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Scott Tienken’s Mass Transportation Now Available!
Mass Transportation is the second novel by Scott Tienken. The buildings are literally running amok and a public bus is a harrowed citizenry’s only refuge in Scott Tienken’s futurist-jigsaw-gothic Mass Transportation. Join the citizens of Broken City as they flee from ambulatory buildings, urban ghosts, and each other; all too distracted to realize their only [...]
Pacific Crest Trail – 1,000 Mysterious Doors
Trailhead sign-board for the Pacific Crest Trail just north of Stevenson, Washington. The staples are dropped anchors; all the possible warnings/maps/informoids posted back through the decades summon the legs who’ve walked the trail or walked the environs when there was no trail; all portions; clear down the west coast. Public-spirited hieroglyph. Better it is blank [...]
Port of Albina – Attendance – 1,000 Mysterious Doors
You knock on doors even when you think you know the answer. Or perhaps you don’t hear the answer. Then you imagine the possible answers if there were was someone to open the door. This mod little booth is one stone throw northwest of the Rose Garden, sentry to a jack-grassed, forgotten lot that is [...]
Port of Albina – 1,000 Mysterious Doors – Gumbert Building
Bisected by the N. Interstate max line and two stone throws northwest of the Rose Garden is an old city block hemmed in by the industrial train tracks. The active port is just the other side of the tracks. Through the fogged windows you can see a few dormant vats (the size villains fall [...]
Port of Albina – 1,000 Mysterious Doors
Abandoned semi- cab in the middle of a vacant lot with a junk pile or two. The nakedness of the block makes the approach to the singular door feel like you are exposed, vulnerable, lapsing into mistake (hubris of breeching a single door without the company of others.) Hidden in back-drop is the continuation of [...]
A Sneak Preview
An excerpt from Scott Tienken’s forthcoming novel is up at TriMet Diaries.
A Man’s Prospects by Pine Needles
71 Bus at intersection of 52nd and Powell , midday. Download Zip File: A Man’s Prospect’s by Pine Needles.
Knocking on 1,000 Mysterious Doors
This project is evolving but here is the rough and ready: Been knocking on doors here in town that have mysterious or intriguing function within. Do not want to disturb anyone in their home or at labor but it is possible/likely exceptions based on vibe may be made. So far this has meant knocking on [...]
Tony’s
Tony’s is on a rampart above a highway ramp. Access is via a pretty serpentine route. You have to be dedicated or semi-regular or in-luck to get to Tony’s. When you arrive it appears as likely you will get a sandwichorsoda as an oil change. Would like to see Tony and his pals sitting some [...]
Open Air Cubicle
Open-aired rooms with mysterious plumbing abound in NW Nicolia. What a place to set up a desk and lamp, or have a picnic. The metal and soot, drip and dinge affixed to outdoor walls are carbuncles and artifacts. Or maybe pimples or beauty marks. Would like to see a band play in this open-air cubicle. [...]