About Us

Image of Phil Maggitti, the boyishly handsome founder and editor in briefs of Postcards from the Pug Bus

Phil Maggitti … I am an 82-year-old retired freelance writer and editor. I have written eight books and roughly 1,000 articles during the last 43 years, and I have won a number of awards for my work. Not bad for somebody who’s still chasing his muse.

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🏈 Chip Hilton–Named after the most impossibly virtuous, and virginal, jock in 1950s fiction. Chip believes in honor, hydration, and the Oxford comma. Still troubled by the moral failings of his JV basketball coach.

bearded scruffy looking man with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth

🛻 Biff Scuzzy–Is from Altoona, Pennsylvania, though not as far away from Altoona as current residents prefer. Often mistaken for a bumper sticker at county fairs. Has opinions on everything from funnel cakes to the Federal Reserve.