Hello. My name is Micheaux Fortson. I go by the trade name UrbanVoodoo. I am a Spoken Word Artist from Inglewood California by way of New Orleans, Louisiana. I have been writing for most of my life although in my early years I was often in some...
My first memory is watching the rain trace root systems on the windowpane while listening to my father beating my sister.
Well, technically, she's my half sister.
The sound wasn't unusual. Raised voices and hidden violence; Must be...
In addition to being a king himself, Odin was a shapeshifter, and frequently roamed the world in disguise. One of his favorite manifestations was that of a one-eyed old man…the one-eyed man appears regularly as a bringer of wisdom...
On this moonless mid-October night, after dining on fast food and making a quick grocery stop, I returned home, veering into the parking lot of my apartment complex. But as my headlights traced their arc in front of me, something in the...
Summer 1986 was hot and Dry, with a capital D. The drought of '86 is mentioned in Reservoir Dogs, and on July 3 of that hot bitch (relentless bastard?) my friends Bob, Wayne and I were bored in Birmingham, Alabama. I was 19; Bob and...
When I received my notification of acceptance from University of California, Berkeley I cried. I called my father and he wept. There was screaming and cheering and days of telling everyone I could about my incredible good fortune. As if I had...
I had promised a friend that I would go to the Airport and purchase tickets for his 2 boys to fly to wisconsin later that week. Unfortunately, it had slipped my mind, and when I finally realized my mistake, it was 5:30 pm on a Friday...
This is a story of what starts out to be a day hike my wife and I recently took. On the drive to the trail head, we actually discuss how pathetic it is that people go out for a short hike, aren't prepared, get lost, and...
When I was about 6 years old, I was playing at my house with my friend Matt. Matt was that rare sort of guy who could make all the kids laugh at school and still be the teacher's pet. He was always in control. Always together. Always... cool....
