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Send us feedback! For my mom’s 91st birthday, I wanted to give her an answer to a question she’s asked me more than once: Why am I still here, and what’s my job supposed to be now? So I took the matter up with God—and, following a lightning bolt to my driveway, received an official Position Description for a 91-year-old mom, gramma, and great-gramma. What follows is my gift to Ma: part satire, part love letter, and an attempt to put into words why simply being here may be one of the most impo...

Send us feedback! A story can live in your head for decades, but once it hits the page, it starts demanding a bigger life. That’s where we are with The Make-Right Man: what started as a serialized podcast journey has now become a published novel, and we’re sharing the news directly with everyone who’s been listening and cheering it on. The Make-Right Man: A Chicago Reckoning is now available in print and Kindle on Amazon, and DrewGlass.net is the home base for updates, appearances, audiobook...

Send us feedback! A red Monte Carlo noses down Blue Island Avenue and Billy knows there’s no version of tomorrow where he walks away the same. Memory hits first—Sunday sauce, laughter stretched thin, a name that chills a kitchen—then the nightwork begins. Pilsen turns into a living map of alley mouths, bar shifts, and weak garage locks. Billy studies Kiko Delgado’s swagger, Mickey Torres’s noise, and the prideful way that car parks nose-out like it’s daring someone. Watching becomes deciding....

Send us feedback! The night smells like wood smoke and wet asphalt as Billy’s ledger finally speaks out loud. We open on the South Side—clean hits, quiet exits, and a cardiganed capo named Frank Calabrese who prefers indications over blessings. Billy’s gift isn’t muscle; it’s control. He moves cash and messages through Bridgeport with surgical precision, turning violence into administration and mercy into math. For a while, the neighborhood loves the results. So does he. Then Sunday dinner br...

Send us feedback! A quiet envelope lands on a dorm desk and sets off a chain reaction that stretches from Milwaukee hallways to South Side bars. With Ellen unraveling and Janey holding things together, Billy is forced to decide what kind of man he is once the numbers start to work in his favor. A simple “message job” at Connie’s pays a semester’s tuition and reveals a dangerous truth: when doing what you already believe starts paying real money, the line between right and wrong doesn’t snap —...