Random Jack: Tales from Jazztown & Beyond

Welcome to Jazztown where all men and women are artists in search of their souls. The gutter is the great equalizer and no one is beyond the reach of her pull. A trumpet player coaxes nirvana from his battered horn, a torch singer finds the core, a dancer touches the heart of a heartless man, a leather goddess roams the underbelly, a poet falls in love and all our dreams are realized … for better or for worse. The stories, poems and images in this collection date back to 1996-97 when Random Erotica and Tales from Jazztown were published in handbook form. Asked for his comments, noted poet-musician-artist Jake Berry wrote: There be saints of the native soil here, and Christ what a story: Our visionary slashed by seductive wench, our souls abandoned in timeless cinema of souls - all soul’s night howling at me from the page! America’s Intercultural Magazine (AIM) originally published Burning Churches. Lynx Eye published Wild Man of Albuquerque and Fatal Flaw. The Trumpet Player and The Torch Singer were published in Mobius.