Richard John Davis : Writing

BKK Bar Girl

BKK Bar Girl

A Story by Richard John Davis


1980s Bangkok bar experience leads to Western circumspection
Limo driving: Lesson One — Don’t kill your fare

Limo driving: Lesson One — Don’t kill your far..

A Story by Richard John Davis


My short career as an L.A. limo driver
I am the pedestrian: Beatles’ fame continues to stop traffic in London

I am the pedestrian: Beatles’ fame continues to ..

A Story by Richard John Davis


A driver stops his car for a group of pedestrians who begin to cross. They take long, unnatural strides, stretching their legs a
Do Dinosaurs taste like chicken?

Do Dinosaurs taste like chicken?

A Story by Richard John Davis


A trip to the dentist
a girl, a raven and a scalpel

a girl, a raven and a scalpel

A Story by Richard John Davis


It was just after lunch and I was trading personal horror stories with the new girl. Turns out she had been unemployed longer than me. Not only that, ..
Celebrity gawking and mortality

Celebrity gawking and mortality

A Story by Richard John Davis


“Is that…?” I slow my car as I motor down Sawtelle, one of L.A.’s insanely long streets. My view of the guy is suddenly clear..
I was an 80s punk rock poser

I was an 80s punk rock poser

A Story by Richard John Davis


It’s Thanksgiving Eve, 1982 and I am looking at myself in a dirty bathroom mirror at the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco. I am in the grimy bat..
Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles

Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles

A Stage Play by Richard John Davis


Review of stage play currently at the Ahmanson Theater in L.A.
Job interviews make me feel dirty

Job interviews make me feel dirty

A Story by Richard John Davis


Job interviews, experiencing life on the economic edge
The Unemployed: Now even more self absorbent

The Unemployed: Now even more self absorbent

A Story by Richard John Davis


Fear and loathing on a Southern California beach