A.C. Koch | Writer
@ackoch.bsky.social
Fiction: Analog, December Mag, Split/Lip and Columbia Journal.
Guitar & vocals: Firstimers firstimersband_denver
Film reviews: spectrumculture.com
Guitar & vocals: Firstimers firstimersband_denver
Film reviews: spectrumculture.com
Have to postpone this show due to illness. Watch this space for a new date
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Have to postpone this show due to illness. Watch this space for a new date
Attention Earthlings: I’m playing a bunch of new songs next Friday, Nov. 7 at Mutiny Cafe in Denver, but it won’t mean anything if you aren’t there. Let’s do this thing. 7 p.m., no charge. Wear your best shoes.
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Attention Earthlings: I’m playing a bunch of new songs next Friday, Nov. 7 at Mutiny Cafe in Denver, but it won’t mean anything if you aren’t there. Let’s do this thing. 7 p.m., no charge. Wear your best shoes.
I’ll be playing songs from my new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’ll be playing songs from my new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
Chef André will play songs from his new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Chef André will play songs from his new studio album, ASK THE MOON, at Mutiny Information Cafe on Friday, Nov. 7, if that’s okay with you. There are some songs about shipwrecks, haunted stuffed animals, a Spanish mambo, and a love song about a Japanese fountain pen. Show probably starts at 7 pm.
Friends! I’ll be reading from some new stories this evening at Fort Greene as part of the Reading Den series. Hope to see you there!
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Friends! I’ll be reading from some new stories this evening at Fort Greene as part of the Reading Den series. Hope to see you there!
I caught an advance screening of Ari Aster’s new film EDDINGTON, and when the organizer asked me for a quote afterwards I said, “Nuts!”
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
July 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I caught an advance screening of Ari Aster’s new film EDDINGTON, and when the organizer asked me for a quote afterwards I said, “Nuts!”
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
She looked a little worried. “Good nuts or bad nuts?” she wanted to know. To find out, read my review (in the comments).
Fear not
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fear not
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
for
Death is a door
and
New friends are knocking
For the past two weeks, I’ve been at a writers retreat in New York Mills, Minnesota, Otter Tail County. I’ve been reading, visiting diners, riding country roads, writing new stories and recording new songs. It’s been great and I’ve gotten a lot done, but man, I need some Mexican food.
July 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For the past two weeks, I’ve been at a writers retreat in New York Mills, Minnesota, Otter Tail County. I’ve been reading, visiting diners, riding country roads, writing new stories and recording new songs. It’s been great and I’ve gotten a lot done, but man, I need some Mexican food.
You don’t have to choose between the Beatles and Radiohead or whatever dichotomy you’ve concocted—you can like them all, YOU CAN LIKE THEM ALL
June 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
You don’t have to choose between the Beatles and Radiohead or whatever dichotomy you’ve concocted—you can like them all, YOU CAN LIKE THEM ALL
Don’t you know that George Saunders is Pooh Bear?
June 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Don’t you know that George Saunders is Pooh Bear?
My story “Contigo” is in the new issue of StorySouth—two sisters who become each other’s imaginary friends after their family breaks up, and all the music that becomes their bond.
Image: detail from "The Misses Vickers" by John Singer Sargent
Image: detail from "The Misses Vickers" by John Singer Sargent
May 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My story “Contigo” is in the new issue of StorySouth—two sisters who become each other’s imaginary friends after their family breaks up, and all the music that becomes their bond.
Image: detail from "The Misses Vickers" by John Singer Sargent
Image: detail from "The Misses Vickers" by John Singer Sargent
Music marks us in childhood, and sets the tone for the rest of our lives. Here's a story about 2 sisters and the music that has followed them from toddlerhood into middle age: CONTIGO. It was just published in StorySouth!
I love these women I made up! Have a read! (Link in comments)
I love these women I made up! Have a read! (Link in comments)
May 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Music marks us in childhood, and sets the tone for the rest of our lives. Here's a story about 2 sisters and the music that has followed them from toddlerhood into middle age: CONTIGO. It was just published in StorySouth!
I love these women I made up! Have a read! (Link in comments)
I love these women I made up! Have a read! (Link in comments)
The Pinch just published a short piece of mine, "Falcon Storm Song." My first published short story ("My Rockstar Life") appeared in the same journa back when it was called River City in 2000. It's good to be back home. Have a peek!
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Pinch just published a short piece of mine, "Falcon Storm Song." My first published short story ("My Rockstar Life") appeared in the same journa back when it was called River City in 2000. It's good to be back home. Have a peek!
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
How it started/How it’s going:
A couple years ago I started writing a rock’n’roll story, and called it “Automatic Cloudy Day” (after one of my own songs). Two years later, I retitled it “One for Babette,” and it’s in the current issue of @cagibilit. You’ve come a long way, baby!
A couple years ago I started writing a rock’n’roll story, and called it “Automatic Cloudy Day” (after one of my own songs). Two years later, I retitled it “One for Babette,” and it’s in the current issue of @cagibilit. You’ve come a long way, baby!
March 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
How it started/How it’s going:
A couple years ago I started writing a rock’n’roll story, and called it “Automatic Cloudy Day” (after one of my own songs). Two years later, I retitled it “One for Babette,” and it’s in the current issue of @cagibilit. You’ve come a long way, baby!
A couple years ago I started writing a rock’n’roll story, and called it “Automatic Cloudy Day” (after one of my own songs). Two years later, I retitled it “One for Babette,” and it’s in the current issue of @cagibilit. You’ve come a long way, baby!
Thynge shullen begynne to happe unto me now.
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thynge shullen begynne to happe unto me now.
John Magaro is the Dustin Hoffman of Al Pacinos
January 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
John Magaro is the Dustin Hoffman of Al Pacinos
I love a tight, sweaty thriller, and this one's got it all: chain-smoking dudes in dark rooms, '70s audio/video tech, Peter Jennings bloviating over a crackly phone line. Check out SEPTEMBER 5 for your fix of a paranoid, Nixon-era, birth-of-terror nailbiter.
January 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I love a tight, sweaty thriller, and this one's got it all: chain-smoking dudes in dark rooms, '70s audio/video tech, Peter Jennings bloviating over a crackly phone line. Check out SEPTEMBER 5 for your fix of a paranoid, Nixon-era, birth-of-terror nailbiter.
There’s so much to love about everything David Lynch made, but I have special feelings for his comic strip that ran for ten years in the ‘80s, THE ANGRIEST DOG IN THR WORLD.
January 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
There’s so much to love about everything David Lynch made, but I have special feelings for his comic strip that ran for ten years in the ‘80s, THE ANGRIEST DOG IN THR WORLD.
