The Mysterious Potato Island : Retelling its Peculiar History

A few years ago I wrote this story about Tsar Island Then it went on Spotify Today Tiktok @christorychannel Do you know the tale of Tsar’s Island and who its most famous resident was? #historical #historicalfiction #dankmemes #vermonttiktok #booktok ♬ Chopin Nocturne No. 2 Piano Mono – moshimo sound design     christopherChristopher lives in…

My Top 10 Movies for Cinephiles and Pop Culture Nerds

I write a top ten list every once in a while to help my SEO because we all need to be shameless to a degree, but also so future generations can discuss my likes. I have no idea what my great-grandfather back in Ireland had in his top ten songs. I’d wager “Pass Me Not,…

The Well That Grew Giants: A Prairie Folk Tale

The Giant Well August 1863 The scorching hot Kansas wind twisted around Isaiah Milton’s face. His mother had named him after the haunting sound the wind made when it came through the front door of his childhood home: Isaiah.  It lured him back twenty years later, and he stumbled through the Kansas plains searching for…

The Vermont Extended Universe: Hiram Hootshaw put the Fab Back into Fatality

In 1901, Vermont’s most wanted export was not timber or syrup, but a mortuary cosmetologist named Hiram Hootshaw. Though his true name was Samuel Nottingham, an escaped convict who fled to Vermont and assumed a new identity. Nottingham had been convicted as a grave robber, ironically foreshadowing his future talents. Hootshaw had a gift –…

The Latest Craze Sweeping the Nation: Miniature Golf Kickball

A new sport is taking the country by storm – miniature golf kickball. It’s a creative twist on classic miniature golf, replacing golf clubs and balls with just your foot and a kickball. I decided to give this quirky new game a try to see what all the hype was about. I walked up to…

The Tragic Story of the Statue of Prosperity,

This is the third installment of the historical fiction series.  Voiced by an AI version of a popular Youtuber, some mid-journey images, and an alternate history that includes floating and then sinking statues.    The original blurb i wrote.   @christorychannel Part 3. Historical Fiction. The Statue of Prosperity the sister to the Statue of Liberty…

Grigori Rasputin’s secret life as a music fanatic. LOL

He was a controversial figure in Czarist Russia, but few know of Grigori Rasputin’s secret life as a music fanatic. Rasputin wasn’t just whispering into the ears of royalty – he was rocking out with the common folk! Recently unearthed photos reveal Rasputin getting down with the crowd at 1950’s Bandstand. Witnesses claim to have…

Lost in Vermont – The Dinosaurs of the American Civil War

“The boys from Vermont missed the green mountains and maple trees something fierce. The hot Southern sun beating down was a misery they weren’t accustomed to. But they had a secret weapon to keep their spirits up and give the Rebs a fright – pet dinosaurs! They’d smuggled the little fellas along, claiming they were…