Raki is the endangered booze of Turkey with a deep tradition. Vic and his new pals in Ankara drink a few too many rounds while they still can.
Ankara: Drinking Raki at the Locksmith’s Table
Author: Vic Neverman
If The Spirit Moves You: Frenchmen Street, New Orleans
Vic and a few diplomats from the British Honduras are looking for a good time in NOLA, but Vic is afflicted with devils.
“The exorcist inhales from his vape cigarette and sprays me with holy water from an Aerosol can. I lick the holy water off my fat lips; it tastes salty and pure.”
Rebel Boot Stomping Boogie at Cackalacky Beach
150 years ago, a pivotal Civil War battle was fought on these beaches. Today, the coast is littered with dives, such as Beach Bumz, where rebels may be gone, but their spirit lives on in territorial line-dancing.
Slap the Goon: the Winos of Gagaju
If Australia is a continental escape from the dregs of Northern Hemisphere normality while maintaining the same imperial thirst for beer and leisure, Gagaju is the trailer park microcosm of this departure. Vic Neverman and Rescue Diver Dave Mosby are on the run and there isn’t a better place to hide than Gagaju.
Biloxi Bluffs: How To Mississippi Stud
Passing through Biloxi, Vic learns how to play poker from the original Mississippi Stud, Woodrow Cudsworth.
Stranger Tongue: Dia de San Valentín en México
Vic is armed with enough Spanish to be dangerous when he visits Mexico on Valentine’s Day, but his grasp of the strange tongue is just a bit off.
Coral Sea Degeneracy and a Busted Banana
Fresh into port, Vic and fellow rescue diver, Mosby, participate in bar games with fellow backpackers in Australia.
Dead Man Down Under
An American Werewolf in Sydney: Vic wakes from a night on the piss and attempts to make amends while figuring out what the hell happened.
Devil’s Breath & Angelita de Bocagrande
No one should wander the streets of Cartagena alone after midnight, but when his uncle goes missing, Vic has no other option than to head to the casinos of Bocagrande in search of Captain Dick.
Teach a Man to Fish (or “Unclaimed Baggage at MKE”)
Vic and fellow traveler Paul VanDango go to a landmark dive just outside of Milwaukee’s airport.
Uncharted Dives 