Bitten by the Black Dog

Chris Cornell and the Curse of Clinical Depression

I separate my life’s work into two basic eras: before Chris Cornell’s death, and after it.

Everything changed for me then — seven years ago today — though it would take a while for me to realize just how dramatically.

What do I mean by that?

For one, Chris Cornell’s death got me looking in the Siren Saga again, a story I foolishly thought I had exhausted …