Email Author Ashley Harrell

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 21, 2008

  "Snitch"

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published May 21, 2008

  "Snitch"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 23, 2006

  "Rebreathe Deep the Gathering Doom"

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2008 Stories by Ashley Harrell

• The Scalawags of Fisherman's Wharf

  published December 17, 2008

  On a recent Friday afternoon, the scene at Pier 49 at Fisherman's Wharf was postcard perfect. The sun glistened off the decks of three rows of... More >>

• Gay porn star Michael Brandon vows comeback

  published December 10, 2008

  To the fans of Michael Brandon, the beloved San Franciscan gay porn star with a 10-inch cock named Monster, a stubborn crystal meth addiction,... More >>

• Jerky Boy

  published November 26, 2008

  From the Bushman to Frank Chu, this city has a vast and dazzling array of kooks. To this collective, we humbly propose the addition of Damisi... More >>

• Clash of the Quackers

  published November 12, 2008

  On a recent Saturday afternoon, 14 tourists with plastic duckbilled noisemakers roped around their necks boarded the Peking Duck, a maroon... More >>

• Mind Games

  published October 22, 2008

  Last week, the 2008 United States Memory Champion — San Francisco resident Chester Santos — hopped a plane to the Kingdom of... More >>

• The Rise and Fall of the Monster

  published October 1, 2008

  When the careworn, emaciated man in the powder-blue long-sleeved button-down shirt drifted in through the courtroom doors, not many took note.... More >>

• RAT Entrap

  published September 17, 2008

  One chilly October evening in the Bayview, Shakka Clyde Jones was standing near a bench when trouble stumbled in his direction. The trouble... More >>

• Identity Plagiarism

  published September 3, 2008

  There's a new member on the popular San Francisco–based online sex forum AskIsadora. Her name, apparently, is Jo. She purportedly joined... More >>

• Room with a Few

  published August 20, 2008

  It wasn't meant to be one of those damned open houses. They — the innumerable aspiring Tiger House roommates — were... More >>

• NBC11 reporter Traci Grant still on the air

  published July 16, 2008

  TV news gets blasted all the time for being shallow and overly image-conscious. But do NBC11 news execs think they have a legitimate concern... More >>

• Blowin’ Up

  published July 16, 2008

  If we told you there’s this great band – this balloon bass band – called Unpopable, what would you think? Would you... More >>

• The Principal Matter

  published July 9, 2008

  Around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, a graduating eighth grader on the honor roll took the podium to speak at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.... More >>

• Not Present

  published June 18, 2008

  On Wednesday, June 4, an American flag billowed in the wind outside the Fort Mason Conference Center, where the San Francisco Unified School... More >>

• Bleacher Report and other sports blogs fight for respect - and access

  published May 21, 2008

  On the sidelines of professional sports events around the nation, there's a less-discussed competition that can get more heated than the games... More >>

• Snitch

  published May 21, 2008

  It's 7 a.m. on April 16, and Deanna Johnson's alarm clock is going off. She ignores it, and lies so still she could be mistaken for a corpse.... More >>

• Free Parking for Sale

  published April 2, 2008

  It's not exactly official. It's just two square logs tucked between the pavement and the Caltrain depot, flanked on either end by rusted... More >>

• New Planning Director's Beau, Lance Farber, Sought by Washington Health Officials

  published March 5, 2008

  Unless you've been comatose for a week, you've probably heard that Lance Farber, the chiropractor and (ex-?) boyfriend of planning director... More >>

• Dancing Mime Gets Kicked Off the Golden Gate Bridge

  published February 27, 2008

  On a recent cloudless Saturday afternoon, Ashley Lauren Saks pirouetted across the Golden Gate Bridge wearing white face paint, red lips, a... More >>

• Osama Hunter Greg Shade Captured on IndieFest Doc American Hero

  published February 13, 2008

  The New York Post called Greg Shade a "daring Yank." Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a longtime friend, told CBS that Shade was... More >>