All Episodes
Chapter 1 - Blood / A marriage proposal
Portland. The year 2000. A subculture youth encounters a bloody hospital scene and becomes faced with a wrenching decision. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo...
Chapter 2 - Exodus I / Seattle to Portland
The story rewinds to 1998 as I abandon a questionable living situation in Seattle and ride my motorcycle south to embark on new adventures. I move into a boarding hous...
Chapter 3 - A strange professor
I begin attending Portland Community College and encounter an unusual history professor with terrible driving skills. She invites me out for lunch and I begin discover...
Chapter 4 - The library and Mt. Angel / An invitation
Dr. Ellsworth deepens our relationship and invites me to visit Mt. Angel Abby. I am escorted into her museum-like house which contains an extensive library. The very n...
Chapter 5 - Exodus II / The Tolman Street house
I move into Babette's house and navigate a bizarre situation on her doorstep. I take up residence in the basement pantry surrounded by endless drygoods and an immense ...
Chapter 6 - German symphonies and sympathies
An Anton Bruckner symphony disrupts our neighborhood and I learn more details about my professor's mysterious past. It seems incredible that a French woman would expre...
Babette 7 - Religious mistresses / The convent
I discover Babette maintains her relationships between multiple churches the way some lovers conceal affairs. If that isn't enough, she also announces her intention of...
Chapter 8 - Babette's true messiah
My professor expands on her love for Marcus Aurelius. While dining at the golf course nearby, a dark view into my professor's childhood is exposed. Content warning: ch...
Chapter 9 - Pantry inventory
I create a detailed list of overstocked pantry items and confront Babette with her hoarding. She reluctantly acknowledges food storage has become a problem and we arri...
Chapter 10 - History I / Babette's origins
Babette reveals the curious circumstances involving her teenage birth mother Mildred Sweet-Holm in Yakima, plus the involvement of Germaine Bonnefont and Robert Brown ...
Chapter 11 - Technology
My professor discovers DVD technology and we embark on a trip to Music Millennium in search of some operas.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 o...
Chapter 12 - The Reichnicht / Religious studies
Babette tells me about her relationship with the old Rajneesh Puram commune in Oregon. Our religious conversations lead to her favorite biblical historian S.G.F. Brand...
Chapter 13 - Visiting Shaniko and Wild Horse Canyon
Babette takes me on a trip to the old Rajneesh compound, now under Young Life management, and begins stirring up trouble. We spend time exploring the high desert and m...
Chapter 14 - History II / The war years
I hear more sensational stories about Babette's childhood in Europe during WWII from the Indian-Axis volunteers under Subhas Chandra Bose, her cousin little Foulques e...
Chapter 15 - The Yakima symphony
A weekend visit to hear the Seattle symphony in Yakima exposes more of Babette's eccentricities. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: ...
Chapter 16 - Smothering genius
Babette's enthusiasm for cinema leads to a late night dessert mission and political discussion.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: ag...
Chapter 17 - A dinner party deception / I am in love
Babette and I host our first dinner party together and she describes her favorite escargot recipe before pulling a wine switch on our guests. Afterward I invite a clas...
Chapter 18 - The moon in my teeth / A new houseguest
My failings as a romantic partner are on full display and Babette dismays at my clueless efforts. A friend of hers moves into our house over Thanksgiving.If you enjoy ...
Chapter 19 - A mystery unveiled / My heart breaks
Bebette's friend Naomi spells out some obvious realities I'd missed regarding Babette's identity and my doomed relationship implodes. If you enjoy this story, feel fre...
Chapter 20 - Salazar Manilla / A good night out
I go out dancing solo at the Tonic Lounge and encounter a nocturnal jazzpunk from LA named Salazar Manilla. With his roommate Zoya, we dumpster dive on the way to the ...
Chapter 21 - History III / New lives in America
Babette buys a hot tub and details life after her forced emigration from France. She describes falling in love with Billie Shoemaker, the wife of a prominent local jud...
Chapter 22 - The goddess of destruction
A strange encounter in my creative writing class leads to another bizarre friendship.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yaho...
Chapter 23 - Klub Z / The dance SS
While out dancing, I'm invited to take part in a Nazi themed gay dance performance. I find out more details on a late night political postering mission funded by the R...
Chapter 24 - Intrigues at the Red Sea
Annakiya invites me out for an evening and lets me observe her operate.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
Chapter 25 - Rehersal / Marching on Portland State
I begin dance rehearsals as the Dance SS and lead an impromptu teenage mob against a Democrat Party fundraising event featuring the band Everclear and an anarchist dru...
Chapter 26 - Hospital break out / A late night visitor
Babette awakens me under alarming circumstances and a bloody adventure ensues. We traumatize a Wong's Garden waitress after I break her out of the hospital. The follow...
Chapter 27 - Visiting Yakima / Awadagin Pratt
We visit Yakima again to see Babette's favorite pianist, but before the performance, her hospital injury returns, causing the lease relaxing Jacuzzi episode in my life...
Chapter 28 - The southbound train / Mother Superior
On a luxury train trip together, Babette finally reveals more information about her Canadian convent. She admits to a secret scheme involving Mother Superior.If you en...