Chapter Four: Foundations of Structural Integrity
Kansas City, Spring 1933 Matthew Orr had learned that government buildings all smelled the same—floor wax, damp wool, and paper handled by too many hands. The new Jackson County Courthouse…
Kansas City, Spring 1933 Matthew Orr had learned that government buildings all smelled the same—floor wax, damp wool, and paper handled by too many hands. The new Jackson County Courthouse…
Historical fiction written by Bryan Stalder Kansas City, Winter 1933 Matthew Orr sat at his desk as the afternoon light settled in the narrow office, catching on the edges of…
Historical fiction written by Bryan StalderKansas City, Fall 1932 By the time The Northeast News had published its first ten issues, the 1932 presidential election was in full swing. Campaign…
Beginning In October 2025, Northeast News changed the format of our print edition and we began featuring artwork created by local artists prominently on our cover page. Below is a…
Historical fiction written by Bryan Stalder Kansas City, Summer 1932 Matthew Orr lasted exactly four hours in the mill at Sheffield Steel.That was long enough to misplace his lunch pail,…
Bryan StalderContributor We asked our readers to submit their creative writing and artwork for a chance to win a pair of single day passes to Planet Comicon KC this weekend.…
March 18, 1943Kansas City, MO The headlines used words like buried alive, sun treatment, starvation, and deprivation. The papers were no longer simply reporting the news. They were serving a…
July 2, 1942Washington D.C. In July of 1942, I was living and working in Washington, D.C., as a teletypist at TWA. Shifts stretched twelve hours or more, rotating day into…
June 8, 1940 On the train to Washington, D.C., the morning of my nineteenth birthday, I had nothing but time. Time to watch the bright green fields slip past the…
This story is a work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the 1934 Municipal Election in KCMO, a day that came to be known as “Bloody Election Day.”…