Fiction· Suspense
Static Reflections
I wake before the crow of the rooster shatters the solace of dawn. It was luck that granted me the transition from swing shift to mornings at the Paper Mill whe…
Novi Martinez9 min readThe Walls
⚠A Play
CHARACTERS TIM: Middle aged male, maybe late forties, average weight and height, white, default face with generic features. Prefers exclusively dark roast coffe…
Novi Martinez · 18 min · Playwriting · Satire
Fear Not, Zira is With Us
This midnight, the moonlight glares brightly; I wonder if she knows it’ll be the last time I pray to her in the open night sky. I found protection under her rad…
Jalyn Jo · 2 min · Fiction · Magical Realism
Things Unseen
Jacey sat in the corner booth of the diner with her fingers interlaced, trying to hide her shaking hands. She picked at the skin around her left thumb until the…
Novi Martinez · 4 min · Fiction · Fantasy
Cherry Wine
⚠Tommy was brought into this world in the back seat of his mother’s 1991 green ford station wagon. Rushing towards the only town hospital for miles, his father e…
Novi Martinez · 6 min · Fiction · Magical Realism
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