NOVEMBER NEWS! TOUR DATES! NOVEL! ALBUM!
Some illustrations for my novel!
Hello My Friends--
I have written fifteen chapters of my first novel— “The Last Song Mankind Wrote”. I will be releasing chapters 1-3 today! For subscribers to my Patreon channel, please join me on this journey! Today's post on Patreon will also include a recording of a new song! Join as a subscriber to my Patreon channel to get the novel and its art and music as it’s being drawn, written, and recorded! (patreon.com/ellispaul)
Here's an excerpt!
In the aftermath of the Seven-Day War, when artificial intelligence seized control of the world’s energy grids and communication networks, one man wanders the ruins of the Adirondacks with nothing but a guitar, a rolling cart named Costco, and a mission that keeps him alive: to find his wife and daughter before the machines take their lives.
Quinn McRae—once a musician, now the last pirate of the airwaves—broadcasts outlaw radio from mountaintops and broken dams via an old ham radio set-up, filling the dead frequencies with songs of rebellion and memory. His wife, Aubrey, a neuroscientist who helped design the brain-link technology that enslaved humanity, may still be alive. Their daughter, Beckett, a prodigy imprisoned in a reactivated missile silo, is being turned into the prototype for the next generation of hybrid intelligence.
Told through prose, hand-drawn illustrations, and QR-linked recordings of the Quinn's broadcasts, "The Last Song Mankind Wrote" fuses the bleak intimacy of "The Road" with the mythic resonance of "Station Eleven" and the musical heart of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" As Quinn’s songs ripple through the machine network, they awaken something unexpected—emotion, memory, and the faint echo of humanity itself.
In a world where art was supposed to die first, it becomes the last weapon left.
Quinn McRae—once a musician, now the last pirate of the airwaves—broadcasts outlaw radio from mountaintops and broken dams via an old ham radio set-up, filling the dead frequencies with songs of rebellion and memory. His wife, Aubrey, a neuroscientist who helped design the brain-link technology that enslaved humanity, may still be alive. Their daughter, Beckett, a prodigy imprisoned in a reactivated missile silo, is being turned into the prototype for the next generation of hybrid intelligence.
Told through prose, hand-drawn illustrations, and QR-linked recordings of the Quinn's broadcasts, "The Last Song Mankind Wrote" fuses the bleak intimacy of "The Road" with the mythic resonance of "Station Eleven" and the musical heart of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" As Quinn’s songs ripple through the machine network, they awaken something unexpected—emotion, memory, and the faint echo of humanity itself.
In a world where art was supposed to die first, it becomes the last weapon left.
The best thing about this project is that it uses my art, my writing, and my music all in one place. It’s helping to recharge enthusiasm and my batteries... 
I hope you will join me on the ride by joining me for more forthcoming chapters at Patreon.
Here are my tour dates below-- I am EVERYWHERE coming up! See ellispaul.com/calendar for tickets and details!
Check out Beatles Night as part of the New Year’s Eve Shows---
Ellis
NOVEMBER
Sat Nov 8 Stone Soup, Providence RI
Sun Nov 9 Parlor Room, Northampton, MA
Thu Nov 13 Mucky Duck Houston, TX
Fri Nov 14 Old Folk New Folk Fest, Fischer, TX
Sat Nov 15 The Blue Door, OKC, OK
Fri Nov 21 The Kelly Center, Havertown, PA
Sat Nov 22 Jammin' Java, Vienna, VA
Sun Nov 23 Stoltz Listening Room, Easton, MD
Fri Nov 28 The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC
Sat Nov 29 Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA
Sun Nov 30 joining Kristian Bush! at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA
DECEMBER
Fri Dec 5 Log House, Westport, MA
Sat Dec 6 Circle of Friends, Franklin, MA
Sun Dec 7 Music Hall Lounge, Portsmouth, NH
Fri Dec 19 Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY
Sat Dec 20 Egremont Barn, Egremont, MA
Sat Dec 21 The Turning Point, Piermont, NY
And four shows to end the year at Club Passim, Cambridge MA!
Mon Dec 29 Beatles Sing-Along! Yes! Come busk along with us!
Tue Dec 30 Ellis Paul and Band (Laurie, DonCon, Rad)
Wed Dec 31 Ellis Paul and the Band (Laurie, Don Con, Rad) TWO SHOWS!