NoDa Soda

By Mike Bozart

The 1990s - especially the early years - in the North Davidson arts and entertainment district (NoDa) of Charlotte (NC, USA) are recounted in this 2200-word short story. Three of the early major NoDa figures who are now deceased (Terry Carano, Joe Behm, Bruce Gillenwater) are included in this recorded conversation between agents 32 and 33 on an April day in 2013. Another one in the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries.

Also mentioned: Jerry Kirk (Agent 51), visual artist; Lepton Neutrino (Steve Holt), visual artist and gallery owner; Mike Brown (Agent 2) of The Ravelers (band); Frank von Peck (the late Agent 107); Tranzend (band)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mike Bozart
• Release date: Aug 19, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311555588

Mike Bozart

Mike Bozart was born in the tidewater area of Virginia (US Navy kid) on a hot afternoon in 1964. He attended a mix of public and Catholic grade schools. After graduating with an Earth Science degree from UNC-Charlotte in 1986, he started doing safety technical writing. Former residences in North Carolina include Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Etowah and Asheville. Charlotte is his current residence. He has also lived in downtown San Francisco (early '90s). Mike has written numerous surreal poem-stories and over a dozen 1500-word quasi-real short stories under the psecret psociety heading. Gold, his first novel, was rough-drafted in just 27 days during a seven-week period (May 23 – July 11, 2013). Mike's first novella was To Morrow Tomorrow (2014); his second was Mysterieau of San Francisco (2015). Mike does artwork under the nom de brosse of m. van tryke. The author is happily remarried (Sharon) with a son (Kirk).

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