The Authentic Eclectic

In Flames (A Lament)

JA Vassili
9 min readDec 27, 2021
Photo by Stephen Plopper on Unsplash

Thank you, Harold. The following is a letter penned by beloved Seattle musician Gary P. Bloomburg, or “Bloombie” as he was known to his fans. The letter was sent to our network in June of 2002, with the request it not be made public until twenty years had passed.

I have decided to kill myself. I feel there is no other recourse. I have thought about it a great deal…

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JA Vassili

I write fiction, essays, and poetry. I write what I want to read; I read what I want to write. I’ve been at it since I was a kid; I’ll be at it when I’m ancient