Email Author Daniel Kramer

Awards

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 18, 2008

  BayouSphere

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards

  "X Guitarist"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards

  "Dickens Kid"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards

  "Guy in Glass"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards

  "Boxers"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards

  "Ike"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards

  "Quinciniera"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards

  "Rugby"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards

  "Greyhound Racing"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published November 9, 2006

  "Tough Guys"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards

  "Day of the Dead at MECA"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 11, 2005

  "Who Cares?"

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published August 11, 2005

  "Who Cares?"

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2008 Stories by Daniel Kramer

• Bayousphere

  published December 25, 2008

  That is the single most Christmassy sun reflector we have ever seen, and we've never seen a woman more ecstatic about getting a tan. Actually,... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published December 18, 2008

  "God bless us, everyone," as Tiny Tim says. This year at Galveston's annual Dickens on the Strand celebration, maybe it was better to say, "God... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published December 11, 2008

  Santa wanders sadly away after getting rejected by Ms. Cleavage, looking to drown his sorrows in a bottle of Ozarka. Meanwhile, the antlered guy... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published December 4, 2008

  Those eyes speak volumes, but we're not sure what they're trying to say. Three lovely young girls wait backstage at the Stafford Civic Center,... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published November 27, 2008

  Somewhere, Drayton McLane is waking up in a cold sweat and he doesn't know why. Madonna undulates on a stage at Minute Maid Park (on a Sunday!),... More >>

• BayouSphere

  published November 20, 2008

  "Don't drive on the rims! Don't drive on the rims!" Generations of auto enthusiasts have been told that mind-numbing rule, but this guy —... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published November 13, 2008

  Eve Suarez (top) and Iris Contreras truly get into the spirit of the Day of the Dead. The pair took second place in the altar-creation category at... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published November 6, 2008

  "What do you think you're looking at? Oh — probably this enormous fishhook in my back. That's understandable, then." Numbers was the scene... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published October 30, 2008

  You're just passing the time, idly standing around in the waters off Kemah, and suddenly a ferocious pumpkin comes barreling down on you. What can... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published October 16, 2008

  Nosferatu walks the mean streets of Houston, or at least the not-so-mean streets of Discovery Green. What looks like a small TV is actually a big... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published October 9, 2008

  "We are SO going to kick Colt ass today!! Whooo!! I am talking a 17-point lead with five minutes to go!!! But I gotta leave early, so I hope I... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published October 2, 2008

  In the halcyon days before Ike, Kevin Harrington and his dog Damn Good could kick back in Seabrook and watch the ships come into Clear Lake. They... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published September 18, 2008

  No BayouSphere this week. Please visit the slideshow page to view Daniel Kramer's... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published September 11, 2008

  Welcome to our nightmare — two Alice Coopers. And we can't tell which one looks better. Alice, the one-time Vinnie Furnier, is no doubt... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published September 4, 2008

  Just another caped, tattooed, cig-smoking tricycle rider? No — Wednesday Christie was a participant in the Tricycle Poker Run, which ran a... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published August 28, 2008

  Sure, the job's kind of crummy, and the wages are from hunger, but the uniforms are so damn cool. A trustee from the Harris County Jail vacuums... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published August 21, 2008

  "I am the great and powerful Oz!! And I'm in drag!! And I'm loving it!!!" Yes, people still do attend midnight showings of The Rocky Horror... More >>

• BayouSphere

  published August 14, 2008

  It's 100 degrees, humid as a sauna and you're waiting for the bus. You can whine about it all, or you can lie back, get some hat-shade and chill... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published August 7, 2008

  The road to show-business success is finding that fine line between Lyle Lovett and that late-night infomercial guy who wears the suit with all... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published July 31, 2008

  The plan to exercise extensively at the gym prior to the fight obviously didn't pan out, so Homer Fonseca resorts to Plan B — the feared... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published July 24, 2008

  Forget about the red cape, this bull is dazzled by the pink socks. And who wouldn't be? Matador Enrique Delgado, el Cicion de Monterey, uses his... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published July 17, 2008

  This guitar is to a regular guitar what Keith Richards is to a regular human being — lots more miles and stories, and all of them displayed... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published July 10, 2008

  Let's hope this blushing bride has better luck taking the kitchen route than Bobby Kennedy did. (Come on — it's been 40 years.) Yael Avivi... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published July 3, 2008

  We have to assume X guitarist Billy Zoom is playing a cover of Spinal Tap's "Lick My Love Pump" here (in D Minor, the saddest of all keys). One... More >>

• Bayousphere

  published June 26, 2008

  "If you keep blasting that a/c, I'm gonna need more paint here!!" Vonetta Berry deals with touchy issues as she makes a piece of art out of Kat... More >>