Saengard's Speakeasy

   🧵 World Ender series Part 2 It all began when I was born in 1977.... JUST KIDDING. I wouldn't do that to you. But seriously, this story had its origins in 1999, when I had moved in with two old high school friends to begin a guerilla style free-press comic book to tell the stories we developed while being the quiet nerdy outcasts that comic book readers were in the 90's. We spent 9 months in 1999 creating multiple issues of an anthology series of college-age humor, satire, parody and hi-jinx called Hub City. Those were the Salad Days!  During that time I created a one-page strip called "Zero Mass". (In a future book, you'll learn more about that title and the story associated with it.)  The foundations of the novel you now have read... or at least will be able to read... were born in that strip. It really began the entire Punk City saga, becoming one of several stories in the series.  By early 2000, that wonderful collaboration had come to an end. I moved ba...

 🧵 World Ender series Part 1 If you've found this blog, chances are that you have purchased this book in one of the many formats its available in. Let me begin by saying Thank You. Having others enjoy this book is the only thing that matters to me. On November 29, 2025, I finally put this book out into the world - a single drop in a sea of books that come out every day. The first version was an ebook on Kindle, focusing on the Amazon's Kindle Select program that enables Kindle subscribers to "purchase" this book at no cost. For everyone else, I launched the ebook at $0.99 cents.  My goal is to simply make this story available to as many readers who would be willing to give it a try.  I have no illusions about trying to make money from this, and I am fortunate enough to not depend on the success of this book for income.  (I haven't quit my day job!) So let me take you through some of the history behind this published story. I'll break the story into different ...

For those who may not be aware of what a 'Speakeasy' is, grab yourself a glass of something special... wine, whiskey, whatever you like and pull up a chair. In the days of prohibition in the US, the decade of the 1920's where another type of Social Justice mixed with religious piety made its way into the legislative body and made the consumption, sell and transport of alcohol illegal. This period gave rise to the Mafia, to the modification of cars as they raced through the Appalachian hills (eventually being lionized into the sport of NASCAR), and to quiet, secret gathering places where people could still enjoy a stiff drink... Speakeasies. The term stems from the need to "speak easy" (quietly) about the location of a watering hole, or when ordering the forbidden elixers, so they could avoid detection by police or nosey Nellies (we call them Karen's today). So now, here in this blog, we may 'speak easy' about some controversial topics every now and the...