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 Yep! It's time for the Ken Chronicles #69, featuring all the things you love and enjoy about this zine. Letters of Comment; People, Places & Things (that aren't there anymore) like Bert Sommer, Berliner's Record Shop, and the Tornado roller coaster; some reports of our latest trip to Wilmington and New Bern, North Carolina; Updates, Oddities, & Random Thoughts; and some reviews of film, music & zines. It's digest sized, 24-pages (including the cover wrap) in b&w. Being shipped to subscribers and trading partners mid October, 2023, and available to everyone else for $4 (postpaid to the USA), $5 (Canada & Mexico), and $6 for the rest of the world. Trades are always considered (what have you got?) How about a color PDF version sent to your inbox for only $2 or a similar trade? Contact:Passscribe@aol.com to order or for more info.   

          Released in the last week of July, 2023, is the Ken Chronicles #68 (August, 2023 issue). With 24 b&w pages (including the cover wrap) & lots of photos, it features the usual Readers Comments column, the ever-popular "People, Places & Things (that aren't there anymore)," and some movie, book and zine reviews. Feature articles address fixing some leaks in a hot tub and getting rid of it after all, installing a new spa, and a boat excursion to an island in the Gulf of Mexico.          Available in paper format for $4 cash, postpaid to the USA, or color PDF version for $2 sent to your inbox. Paper subscriptions are 4 issues for $14 (USA). I'm always interested in a comparable trade; what have you got? Contact PassScribe@aol.com.

 The Ken Chronicles #67 was released May 10th, 2023. It's an expanded issue, with 28 digest-sized pages (including the cover wrap) and is available on paper (in b&w) for $5, postpaid to the USA (or a similar trade). The full color PDF version can be sent to your inbox for only $2 (or a similar trade). Contact: PassScribe@aol.com. Inside are some usual features like letters of comment; original photos; People, Places & Things that aren't there anymore; a DIY project (installing a vinyl floor); a trip to North Carolina to visit family and old friends; some book, zine, and theater reviews; a visit to the Don Garlits Drag Racing Museum; and other assorted oddities.   "The Ken Chronicles is a perzine in the purest sense; it's not so much a publication as it is an extension of Ken's own humor, insight, personality, knowledge, wisdom, and experience." – William P. Tandy (publisher, 8-Stone Press)  "This is a well-written, cleanly formatted perzine about

The Ken Chronicles #66 was released in January, 2023, and features 24 digest-sized pages (including the cover wrap). The paper version is in b&w and contains numerous images and original photos by the author; the PDF version is in color. Inside are letters of comment; the next installment of "People, Places & Things that aren't there anymore;" a DIY project; a look at the Museum of TV and Radio near Annapolis, MD; a story about selling vintage comic books; and some zine reviews, among other things. Order your own paper copy for $4 – or a color PDF version, sent to your inbox for $2 – by emailing Passscribe@aol.com. I'm always interested in trades – let me know what you've got. "Ken is a master at making life's mundane everyday adventures highly entertaining as well as informative." – Kris Mininger (XD #54 review)  

 tKC #65, the November issue, has been completed early and officially released October 3rd, with subscriber copies mailed out on October 4th. This one is digest-sized, 28 pages (including the cover wrap) and contains a Letters of Comment section; People, Places & Things (that aren't There Anymore); a DIY project; a long Weekend in New York City; a trip Back to Brooklyn; some zine reviews, and random thoughts. Available on paper, postpaid to the USA, for $4 or a fair trade (a 4-issue sub is just $12). Or order the full-color PDF version delivered to your inbox for only $2 (or a similar trade). Order the paper version and receive the color version upon request for FREE!  "It's a delightful, easy read documenting Ken's life..." – Anne Thalheimer review in Xerography Debt #53 Contact: Passscribe@aol.com for more info or to order.    

 #64, the August, 2022, issue of my Chronicles was released on Tuesday, July 26th; it's got 24 digest-sized pages (5 1/2 x 8 1/2-inches), including the cover wrap. Inside are the usual: Letters of Comment, People, Places & Things (that aren't there anymore); What I've been reading lately (including zine reviews); all about relining a chimney; building a gazebo; and a look back at some guys I grew up with. Paper version available in b&w, postpaid to your US address for $4; also available as a full color PDF version sent to your inbox for $2. I'm also receptive to trades; what have you got?Contact: Passscribe@aol.com.  "Classic perzine content delivered in a friendly, avuncular style." – Matt Fagen (XD #54 Review)  "I review Ken's zines in almost every issue, but I can't help myself. They are one of my favorites and I don't want to miss a chance to tell people about the new issues." – Davida Breier (XD #53)