by JL Jacobs | Jun 19, 2024 | Fiction, Photography, Photography, Lifestyle and Fiction, Prose, Short Fiction
Bleak by Jiayi Ji A Sudden Passion It was the memorial for his father, a tedious, even boringly arranged affair which, in its paint-by- numbers planning and total lack of the unforeseen—so anticipated and prepared for had been the death itself—was...
by JL Jacobs | Jun 11, 2024 | Art, Fiction, Prose, Short Fiction
Orna by Alahna Alvé Knotted Thoughts Relaxing on her rocking chair in the veranda under the tiger-striped sky, Meena tries to enjoy the warmth of the sun’s rays caressing her creased cheeks. On close scrutiny, she finds the two close tall...
by JL Jacobs | May 28, 2024 | Lifestyle, Nature, Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Photography, Prose
Snow on the Mountain by Rilla Askew Oklahoma Okla, “people” and humma, “red,” in Allen Wright’s Choctaw cognomenFor this heartland state where the Trail of Tears ended—not for CherokeesOnly, but for all Five Civilized Nations, for Sac and Fox,...
by JL Jacobs | May 14, 2024 | Art, Prose
Olvido by Alahna Alvé Versions There’s a color picture I found of the Astoria Hotel. Superimposed on it is a black and white photo with a Russian tank before the marquee. I found it online one night, months ago, too anxious to sleep,to come back...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 2, 2023 | Art, Prose
Rain Drawing by Akinori Towma Trash Mountain It’s funny how some people drag you down. You’ll be climbing up a mountain of trash. Is it pristine at the very top… really beautiful air? No. There’s just less garbage there. It’ll get harder and harder. Each foot...