Creative Non-fiction

Two Hours in Tennessee

By Oliver Creation / November 30, 1999 /

On a recent business trip to Charlotte, NC, I was deposited by the National Car Rental shuttle bus to the Emerald Club aisle, where the greeter said “Y’all can take any one of those cars along the fence”.  I looked over to see seven white Pontiac Azteks, possibly the ugliest of the American SUVs in…

A Week in Bismarck

By Oliver Creation / November 30, 1999 /

A couple of years ago, I was sent by my company to Bismarck, North Dakota for a one week training course.  Were it not for the blazing prairie sun, I would have thought myself exiled to the depths of Siberia, but with HBO. I arrived in Bismarck on the weekend, on the last flight of…

Vancouver is no Venice

By Cory Tennant / November 30, 1999 /

You, dear readers, may wonder where the electrons of HHCIB originate. Picture if you will a highrise slum. Set this picture between mountains, sea and a vast river delta. Add a liberal amount of air pollution, thousands of homosexuals (well represented on HHCIB staff) and a rabid city council. Now see the rain fall ……