Johnny Holiday Blog

• Helga Magnusson January 4, 2021
  Helga Magnusson sat in the back seat of the cream-colored sedan with Celene Forrester while their mutual friend, Dr. Peirce Johnson chauffeured them about town. The car belonged to Celene, or to her father to be precise, the notorious Colonel Forrester who was the most powerful man in Saint Anthony. The three of them had […]
• Stan Morgan (Park Patrol) December 16, 2020
  Sergeant Morgan took the call coming over the radio requesting a response to a disturbance at the Round Up on East Lake Street. He and his partner were just a few blocks away doing patrols around Powderhorn Park; the storm had made for a slow night and he was tired of driving around the perimeter […]
• Burt Girard (Squad Car – Park Patrol) December 7, 2020
  Officer Girard cursed under his breath when his lieutenant came into the duty room and ordered him out to investigate a situation on Lake Street, in the red-light district. It was raining hammers and nails and he was in the middle of a ham sandwich, but when Standish came into the room with orders he […]
• Tom Kaplan, Bar Back at the Round Up November 30, 2020
  Tom Kaplan was glad to be working, glad to be at the Round Up, and glad to have a place to be on a stormy night. On this night he was particularly glad to be there because his older brother had come in with his pals from the ROTC; they came all the way from […]
• Hank Jeffers November 23, 2020
  Hank Jeffers had an appointment to keep at the Round Up. He made it there well before the rain began to soak the city, he got there early thinking he might do a little business and take a few bets for his bookie before meeting the tall blonde lady who had become the biggest brightest […]
• Joe Samuelson (A Round-Up Regular) November 16, 2020
  Joe Samuelson sat at the end of the bar near the place station where the waiter picked up drinks, to carry to the tables. The Round Up was the third bar he stopped in on his walk home. At each place he had a pint and a shot, talked for a little bit with whoever […]