Narrative

A review on the experience of perusing an art museum with friends while suffering a temporary physical disability

In an attempt to inspire creativity, my friends and I collectively decided to get the gang together for a trip to The High Museum of Arts. Planned weeks in adva…

Novi Martinez · 5 min · Blog Writing · Personal Essay

My grandpa died in 2021. I wrote a series of poems and prose, hoping he might hear my calling from the grave, that he might appear in moments of debilitating so…

Novi Martinez · 7 min · Non-Fiction · Literary

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 Martinez · 9 min · Fiction · Suspense

The trouble of being an assistant property manager, between a myriad of other caveats, is responding to late night emergency calls without salary pay while the…

Novi Martinez · 11 min · Non-Fiction · Literary

A Retelling

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, peering out over the city as he did every evening. He loved to watch the sunset. The beautiful shades of pink and orange behind t…

Novi Martinez · 4 min · Fiction · Sci-Fi

Red like the blood of the hands that fought mightily in battle. Orange like the color of the sky as the sun sets over the cotton fields. Yellow like the color o…

Jalyn Jo · 6 min · Fiction · Narrative

I went to the beach, and it seemed like everyone was fishing that morning. The waves were rough, rolling into one another without stop. There was a  storm on th…

Little Flute · 6 min · Non-Fiction · Literary

I never thought I’d be here, And yet, here I am. An outside human, The porch dweller of the land. I sit and I stare, And I ponder for hours. I wonder what life…

Novi Martinez · 1 min · Poetry · Narrative

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