the Ken Chronicles Zine Site

 The latest issue of my Ken Chronicles (#71) was released the first week in May, 2024, and mailed to subscribers and trading partners. It's 28 digest-sized pages, containing what has become somewhat of a popular combination of original photos and articles: readers' comments; story about selecting hearing aids; People, Places & Things that aren't There Anymore (Giovanni Mosconi from Monte's Tratoria, vintage homes in Richmond Hill, NY, Steeplechase Park/Coney Island); remembering the first night I drove my first car and some wild & crazy girlfriends; trying to identify people in old photos; Vertigo; reviews of plays, movies, books & zines; and some assorted bits & pieces. Available in b&w on paper, postpaid to the USA for $5 (or a fair trade) or as a color PDF delivered to your inbox for $2 (or similar trade). Foreign orders or trades, please inquire. Contact: PassScribe@aol.com for more info.

The February, 2024, issue was released mid January and contains 28 digest-sized pages in b&w; a color PDF version is also available. It features a sizeable section of readers' comments on past issues, and a guest contribution by Beth Chapin Reineke. Other features include the ever-popular People, Places & Things (that aren't there anymore); Things that Never Used to be There; Whatever Happened to Buddy?; a visit to the Mahwah (New Jersey) custom car & hot rod show; Removing a Tree; Updates, Oddities & Random Thoughts; as well as reviews of shows, books and zines.   Printed copies available for $4 each, postpaid to the USA (inquire for foreign) or similar trade; color PDF version sent to your inbox for $2 (or similar trade). Contact: Passscribe@aol.com

 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)