Quarter. Opening night was that evening. He had been tapped to be the club’s DJ. The Rex was under an old cinema along the Grand Boulevard. The magazine held high hopes for the subterranean […]

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