Other Writing

Story and Pictures is the online zine of Michael W. Harkins, where he writes about anything that piques his interest, from his tales about his decade in the music and concert industries, to his semi-regular interests in science, medicine and research, tech, media, and this swirling thing called life.

After Michael W. Harkins and his wife lost everything in a wildfire, the generosity of strangers and friends helped them come back.

"Nineteen years we'd driven, jogged, and walked through our Santa Rosa, California, neighborhood, its people, houses, landscaping and street signs as familiar as our reflections in a mirror. so as I looked at it on an October morning in 2017, my brain fought what I saw: This is not right, can't be right. there is nothing here except scorched earth; where is...