Axl Grinding

Well, this certainly looks interesting.

Here's the premise: two Chicago PIs receive an anonymous tip in the mail that the Axl (Rose) in recent media appearances is not the real Axl. Also in the envelope is a $100k check with a promise of more to come if they can prove the claim. The check clears and our guys fly out to LA.

In short, local writers Pete Coco and Scott Stealey are launching a new online litmag, Please Don't, later this summer. The Axl Rose story will be a collaborative serialized novel, with Coco writing the first chapter and Stealey the second, with subsequent chapters by a procession of other contributors. A new installment will appear in each issue of the litmag. Cool concept -- and I'm surprised Barrelhouse didn't think of it first.