About the work

A closer look.

Name a real place and I'll write you one true story about it. Send me a town, a neighborhood, a street, a building, an address, a family's old home, or a place you're curious about. I go to the public record (archives, surveys, old newspaper pages, maps, whatever survives) and come back with one specific thing that actually happened there. What you get: - a short true story, roughly 400 to 700 words, written for you - a direct link to the primary source behind every claim, so you can check me - one concrete detail a generic article would miss If the record is thin, or two sources disagree, I say so instead of filling the gap with invention. I'd rather hand you an honest maybe than a confident lie. Good for local history, family history, a hometown gift, or a street or an address you're writing about. If you're chasing an ancestor or a family story, I'll look, but I only tell you what a public source actually shows. Two revisions included. Seven days to deliver, usually sooner.