Who?

Who is Gabe Downey (and is that a mask or just his terrifying face)?

Gabe Downey is a renaissance man of sorts. No, not the kind you’re thinking of that sits around wearing chain-mail and eating ridiculously oversized turkey legs. A renaissance man in the sense that, he has ideas and ideas are for sharing. Here, on From The Looney Bin, you will bare witness to some of those ideas. Shocking? Possibly. Ridiculous? Almost certainly. Important? Well, I may not go that far, but you can bet these ideas will be presented to you with convincing arguments, passionate pleas, and probably a couple of pictures along the way as well. So, strap in, strap on even, if that’s your style, and be prepared for essays, articles, musings, poetry and just plain whiz-bang celebrations of the written word and expression of all kinds.

Where else can I read his writing?

Gabe is a staff writer for the Ferndale Friends magazine.

A special piece on Harry Houdini for James Randi’s Swift Blog.

“Not Fade Away” a piece on Buddy Holly was featured in the March 25th, 2011 edition of Music and Band Ezine.

Contributed the essay “In Memoriam” to the Honor Flight Michigan Legacy Commemorative Book.

A recent letter to the editor in the Troy Patch and subsequently quoted in another article.

A self published book of poetry.