Reecy’s first book, “Leap of Eighth”, is due out in May 2026. Pre-orders are available through Telos Publishing.
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Reecy has also written tours of New Orleans and Colorado, and has long been a freelance journalist.
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Bristol’s dockside cranes are ‘a love affair with our city’s skyline’
Bristol 24/7, Oct 2025
They chatter away, posing patiently while visitors from far and wide snap photographs. Sometimes they even dance for the adoring crowds.
Once upon a time, these cranes were merely part of Bristol harbour’s supporting cast but more recently they have taken centre stage. (read more)
In Zimbabwe, It’s Crisis as Usual
Reason Magazine, Jun 2020
“Zimbabweans are heartbreakers, trust you me,” drawls Prince Matsika as he reworks a hand-strung necklace in front of his stall. People bustle by, but few even glance at his beaded trinkets. With rapidly rising inflation, now only foreign tourists can afford his wares. (read more)
Adventures of a Professional Vagabond
The Nugget Newspaper, Oct 2020
Right now I should be playing Annie Oakley in the Rocky Mountains, or a bawdy wench in a Renaissance village — but instead of planning a future of the past, the pandemic has presently plunked me down in Sisters. (read more)
The Berlin Brawl: a fight for Berlin’s alternative scene
The Philadelphia Secret Admirer, Feb 2018
My first experience of Berlin was a whirlwind: my tutu flapping in the summer breeze as I peddled to avant-garde gallery openings; swilling beer with punk rockers on picnic tables in front of late-night convenience stores; the glory of art scrawled on every wall. (read more)
Folk Artists vs. the State
Reason Magazine, Feb 2016
(reprinted in Utne Reader, summer 2016)
You may get away with a collection of garden gnomes in your front yard, but start artistically upending antique trucks in your lawn or constructing a 16-story stone castle and you’re almost certain to find yourself mummified in red tape. (read more)
The Pie in the Face: Whipping America Into a Frenzy
The Philadelphia Secret Admirer, Sept 2018
No matter how you throw it, an explosion of custard and whipped cream stimulates something deeply embedded in the American psyche. From Charlie Chaplin to political activism, the impact of the pie in the face on our culture is undeniable. (read more)